Release Notes for Zabbix 7.0.0beta1

30 January 2024

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 7.0.0beta1.

Zabbix is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. Zabbix is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPLv3), thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. More about Zabbix license.

This document contains the release notes for Zabbix 7.0.0beta1. 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-8925	Set minimal supported PHP version to 8.0 Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8837	Made it possible to turn off audit logging specifically for LLD, network discovery and autoregistration API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-5878, ZBXNEXT-8532	Improved performance of permission checks for hosts, templates and API objects related to them; added strict validation for host group and template parameters of host API methods API Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-8823	Implemented detection of SNMP engineID duplicates Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8891	Updated max supported MySQL version to 8.2 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8524	Added support of HTTP proxy in GCP templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8496	Added aggregations for Item value widget and time period functionality for Top hosts and Item value widgets Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8724	Improved error messages when proxy is starting up Proxy
ZBXNEXT-8759	Added dashboards in Azure templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8580	Added new discovery rules, refactored discovery rules to dependent items and made few minor changes in MSSQL by ODBC template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8730	Added Azure Cost Management by HTTP template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8721	Added new net.dns.get[] item Agent
ZBXNEXT-8121	Implemented ability to add custom user input when executing scripts API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-8854	Improved passive checks to use JSON protocol and fallback to plaintext protocol Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8857	Updated max supported TimescaleDB version to 2.13 Server
ZBXNEXT-8707	Updated version check for MongoDB node by Zabbix agent 2 template Templates
ZBXNEXT-7460	Added support for user macros in item and item prototype names API Frontend Installation Proxy Server Templates
ZBXNEXT-8735	Added attempt interval and item data type-based filtering to connectors API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-1400	Added support for configuration file validation Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-7578	Modified 'headers' and 'query_fields' parameter structure for item, item prototype, and LLD rule API objects API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8765	Changed default values of data storage period for audit log/history housekeeping to 31 days Installation
ZBXNEXT-5120	Extended support of macro functions to all built-in and user macros API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-3826	Added automatic IP address reversal for reverse DNS lookups Agent
ZBXNEXT-8486	Moved items and item prototypes to MVC model and refactored edit forms to modal forms Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8705	Implemented new tablespace item to retrieve percentage about current tablespace usage from max for both Oracle templates Agent Templates
ZBXNEXT-5401	Implemented net.dns.perf key; thanks to Robert Young Agent
ZBXNEXT-8708	Added version metric to Oracle plugin in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-8741	Improved "Show" checkbox list behaviour in Clock, Gauge and Item value widgets Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8568	Added new proxy memory buffer metrics to Zabbix proxy health templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8522	Added HPE iLO by HTTP template Templates
ZBXNEXT-7486	Added openshift-state-metrics in Kubernetes cluster state by HTTP Templates
ZBXCTR-20	Added scheme for metrics endpoints Templates
ZBXNEXT-8729	Updated max supported TimescaleDB version to 2.12 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8552	Added FortiGate by SNMP and FortiGate by HTTP templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-5524	Added vmware.eventlog event filtering by severity; added event type and extended event source in latest data Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-7754	Added info with list of guest VM IPs to vmware.vm.discovery Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8726	Refactored item timeout handling on Zabbix server and proxy Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-6741	Added all dashboard pages to PDF document sent in scheduled report Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-8750	Implemented label changes for history and trends storage parameters Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8727	Added additional metrics in Cisco Meraki organization by HTTP template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8716	Implemented usability improvements for item mass update form, preprocessing tab Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7097	Added item and trigger for monitoring PostgreSQL version into PostgreSQL by ODBC and PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8681	Implemented better defaults and 'Show' options for description, value, needle and scale of Gauge widget Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8453	Fixed navigation confirmation window for trigger edit form, permission check, error messages for tag tab Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7736	Added support for active checks, "show only totals" option and host total column/row in Host availability widget Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8283	Implemented role-based authentication for AWS monitoring Templates
