Release Notes for Zabbix 6.0.0

14 February 2022

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 6.0.0.

Zabbix is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. Zabbix is released under the GPL, thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. A complete text of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.

This document contains the release notes for Zabbix 6.0.0. Download here.

The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.

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New Features and Improvements

ZBXNEXT-7414	Added new tags to all templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-7125	Added new widget "Top hosts"; deprecated widget "Data overview" Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7411	Replaced signals with IPC messages for most of internal runtime control option processing Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-4635	Added templates for Kubernetes Controlplane and Kubestate metrics Templates
ZBXNEXT-7107	Added Item popup menu in Latest data; added new links in Configuration Items popup menu and Item prototypes popup menu Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7409	Added native support for the vfs.dir.size and vfs.dir.count keys in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-1911, ZBXNEXT-7399	Allowed textual types of information for Calculated items API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-7389	Changed templates to use no linked templates, moved OS templates from the classic folder to the os folder Templates
ZBXNEXT-6687	Implemented subfilter and named filters for latest data section Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-7101	Implemented sleep function into JS engine Server
ZBXNEXT-6861	Updated Zabbix proxy templates according to the latest guidelines Templates
ZBXNEXT-7078	Added pfsense template Templates
ZBXNEXT-7033	Anchored modal dialogues to avoid their repositioning during interactions Frontend
ZBXNEXT-669	Added maintenance status icon to Latest Data page Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6999	Implemented SLA, SLA reports and SLA report widget API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6875	Added native support for the system.hw.chassis and system.hw.devices keys in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-2485	Moved odbc poller into separate poller type Documentation Proxy Server Templates
ZBXNEXT-7109	Changed runtime control options to connecto to zabbix server/proxy using socket rather than sending signals Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6890	Implemented complete audit logging of maintenance API object; added strict validation for maintenance.create, maintenance.update, maintenance.delete API methods API
ZBXNEXT-7115	Removed deprecated support of user macros in item names Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-3140	Added {ITEM.STATE.ERROR},{LLDRULE.STATE.ERROR},{TRIGGER.STATE.ERROR} macros to indicate error messages in internal monitoring alerts Server
ZBXNEXT-6958	Added external plugin loader for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-7092	Improved usability for Latest data and Hosts views Frontend
ZBXNEXT-4922	Added support for pcre2 Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-7112	Added new fields in PROMETHEUS_PATTERN preprocessing in templates Etcd, Vault, Linux Templates
ZBXNEXT-7049	Added aggregation options to prometheus pattern preprocessing step, added bulk preprocessing for dependent items API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-7100	Added new LLD macro HV.NETNAME to vmware.hv.discovery Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6867	Implemented complete audit logging of templates; added strict validation for template.create, template.update, template.delete, template.massadd, template.massupdate, template.massremove API methods API
ZBXNEXT-6966	Added single item widget API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7085	Extended 'formula' field in 'actions' table from 255 to 1024 characters Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-7031	Upgraded Oracle by ODBC template for using config string in items Templates
ZBXNEXT-2579, ZBXNEXT-7020	Added baseline monitoring functions baslinewma,baselinedev Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6250	Added option to opt-out of "escalation canceled" messages API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6593	Added support of persistent files for restoring log item state after agent restart Frontend Agent
ZBXNEXT-7070	Transferred host and template mass update template inputs to main tab Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7018	Transferred template and group input to main tabs Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6955	Added trendstl() anomaly detection function Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6936	Added possibility to reload user parameters without restarting Zabbix Agent Agent
ZBXNEXT-3706	Added support for utf8mb4 encoding with utf8mb4_bin collation on mysql and mariadb Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6921	Introduced support of primary keys for history tables Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-712	Added new item vfs.dir.get[] for Agent and Agent2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6945	Implemented geographical map widget API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6651	Added new item agent.variant for Agent and Agent2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6920	Implemented audit logging of action API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6950	Implemented changecount() trigger function Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6677	Added cpu percent field to docker.container_stats key for docker plugin in Zabbix agent 2 and docker template Agent Templates
ZBXNEXT-7014	Updated README for a newer version of PagerDuty Templates
ZBXNEXT-7001	Added support High availability cluster in Zabbix server health/Remote Zabbix server health template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6923, ZBXNEXT-6928	Added High availability cluster support API Frontend Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6896	Added automatic Item type suggestion Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7004	Implemented service cloning Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6951	Implemented audit logging of services API object API
ZBXNEXT-2475	Added handling of compressed content to web monitoring Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6782	Added new parameters for system.hostname Agent
ZBXNEXT-6757	Added ability to create/edit hosts via modal form Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6837	Added VMWare SD-WAN VeloCloud template Templates
ZBXNEXT-6869	Removed positional macros in item name Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6677	Added cpu percent field to docker.container_stats key for docker plugin in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6608	Added support for vmware key named 'vmware.hv.sensors.get' Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6644	Added support for vmware key named 'vmware.hv.maintenance' Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6954	Added new macros for debugging trigger expressions Server
