NetCrunch Release Notes

Since version 16

  • 1 Releases
  • 28 Fixes
  • 81 Features

16.0

Version 16.0.0

(July 11, 2026)

81 Features

28 Fixes
New Features & Improvements
  • (Graphical Views) Reach Text Support Text and shape widgets can now display formatted content, including bold text, italic text, and lists.

  • Ability to add nodes to a node group view in Web Console

  • Ability to restore or delete Atlas if it cannot be correctly loaded

  • Add last hardware change column to hardware inventory view

  • Added Rootly AI integration

  • Added ServiceNow integration

  • Added hardware sensor info to inventory hardware view

  • Advanced Data Protection NetCrunch 16 adds a master password and FIPS compatibility mode to increase security.

  • Ask AI leverages Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to provide intelligent, context-aware answers based on official NetCrunch documentation.

  • Atlas tree state is now preserved and synchronized when you open console second

  • Authentication profile and tags are displayed in monitor views

  • Business Service View automatically creates and maintains a live dependency diagram for a root composite status, providing real-time visibility into service dependencies and their current health.

  • CSV Export is available for all grids (nodes, monitors)

  • Chart tooltips display in grid columns (i.e Windows CPU) showing performance value as bars

  • Counter Repository manages all counter metadata in a single place.

  • Custom Atlas Tree ordering allows to organize atlas tree with dragging

  • Data Objects NetCrunch 16 introduces new data types such as table data, time series, and category data that can be ingested from an external source.

  • Distribute Flow Servers Install multiple flow servers, one per network site, and access data from a single point.

  • Extended Composite Status allows composing the status from all ten status objects available in NetCrunch.

  • Extended Event Retention Time allows retaining event data for more than 365 days

  • Extended Folder Sensor enables alerting on changes to folder content.

  • Extended Node Status Policy allows set node status upon any monitoring target (sensor, service or monitor)

  • Extended Visual Thresholds now support five segments in addition to the previous three-segment model.

  • Filter grid columns by multiple aspects (i.e. sensor and/or sensor status)

  • Flow Analyzer Status Shows status for single of multiple flow analyzers on status dashboard

  • Flow Server is distributed now and can be installed along the monitoring probe

  • Forecasting View shows all forecasts based on defined predictive thresholds.

  • Grid Filtering. Allows settings two attributes per column (i.e. sensor and state)

  • Grid allows negative filters by exclusion

  • Group by menu allows easily to group items in node, active alerts and monitors

  • Improved File Sensor sensor allows using date patterns in file names.

  • Improved Icon Widget has now more connection points

  • Improved Tasks allow adding references to status objects and provide additional views.

  • Improved Trend Viewer can display charts with different units by adding an additional Y-axis.

  • Improved sFlow Analysis

  • Interface view includes now VLANs views and ability to group by Switch and VLAN and ungrouped view

  • Leading monitoring target allows to select any moniitoring target (i.e. sensor) to determine node status

  • Limitation of simultaneously monitored elements per network allows monitoring using very limited bandwidth

  • Live Interface data is available in interface view now

  • MCP Server exposes all available REST API calls, enabling seamless automation of network management tasks.

  • MFA for Desktop Console enhances security by requiring an additional verification step during login.

  • Mini charts in value and gauge panel widgets can display min & max and use tooltip group

  • Mobile PWA Console delivers most Web Console features via NetCrunch Connection Cloud, with support for push notifications.

  • New Alert Editors enable much cleaner alert definitions.

  • New Alert View Editor alows for much shorter and cleaner query definitions

  • New Atlas Tree Options allow you to search the docked atlas tree and expand or collapse all items.

  • New Clock Widget displays the date and time in various time zones, with both digital and analog formats.

  • New Credential Manager displays all custom profiles and allows tracking all authentication-related issues.

  • New Home Screen provides an overview of the entire system, including alerts, monitors, issues, and server status.

  • New Meraki Cloud Sensor

  • New NetCrunch Flow Server Can be installed in remote sites making flow monitoring fully distributed

  • New NetCrunch Log viewer allows viewing NetCrunch logs in Web Console now

  • New Netflow Analyzer adds more filtering capabilities and doubles the analysis dimensions.

  • New Probe View allows controlling multiple probe statuses and health in one place.

  • New Status View Editor is available also in Web Console

  • New TopCharts Editor is also available in Web Console

  • New UI for managing status dashboard panels - works also in Web Console

  • New Windows DHCP Server Sensor monitors key metrics and DHCP-specific issues, such as address conflicts.