ZBXNEXT-8575	Added Nextcloud template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8645	Added get[oid] to retrieve single value asynchronously API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8453	Moved triggers and trigger prototypes to mvc model and refactored edit forms to modal forms Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8145	Implemented communication framework for dashboard widgets Frontend Installation Templates
ZBXNEXT-8570	Removed support for TimescaleDB v1 Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8600	Added secrets resolving to script preprocessing step Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-1096	Implemented configurable per-item-type timeouts API Frontend Agent Proxy Server Templates
ZBXNEXT-7726	Added support for extended error checking in preprocessing API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-8331	Implemented new Pie chart widget Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8638	Implemented new evaluation functions jsonpath and xmlxpath Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-8469	Increased PostgreSQL maximum supported version to 16 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8714	Increased MariaDB maximum supported version to 11.1 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8702	Added support of group discovery from different prototypes/lld rules API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-4165	Implemented `selectActions` parameter for API method `mediatype.get` to display all associated actions for media types API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7761	Updated User groups permissions and problem tag filters 'Add' button behaviour to add a new row Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8576	Added template integration with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Templates
ZBXNEXT-7687	Extended Top Hosts widget column sorting Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6554	Increased remote command execution limits to 16MB Frontend Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8610	Added MantisBT template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8621	Improved asynchronous pollers to read configuration in separate thread to avoid blocking Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8358	Improved item configuration sync on PostgreSQL by selecting using equal condition instead of not equal Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8541	Added support for history.push API method API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-8649	Fixed time period params in JavaScript Templates
ZBXNEXT-8429	Added HashiCorp Nomad template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8421	Implemented dashboard tabs navigation for host dashboards Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8500, ZBXNEXT-8506	Moved proxies to separate database tables API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8633	Added asynchronous SNMP poller metrics to Zabbix health templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-4781	Added new eventlog.count item key Agent Server
ZBXNEXT-8581	Added support for HTTP proxy in Azure templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8520	Turned auditlog table into hypertable Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-8558	Added MantisBT webhook Templates
ZBXNEXT-8589	Updated documentation, unified metric names and descriptions in PostgreSQL templates, removed unused macros, user parameters and queries in PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent Templates
ZBXNEXT-8563	Added warning messages that Oracle DB is deprecated on setup page and in System information widget and report Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8528	Added AWS Cost Explorer template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8567	Added asynchronous SNMP pollers Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8620	Added asynchronous DNS resolving for async SNMP and Zabbix agent pollers Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8444	Moved template configuration form to modal window Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6974	Implemented new "Top triggers" widget; added new filtering options to "Top triggers" report page API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-6524	Added operations "Add host tags", "Remove host tags" for autoregistration and discovery actions API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-8190	Increased MariaDB maximum supported version to 11.0 Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8582	Increased MySQL maximum supported version to 8.1 Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8481	Added PostgreSQL by ODBC template Templates
ZBXNEXT-8561	Added nodata trigger to remote Zabbix proxy and server health templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8560	Added messages that Oracle DB is deprecated Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8505	Added Cisco SD-WAN templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8482	Added integration with OpenStack Nova Templates
ZBXNEXT-6470, ZBXNEXT-6986	Implemented audit logging of LLD rule API object API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8451	Disabled spell checking for nondescriptive textareas Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8569	Added asynchronous agent and HTTP agent poller metrics to Zabbix health templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-743	Implemented new "Gauge" widget Frontend
