Netprobe Release Notes
Overview Copied
This page provides information about the latest Netprobe release, including new features and resolved issues.
For a detailed overview of the Geneos 7.x.x release, including key highlights for other components, see Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
Netprobe 7.4.2 Copied
Released: 26 June 2025
This release updates the Netprobe to version 7.4.2. It contains the new features and bug fixes previously introduced in withdrawn Geneos release versions 7.4.0 and 7.4.1.
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.4.2-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.4.2-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| UTL-1371 | Updated the Geneos Docker base image to ubi9-minimal:9.6-1750782676. |
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12651 | Reverted the Boost C++ Libraries from version 1.88.0 to version 1.70.0 due to an observed increase in memory consumption. |
Netprobe 7.4.1 Copied
Release Withdrawn
Geneos versions 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 have been withdrawn and are no longer available for download due to a discovered memory leak.
We recommend upgrading to Geneos version 7.4.2. For more information on the components packaged with this release, refer to the Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
Released: 17 June 2025
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.4.1-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.4.1-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-6694 | Sampler includes can now be defined in the Advanced mappings section under Dynamic entities > Mapping types. |
Netprobe 7.4.0 Copied
Release Withdrawn
Geneos versions 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 have been withdrawn and are no longer available for download due to a discovered memory leak.
We recommend upgrading to Geneos version 7.4.2. For more information on the components packaged with this release, refer to the Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
Released: 29 May 2025
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.4.0-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.4.0-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7277 | Endpoint information is now collected by the Gateway and Netprobe ITRS Analytics Connection plugins. These are available as two new rows (dataEndpoint and ingestionEndpoint) in the Summary dataview. |
| COL-12507 | The FKM plugin file source Windows NT Event Log now supports query filtering. |
| COL-12531 | The AwsCollector now supports monitoring of AWS Redshift cluster metrics, and the new AwsRedshiftDataCollector monitors SQL-level data from AWS Redshift clusters. Templates are also available in Geneos to support monitoring configuration. |
| COL-12554 | Updated the Boost C++ Libraries to version 1.88.0 to address the security vulnerability CVE-2016-9840 (BDSA-2016-1107). |
| COL-12565 | The Netprobe Helm chart values now support configuration of common workflow processors. |
| COL-12590 | The new AwsCloudwatchLogsCollector is now available in Geneos, including templates to support monitoring configuration. |
| UTL-1338 | Updated the Geneos Docker base images to ubi9-minimal:9.5-1742914212 to resolve the security vulnerability CVE-2025-0395. |
| UTL-1340 | Updated the Geneos Docker base images to ubi9-minimal:9.5-1747111267. |
| UTL-1341 | Updated the Geneos Docker base images to ubi9-minimal:9.6-1747218906 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
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Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7333 | Fixed an issue where the Netprobe on Windows could not send log events to ITRS Analytics. |
| COL-11510 | Updated the documentation to clarify that an Active Directory account must be a member of the local Administrators group to start the Netprobe service and run plugins, in line with stricter Windows security policies introduced in 2019. |
| COL-12502 | Fixed an issue in the Hardware plugin where accessing CPU performance data resulted in an error. |
Netprobe 7.3.1 Copied
Released: 24 April 2025
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.3.1-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.3.1-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| UTL-1285 | OpenSSL in Geneos is now upgraded from version 1.1.1w to version 3.4.1, applicable to aix_64, darwin_64, linux_64 [generic], and windows_64 systems. For generic Linux systems, the Kerberos implementation has been transitioned from Heimdal Kerberos to MIT Kerberos. |
Netprobe 7.3.0 Copied
Released: 03 April 2025
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.3.0-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.3.0-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12436 | The Collection Agent logs now use a default Logback rolling policy. |
| COL-12444 | When creating a view using the XML-RPC API plugin, dataview names must now be unique across all groups. |
| COL-12522 | The Netprobe 7.3.0 standard binary is packaged with the following Collection Agent & Collection Agent plugins:
