---
title: "October 2026 - Synthetics"
slug: "october-2026-synthetics"
tags: ["Synthetics Updates"]
status: "new"
updated: 2026-11-05T14:55:57Z
published: 2026-11-05T14:55:57Z
canonical: "kb.kentik.com/october-2026-synthetics"
---

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# October 2026 - Synthetics

The following updates were released to the Kentik platform for Synthetics during October 2026.

## Features

- **Metrics tab on test results**: Ping, DNS, HTTP, page load and throughput tests get a **Metrics** tab with collapsible time-series charts. A new filter bar (source agent, target or resolver, site, ASN, label) is shared with the **Traceroute** tab. The Agent results page also shows these charts. Status-code charts now summarize with max instead of average. Available to users with the embedded_ude permission.
- **Default lookback scales with test frequency**: The default time range targets about 60 points. A 15 s test defaults to 15 m, and a 5 m test to 3 h.
- **Alerts Timeline column**: The **Tests** table has a new default column next to Health Timeline. Each time bucket is colored by the worst alarm severity in it. Buckets before a test's creation, or while it is pending or paused, are grayed out. If alarm history is truncated, the tooltip says so.
- **Synthetics on Universal Agents is generally available**: The "Enable Synth UA Capability" company permission is removed, so every company can run Synthetics on a Universal Agent.
- **Separate IPv4 and IPv6 static IPs**: The agent's static IP setting is now split by IP family.
- **Site names in chart legends**: Synthetics Site dimensions render as sites in UDE legends.

## Bug Fixes

- **Dual-stack traceroutes**: Traceroutes for URL and hostname tests are no longer pinned to one resolved IP, so dual-stack agents show both IPv4 and IPv6 paths.
- **Agent hardware swap**: Swapping an agent now merges its metadata instead of replacing it, and keeps the deactivated agent's history.
- **Bulk delete**: Bulk test deletion now validates IDs and enforces label permissions.
- **Preview tests**: The **Metrics** tab and agent drill-down are hidden on preview tests
- **Terraform provider**: Synthetics test settings are sent as objects, and unmanaged settings stay null on read.
- **Backend stability**: Fixes for database connection handling in the Synthetics backend, with timeouts and a better health check.