ZBXNEXT-6144	Added proxy data memory cache to avoid using proxy history tables in normal operation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-7944	Excluded edgeupdate service from services discovery in Windows by Zabbix agent templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8460	Added asynchronous Zabbix agent and HTTP agent pollers Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8422	Added AWS ECS templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8515	Switched Zabbix frontend SVG icons to fonts Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8413	Moved Alerts -> Media types configuration form to modal window Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8497	Removed unnecessary JavaScript preprocessing in discovery rules in Kubernetes templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8445	Changed Data collection -> Event correlation form to modal window Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8465	Updated JavaScript scripts in Kubernetes templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-297	Added remote command execution via active checks Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8447	Added new discovery manager, worker and queue metrics to Zabbix server and proxy health templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-7072	Fixed hintbox to be automatically closed when target element disappears Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8294	Added filters of node labels and annotations for Kubelet discovery in Kubernetes cluster state template Templates
ZBXNEXT-2299	Implemented problem/event filtering by performed update actions and user; reworked problem filter to support filtering by acknowledgement status and current user API Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-2732	Improved network discovery by implementing concurrent checks within single discovery rule API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8425	Increased the maximum length for username and password fields used in HTTP authentication from 64 to 255 characters Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8402	Implemented support of non-numeric vectors in aggregated calculations Server
ZBXNEXT-8245	Converted advanced configuration from checkbox to collapsible block Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8323	Added preprocessing cache support for Prometheus to JSON step Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8387	Changed Alerts->Scripts configuration form to modal window Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7640	Updated widget help icon link to documentation link of a specific widget Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8386	Changed Data collection->Discovery configuration form to modal window Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8211	Added support for new binary item value type API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8390	Added state filter for items in monitoring latest data Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8355	Added various improvements for aggregation functions Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-8270	Added support of non-blocking sockets and thread-safe connect, accept, read, write operation timeouts based on poll Agent Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8086	Implemented ability to use all widgets in dashboard templates Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8079	Added an option to choose whether redirected ICMP ping response is treated as host up or host down API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8235	Implemented simplified cloning in the UI by leaving only one Clone button for Hosts, Templates and Maps Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8326	Added Zabbix server and Zabbix frontend version to system information report Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-8324	Dropped support for floats of limited range API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-7569	Added support for Portage in system.sw.packages{,.get} items Agent
ZBXNEXT-8237	Changed module details view to a modal (popup) and updated module details Frontend
ZBXNEXT-7132	Added option of getting fully qualified domain name in system.hostname key to Zabbix agent and Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBXNEXT-8226	Fixed the problem of insufficient length of URL fields Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-8256	Renamed action operation types related to template linkage Frontend

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-20765	Fixed empty PDF files in scheduled reports Frontend Server
ZBX-21192	Improved SNMP traps to resume processing from last record and timestamp when HA node is switched Proxy Server
ZBX-23814	Fixed {TRIGGER.VALUE} macro not working anymore Server
ZBX-23904	Fixed build flags when using custom OpenSSL library Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-23818	Fixed clock, graph and graph prototype widget form reloading and field focus when changing values Frontend
ZBX-23967	Fixed possible invalid free in SNMP walk to JSON preprocessing step Proxy Server
ZBX-22371	Fixed process tags option not adding tags for service events Server
ZBX-17208	Fixed invalid command-line flag handling in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-23517	Fixed user not being able to clone dashboard with read-only access Frontend
ZBX-22961	Fixed modal (popup) form resizing and visual glitch on initial load, and ResizeObserver observation error in Safari browser Frontend
