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[!WARNING] Important Security Update

Netdata v1.45.3 is a patch release to fix a local privilege escalation vulnerability discovered in v1.45.x releases. Users are advised to upgrade any systems running v1.45.0, v1.45.1, or v1.45.2 immediately. Stable releases before v1.45.0 are unaffected by this vulnerability. Full details on the vulnerability can be found in the associated security advisory on GitHub. A big thank you to mia-0 for identifying and reporting this issue!

This patch release also addresses other issues discovered since v1.45.2.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Mitigated a security issue in ndsudo by restricting its search paths to a predefined set of directories (#17377, @ilyam8)
• Resolved an issue that prevented the "percentage" option from functioning correctly in alert lookups (#17391, @ktsaou)
• Enhanced macOS uninstallation by enabling removal of the associated LaunchDaemons plist file (#17357, @ilyam8)
• Increased the default minimum thread stack size to 1 MB to address potential stability issues caused by the musl libc's smaller default (128kB) (#17317, @ilyam8)

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 2000 engineers are already using it!

Netdata v1.45.2 is a patch release to address issues discovered since v1.45.1.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Improved PostgreSQL/MySQL local listener discovery to automatically check for connections using both TCP and Unix sockets, enabling support for passwordless Unix socket connections (#17304 #17305, @ilyam8)
• Fixed an issue that prevented negative matching of host/chart labels in alert configurations (#17290 #17292, @ktsaou)
• Improved go.d.plugin stability by preventing Netdata from shutting down the entire plugin due to an issue with registering jobs for unregistered modules (#17289, @ilyam8)
• Improved go.d.plugin HTTP requests now include a UserAgent string, enhancing identification in server log (#17286, @ilyam8)
• Improved Nginx discovery in go.d.plugin by automatically trying multiple status endpoints when discovering Nginx containers (#17285, @ilyam8)
• Fixed a go.d.plugin panic that could occur when using the Unbound collector with TLS (#17283, @ilyam8)
• Fixed a libyaml linking issue (#17276, @Ferroin)
• Improved go.d.plugin configuration validation, preventing unexpected or invalid options through dynamic configurations (#17269, @ilyam8)

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 2000 engineers are already using it!

Netdata v1.45.1 is a patch release to address issues discovered since v1.45.0.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Ensured proper handling of default values for data collection jobs submitted via dynamic configuration. (#17255, @ilyam8)
• Optimized go.d.plugin service discovery by filtering out irrelevant docker-proxy listeners. (#17254, @ilyam8)
• Improved go.d.plugin's ability to find applications, including those using IPv6, and identify Apache processes more reliably. (#17252, @ilyam8)
• Improved OpenSSL discovery on macOS for Homebrew builds. (#17250, @Ferroin)
• Obsolete references to saving the internal database using the USR1 signal, reflecting the removal of save/map memory modes. (#17249, @ilyam8)
• Added ZSTD compression support for dbengine (disabled by default for now). This improves storage efficiency when available, automatically falling back to uncompressed pages for compatibility. (#17244, @ktsaou)
• Fixed a bug that caused metric reference count errors during release. (#17239, @ktsaou)
• Code cleanup. (#17237, @ktsaou)
• Enabled Gorilla compression by default for dbengine, reducing memory usage. (#17234, @ktsaou)
• Improved dbengine unit tests for better code coverage and maintainability. (#17232, @ktsaou)
• Fixed a database engine cache bug that could cause queries to stop prematurely under pressure. (#17231, @ktsaou)
• Implemented caching optimization to reduce the number of cache flushes following journal file v2 creation. (#17220, @stelfrag)
• Reduced clutter in MySQL/MariaDB query logs by disabling session query logging for the go.d/mysql collector. (#17219, @ilyam8)
• Improved go.d.plugin to correctly identify MariaDB databases. (#17218, @ilyam8)
• Enhanced macOS build stability by using native libraries and optimizing checks for dependencies. (#17216, @Ferroin)
• Suppressed unnecessary compiler warnings about redefined macros, improving build cleanliness and compatibility with stricter build flags. (#17209, @Ferroin)

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 2000 engineers are already using it!

