2024 Release Notes

November

 

21.11.2024, v2.117

New

IMPROVED

  • Custom VM size selector usability has been improved, in addition to the slider selection, it is now possible to enter specific numbers

  • Internal refactoring related to VM storage, images and snapshot handling

  • Invoice PDF for credit top up now properly states that the credit is for cloud services

FIXed

  • Fix floating IP API for IP addresses that end with .123, deleting such addresses used to cause strange API errors

  • Sign up related error messages are fixed to be more user friendly and readable

October

 

17.10.2024, v2.116

New

  • Invoice payment can now be configured for pre-payment environments, new billing accounts that have Invoice payment chosen are automatically created with post-payment plan

  • Windows VM images can be configured to either include Windows license price or not, this makes it possible to sell Windows with license included and Windows without a license at the same time

  • Support for ClicToPay payment gateway

IMPROVED

  • Added some extra text regarding Terms & Conditions to Top Up dialog if SSLCOMMERZ is used

FIXed

  • Check Load Balancer rule limits also in UI for quicker feedback

  • Admin: Fixed CMGR on admin dashboard for new setups where there isn’t enough data yet

September

 

23.09.2024, v2.115

IMPROVED

  • By default cloud-init user-data now includes configuration that does not mark as user password immediately expired, making it easier to create and operate VMs with scripts

FIXed

  • Load balancer is now limited to 8 forwarding rules, load balancers with many rules can cause network issues

  • Load balancer forwarding rule port is now validated to be between 1 and 65535

13.09.2024, v2.114

FIXed

  • In some configurations VMs were not able to reach each other by their public IP address, this has been fixed by updating network policies in SDN layer

  • Fixed rounding of VAT amounts for fractional VAT percentages

August

 

30.08.2024, v2.113

New

  • VM network interface bandwidth can now be limited globally and per VM, configuration is available in admin Settings and VM table and detail view

  • Admin can see currently effective libvirt definition XML in VM detail view to make debugging easier

IMPROVED

  • VAT percentage now supports fractional numbers

12.08.2024, v2.112

IMPROVED

  • qemu-guest-agent service is no longer activated from cloud-init config by default when VM is created, OS base images are expected to have the service installed and configured to auto start

FIXed

  • Fixed an issue with floating IP address billing where same address was billed multiple times in certain cases

July

 

09.07.2024, v2.111

FIXed

  • Fixed an issue where in some specific case an IP address was charged for as both assigned and unassigned at the same time

June

 

20.06.2024, v2.110

New

  • Support for SSLCOMMERZ payment gateway

FIXed

  • Fixed a bug that caused accounting for VM running hours after VM had been deleted in some rare occasion

  • Failing to pay an invoice with a small amount will not stop processing other invoices of same user

  • Fixed an issue with cleaning up orphaned containers during deployment

  • Fix error message of API that exposes sensitive data in certain unhappy path cases

  • Fix login for Google profiles that have longer profile picture URLs

May

 

14.05.2024, v2.109

FIXed

  • Fixed a bug where user provided input was directly inserted into their page HTML, potentially breaking their own view while other users, including admins would not have been affected

  • Notice about billing account being limited is now shown in all different VM create views, e.g. when creating new VM from a backup

  • Improved stability for component on Hosts that registers VMs when they are started, fixing root cause for missing networking and terminal capabilities in VMs.

April

 

30.04.2024, v2.108

New

  • Resource allocation limits can now be applied also to pre-payment plan, limits are removed once user has made enough top ups. Read more here: Limiting new users

IMPROVED

  • More control over conditions for rewarding users with the extra credit coming from referral program. Read more here:
    Updates to referral program feature

  • Post payment invoices now have additional informative number that shows the sum of all unpaid invoices

FIXed

  • Fixed storage bucket file browser for suspended buckets, informative warning is now shown instead of cryptic error

  • Removed Google Tag Manager configuration API doc from user facing API doc

March

 

14.03.2024, v2.107

IMPROVED

  • Admin: Separate managed services on Admin Dashboard Usage graph

FIXed

  • Admin: Host pool list does not count deleted hosts anymore

February

 

27.02.2024, v2.106

New

  • Alipay and GrabPay support with Stripe, including currency conversion at payment for currencies not directly supported

IMPROVED

  • Managed service list shows if service is running or not

FIXed

  • Fixed a bug that prevented changing billing account of API token

  • Identified and fixed a bug that caused too many threads on control nodes to be created and not cleaned up

14.02.2024, v2.105

New

  • S3 Object storage detail view now includes a file browser to show and manage bucket contents

IMPROVED

  • S3 Object storage Secret Key is hidden in detail view, click to copy or show

  • Better handling of hypervisor restarts, VMs are automatically set for recovery once the HV boots up

FIXed

  • Fixed a visual bug when uploading a file to S3 bucket and navigating to a different folder before upload ends

  • Improved robustness for removing stale disks that stay locked in RBD indefinitely

06.02.2024, v2.104

New

  • Added button to VM detail view to open RDP connection to Windows VM

  • S3 bucket file browser initial release, visible only when manually enabling a feature flag in web browser console

IMPROVED

  • API doc now explains how disk UUID is shown in OS as disk serial number

FIXed

  • Modified SSH button to open the connection in an external application instead of providing access to the user's UI container to prevent malicious users from abusing compute resources

  • VMs are now stopped gracefully when billing account is switched to FROZEN level

  • Topup events in Google Analytics do not contain the amount anymore

  • Fixed UI flow of creating new VPC when initiated in Create VM view

  • Referral block on user dashboard does not ask user to choose a billing account if they only have one

January

 

04.01.2024, v2.103

New

  • Removed "New" labels from everywhere in UI

  • VM disks are now identifiable by /dev/disk/by-id/... entries that contain the first part of disk UUID

IMPROVED

  • Updated Google Analytics tracking events to better support new version GA4

  • Server classes order shown in VM Create can now be configured

  • More robust recovery for VM's regarding underlying hardware incidents

  • Support for extended language codes in user preferences

  • Improvements to performance of calculating and billing user resource usage to better handle growing number of users

  • VM details network bandwidth usage graph tooltip shows both Download and Upload at the same time

  • Admin: Mobile UX improvements for admin settings

FIXed

  • Fixed opening SSH connection to VM in UI when VM was reinstalled and host key changed

  • Fixed a long delay that happened in some cases when opening Top Up dialog for the first time

  • Assign IP in VM detail view does not end up in broken state anymore if IP is not selected and Approve is clicked

  • Admin: Fixed showing period on report detail view in admin

  • Admin: Updating host pool configuration will update all open Admin VM details views accordingly