ZBX-23937	Fixed JavaScript for AWS EC2 instances discovery Templates
ZBX-22715	Fixed map shape dimension changes on resizing in scaled browser mode Frontend
ZBX-23722	Added garbage collection after executing JavaScript code Proxy Server
ZBX-23740	Fixed netsnmp persistent state disabling without affecting its configuration Proxy Server
ZBX-23874	Fixed undefined array key error for map elements with URL Frontend
ZBX-23890	Removed non-existing headers from compiler checks: mtent.h and knlist.h Agent
ZBX-23912	Removed Jira with CustomFields media type in data.tmpl Templates
ZBX-23883	Fixed PHP runtime error while using "/d", "/m" or "/h" modifiers in the time selector with some time zones Frontend
ZBX-23262	Fixed inability to log in using user.login API method if user has a user group with disabled frontend access API
ZBX-23257	Fixed log items not using MaxLinesPerSecond setting correctly for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-23914	Fixed use of uninitialized protocol version variable during SNMP checks Proxy Server
ZBX-22536	Fixed TimescaleDB compression detection for history.clear API method and proper error appearance in frontend API Frontend
ZBX-23761	Fixed JavaScript in Jira media type Templates
ZBX-22558	Fixed trigger expression for retrieval of stub page in Nginx templates Templates
ZBX-23906	Fixed Zabbix server and proxy crash when executing SNMP agent item Proxy Server
ZBX-23562	Fixed time period selector validation for maximum time period Frontend
ZBX-23540	Added error checks for RegisterMetrics calls Agent
ZBX-23691	Fixed LLD filters evaluation type for devices discovery in Cisco SD-WAN by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-23605	Removed getting location buckets in AWS by HTTP template; added discovery filters for request metrics in AWS S3 bucket by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-23497	Fixed user edit form fields validation for user without user group Frontend
ZBX-23696	Fixed script item parameters and HTTP agent item query fields and headers not being passed to Zabbix server when testing items Frontend
ZBX-23466	Fixed data aggregation errors in Graphs and Top hosts widgets with Elasticsearch backend Frontend
ZBX-23835	Updated Meraki templates Templates
ZBX-23723	Fixed proxy parameters in JavaScript AWS templates Templates
ZBX-23846	Fixed quoting of empty parameters while resolving macros in the trigger expressions API Frontend
ZBX-21898	Added escaping of backslashes in history function string parameters API Installation Server
ZBX-22983	Fixed ellipses appearing in dropdown of item mass update and item configuration preprocessing section Frontend
ZBX-22678	Fixed parsing failures for deb packages without an Installed-Size field Agent
ZBX-22055	Fixed map image of Map widget not being updated on pressing "Apply" button Frontend
ZBX-23629	Fixed interface icon cursor to pointer Frontend
ZBX-23471	Fixed sha256 sum calculation on AIX, HP-UX and Solaris, fixed crash on HP-UX Agent
ZBX-22933	Improved vfs.file.regmatch and vfs.file.regexp items to use buffered file read Agent
ZBX-21973	Changed deprecated X-Frame option allow-from to Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors Frontend
ZBX-23738	Fixed Zabbix backend sources for libxml2 2.12.0 version changes Proxy Server
ZBX-23633	Fixed service alarms to be recovered with problem time in case of negative problem duration Server
ZBX-23746	Fixed creation of tickets during escalation for Zammad media type Templates
ZBX-23561	Fixed spacing between filter and results table Frontend
ZBX-23636	Fixed some fields in Administration section not being trimmed on form submission Frontend
ZBX-23730	Fixed long server shutdown when a lot of values are enqueued to be flushed via connectors Server
ZBX-23631	Removed 'tags' tag in case of an error when collecting tags from *discovery items Proxy Server
ZBX-23439	Fixed sorting of numeric items with/without aggregation enabled in Top hosts widget Frontend
ZBX-23825	Fixed query_fields values in Acronis and Nomad templates Templates
ZBX-23590	Fixed discovery rule form custom timeout link opening the proxy form only when override of proxy item type timeouts is enabled Frontend
ZBX-23623	Fixed sorting order of dependent triggers in trigger configuration being different from sorting order in trigger list Frontend
ZBX-23559	Fixed SLI dropping when maintenance is set with pre-existing problem Server
ZBX-23145	Disabled deprecated automatic reconnection in MySQL Proxy Server
ZBX-23799	Fixed crash when host interfaces are added and updated at the same time Proxy Server
ZBX-23565	Fixed filtering by value not working in Latest data for log and text types Frontend
ZBX-23683	Fixed calculation of vmware.datastore.read/write items taking into account VMware HV maintenance status Proxy Server
ZBX-23787, ZBX-23755	Fixed crash on empty HTTP response; fixed Zabbix agent build on Windows with libcurl Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-23437	Added back support for user macros in "custom on fail" parameter Proxy Server
ZBX-23681	Fixed time column width and removed strange dots for the checkbox column in monitoring problems in compact mode Frontend
ZBX-23713	Changed names of order and limit fields in Top hosts and Top triggers widgets Frontend
ZBX-21132	Fixed Top hosts widget not showing all items by selected item name Frontend
ZBX-23568	Added clean-up of incompatible item, item prototype and LLD rule properties from configuration import generated before v6.4 API
ZBX-23764	Added an additional field for new events in SIGNL4 media type Templates
ZBX-23685	Added read-only transaction to the list of recoverable errors on PostgreSQL Proxy Server