Netdata v1.44.3 is a patch release to address issues discovered since v1.44.2.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Improved handling of slow queries and CPU usage of the ACLKSYNC thread. (#16838, @stelfrag)
• Improved error handling for listen bind failures. Instead of terminating fatally, Netdata now exits gracefully. (#16937, @stelfrag)
• Fixed invalid alert durations in health log entries. (#16931, @stelfrag)
• Fixed a race condition during analytics data setup, preventing potential Netdata crashes. (#16929, @stelfrag)
• The Netdata base image includes Debian backports for comprehensive security and stability. (netdata/helper-images#271, @tkatsoulas)

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 1900 engineers are already using it!

Netdata v1.44.2 is a patch release to address issues discovered since v1.44.1.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Fixed an inconsistency where the NETDATA_LOG_LEVEL environment variable did not affect log level in Docker containers. (#16943, @ilyam8)
• Fixed inconsistent log severity across sources: log severity level setting now work for all Netdata log sources (daemon, collector, health, access, aclk). (#16922, @ilyam8)
• Fixed a bug in chartd.d.plugin that prevented loading of its modules configuration files. (#16939, @ilyam8)
• Fixed inaccurate server type identification in Netdata Cloud for FreeBSD jails. Jails are now recognized correctly. (#16858, @ilyam8)
• Fixed a bug that prevented the edit-config script from running correctly in Podman containers. The script now accurately identifies container environments. (#16825, @Ferroin)
• Fixed a bug that caused excessive logging of "Using host prefix directory" messages. (#16814, @ilyam8)
• Fixed incorrect label source for apps.plugin charts, ensuring they are now accessible when querying Prometheus metrics. (#16810, @boxjan)
• Fixed a bug in the cgroups.plugin that could lead to crashes. Additionally, addressed incorrect thread name during fatal Agent exits. (#16771, @ktsaou)
• Fixed a race condition related to pthread_detach() calls, preventing potential Netdata crashes during thread creation. (#16760, @ktsaou)
• Fixed a bug that caused "maximum number of cgroups reached" messages to spam logs. (#16730, @ilyam8)
• Fixed incorrect service file location during MacOS installation: now, launchctl commands can reliably start and stop Netdata. (#16693, @ilyam8)
• Fixed a bug that caused the Netdata claiming process to fail on macOS due to an inaccessible netdata-claim.sh script. (#16686, @ilyam8)
• Fixed missing host label streaming from child nodes: host labels are now transmitted reliably to parent nodes. (#16821, @stelfrag)
• Fixes a bug in clock resolution calculation that prevented some data collection plugins from working correctly. (#16720, @ktsaou)
• Fixed a bug that caused Netdata to crash when calculating database size due to missing or single datafiles. (#16699, @ktsaou)
• Fixed a bug that caused the cups.plugin to not terminate upon receiving a SIGPIPE (Broken Pipe) signal. (#16691, @ilyam8)
• Fixed a reference counting issue that could lead to Netdata crashes. (#16687, @ktsaou)
• Fixed charts context and family definitions of exporting engine. (#16683, @ilyam8)
• Fixed a bug that could cause crashes when processing web requests. (#16664, @ktsaou)
• Fixed improper handling of the dbengine event loop during shutdown. (#16658, @stelfrag)
• Fixed a potential memory corruption issue in database code. (#16654, @stelfrag)
• Fixed "response too big" error for Systemd-journal: addressed limitations by raising the maximum web response size. (#16649, @ktsaou)
• Fixed compilation issues with --disable-dbengine: addressed errors that prevented successful builds when this flag was used. (#16611, @stelfrag)
• Fixed labels corruption due to duplicate key/value pairs. Additionally, addressed logging errors that occurred during fatal Agent exits. (commit, @ktsaou)
• Update go.d.plugin to v0.58.0. (#16725, @ilyam8).

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our dedicated, talented contributors who make up this amazing community. The time and expertise that you volunteer are essential to our success. We thank you and look forward to continuing to grow together to build a remarkable product.