ZBXNEXT-6930	Removed Monitoring -> Overview Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6868	Implemented complete audit logging of host groups; added strict validation for hostgroup.massadd, hostgroup.massupdate, hostgroup.massremove API methods; changed sortfield used in audit log report to auditid API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6970	Added templates for "MikroTik" Ethernet routers and Switches Templates
ZBXNEXT-6879	Implemented new history functions "rate", "bucket_rate_foreach" and "bucket_percentile" and math function "histogram_quantile" Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6929	Implemented audit logging of correlation API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6428	Moved plugins config options to separate files Agent
ZBXNEXT-2406	Implemented service problem root cause analysis API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6885	Implemented audit logging of mediatype API object; refactored mediatype.create, mediatype.update and mediatype.delete API
ZBXNEXT-6888	Added template "InfluxDB by HTTP" Templates
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6914	Implemented audit logging of image and iconmap API objects API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6716	Implemented API method history.clear - history cleanup for items and web scenarios API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6809	Changed behavior of the vmware event log, the 'skip' option of the new item resets the VMware event cache Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6822	Added Github media type Templates
ZBX-20010	Fixed crash in zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 caused by uninitialized pointer in db_version_info struct Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6918	Implemented audit logging of script API object API
ZBXNEXT-6912	Implemented audit for server (processing LLD graphs) Server
ZBXNEXT-6911	Implemented audit for server (processing LLD triggers) Server
ZBXNEXT-6750	Added IgnoreURLCertErrors configuration option to web service
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6917	Implemented audit logging of global macro API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6910	Implemented audit logging of dashboard and templatedashboard API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6887	Implemented audit logging of report API object API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6718	Restored audit logging of user login and logout actions; implemented logging of failed login attempts by non-existing users; added new API method user.unblock API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6871	Implemented audit for server (processing Web scenarios) Server
ZBXNEXT-6898	Added restriction that prevents server and proxy from working with old unsupported databases Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6889	Implemented audit logging of proxy API object API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6909	Implemented audit logging of authentication, autoregistration, housekeeping and settings API objects API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6901	Implemented audit logging of module API object API
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6717	Added RegExp API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6840	Improved protocol to support Zabbix proxy configuration of size up to 16 GB; improved performance and memory usage by freeing uncompressed data as fast as possible and compressing before connection Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6784	Removed item being unsupported when swap is not configured Agent
ZBXNEXT-6856	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - graphs, graph prototypes) Server
ZBXNEXT-6855	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - triggers, trigger prototypes) Server
ZBXNEXT-6852	Updated localization for Zabbix Support URL; replaced Zabbix Share link with link to Zabbix Integrations Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6787	Added support of user permissions for service tree API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6824	Replaced simple macros with expression macros API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6870	Implemented support of additional HTTP methods for webhooks Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6866	Implemented audit logging of usergroup API object API
ZBXNEXT-6830	Implemented audit on server (processing discovered items) Server
ZBXNEXT-6817	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - items, items prototypes, discovery rules) Server
ZBXNEXT-6820	Added utf8mb3 when checking for supported mysql character sets and collations Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6859	Added logging of deleted tokens when deleting a user API
ZBXNEXT-6789	Added template for Travis CI Templates
ZBXNEXT-6800	Implemented complex service status calculation and propagation rules API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6775	Implemented new audit log; added new auditlog to user and token API API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6810	Implemented audit on server (processing of LLD rules and discovered hosts) Server
ZBXNEXT-6802	Implemented audit for server (linking templates - host, host prototypes) Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6702	Added {#FSLABEL} macro in item names of the "Windows filesystems by Zabbix agent/agent active" templates, changed vfs.file.cksum[/etc/passwd] key to vfs.file.cksum[/etc/passwd,sha256] in Unix templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-6813	Dropped support of British English as frontend language API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6688	Added new items for Agent and Agent2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-6601	Added monoinc() and monodec() functions API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6768	Implemented audit for server (except for linking and LLD) Server
ZBXNEXT-6772	Added new prometheus label matching operators != and !~ Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6715	Made auditlog workable with new auditlog DB structure API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-4029	Implemented password policy support API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6773	Added new aggregation functions count, exists_foreach and item_count Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-6755	Added support of alerting in services API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-3022	Improved scalability of services API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6674	Added tag based mapping of problems in services API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-6528, ZBXNEXT-6669	Moved auditlog calls from frontend sections Images, Proxies, Graphs and Graph prototypes, Services, and Maps to API API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6679	Improved performance of template linking on Zabbix Server Server
ZBXNEXT-284	Added timeout parameter to zabbix_sender and zabbix_get Agent