  • Node Dashboards Create synchronized graphical view that is automatically visible in the Node Status dashboard section.

  • Node Status Dashboards shows synchronized graphical views suitable for a given node

  • Node groups can be filtered by monitoring sensors now

  • NodeJS 24.18.0 NetCrunch uses latest LTS version of the nodejs

  • Offline Probe Mode Remote probes can continue to operate without a server connection. After the connection is restored, data is automatically replicated.

  • PING is prioritized to be a leading service

  • PostgreSQL Event DB Increase scalability and performance

  • Predictive Thresholds trigger alerts a given number of days before a predicted threshold breach occurs.

  • Probe Auto Update Probes can update themselves automatically from the internet or from the server in isolated networks.

  • Probe Load Balancing/Fault Tolerance Mode Local monitoring probes can run in load balancing and fault tolerance modes where the server decides how to distribute monitoring across probes.

  • Proxmox VE Monitoring Monitor hosts, cluster and virtual machines.

  • REST API Throttling prevents server overload and ensures stable performance by limiting the rate of API requests.

  • Recent Views Panel popup panel provides quick access to recently opened views and allows you to pin your favorites for easy retrieval.

  • Reconnecting Lines easily change the connection point of a line.

  • Set node geolocation though REST API. You can set **geolocation** property now. [MP0094]

  • Side Bar Navigation NetCrunch allows to select between two navigation layouts

  • Static Geographic Maps can be used as a background or added as a widget, supporting Google Maps, and MapTiler (OSM).

  • Support for Aruba switches - monitoring pack, physical segments and SNMP View

  • Synchronized Graphical Dashboards allow you to create dashboards for a single node or synchronize them by time range for consistent, correlated analysis.

  • TLSv1.3 is the default for the web server and can be overridden in the web server settings if needed.

  • Touchscreen support across all consoles.

  • Views in in automated screen scenario can now be reordered with dragging

  • Web Transaction Monitoring adds a recorder to capture web page actions and verify the resulting script using the Web Transaction sensor.

Fixes
  • [MP0075] Default SNMP profiles are no longer editable.
  • GrafCrunch has been deprecated and removed, as Graphical View now provides all required functionality.
  • critical 🚨 [MP0035] The alerting script now runs correctly for the NetCrunch Status alert.
  • critical 🚨 [MP0079] Alerts with time restrictions and disabled mode now close properly instead of staying open.
  • critical 🚨 [MP0084] Nodes with monitoring disabled no longer generate events.
  • critical 🚨 [MJ0038] Windows services excluded via a case-insensitive regex no longer trigger unwanted Service Stopped alerts.
  • critical 🚨 [#6750] Adding nodes via script through the NC API no longer fails with `Status code` errors.
  • major Alert page was always opening on Active tab instead of the last used
  • major [MP0080] The Request/Issue Type dropdown in the Jira integration now shows more than 50 items.
  • major [MJ0040] The `Set SNMP Variable` action no longer shows a false `not an integer` error when writing integer values.
  • major [MJ0035] The Japanese PDF documentation is now readable.
  • major [MP0085] Adding a metric from certain sensors in Graphical View now creates the monitoring counter as expected.
  • major [MP0066] The Do Not Disturb option in Connection Broker now works as expected.
  • major [MP0063] Adding a sensor no longer hides the Sensors section in Node Settings.
  • major [MP0049] Top Charts now show the correct color when comparing values in milliseconds and seconds.
  • major [MP0045] The Freshservice integration works again after Freshservice's API change.
  • major [MP0034] The correlation section now appears correctly when adding a new alert to the Folder sensor.
  • major [MP0033] Non-administrator users with an administrator access profile can now remove nodes from dynamic node groups.
  • major Fixed stability issues in WMI monitor
  • major [MP0095] Increasing Windows text size causes some top bar buttons unresponsive.
  • minor Hyper-V VM checkpoint time was shifted
  • minor [MP0031] Connection line reference captions are now kept in place after resizing the line in Graphical Views.
  • minor [MP0064] Buttons for actions that do not apply to a sensor are now disabled in Monitoring Packs.
  • minor [MP0086] Bring to Front/Back in Graphical View now reorders connected elements correctly.
  • minor [MP0078] The Edit buttons for Basic HTTP and REST HTTP sensors are now visible in the German console.
  • minor [#6920] The Sessions table in the Windows Sessions view can show more than two rows.
  • minor [#8208] Deleting an Auto-Screens scenario includes protection against accidental loss.
  • minor [#8658] Map Link widgets in Graphical Views have been improved.
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