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| UTL-1326 | Updated the Geneos Docker base image to ubi9-minimal:9.5-1741850109 to resolve the following security vulnerabilities:
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| UTL-1332 | Updated the Geneos Docker base image to ubi9-minimal:9.5-1742914212. |
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7245 | On Ubuntu and SLES platforms, the Netprobe and Gateway can now verify HTTPS server certificates using the default CA bundle. |
| COL-1334 | Upgraded PCRE library to PCRE2 10.44 for improved regex handling. |
| COL-9481 | Fixed an issue where the Netprobe crashed if the sampler name exceeded 250 characters. |
| COL-12482 | Fixed an issue in the MDM RFA Feed Adapter where status messages (State, Code, and Text) were not published. |
| COL-12506 | The MDM plugin now correctly handles empty updates from the Bloomberg feed by returning an empty string instead of the previous value. |
Netprobe 7.2.2 Copied
Released: 25 February 2025
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.2.2-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.2.2-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
Netprobe 7.2.1 Copied
Released: 13 February 2025
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.2.1-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.2.1-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-2361 | Fixed the formatting of the Time and DateTime fields processed by the RFA Feed Adapter of the MDM Plugin. |
| COL-12419 | The Processes plugin no longer removes the first character of the value in the third column of the dataview. |
| COL-12457 | The IBMi Disk plugin now displays all disk records available on the IBMi system. |
| UTL-1320 | Updated the base image for the Netprobe and Gateway docker images to ubi9-minimal:9.5-1739420147. |
Netprobe 7.2.0 Copied
Released: 30 January 2025
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.2.0-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.2.0-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7250 | Updated Gateway and Netprobe base Docker images to registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-minimal:9.5-1736404155. |
| COL-3489 | The FKM plugin now supports data persistence, which preserves file monitoring and triggers across Netprobe restarts, non-FKM configuration updates, and Gateway switches. |
| COL-4774 | The RMC Sampler now displays an empty string instead of N/A for null values in cells to prevent errors in the Database Logger. |
| COL-12068 | The FKM plugin now has a laggingSize column, enabling early detection when an FKM sampler reaches the maxLinesProcessed limit. The new column provides real-time insight into unprocessed data, allowing users to monitor and address lagging issues promptly as they arise. |
| COL-12184 | Netprobe plugins have been validated with AArch64 architecture. For a complete list of supported Netprobe plugins, see Geneos Compatibilities. |
| COL-12354 | Updated the default values displayed in the FKM Advanced settings to enhance usability and alignment with typical configurations. This includes adjustments to the default/initial values for certain boolean fields and string parameters, providing a more intuitive starting setup for users. |
| COL-12359 | The fileSize and laggingSize columns now display in KiB (kibibytes) instead of Kb (kilobytes) and in B (bytes) instead of b (bits), while updateRate is now displayed in KiB/s (kibibytes per second) instead of Kb/s (kilobytes per second). Additionally, displayMode in Advanced configuration has been updated to reflect kibibytes consistently.
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| COL-12365 | Updated the jackson-jq dependency from 0.0.9 to 1.0.1. |
| COL-12374 | Added a Fix Analyser ingestion hierarchy in ITRS Analytics. |
| COL-12386 | The IBMi JDBC plugin no longer fails when Streaming is enabled. The sqlite-jdbc-3.42.0.0.jar library has been packaged again. |
| COL-12422 | The Linux OS tag has been added to ARM deliverable filenames. The file extension for 64-bit Linux executables has been changed from arm_64 to linux_64, regardless of the underlying architecture. This change affects the following components:
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| COL-12470 | Updated logback to 1.5.16 to address the following security vulnerabilities:
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Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-9278 | The Bloomberg B-Pipe plugin now attempts to reconnect to the Bloomberg server in the event of disconnection. |
Netprobe 7.1.2 Copied
Released: 19 December 2024
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7240 | The base images for Gateway and Netprobe have been updated to ubi9/ubi9-minimal:9.5-1733767867. |
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12449 | Schema compatibility issues in FIX Analyser 2 plugin version 7.1.0 have been resolved. Additionally, improvements have been made to the MySQL and PostgreSQL configurations.