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-16896	Added interface speed metric to linux by agent templates and fixed interfaces tags Templates
ZBX-20370	Fixed textarea tags not expanding in service editing form Frontend
ZBX-20466	Fixed context menu, which was not appearing for numeric discovered items Frontend
ZBX-20475	Fixed panic when Plugins.Smart.Path is set in Zabbix agent 2, by inroducing System config keywords Agent
ZBX-20524	Fixed usage of history source and extra data selection in Top hosts widget Frontend
ZBX-20490	Fixed initial ha failover delay update, improved RTC and HA service communications Server
ZBX-20509	Changed host group in Squid, Hikvision, Morningstar templates Templates
ZBX-20396	Fixed expression for "Calculated value of innodb_log_file_size" item in MySQL templates Templates
ZBX-20415	Fixed host list page showing incorrect default interface Frontend
ZBX-17748	Improved host graphs page Frontend
ZBX-20508	Fixed console error when creating or editing host prototypes Frontend
ZBX-20504	Fixed impossibility to select a service in conditions of service actions Frontend
ZBX-20481	Fixed warning in log when updgrading Zabbix proxy database Proxy
ZBX-19356	Fixed failure when editing Templates caused by exceeding max_input_vars limit Frontend
ZBX-20267	Fixed browser error when using dynamic rows Frontend
ZBX-20485	Fixed cancel button not working when creating a new discovery rule Frontend
ZBX-20494	Fixed multiple hintbox issue upon widget updates Frontend
ZBX-20432	Fixed impossibility to import templates with triggers mapping to hosts with numeric names Frontend
ZBX-20225	Fixed host modal window not opening on many pages Frontend
ZBX-20453	Fixed Agent 2 compilation issues on macOS Agent
ZBX-20359	Fixed export on Monitoring Problems page getting out of sync with filter Frontend
ZBX-19961	Fixed possible crash due to trigger functions being updated during LLD Server
ZBX-20300	Fixed displaying extra decimal digits in vertical scales of graphs for item units prefixed with "!" Frontend
ZBX-20444	Fixed Agent and Agent 2 compilation with libpcre2 on Windows Agent Installation
ZBX-20460	Fixed color-picker not updating selected color in its input element Frontend
ZBX-20446	Fixed housekeeper failure when deleting auditlog entries; thanks to Yuuki Enomoto for the patch Server
ZBX-20420	Increased storage size of the 'parameters' field of the 'alerts' table for Oracle backend Server
ZBX-20416	Fixed vfs.file.owner to display unknown user:group numerically instead of error Agent
ZBX-20288	Fixed cloning services twice hitting enter key in configuration form Frontend
ZBX-20293	Fixed icmpping items group becomes not supported due to error in interval detection Proxy Server
ZBX-20428	Fixed table headers above the graph area in Graph widget configuration form Frontend
ZBX-20342	Fixed keyboard navigation for colorpicker Frontend
ZBX-20417	Fixed vfs.file.get error for HP-UX; thanks to Yuuki Enomoto for the patch Agent
ZBX-20175	Changed functions with disabled history/trends to return error Server
ZBX-20436	Fixed hardcoded -lpcre in Agent 2 embedded C code Agent
ZBX-20431	Fixed template import button shown out of bounds Frontend
ZBX-19991	Fixed template import of dependent items and item prototypes having newly created master item API
ZBX-20316	Added macro for password and changed conf file in postgresql by user parameters template Templates
ZBX-20303	Fixed trigger name in MSSQL template Templates
ZBX-19456	Changed zbx_trends_parse_range() behavior for zero time period, added test cases Server
ZBX-20246	Fixed unpredictable choice of vmware hv ip for HA mode of management interface Proxy Server
ZBX-19565	Fixed agent2 to return the same 255 code as agent1 when key service.info does not find service Agent
ZBX-20371	Fixed crash in Agent2 when monitoring log files Agent
ZBX-20204	Fixed range check for perfcounter in agent2 on windows Agent
ZBX-20382	Updated jquery version Frontend
ZBX-20383	Updated logback-core, logback-classic and slf4j-api jars to the latest stable versions Java gateway
ZBX-20384	Fixed possibility to view setup pages by non-superadmin if config already file exists Frontend Installation
ZBX-20388	Fixed XSS vulnerability in multiselect Frontend
ZBX-19815	Fixed multiple data convertion issues in import between versions 1.8/2.0 and 5.0 API