ZBX-23342	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 MySQL plugin connection not taking into account TLS parameters Agent
ZBX-23715	Fixed persistent directory path not following symlinks upon creation Agent
ZBX-23759	Fixed agent poller process sending IPC messages to wrong recipients Proxy Server
ZBX-23772	Fixed vmware.vm.discovery item Proxy Server
ZBX-23672	Fixed issue of binary items breaking module compatibility Agent
ZBX-23580	Fixed aggregated item key conversion to calculated item formula when item key includes 'last' function and a fourth parameter API Installation
ZBX-23490	Improved HTTP agent, web scenarios, web checks and JavaScript to convert to UTF-8 from charset specified in HTTP header or HTTP meta tag Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-22493	Fixed foreign key support with SQLite3 database Proxy
ZBX-23146	Fixed automatic database upgrade and manual upgrade scripts failing on TimescaleDB with compression Installation
ZBX-23602	Fixed false positive host revision update in configuration cache when syncing interfaces Proxy Server
ZBX-23269	Fixed sizes of loading modal windows Frontend
ZBX-23621	Fixed SNMP discovery looping forever with empty trend response Proxy Server
ZBX-23668	Added overflow check when converting string variant to ui64 Proxy Server
ZBX-23525	Fixed template tab name in template configuration form Frontend
ZBX-23670	Fixed timeout misbehavior in simple checks Proxy Server
ZBX-22829	Fixed discovery rule checks editing Frontend
ZBX-23620	Reordered sub-templates in READMEs of Acronis, Control-M and Openstack templates Documentation
ZBX-23381	Fixed unit for FreeStorageSpace metric in JavaScript AWS RDS instance by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-23660	Fixed widgets in FortiGate by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-23472	Fixed preload hintboxes loading Frontend
ZBX-22400	Fixed Web scenarios configuration form to display parent web scenarios on page refresh Frontend
ZBX-23290	Fixed gap when filtering by tags in Latest data Frontend
ZBX-23399	Fixed browser console errors when mass updating host and removing all value mappings Frontend
ZBX-23430	Fixed selected filter tab in high contrast themes being indistinguishable from others when collapsed Frontend
ZBX-23429	Removed strange dots in latest data caused by overflow-ellipsis Frontend
ZBX-23639	Changed value type for 'Pool Percent Used' item prototype in Ceph by Zabbix agent 2 template Templates
ZBX-23521	Fixed password field label not changing to key passphrase and back for SSH agent item when changing authentication method Frontend
ZBX-23431	Fixed non-working "Network timeout for item test" setting Frontend
ZBX-23615	Fixed receiving data from the database twice the first time it is loaded Frontend
ZBX-22537	Fixed displaying symptom events in case multiple cause events have more than 50 symptoms Frontend
ZBX-19531	Fixed tables with header text vertical rotation Frontend
ZBX-23157	Fixed proxy buffer statistic handling in disk mode Proxy
ZBX-23855	Fixed buffer overread in DNS response Agent
ZBX-23858	Fixed injection vulnerability in Zabbix agent 2 smartctl plugin Agent
ZBX-23404	Fixed Zabbix agent crashes on HP-UX 11.23 Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-23576	Fixed group condition in calculated item in case when there is template group with same name as host group Server
ZBX-23235	Fixed function macros to expand in notifications Server
ZBX-23173	Fixed memory leak in agent 2 for Windows Events processing on MS Windows Agent
ZBX-23484	Fixed incorrect handling of float values when testing calculated items Proxy Server
ZBX-23563	Fixed JSONPath for rowshare locks metric in PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 template Templates
ZBX-22907	Removed unused LLD macro in PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent template Templates
ZBX-23539	Fixed missing filesystem label macro in Windows by Zabbix agent templates, added discard to filesystems discovery Templates
ZBX-23377	Added support for VMware perfCounter with nanosecond type Proxy Server
ZBX-23012	Possible optimization of the SQL queries when updating LLD items Server
ZBX-23554	Fixed translation strings that were causing issue with gettext extension Frontend
ZBX-23318	Fixed 'replace' preprocessing step parameter validation checking if backslashes are escaped API Frontend
ZBX-23270	Renamed trigger name condition to event name condition API Frontend Server
ZBX-23340	Fixed TLS parameter handling in MySQL plugin for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-23259	Fixed field focus on label click in user group mapping form for user authentication Frontend
ZBX-22977	Fixed positioning of hidden checkbox inputs and fixed autofocus in template/host mass update Frontend
ZBX-23475	Fixed memory leak when SNMP walk to JSON preprocessing step fails due to parsing error Proxy Server
ZBX-23527	Fixed radio-list-controls position in the top header of services Frontend
ZBX-23494	Added SNMP fallback item to TrueNAS by SNMP template, updated uptime item and template descriptions, added preprocessing to free swap percentage calculation Templates
ZBX-23101	Added asterisk to description field label in Item value widget Frontend
ZBX-22666	Disabled severity filter for Geomap widget in dashboard edit mode Frontend
ZBX-23200	Fixed parsing NULL values, multiline strings and quoted strings in SNMP walk output Proxy Server
ZBX-22532	Update Zabbix agent 2 command line flags to use zbxflag package Agent
ZBX-23393	Fixed unquoted macro parsing in trigger function parameters Server
ZBX-23064	Simplified trend synchronization queries to improve performance Server
ZBX-23164	Added timespan parameter in JavaScript Cisco Meraki template Templates
