The following updates were released to the Kentik platform for Traffic during October 2026.
Features
Scope filtering: Data Explorer and board queries respect the user's active access scope.
Faster reverse DNS: Lookups have bounded timeouts. In the test view, query time dropped from about 49 s to 6–8 s.
Faster filters: Long device, port and CIDR lists and OR chains run faster. In the benchmark, 250 CIDR terms went from 771 ms to 17 ms.
Smaller interface-filter queries: Interface filters (alias, description, speed, VRF) are limited to the devices you selected.
Bug Fixes
Negated device filters: "Not" device filters give correct results. A contradictory filter returns an empty result immediately.
Interface-class filters: These filters are now tied to the correct device.
Device filters: Device scoping and pattern filters, including patterns with < and >, match the older behavior.
App protocol filters: Dimensions that depend on app protocol now take filters into account in Data Explorer and board panels.
Percentages in non-flow queries: Percentages are no longer summed when results are re-aggregated.
Invalid IP errors: An invalid IP or CIDR returns an HTTP 400 user error.