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Netprobe 7.1.1 Copied
Released: 05 December 2024
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.1.1-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.1.1-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7229 | Updated Geneos and Netprobe base Docker images to 9.5-1731604394 to address the following security vulnerabilities:
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| COL-12380 | Updated the curl version from 8.8.0 to 8.10.1 to address the following security vulnerabilities:
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| COL-12421 | Updated Netty to 4.1.115.Final to address the security vulnerability CVE-2024-47535. |
| UTL-1308 | postgres dependencies have been removed from the Gateway and Netprobe Docker images to address the following security vulnerabilities:
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Netprobe 7.1.0 Copied
Released: 12 November 2024
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.1.0-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.1.0-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-6974 | The c-ares library has been updated to version 1.34.1 to address the security vulnerability BDSA-2024-0444. |
| AA-7171 | The gRPC library has been updated to version 1.67.0 to address the following security vulnerabilities:
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| AZUREMON-550 | The Azure Collection Agent plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| CAGC-120 | The Google Cloud Collection Agent plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| COL-12131 | The IBMi-System plugin now includes percentPermanentAddresses and percentTemporaryAddresses metrics. |
| COL-12257 | The new MarketsIO Collection Agent plugin is now packaged with the Netprobe standard package. Collector and Mapping configurations for the plugin are also available in the Gateway schema. |
| COL-12260 | The JDBC Collection Agent plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| COL-12261 | The MongoDB Collection Agent plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| COL-12262 | The Collection Agent has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| COL-12272 | The Geneos workflow plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| COL-12288 | The proto-google-common-protos dependency has been updated to version 2.46.0 to remove the transitive dependency to the vulnerable protobuf-java library. |
| COL-12291 | The deprecated Obcerv publishing option in the Publisher plugin is now removed. |
| HAAW-474 | The AWS Collection Agent plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| RTDS-4 | The Remote RTDS Collection Agent plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
| VMW-10 | The VMware Collection Agent plugin has been updated to version 5.0.0 and now requires Java 21 as the minimum Java version. |
View the complete list of Collection Agent plugins that have been updated to version 5.0.0:
- AWS plugin
- Azure plugin
- FluentD Forward plugin
- Google-Cloud plugin
- Geneos Workflow plugin
- GRPC plugin
- HTTP/Json plugin
- JDBC plugin
- Kubernetes plugin
- MarketsIO plugin
- MongoDB plugin
- OpenTelemetry plugin
- Prometheus plugin
- Remote RTDS plugin
- Statsd plugin
- VMware plugin
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12001 | FKM extractors now allow only one capture group in a regular expression. |
| COL-12258 | The Netprobe no longer crashes if it detects a Java plugin running below the minimum required version; it now displays an error message instead. |
| COL-12274 | The /groups field is no longer in the output when fetching the dataview of the Processes plugin using the REST API. The /groups setting in the Processes sampler and in the process descriptor static variable is now deprecated. |
Netprobe 7.0.4 Copied
Released: 17 October 2024
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.4-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.4-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12287 | Updated the following to address CVE-2024-7254:
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Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12042 | The MQ plugins (Channel, Queue, and Queue Info) can now be used alongside the Hardware and Processes plugins. |
Netprobe 7.0.3 Copied
Released: 30 September 2024
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.3-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.3-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12173 | Added a showAllStates checkbox in the TCP Links plugin which displays LISTEN and blank ports. |
Netprobe 7.0.2 Copied
Released: 18 September 2024
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.2-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.2-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7169 | Updated the base images of Gateway and Netprobe Docker containers to UBI 9.4-1227.1725849298 to address the security vulnerability CVE-2024-34397. |
Netprobe 7.0.1 Copied
Released: 10 September 2024
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.1-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.1-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
Netprobe 7.0.0 Copied
Released: 29 August 2024
The Netprobe Docker image (docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.0-r0 and docker.itrsgroup.com/netprobe:7.0.0-privileged-r0) and Helm chart have been updated in this release.
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-11885 | The libpcap has been upgraded to 1.11.0 to address the security vulnerability: CVE-2023-40400 (BDSA 2023-2588). |
| COL-11955 | TLS connection between Netprobe and Collection Agent is now supported. |
| COL-12098 | Netprobe now requires Java 11 as the minimum supported version beginning 7.0.0, while Java 8 will remain supported for versions 6.9.0 and earlier. |
| COL-12155 | The Hardware plugin now supports disabling timesync checking. |
| COL-12172 | MDM RTO adapter now uses packaged cURL on RHEL 8 and RHEL 9. |
| UTL-1289 | The Netprobe and Gateway packages for RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 now include cURL libraries. |
| UTL-1291 | Fixed an issue where error messages are not correctly suppressed when using OpenSSL 3. |
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| AA-7141 | The numberCreated headline now displays the correct value for streams in the Dynamic Entities Health plugin. |
| COL-11338 | The XML-RPC API getParameter function call now encodes XML properly. |
| COL-12084 | The RMC Interface sampler no longer displays a double percentage symbol when showAsPercentage function is applied to two cells with values of 0. |
| COL-12243 | Fixed an issue where the Netprobe occasionally does not change the Collection Agent port when the GSE configuration is changed. |