ZBX-23288	Fixed Top triggers widget showing incorrect entries when custom trigger count is set Frontend
ZBX-23465	Fixed alignment of tag badges Frontend
ZBX-23455	Fixed inconsistency in button naming, confirmation messages, success and error messages in item and web scenario list pages Frontend
ZBX-20038	Fixed master host parameter for MySQL replication.get_slave_status key in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-23479	Fixed empty hints for widget fields referring to another widgets Frontend
ZBX-23301	Removed checks for PostgreSQL-TimescaleDB versions combination Frontend Server
ZBX-23454	Fixed runtime errors while resolving macros in the trigger URL name Frontend
ZBX-22735	Fixed confusing error message on user parameter reload in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-23477	Fixed item test failures due to timeout error Proxy Server
ZBX-23154	Stopped running housekeeper TimescaleDB 'drop_chunks' query on history_bin table Server
ZBX-23427	Fixed trends not being calculated Server
ZBX-23361	Fixed uncapitalized first letter for value 'all' in radio buttons and in filter select fields Frontend
ZBX-22841	Fixed all date/time displays to match standard US date and time formats Frontend
ZBX-23446	Fixed nested transaction issue when processing autoregistration data Server
ZBX-23354	Fixed crash on shutdown after unsuccessful database connection on startup Proxy
ZBX-23358	Fixed "Problem hosts" widget without filtering by tags not showing problem host count Frontend
ZBX-23302	Fixed 'access denied' error in template multiselect popup Frontend
ZBX-23338	Improved performance of templatedashboard.get method for non super-admin users API
ZBX-23110	Fixed possible crash on Windows 11 by removing concurrent Win API call for update perfCounters list Agent
ZBX-23284	Prevented deletion of the discovered group as a result of renaming its group prototype API
ZBX-21094	Fixed graphs not displaying values when items do not have trends and trend storage period is overridden in configuration Frontend
ZBX-23162	Fixed variable in JavaScript for Cisco Meraki template Templates
ZBX-23066	Expanded ui/composer.json to describe the project Frontend
ZBX-23253	Added static units support to graph widget legend and hint box Frontend
ZBX-23261	Removed kiosk mode button from host inventory form Frontend
ZBX-23260	Fixed (enabled) additional URL fields in map properties Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8658	Improved Monitoring > Maps usability Frontend
ZBX-22943	Fixed various memory leaks in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-22779	Replaced HTTP with HTTPS in Zabbix homepage address Installation
ZBX-23298	Fixed walk[oid] discovery rule not working as test item Proxy Server
ZBX-23336	Fixed items not to become unsupported if interface is not available Proxy Server
ZBX-23244	Added escaping for special characters in HTML mode of Telegram mediatype Templates
ZBX-21636	Fixed Oracle DB update query error mishandled as success Frontend
ZBX-20442	Fixed Ceph plugin not returning percent_used in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-15210	Added housekeeping and handling in remove action operation of autoreg_host table Server
ZBX-21560	Fixed default Zabbix agent 1 and 2 config file name and path for Windows; fixed logging to stderr in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-22991	Resolved recommendations/issues regarding new icons style Frontend
ZBX-22166	Fixed item value widget not showing decimal places properly with seconds Frontend
ZBX-23035	Fixed disappearing filter group in host, item, trigger, graph, discovery rule, web and template lists Frontend
ZBX-23105	Added missing database indices Installation
ZBX-23854	Fixed leak of zbx_session cookie through dashboard URL widget while constructing scheduled report Proxy Server
ZBX-23240	Fixed filtering by "action" and "action_userid" in event.get and problem.get not working API Frontend
ZBX-21952	Fixed and improved documentation for Oracle by ODBC template Documentation
ZBX-22980	Fixed host prototype displaying inherited macros in a non-inherited macro tab Frontend
ZBX-17279	Fixed graph widget loading Frontend
ZBX-22601	Fixed invalid time period filter submission Frontend
ZBX-23214	Fixed inability to import a host if a template with non-existent template group is specified in the same import file API
ZBX-23275	Prevented undefined index error when unlinking a template containing an item with value map API
ZBX-22724	Fixed inconsistencies in ordering of objects in template configuration export Frontend
ZBX-22060	Added notes about encryption in PostgreSQL templates, renamed database instance URI macro to connection string in PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 template, updated PostgreSQL by ODBC template to use connection string Templates
ZBX-23246	Fixed classic graph preview not working if more than 10 items are assigned to it Frontend
ZBX-22758	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 startup error on domain controllers by increasing go-winio version Agent
ZBX-22451	Fixed resolving of calculated item formula in test popup Frontend
ZBX-23088	Fixed discovery rule host name, visible name and uniqueness criteria radio button values after updating Discovery checks Frontend
ZBX-22901	Fixed duplicate checking for SNMP discovery checks Frontend
ZBX-22620	Added header in items for Meraki template Templates
ZBX-23051	Changed content of resolved alerts to be more compatible with Event Orchestration in PagerDuty Templates
ZBX-23272	Fixed naming for tenant item prototypes in OpenStack Nova by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-22818	Fixed some aggregation functions not working with last_foreach() Frontend