ZBX-20405	Improved timeouts in JS Proxy Server
ZBX-19669	Fixed success message not showing when no fields were changed in Administration->Authentication page Frontend
ZBX-20269	Added handling of performance counter with negative denominator value Agent
ZBX-20143	Fixed tcp timeout not working in net.dns.record Agent
ZBX-20292	Fixed LLD overrides for item for particular corner-case Server
ZBX-20236	Improved memory consumption in Zabbix proxy trappers by moving configuration sync between database and cache to configuration syncer; improved trappers and listeners memory consumption by freeing received data after it was processed instead of after new data is received Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-20330	Added handling of nan/inf values in ipmi discovery Server
ZBX-19185	Fixed free bytes calculation for temporary tablespace in Oracle by ODBC and by agent2 template Agent Templates
ZBX-20377	Implemented hmac-sha256 for server for scheduled reports cookies Server
ZBX-20258	Fixed tags processing for Zammad media type Templates
ZBX-20350	Changed hash algo for encrypted cookies API Frontend
ZBX-20164	Fixed agent2 crash caused by wmi metrics Agent
ZBX-20249	Fixed escalator query failure on Oracle Server
ZBX-19351	Fixed event correlation query failure on Oracle Server
ZBX-20270	Fixed XSS vulnerability, max zoom level validation, inventory field processing and initial view hintbox text in geomap widget API Frontend
ZBX-20328	Fixed incomplete inheritance of items, item prototypes, lld rules, host prototypes, when user with type "Admin" was edited them on template which is linked to non-permitted for him templates or hosts API
ZBX-20232	Added HA node table cleanup on startup Server
ZBX-20113	Fixed items value map for VMware template Templates
ZBX-20341	Moved zbx_ipc_service_init_env() to MAIN_ZABBIX_ENTRY Proxy Server
ZBX-20311	Returned the value -1 for bucket_percentile() and histogram_quantile() if bucket[+inf] = 0 Proxy Server
ZBX-20276	Fixed parameter parsing error in bucket_percentile Proxy Server
ZBX-20278	Fixed XSS attack vulnerability in scheduled report configuration form Frontend
ZBX-20060	Fixed trigger expression for memory monitoring in F5 Big-IP SNMP template Templates
ZBX-20075	Fixed trigger expression for certificate monitoring in F5 Big-IP SNMP template Templates
ZBX-19704	Fixed item pattern in "Zabbix server health" dashboard Templates
ZBX-20240	Added integration tests for trigger state
ZBX-18389	Fixed sql query for 32 and 64 bit xids postgresql versions in postgresql by user parameters template Templates
ZBX-18474	Fixed regexp in macros in Template Module Windows Services Templates
ZBX-19651	Fixed problem escalation when at least one of the hosts in a trigger expression is not in maintenance Server
ZBX-19897	Updated postgresql templates and plugin files Agent Templates
ZBX-20120	Fixed import of several hosts assigned to different proxies API
ZBX-20238	Fixed linking templates with trigger prototypes Server
ZBX-20178	Fixed action webhook failure when return value is not required Server
ZBX-19806	Added support of multiple header fields in JS method getHeaders() Server
ZBX-20192	Fixed quote expansion in command execution in agent2 on windows Agent
ZBX-19924	Fixed trigger expression and calculated items not allowing to specify timeshift that ends in future even if it starts in the past Server
ZBX-19973	Fixed event list hintbox field validation Frontend
ZBX-20294	Fixed typo in system information table Frontend
ZBX-20170	Fixed trigger expression testing constructor for monoinc and monodec functions Frontend
ZBX-20268	Fixed disabled button issue when cloning a service Frontend
ZBX-19514	Fixed disc utilization metric for windows discs discovery Templates
ZBX-19866	Fixed possible duplication of server log messages with first network error or interface activation Proxy Server
ZBX-20177	Added acnowledgeid index for alerts table Server
ZBX-19587	Fixed Zabbix Java gateway error message when object or attribute is not found Java gateway
ZBX-20176	Fixed trigger not being calculated for first value when item changes state to supported; fixed build failure when DES is disabled in Net-SNMP; fixed tests on big-endian systems Installation Server
ZBX-20150	Fixed special characters escaping in markdown parsing of the Telegram media type Templates