• @boxjan for fixing incorrect label source for apps.plugin charts.

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 1900 engineers are already using it!

Netdata v1.44.1 is a patch release to address issues discovered since v1.44.0.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Fixed an issue in the uninstall script that prevented log2journal and systemd-cat-native from being removed (#16585, @ilyam8).
• Fixed a bug that caused the debugfs.plugin to not terminate upon receiving a SIGPIPE (Broken Pipe) signal (#16569, @ilyam8).
• Fixed memory leak during host chart label cleanup (#16568, @stelfrag).
• Fixed incorrect cpu architecture/ram/disk values in build info (#16567, @ilyam8).
• Fixed a bug that prevented the parent from accepting streaming connections on systems with one CPU core (#16565, @stelfrag).
• Make the systemd-journal mandatory package on Centos 7 and Amazon linux 2 (#16562, @tkatsoulas).
• Fixed crash on reading memory clock speed of an AMD graphics card (#16561, @MrZammler).
• Fixed an unhandled error that occurred when setting file capabilities in the Debian postinst script of the perf.plugin (#16558, @tkatsoulas).
• Fixed an issue where the user's netdata home directory was set to an incorrect value (#16548, @ilyam8).
• Added the lightweight text editor to the Docker image (#254, @tkatsoulas).

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 1700 engineers are already using it!

Netdata v1.43.2 is a patch release to address issues discovered since v1.43.1.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Fix rrdlabels type (1676de2, @stelfrag).
• Fix label copy to allow new keys with different values (6179213, @stelfrag).
• Fix internal label source propagation when streaming metrics (60cd86d, @ktsaou).
• Speed up queries when sending alerts to Cloud on parents with a large number of alerts per child (f80f0fc, @MrZammler).
• Fix filtering when selecting multiple fields in systemd-journal plugin (750ca8e, @stelfrag).
• Fix an issue where parents were missing chart labels of child instances (240f9e7, @ktsaou).
• Fix an issue where updated labels were not propagated to parents (644d432, @stelfrag).

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 1700 engineers are already using it!

Netdata v1.43.1 is a patch release to address issues discovered since v1.43.0.

This patch release provides the following bug fixes and updates:

• Prevent wrong optimization armv7l static build (#16274, @stelfrag).
• Fixed pattern matching in Functions Search (#16264, @ktsaou).
• Fixed an issue where the query planner was using the wrong dbengine tier that had no data for the selected time period (#16263, @ktsaou).
• Fixed invalid payload in Discord notifications (#16257, @luchaos).
• Fixed possible deadlock on discovery thread shutdown in cgroups plugin (#16246, @stelfrag).
• Fixed duplicate chart labels (#16249, @stelfrag).
• Fixed dimension HETEROGENEOUS check (#16234, @stelfrag).
• Updated go.d plugin version to v0.56.3 (#16228, @ilyam8).
• Fixed calculation of dbengine statistics on 32bit systems (#16222, @stelfrag).
• Improved handling of duplicate labels (#16172, @stelfrag).
• Improved cleanup on shutdown of collectors (#16023, @ktsaou)

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our dedicated, talented contributors that make up this amazing community. The time and expertise that you volunteer are essential to our success. We thank you and look forward to continuing to grow together to build a remarkable product.

• @luchaos for fixing Discord notifications.

Support options

As we grow, we stay committed to providing the best support ever seen from an open-source solution. Should you encounter an issue with any of the changes made in this release or any feature in the Netdata Agent, feel free to contact us through one of the following channels:

• Netdata Learn: Find documentation, guides, and reference material for monitoring and troubleshooting your systems with Netdata.
• GitHub Issues: Make use of the Netdata repository to report bugs or open a new feature request.
• GitHub Discussions: Join the conversation around the Netdata development process and be a part of it.
• Community Forums: Visit the Community Forums and contribute to the collaborative knowledge base.
• Discord Server: Jump into the Netdata Discord and hang out with like-minded sysadmins, DevOps, SREs, and other troubleshooters. More than 1700 engineers are already using it!