ZBX-23002	Made vfs_file_contents, vfs_file_regmatch, vfs_file_regexp, log, log.count, logrt, logrt.count and telnet items to fail when non-existing encoding is used Agent Server
ZBX-21255	Added support of the fmtnum() function for {ITEM.VALUE}, {ITEM.LASTVALUE} and expression macros Frontend
ZBX-22771	Fixed handling of large unsigned integers in JSONPath Server
ZBX-22871	Fixed regular expression crash with invalid utf-8 sequences when PCRE2 is used Agent
ZBX-23141	Fixed crash when maintenance is enabled and unexpected event exists for trigger prototype Proxy Server
ZBX-23068	Fixed crash and memory leak when using system.sw.os.get key Agent
ZBX-21695	Fixed {TIME} macro not being resolved during scheduled report test Server
ZBX-23221	Fixed memory leaks when using certificate-based encryption in Zabbix agent and Zabbix agent 2; thanks to Masato Hirahata for the patch Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-22864	Fixed calculation of max_repetitions sent out to device in SNMP PDUs Proxy Server
ZBX-23234	Fixed inability to link a template containing an item that depends on web scenario item API
ZBX-23210	Fixed inability to unlink a template containing items with empty value map from a template API
ZBX-22677	Adjusted font colors for placeholders, disabled and readonly fields Frontend
ZBX-21574	Optimized Asterisk by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-18168	Added regexp runtime error logging for log*[] items Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-22972	Fixed displaying of dashboard pages when scrolling is enabled Frontend
ZBX-23067	Enhanced audit logging with reason of switching of HA node to active mode Server
ZBX-22535	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 configuration with empty values Agent
ZBX-22027	Fixed "Update problem" position in trigger context menu Frontend
ZBX-22757	Fixed action condition labels when custom expression is set Frontend
ZBX-22613	Fixed script execution with API token as authentication API
ZBX-22881	Fixed link to filtered users belonging to the specific user group Frontend
ZBX-23060	Removed unused endpoints in JavaScript for Veeam Backup and Replication template Templates
ZBX-22772	Added trends cleanup for non-numeric value types Server
ZBX-22788	Fixed inability to close pop-up confirmation message on the first attempt after opening multiple popups Frontend
ZBX-22787	Fixed mediatypes incorrectly saving parameters when switching type from Webhook to Script and vice versa API
ZBX-23147	Fixed problem count indicators in Monitoring hosts page Frontend
ZBX-23072	Fixed web scenario step variable uniqueness validation if multiple variable names are empty Frontend
ZBX-23096	Fixed fields with key-value pairs being misaligned in web scenario configuration form Frontend
ZBX-23107	Fixed small memory leak in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-22822	Fixed displaying the correct threshold color in "Top hosts" widget when value exceeds maximum Frontend
ZBX-22777	Fixed item test form sending incorrectly resolved macros to server if item uses SNMP interface Frontend
ZBX-23075	Fixed processing of network discovery rule with short update interval Proxy Server
ZBX-23097	Fixed use of uninitialised value when verifying subject and issuer with TLS Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-23112	Fixed runtime errors in the inheritance of the trigger and trigger prototype dependencies API
ZBX-22539	Fixed SLI calculation for days with daylight-saving-time transitions API
ZBX-22916	Fixed action condition type dropdown not reloading the form if mouse is clicked and dragged Frontend
ZBX-22814	Fixed PHP runtime errors in API trigger.get method when using "expandComment" option API
ZBX-23037	Fixed memory leak in vfs.fs.get[] Agent
ZBX-22915	Fixed unfocusable dashboard pages in editing mode Frontend
ZBX-23014	Fixed Zabbix agent build on HP-UX Agent
ZBX-23049	Fixed default condition for log item macro resolution Server
ZBX-21909	Updated setup section in README for PHP-FPM templates to include configuration example for Apache Templates
ZBX-20148	Fixed the issue with housekeeper failing to delete some of the events that required deletion Server
ZBX-21970	Fixed console error in "Map navigation tree" widget; disabled add button on a 10th depth level Frontend
ZBX-19393	Fixed undefined index errors in configuration.importcompare API
ZBX-22811	Removed CSRF token from the monitoring.host.view URL Frontend
ZBX-22290	Fixed generation of double page headers when general warning appears Frontend
ZBX-22830	Fixed free bytes calculation for temporary tablespace in Oracle Zabbix agent 2 plugin Agent
ZBX-21845	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 systemd plugin failing with newer dbus Agent
ZBX-21547	Fixed reading of non-UTF-8 encoded files in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-22800	Fixed detection of authentication LDAP userdirectory when user is assigned to multiple user groups with LDAP authentication API Frontend
ZBX-22808	Fixed broken timeline breakpoint in "Problems by severity" widget Frontend
ZBX-21571	Updated pod crash loop trigger expressions in Kubernetes nodes and cluster state templates Templates
ZBX-22825	Fixed Zabbix access to the first page for user with specific page access Frontend
ZBX-22711	Fixed incorrectly displayed simple graphs with non-numeric items in Host graphs page Frontend
ZBX-22369	Fixed suffix interpretation in threshold values for "Item value" and "Top hosts" widget Frontend
ZBX-22987	Fixed inefficient URL schema validation Frontend
ZBX-21892	Fixed wrong fs type returned by vfs.fs.get for file systems with identical mount point Agent
