Release Notes for Zabbix 7.0.4

24 September 2024

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 7.0.4.

Zabbix is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. Zabbix is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPLv3), thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. More about Zabbix license.

This document contains the release notes for Zabbix 7.0.4. Download here.

The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.

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New Features and Improvements

ZBXNEXT-9221	Added links to host configuration forms in entity lists Frontend
ZBXNEXT-466	Added the ability to filter audit log entries by IP Frontend Installation
ZBXNEXT-9418	Split {$PG.CONNSTRING} macro in PostgreSQL templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-9208	Implemented new macro functions and support for macro functions, JSONPath and XPath extractions in web scenario steps Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-9122	Added a warning icon for discovery checks used in action conditions Frontend
ZBXNEXT-9416	Updated max supported MariaDB version to 11.5 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-9318	Added Microsoft 365 reports by HTTP template Templates
ZBXNEXT-7936	Updated VMware templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-9248	Added GitHub repository by HTTP template Templates
ZBXNEXT-9408	Updated max supported TimescaleDB version to 2.16 Server
ZBXNEXT-8937	Added support for IMDSv2 for role based authentication to AWS templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-9245	Added proxy group discovery to Zabbix server health template Templates
ZBXNEXT-9398	Added new mediatype webhook MS Teams Workflow Templates
ZBXNEXT-9341	Added AssumeRole authentication to AWS templates Templates

