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title: "May 2026 - Network Monitoring System (NMS)"
slug: "may-2026-network-monitoring-system-nms"
updated: 2026-06-26T21:00:18Z
published: 2026-06-26T21:00:18Z
canonical: "kb.kentik.com/may-2026-network-monitoring-system-nms"
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# May 2026 - Network Monitoring System (NMS)

The following updates were released to the Kentik platform for Network Monitoring System (NMS) during May, 2026.

## Features
- **Command Access generally available**: Command Access is now available to all customers, enabling users to back up device configs and run ad hoc SSH troubleshooting commands. 
    - **Configurable command timeout**: Users can set a custom device command execution timeout (default 30s), configurable per device and via bulk updates. 
    - **Command execution gating**: Commands now run only on devices where command execution is enabled; devices with read-only diagnostics disabled report the command as denied.
    - **Kentik Map device health**: The Kentik Map now shows color-coded CPU and memory health icons and opens the device sidebar when clicking device circles. 
- **Data origin in chart tooltips**: Highest bit rate charts and Metric Explorer now show each series' data origin in tooltips. 
- **SNMP v3 "None" credentials**: Users can create SNMP v3 credentials with no authentication and/or privacy protocol (noAuthNoPriv and authNoPriv). 
- **Agent HealthV2**: HealthV2 fields are now populated for Universal Agents and capabilities using the full severity scale. 
- **Merge series in Metrics Explorer**: Library Metrics Explorer panels now show the previously missing Merge Series control.
- **Device tags in the UI**: Device tags can now be used as filtering criteria across NMS, Flow, and Subpolicy configuration.
- **Site inventory enhancements**: Site inventory now includes separate Lat/Lon columns, distance calculation between sites, and Google Maps URLs. 
- **Cisco Catalyst Center integration**: New telemetry gateway source collects device inventory, health, interface, and wireless AP data from Cisco Catalyst Center with auto-provisioning. 
- **Custom reports in agent bundles**: Custom SNMP reports are now rendered into agent bundles, with a new PreviewReport API and automatic bundle regeneration when reports change. 
- **Added Xerox WorkCentre support**: Added Xerox WorkCentre printer SNMP monitoring support.
- **Improved VMware NSX trap support**: Improved VMware NSX SNMP trap support. 
- **Improved BITS trap support**: Improved BITS trap support.

## Bug Fixes
- **Kibana logs link filter**: Device details Actions > Logs now filters by `device_id` instead of `device_name` so logs match correctly. 
- **Metrics panel display units**: Metrics panels now derive the correct display unit from metric metadata instead of defaulting to percentage. 
- **License limit downgrades**: Users can downgrade full-monitor SNMP devices to flow-only and edit device properties when over their npak license limit. 
- **Discovery agent SNMP/ST capability**: Discovery now auto-enables the SNMP/ST capability on selected agents to prevent the workflow from hanging. 
- **Device name normalization**: Device names are now normalized to lowercase for consistent display. 
- **SNMP discovery deadlock**: Fixed SNMP discovery hanging when the thread count was unset by defaulting to four threads.
- **Unpermitted capability cards**: Capability cards behind disabled feature flags no longer flash on initial load.