ZBX-21859	Fixed active checks occasionally not being executed on Zabbix agent 2 if checks for a plugin have long and short update intervals Agent
ZBX-22941	Prevented clearing of the user macro secret values on inherited host prototypes as the result of user macros modifications on the parent host prototype of a template API
ZBX-22889	Fixed performance problems by creating problem.cause_eventid index Installation
ZBX-22695	Fixed eventlog duplicate timestamps Agent
ZBX-22903	Fixed scale calculation for Graph and Graph (classic) widgets Frontend
ZBX-22838	Fixed Zabbix proxy reporting JSON error instead of TCP Proxy
ZBX-22904	Fixed streaming of metrics with large float numbers Server
ZBX-22148	Fixed the crash when updating a webhook to JavaScript that cannot be compiled Proxy Server
ZBX-22868	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 plugin Defaults when hardcoded value is provided Agent
ZBX-22399	Added TLS and Default parameters support to MQTT plugin for Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-20280	Fixed page selection in a dashboard after refresh Frontend
ZBX-22883	Fixed occasional crash of user parameters on Windows when using Zabbix agent 2 with UserParameterDir defined Agent
ZBX-22953	Fixed metric names in the Top hosts widget in global view dashboard, added missing connector queue metric to graph in Zabbix server health dashboard Installation
ZBXNEXT-8392	Added a documentation link for each standard item key Frontend
ZBX-22243	Fixed navigation away from edited dashboard without user confirmation Frontend
ZBX-22844	Fixed compilation of Zabbix on OpenBSD when linking with libevent Proxy Server
ZBX-22798	Fixed incorrect output of vfs.file.contents when reading frequently modified file Agent
ZBX-22805	Increased memory allocation limit for JavaScript execution from 64M to 512M Proxy Server
ZBX-21877	Fixed unnecessary proxy name wrapping into multiple lines in proxy list Frontend
ZBX-22264	Added optional empty state for dynamic rows library Frontend
ZBX-22697	Fixed VMware tags update error related to curl communication problems Proxy Server
ZBX-21573	Optimized preprocessing steps in the AWS EC2 by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-16326	Fixed displaying of the first and last data points on the graphs Frontend
ZBX-22467	Fixed missing bracket in a trigger event name in Windows templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8467	Updated max supported TimescaleDB version to 2.11 Server
ZBX-22738	Fixed flickering debug info while editing empty dashboards Frontend
ZBX-22231	Removed host and interface macros resolution from HTTP proxy fields in items, item prototype and discovery rule test dialogues Frontend
ZBX-22681	Fixed wrongly displayed Revert button for text macros in host, template and host prototype clone forms Frontend
ZBX-21194	Fixed filter form submission upon pressing Enter key in Safari Frontend
ZBX-22348	Added user role requirement for creating a user or updating a user with role already set to the frontend Frontend
ZBX-21804	Removed requirement for write permissions on hosts, host groups, triggers, discovery rules, discovery checks and proxies when creating or updating actions API Frontend
ZBX-22743	Fixed user list filtering with user roles specified Frontend
ZBX-22418	Fixed popup form fields overlapping labels when textarea width is resized Frontend
ZBX-19590	Changed count_foreach to add 0 when no data are in the requested period Server
ZBX-22594	Fixed fatal error when a request contains invalid authentication parameters Frontend
ZBX-22397	Fixed disabled input field text color in Safari Frontend
ZBX-22691	Fixed action operations edit form opening wrong operation details popup window Frontend
ZBX-21593	Optimized preprocessing steps in the templates PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent and PostgreSQL by Zabbix agent 2 Templates
ZBX-22470	Fixed hang on logging when establishing an encrypted connection in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-20263	Prevented the ability to link two or more templates with matching item keys to a host or template; improved the check for double template linkage and related error messages API
ZBX-22254	Fixed support of special characters in LDAP group pattern API Frontend
ZBX-22571	Fixed "service not equal" action condition not working as expected Server
ZBX-22644	Fixed Graph widget not showing all problems for multiple items with dataset aggregation enabled Frontend
ZBX-22698	Fixed spelling mistakes in the templates Templates
ZBX-21883	Changed Select map field of the Map widget to multiselect Frontend
ZBX-22762	Fixed race condition in Zabbix agent 2 when reading filesystem Agent
ZBX-22593	Changed representation of boolean item values in wmi.get, wmi.getall items in Zabbix agent 2 to match the format in classic Zabbix agent Agent
ZBX-22793	Fixed LogSlowQueries not taken into account by server Server
ZBX-22314	Fixed OpenSSL, yaml, cmocka compiling in a non-standard location Proxy Server
ZBX-14557	Expanded the range of possible forecast return values to double precision Server
ZBX-22598	Fixed singular and plural forms in success and error messages and in confirmation messages Frontend
ZBX-22343	Removed use of deprecated cURL setopt options Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-22147	Updated default buffer size to 1000 in Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-22587	Fixed JSON validation not detecting invalid unicode characters and out-of-bounds access with JSONPath on invalid unicode character Proxy Server
ZBX-21976	Added support of OneLogin and Azure SCIM, fixed some issues with provisioning API Frontend

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References

Zabbix 7.0 Manual