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-24894	Optimized database queries in lld lost resource handling Server
ZBX-25238	Fixed crash when deleting proxy group and proxy at same moment Server
ZBX-25176	Added retry to asynchronous SNMP pollers to avoid failure if one of packets is lost Proxy Server
ZBX-25239	Fixed translation strings Frontend
ZBX-24954	Added support of TLS cipher configuration to Zabbix agent 2 Agent
ZBX-25154	Added deactivation of service manager problem cache if no services are configured Server
ZBX-25073	Added switchFrame() method to browser object Proxy Server
ZBX-25195	Fixed crash in Zabbix agent for Solaris when using 'cmdline' as a parameter for an item key Agent
ZBX-24733	Fixed possibility to insert history rows with duplicated timestamps via history.push Server
ZBX-24997	Fixed script execution status in Action log page Frontend
ZBX-25106	Fixed binary type items and item prototypes incorrectly displaying a zero when there no trends to configure Frontend
ZBX-25025	Fixed DNS resolving after renew Server
ZBX-25085	Fixed error of data simultaneous sending to multiple destinations by Zabbix sender Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-25045	Fixed empty result for vmware.*.property items in case of large time interval between requests Proxy Server
ZBX-25068	Changed tab key behavior for script textareas to apply indent instead of changing elements Frontend
ZBX-25127	Fixed crash in JSON library due to null pointer arithmetic Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-24995	Fixed SNMP OID parsing for network discovery Proxy Server
ZBX-24993	Removed reset of preprocessing history during configuration sync when preprocessing steps remain unchanged Server
ZBX-24485	Fixed undefined index error when importing host with technical name already in use by a template API
ZBX-24731	Fixed autoregistration at proxy in cases where custom value is used for the host interface Proxy
ZBX-24801	Made frequency of active checks updates in Zabbix agent 2 better correspond to RefreshActiveChecks configuration parameter Agent
ZBX-24526	Fixed notice when importing a non-template configuration file via the Templates page API
ZBX-24245	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 and loadable plugin protocol mismatch error Agent
ZBX-22557	Fixed time zones conflict lead to report scheduling errors Server
ZBX-24792	Fixed query generation error in retrieval of alerts by non-Superadmin users without user group API
ZBX-25026	Fixed percentile line being displayed outside of classic graph Frontend
ZBX-24099	Prevented ability to enable LDAP authentication without specifying a user directory API
ZBX-25084	Fixed permission check for scripts with manual input Frontend
ZBX-24950	Fixed macro function ignoring if text is added before the macro Server
ZBX-25122	Fixed column configuration form crashing on save in Item history widget Frontend
ZBX-22761	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 runtime command result output to stderr Agent
ZBX-23535	Added alternative data source parsing for key ceph.status Agent
ZBX-24418	Fix Zabbix agent 2 build on mips architectures Agent
ZBX-24471	Fixed system.run[,nowait] to include double quotes the same way as system.run[,wait] Agent
ZBX-24619	Updated atomic variables to be more safe Agent
ZBX-24052	Fixed the error when applying subfilter by tag on graph page if item tag contains special characters Frontend
ZBX-24051	Fixed disappeared space between tags after applying tag values subfilter on the Latest data page Frontend
ZBX-24819	Fixed slow template cloning Installation Server
ZBX-24039	Fixed blank page with a JSON error is returned in case if user attempts to enable/disable a host that is removed by another user Frontend
ZBX-24570	Fixed right Y axis being enabled by default in SVG graph widget Frontend
ZBX-24725	Added missing maxlength parameter to description fields Frontend
ZBX-24691	Fixed issue with SNMPv3 authentication protocol and privacy protocol values not getting sent to server for item testing Frontend
ZBX-24874	Fixed item preprocessing Custom on fail checkbox readonly and disable state toggling Frontend
ZBX-23315	Prevented attempt to update host triggers when importing template through hosts page API
ZBX-24750	Fixed issues with maximum field length for map elements and shapes API Frontend
ZBX-25081	Reduced the alerts table polling in alert syncer Server
ZBX-25020	Fixed macro usage in http agent custom interval Server
ZBX-24966	Fixed sorting in Map navigation tree widget Frontend
ZBX-24675	Fixed Zabbix Proxy configuration synchronization for entries with maximum length names Proxy
ZBX-24394	Made trigger housekeeper documentation more precise Server
ZBX-24431	Prevented showing the disabled items in the case when not supported state has been selected Frontend
ZBX-24636	Fixed {HOST.CONN}, {HOST.DNS} and {HOST.IP} to be resolved to unknown in notifications instead of stopping resolving and to be resolved to empty when there is no interface Server
ZBX-24554	Added improvements and fixes for binary item usage in Item history widget Frontend
ZBX-24728	Fixed Item history widget column namings being too long after item selection Frontend
ZBX-24339	Fixed validation of invalid API methods being passed down in user role rules API
ZBX-24760	Fixed default timezone in macro {EVENT.DATE} & {EVENT.TIME} expansion Server
ZBX-24787	Fixed execution of remote commands when agent interface is not present Proxy Server
ZBX-24147	Fixed translation strings and comments to gender neutral ones Frontend
ZBX-25023	Fixed usage of old libevent library versions Server
ZBX-24650	Fixed {ITEM.LOG.SEVERITY} macro to resolve to event severity instead of trigger severity Frontend
ZBX-24903	Fixed row count in script dialog of script item Frontend
ZBX-24730	Fixed hintboxes in icon mapping Frontend
ZBX-24200	Fixed long custom severity names and count in Problems by severity widget Frontend
ZBX-24466	Fixed configuration map import not resetting element icons Frontend
ZBX-21663	Implemented ability to keep timeselector expanded when changing pages in problem view Frontend
ZBX-24989	Fixed memory leak in poller and snmp poller with SNMP agent item type when engine ID is frequently changed Proxy Server
ZBX-23174	Fixed frontend maintenance configuration not following documentation Frontend
ZBX-21838	Fixed action names in mediatype and script lists being displayed differently; added total number of actions each mediatype/script being used in Frontend
ZBX-25009	Improved configuration syncer performance when reading items and hostmacro table Server

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix documentation for full details.

Upgrade

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 7.0.4.

Commercial support

Zabbix Company provides a full range of Professional Services. We also provide trouble-free Upgrade Service for easy migration from earlier versions of Zabbix. Please Contact sales for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix Training
• Zabbix Development services

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References

Zabbix 7.0 Manual