The following updates were released to the Kentik platform for Traffic during September 2026.
Features
- Reverse DNS hostname dimensions: You can now group by and filter on reverse DNS source and destination hostnames (
rdns_src_hostname,rdns_dst_hostname) for the traffic measurement. - Measurement breadcrumb: A breadcrumb in the Data Explorer panel header lets you switch measurements from dropdown menus.
- Legend opacity control: The Data Explorer legend has a row for adjusting series opacity.
- EdgeIX provider logo: EdgeIX now appears with its logo in Connectivity Costs.
Bug Fixes
- Live updates stopping after 10 minutes: Fixed Data Explorer auto-update stopping silently after 10 minutes.
- OTT dimensions without a license: OTT dimensions are hidden when you aren't licensed for them.
- PeeringDB IX lookups: Fixed exchange and facility name lookups, including AMSIX and DECIX FRA aliases.
- Missing metrics metadata: Metrics views no longer crash when metadata is missing.
- Filter by Universal Agent ID: You can now filter by Universal Agent ID in Data Explorer.
- Query filter accuracy: Multi-device port filters no longer return rows from other devices.
- CIDR filters with LIKE/regex no longer under-count.
- LIKE values with special characters now match literally.
= ANY(...)list filters now work.- Raw row queries no longer drop duplicate rows.
- NOT LIKE works on custom columns.
- Regex backslashes are no longer doubled.
- Empty strings in IN lists are now matched.
- Ordering by start or end time now works.