ZBX-19888	Fixed selectUpdateOperations option not accepting "extend" value in Actions API API
ZBX-20200	Fixed PHP runtime errors when updating media type API
ZBX-20186	Fixed incorrect count of result rows reported by API API
ZBX-20097	Added celsius support to vmware unitInfo Proxy Server
ZBX-18944	Fixed the fields size for LLD validation of triggers.description and item_preproc.params Proxy Server
ZBX-20085	Fixed build on Solaris; thanks to Yuuki Enomoto for the patch Proxy Server
ZBX-20158	Added label to standalone server and fixed issue caused by setup step skew Frontend
ZBX-19926	Fixed Zabbix agent crashing when reading event log on Windows Server 2022 Agent
ZBX-20139	Renamed ExternalAddress to NodeAddress and removed ListenIP/Port dependency Server
ZBX-20080	Fixed error message Templates
ZBX-20137	Fixed HA node not to become active after restart if there is another node that can take over Server
ZBX-20003	Fixed update and discard intervals in generic snmp and some other templates Templates
ZBX-20032	Fixed server crash when restarting monitored vmware vc Proxy Server
ZBX-19912	Fixed mysql.db.size, mysql.replication.get_slave_status and pgsql.custom.query items for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-19963	Fixed macro with regular expression for serial numbers discovery in cisco template Templates
ZBX-19958	Fixed macro with regular expression for interfaces discovery in OS linux templates Templates
ZBX-20132	Fixed item type mismatch warning not getting removed for non-matching key Frontend
ZBX-20125	Fixed invalid argument error in trigger test Frontend
ZBX-18975	Fixed item value being truncated in item test form Frontend
ZBX-20124	Fixed incorrect number of days in the error message when the display period is exceeded Frontend
ZBX-20123	Fixed svg graph widgets not displaying data for certain time periods Frontend
ZBX-20065	Fixed count() function gt,ge,lt,le operations Server
ZBX-19958	Fixed macro with regular expression for interfaces discovery in OS linux template Templates
ZBX-18611	Fixed division by zero error due to small graph size when using gradient lines Frontend
ZBX-20079	Fixed web scenarios import / export error when authentication method is kerberos API
ZBX-18988	Added vm.vmemory.size metric to Zabbix agent 2 for Windows Agent
ZBX-19569	Changed linked template "Zabbix agent" to "Zabbix agent active" in templates "Windows by Zabbix agent active" and "Linux by Zabbix agent active" Templates
ZBX-18554	Fixed MSSQL by ODBC README Templates
ZBX-19872	Removed redundant escaping in XML data of HTTP agent POST request Server
ZBX-19920	Changed setup instruction in README of the "IIS by Zabbix agent" template Templates
ZBX-19237	Changed condition in SQL request of pgsql.connections.sum.waiting item in DB PostgreSQL template to exclude rows with idle state Templates
ZBX-20019	Fixed README file in Oracle by Zabbix Agent 2 template Templates
ZBX-19760	Fixed interface operstate valuemap in the linux templates Templates
ZBX-20017	Added new metrics, fixed update intervals in the "F5 Big-IP" template Templates
ZBX-20077	Fixed possible collision of audit entities for server in json Server
ZBX-20089	Fixed server crash during network discovery when default inventory mode is not Disabled Server
ZBXNEXT-6708	Fixed 3rd parameter for Zabbix agent 2 web.certificate.get plugin Agent
ZBX-20006	Fixed Zabbix server must not audit default DB values Server
ZBX-20008	Removed curl and ldap linkage from agent2 Agent
ZBX-19997	Fixed too long URL error when performing background page refresh Frontend
ZBX-20021	Fixed impossibility to import media types of type script with parameters from previous versions API
ZBX-19889	Fixed server not updating trigger dependencies and other data during linking Server
ZBX-20001	Fixed crash and invalid bytecode error being generated on big-sendian systems when javascript is used; upgraded duktape to version 2.6 Installation Proxy Server
ZBX-19419	Fixed not refreshing graph widgets on dashboards Frontend
ZBX-19604	Increased storage size of fields item_preproc.params, triggers.description and media_type_message.message for Oracle backend Installation Proxy Server
ZBX-19781	Fixed server not linking host prototype inventory mode Server
ZBX-19978	Fixed SQL errors when trying to get count of the interfaces API
ZBX-19774	Fixed README examples Templates
