Release Notes for Zabbix 6.4.1rc1

22 March 2023

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 6.4.1rc1.

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 6.4.1rc1. 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-8312	Increased TimescaleDB maximum supported version to 2.10 Server
ZBXNEXT-8317	Increased MariaDB maximum supported version to 10.11 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8012	Implemented API token authentication in user.checkAuthentication method API
ZBXNEXT-7759	Added array and Buffer support to JavaScript btoa function and HttpRequest post/put methods Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8071	Added sysdba, sysasm, and sysoper login options to Zabbix agent 2 Oracle plugin and updated Oracle by Zabbix agent 2 template documentation Agent Templates
ZBXNEXT-8241	Added support of signing data using rs256 to the JavaScript engine Server
ZBXNEXT-8217	Added connector metrics to Zabbix server health templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8208	Added storage accounts in Azure template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8105	Fixed connector diagnostic information reporting in case there are no connectors Server

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-22471	Fixed SNMP walk item returns units if MIB files are installed Proxy Server
ZBX-22513	Fixed use of SourceIP option for vmware tags Proxy Server
ZBX-22588	Fixed unauthorised file system access when using cURL Proxy Server
ZBX-22205	Fixed the inability to update a dependent item that is inherited from a template Frontend
ZBX-22310	Fixed broken database upgrade if started more than one Zabbix server at the same time on one database Proxy Server
ZBX-22097	Fixed exiting process when connection to the database is lost Proxy Server
ZBX-22105	Returned the assignment of the host interface for Simple check, External check, SSH agent, TELNET agent, and HTTP agent items and item prototypes that are inherited from the template to the host API
ZBX-22480	Fixed template import in case the imported template objects match existing inherited template objects API Frontend
ZBX-21576	Optimized preprocessing in ClickHouse by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-21813	Fixed User role update page when an empty user role name has been submitted Frontend
ZBX-21669	Added the possibility to filter System user in the audit log Frontend
ZBX-22413	Fixed autofocus for inherited web scenario edit Frontend
ZBX-22261	Added value mapping in the template PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 for item Checksum failures Templates
ZBX-22507	Fixed positioning of the debug information on dashboards in the editing mode Frontend
ZBX-22506	Fixed horizontal scrollbar occasionally appearing on Graph widgets Frontend
ZBX-22512	Fixed occasional jumping of hint-boxes of Graph widgets, when made static Frontend
ZBX-22403	Added license information to the Readme for Veeam Backup templates Templates
ZBX-21591	Optimized Nginx Plus by HTTP template to spread the load across the workers, proofreading changes Templates
ZBX-21596	Optimized preprocessing steps in the Redis by Zabbix agent 2 template Templates
ZBX-20863	Fixed the distance between scroll bar and Close button in the Details message box Frontend
ZBX-22520	Fixed the versions of integrations Templates
ZBX-21578	Optimized HAProxy HTTP/agent templates to spread the load across workers Templates
ZBX-19466	Changed global script name validation to include a menu path into its scope of uniqueness check API Frontend
ZBX-22073	Fixed subfilters of the Latest data and Graphs occasionally hiding the selected options Frontend
ZBX-22490	Fixed HttpRequest limit in JavaScript being reached even if all objects are destroyed Proxy Server
ZBX-22265	Fixed Warning info icon inconsistencies Frontend
ZBX-22240	Fixed selects of history and trends being able to block housekeeping Server
ZBX-21739	Fixed Discover status not being updated for templated graph prototypes API Frontend
ZBX-21723	Removed syslog LogType from config file for Zabbix agent 2 on Windows Documentation Agent
ZBX-22407	Fixed a crash when testing an item with the aggregated function count containing invalid argument Server
ZBX-22056	Fixed the "No data found" message style in Monitoring->Problems Frontend
ZBX-22411	Fixed incorrect time in the dashboard Graph widget hintbox Frontend
ZBX-22026	Fixed SNMP agent item going to unsupported state on NULL result Proxy Server
ZBX-22058	Fixed navigation tree collapsing after the page refresh Frontend
ZBX-22004	Fixed missing opacity for a draggable data set in SVG graphs Frontend
ZBX-21902	Emphasized the HTML type in the attribution field in the Administration->Geographical Maps Frontend
ZBX-21764	Fixed misplaced error messages in the edit form for host groups and template groups Frontend
ZBX-18288	Fixed undefined offset runtime error in the Graph prototype preview Frontend
ZBX-21802	Fixed Enabled button in the discovered calculated items Frontend
ZBX-22459	Fixed untranslatable strings Frontend
ZBX-21963	Fixed $ZBX_SERVER value being ignored unless $ZBX_SERVER_PORT is also defined Frontend
ZBX-21748	Fixed the background of the Close button in the message box for the dark theme Frontend
ZBX-22353	Fixed buttons position in the discovery rules form Frontend
ZBX-21642	Fixed a filter not clearing when clicking on a specific host Frontend
ZBX-22186	Fixed wrong color update after item order change in graphs Frontend
ZBX-19339	Fixed import and export of dependent LLD rules if master item is a web item API
ZBX-22188	Changed parameters of the wmi.get and wmi.getall keys to mandatory Frontend
ZBX-19202	Fixed template dashboard availability to users without permissions to the templates API
ZBX-21238	Fixed the inability to update status and other fields of a discovery rule of script type API
ZBX-22230	Fixed the search filter for the Action log report page and the Action log widget Frontend
ZBX-21834	Fixed the map navigation tree breaking if there is a disabled trigger used as a link indicator between two elements in a map Frontend
ZBX-22229	Updated Zabbix web service dependencies
ZBX-21915	Fixed the uncaught reference error when changing an email for the Office365Relay email provider Frontend
ZBX-22241	Fixed map link color and drawing style selection when multiple triggers are in the problem state Frontend
ZBX-22236	Fixed maxlength attribute for the Name field in the media type mapping edit form Frontend
ZBX-22203	Fixed the tabfilter item click event being executed at the end of the tabfilter sorting event in Firefox Frontend
ZBX-22434	Fixed race condition when starting Zabbix agent 2 with loadable plugins Agent
ZBX-22208	Fixed clickable disabled fields in the Users->Authentication LDAP and SAML forms Frontend
ZBX-22182	Fixed inherited item SNMP walk to JSON preprocessing parameter's Remove and Add buttons Frontend
ZBX-22311	Reduced self monitor timekeeper CPU overhead Proxy Server
ZBX-20801	Updated the Readme in the Docker template Templates
ZBX-22298	Fixed metrics preprocessing in PVC discovery in Kubernetes cluster state by HTTP template, removed non-existing PVC statuses, combined state phases into single phase metrics, added PV discovery Templates
ZBX-22417	Fixed connector create and update with an empty tag name in the Administration->General->Connectors Frontend
ZBX-22079	Fixed "make clean" command when used from tar archive Proxy Server
ZBX-22320	Fixed success message when disabling hosts in host groups Frontend

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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 6.4.1.

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 6.4 Manual