2026-01-19 to 2026-01-25

AI / Insights

Gemini Flash 3 Preview model: Added support for the Gemini Flash 3 Preview model, giving users access to the latest Google AI capabilities within Kentik AI Advisor.
MCP Server deployment: The AI Advisor MCP (Model Context Protocol) server is now deployed as a Kentik service and exposed to the internet, enabling external AI tools and agents to interact with Kentik AI Advisor programmatically.
Dynamic per-company investigation limits: AI Advisor auto-investigation limits are now configurable per company through the portal, replacing static environment-level overrides for more flexible control.
AI Advisor device config tool: Updated the AI Advisor device configuration tool toggle with improved copy for clarity.

AI Advisor stability improvements: Fixed internal state errors and improved stability of the AI Advisor service.
MCP Server request size enforcement: Added a maximum request size limit to the MCP server to prevent oversized requests from causing issues.

Backfill query optimization: Improved alerting backfill performance by matching query limits with policy limits when keyed by device, significantly speeding up backfill jobs.

Policy description retention: Fixed an issue where alert policy descriptions were not being retained after updates.
Context search fix: Resolved a bug affecting context-based search within alerting.
Subpolicy management improvements: Fixed multiple subpolicy issues including notification channels not saving, frequency changes not persisting, and dimension grouping problems.
MKP fix: Resolved an issue with MKP (Managed Kentik Portal) alerting behavior.

Azure VNet flow logs support: Added support for Azure Virtual Network (VNet) flow logs, replacing the deprecated NSG flow logs in preparation for Microsoft's retirement of NSG flow logs.
AWS security group enrichment with IPv6 support: Enhanced AWS flow data enrichment to include security group information, with support for IPv6 addresses.

Azure flow timestamps: Fixed incorrect timestamps on Azure flow log data.
OCI compartment fallback: Resolved an issue with OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) compartment resolution fallback logic.
Azure export editing: Fixed bugs preventing users from editing existing Azure cloud exports.

Resizable table columns: Tables across the product now support resizable columns, allowing users to adjust column widths to fit their content. Column sizes are persisted across sessions.
SSE real-time infrastructure: Introduced Server-Sent Events (SSE) infrastructure for real-time data streaming in the UI, enabling live data updates without page refreshes.

Email subject fix: Fixed an issue where HTML tags were incorrectly appearing in email notification subjects.
Tag case sensitivity & performance: Fixed tag lookup to be case-sensitive as intended, resolving internal state errors and reducing CPU overhead caused by duplicate populators.
Query reliability & speed improvements: Improved the reliability and performance of flow data queries through internal pipeline optimizations.
Lossless flow data during device updates: Fixed an issue where flow data could be lost during device configuration updates (edating), ensuring no data is dropped during the process.
NMS sidebar filter persistence: Fixed a bug where NMS sidebar filters were not persisting correctly between page loads.

SNMP polling enabled by default: SNMP polling is now enabled by default for new devices, reducing manual configuration steps for customers onboarding NMS.
Dynamic NMS measurements: Added support for dynamic measurement configuration in NMS, allowing more flexible metric collection.
Versa IPv4 support: Added IPv4 support for Versa Networks devices in NMS SNMP profiles.
Agent distro compatibility fallback: Implemented a distribution compatibility fallback system for Universal Agent, allowing agents to fall back to a compatible package when their exact Linux distribution is not supported.
Infoblox DNSTAP support: Added DNSTAP measurement support for Infoblox devices.

NetApp metrics fix: Resolved an issue with incorrect or missing metrics for NetApp devices.
Agent capability health reporting: Fixed a bug where agent capability health was incorrectly reporting Unreachable status as healthy.
MIB Browser dark mode: Fixed display issues in the MIB Browser when using dark mode.

Synth AI parent test results: AI Advisor can now surface parent-level Synthetics test results, providing higher-level visibility into test health when queried through AI Advisor.

Dashboard panel display fixes: Fixed multiple display issues with Synthetics panels in dashboards and library exports, including incorrect heights, missing loading indicators, and cut-off content in availability tests.
Test enrichment data: Fixed an issue where test enrichment data was not being correctly populated.
Targets filter fix: Resolved a bug where the targets filter in Synthetics was not functioning correctly.
DNS timeout editing: Fixed an issue preventing users from editing DNS timeout settings on Synthetics tests.