ZBX-19776	Fixed README file Templates
ZBX-19284	Added smart.disk.attr.raw item, removed unit for smart.disk.hours item in "SMART by Zabbix agent 2" template Templates
ZBX-19899	Fixed mass update not working across pages Frontend
ZBX-19584	Increased width for Subscriptions section of Scheduled reports to avoid text clipping Frontend
ZBX-19580	Fixed date format mismatch in UI elements that are loaded via JavaScript Frontend
ZBX-19683	Fixed editable UI tags component for discovered host edit form Frontend
ZBX-19883	Fixed broken secret text macro button style Frontend
ZBX-19848	Fixed vmware perf counters that return percentage values Proxy Server
ZBX-19939	Fixed typo in Clickhouse Template README Templates
ZBX-20014	Fixed server audit to generate CUID during entry creation instead of audit flush Server
ZBX-20015	Fixed Zabbix agent not being able to retrieve active checks configuration on Windows Agent
ZBX-19989	Fixed audit flush when used with Oracle Server
ZBX-19954	Fixed updating of the "subject" and "message" parameters in scheduled reports API
ZBX-19923	Fixed incorrect audit after context name change in host prototype Server
ZBX-19814	Added ignoring final result in case if fping quits on a signal Server
ZBX-19952	Removed libmodbus linkage from server and proxy Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-19914	Fixed Web scenarios fields update during template linking Server
ZBX-19931	Fixed crash on big-endian systems when processing history Proxy Server
ZBX-19440	Added utf-8 support to zbx_set_json_strerror Server
ZBX-19864	Fixed preprocessing of "Checkpoint sync time" item, fixed the regex in preprocessing in the "Ping time" item, fixed SQL request in the "Get transactions" item in "DB PostgreSQL" template Templates
ZBX-19614	Fixed proc.num,proc.cpu.utilization,proc.mem metrics not working properly when compiled with unsupported Go version and improved performance by using functions introduced in Go 1.16 Agent
ZBX-19120	Fixed escaping values in resolved macros in item test form for HTTP items when Request body type is JSON or XML Frontend
ZBX-19850	Fixed unnecessary updates of database records in the report.update() method API
ZBX-19712	Fixed unavailable interface to affect only Zabbix agent checks,SNMP agent checks, IPMI checks and JMX monitoring Proxy Server
ZBX-19635	Fixed build failure when DES is disabled in Net-SNMP or when LTO is used Installation
ZBX-19817	Fixed module config not being stored in database when module is discovered Frontend
ZBX-19675	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 -R windows service crash Agent
ZBX-19865	Fixed typos in "F5 Big-IP SNMP" template Templates
ZBX-19835	Fixed incorrect master item in template "Hikvision camera by HTTP" Templates
ZBX-19849	Fixed a trigger name typo in the "MSSQL by ODBC" template Templates
ZBX-19613	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 redis plugin to closer match redis-cli connection Agent
ZBX-19510	Fixed re-reading of old Windows events for various Windows event system synchronization problems Agent
ZBX-16803	Fixed ability to use Interface Guid in network interface LLD Agent
ZBX-19236	Fixed task manager constantly busy with close_problem task if trigger no longer exists but event still exist Server
ZBX-19581	Fixed untranslated and incorrectly translated strings Frontend
ZBX-18680	Fixed multi-channel notification issue in "Slack" media type Templates
ZBX-19822	Fixed Zabbix server not to populate housekeeper table with tasks that are never deleted when TimescaleDB partitioning is used API Server
ZBX-19623	Fixed Jira Service Desk URL in webhook Templates
ZBX-19857	Dropped support for the non-working option "with_gui_access" in the usergroup.get() method API
ZBX-19395	Changed version in links of the templates and the media Templates

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix documentation for full details.

Upgrade

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 6.0.0.

Commercial support

Zabbix Company provides a full range of Professional Services. We also provide trouble-free Upgrade Service for easy migration from earlier versions of Zabbix. Please Contact sales for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix Training
• Zabbix Development services

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References

Zabbix 6.0 Manual