--- title: "Current Month (August 2026)" slug: "release-notes-current" updated: 2026-08-12T16:06:00Z published: 2026-08-12T16:06:00Z canonical: "support.controlup.com/release-notes-current" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.controlup.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Current Month (August 2026) ### Platform ### [Users can now customize their homepage](/v1/docs/set-the-default-home-page) (Aug 12) Users can now override the organization-wide default homepage with their own personal preference. Under **My profile > Preferences > Homepage**, choose **Select custom** and set the page you’d like to land on when you sign in. ![override default homepage](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/OverrideDefaultHomePage.png) ### Refreshed profile menu (Aug 12) The menu that opens when you click your profile icon has a new look. You can also now select **My profile** to manage your personal settings and preferences. ![Profile menu](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/Updated profile area.png) ### [Attach files to an AI Assistant chat](/v1/docs/ai-assistant#attach-files) (Aug 10) You can now **upload and attach files directly into the AI Assistant chat** and have the AI analyze their content as part of the conversation context, making it easier to troubleshoot issues and get more relevant answers. Attach up to **5 files per message** and **up to 10 MB** per file in the following supported formats: - **Images**: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .webp - **Diagnostics**, **data** and **documents**: .txt, .log, .json, .csv, .pdf You can drag and drop into the chat, or you can use a file picker. You can also preview and delete files before sending. Files are securely processed and stored per tenant organization. ### [ControlUp Tester now supports macOS](/v1/docs/controlup-tester-tool) (Aug 4) Our network tester and troubleshooting tool now supports macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel). Use this tool to troubleshoot networking problems and validate product configurations. ![macOS tester working](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/macOS Tester.png) ### [Agent ONE is now in beta](/v1/docs/getting-started-with-agent-one) (Aug 2) Agent ONE is the new way to deploy ControlUp products to your devices. Instead of using a separate Agent for Desktops, VDI, Compliance, etc., Agent ONE gives you a single component to install, and a single console to manage all your ControlUp deployments. **Agent ONE is now in beta testing. If you want to try it, contact your ControlUp representative**. Watch the video below to see a demo: [Agent ONE Beta Demo](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1214892347?h=51ffa593bf&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479) ### Dashboards ### More powerful widget customization (Aug 10) Widgets now offer richer configuration options, including: - **Trends polarity:** You can now select if a trend is positive or negative with a clarifying label indicating the direction. - **Customizable colors** and more color options and palettes so you can brand your dashboards to your company colors. - **Table widgets now support up to 500 results**! ### New WiFi Dashboard (Aug 10) Monitor WiFi health across your environment with insights into signal strength, latency, connection speed, and the lowest-performing devices and networks. Quickly identify wireless performance issues impacting end-user experience. ### Fixes (Aug 10) - Audit Log Provider - fixed the incorrect pagination metadata - Dashboard RBAC is now enforced for shared dashboards - Manager & Department filters are no longer missing from the global filter ### ControlUp for Desktops ### [Increased alert action limit for larger organizations](/v1/docs/devices-static-threshold-alerts#alert-scaling-and-volume-limits) (Aug 10) The maximum number of devices that can simultaneously trigger the same alert is now calculated dynamically based on your organization's device count, up to a maximum of 500. ### macOS Agent Manager version 2.18.3.3986 (Aug 5) - Reliability improvements to agent registration and token handling. ### [Employee incidents broken down by type](/v1/docs/employees-view-overview) (Aug 4) On the Employees Overview dashboard, the new **Impacted Employees** widget now breaks down employee incidents by type: - App Incidents (crashes, hangs, freezes) - BSOD Events - DEX Score Incidents (metric thresholds that have been breached, resulting in an employee’s DEX score being reduced. This excludes app incidents and BSOD events because they are counted separately in the other two types). Hover over an incident to see a more detailed summary, or click on the **App Incidents** or **BSOD Events** count to drill down and see the full details and affected employees. ![Impacted Employees widget hover](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/IncidentBreakdown(1).png) ### [Scope Alerts to specific device tags](/v1/docs/devices-static-threshold-alerts) (Aug 4) When creating a static threshold alert, you can now scope which devices are eligible to trigger it. Choose **All devices** to keep an alert environment-wide, or choose **selected tags** to limit it to devices with at least one of the specified tags. ![Alert tag scope](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/StaticThreshold Alert Scope(1).png) ### Windows Agent version 2.18.0.9502 (Aug 2) > [!NOTE] > Deploy the new version in your version control settings > > If you use the Agent Manager, you can update your [version control settings](/v1/docs/agent-version-control) to control which devices receive the latest version. ### New Features #### Remote Control [**Smart consent bypass**](/v1/docs/remote-control-smart-consent-bypass) When an employee reports an issue and then steps away from their device, getting consent for a remote control session can be a blocker. Smart consent bypass solves this by automatically starting a remote session if the device has been idle and the end user doesn't respond to a consent prompt within a configurable timeout. This feature does not bypass consent requirements when a user is active on their device. Smart consent bypass is disabled by default. For a remote session to be eligible for smart consent bypass: - The ControlUp user must have the new permission **Allow Smart Consent Bypass**. It is granted by default to the built-in Admin user role. - The remote device must have the setting **Remote control consent bypass enabled** through Extended Settings. **Custom consent messages** You can now customize the consent request message that end users see when a remote control session is initiated on their device. The message supports variables so you can include dynamic information such as the name of the ControlUp user requesting access and the type of session being started (view or control). If you use the new Smart consent bypass feature, you can also customize the message that appears after the session has ended. Configure these messages in the following new [Extended Settings](/v1/docs/extended-settings): - Remote Control Consent Message - Remote Control Consent Bypass Notification Message #### View and manage services You can now get a live view of services running on a device by going to the **Management** tab on the device details page. Right-click a service to take action or inspect it in detail. Available actions: - **Stop**, **Start**, or **Restart** the service - **Change startup type**: Automatic, Automatic (Delayed Start), Manual, or Disabled - **Change log on as**: Local System, Local Service, Network Service, or This Account - **Open process details**: See additional information about the service process, including loaded modules and threads ![Services Page](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/ServicesPage.png) #### File browser and registry editor improvements [**Separate RBAC permissions for user and system files**](/v1/docs/file-browser) The File Browser now has separate RBAC permissions for accessing user files and system files. This gives administrators more precise control over which file types a ControlUp user can access. > [!NOTE] > Note about existing File Browser permissions > > Previously, the “System Files” permissions granted access to all file types. Now, they grant access to only system files. This means that you might lose access to user files, depending on how your permissions are set up. You should review your roles and update permissions for system files and user files accordingly. [**Access to user hives (HKEY_USERS)**](/v1/docs/registry-editor) HKEY_USERS is now accessible as a top-level hive in the Registry Editor. Each SID sub-key is resolved to its DOMAIN\Username, making it easy to identify which user's registry hive you are browsing. #### Network visibility **VPN and VLAN data collection** The Agent now records whether a device is connected through a VPN, and the device’s VLAN ID. These new fields (on_vpn and vlan) are stored in the data indexes listed in the following section. **Network context stored in additional data indexes** Nine network fields are now stamped onto multiple device indexes at event-write time, enabling you to correlate performance and stability data with the active network state of the device at the moment the event occurred. New fields: - Location: ip_address, subnet, ad_site, ad_location - Connection type: Interfacealias, interfacetype, on_vpn, vlan - WiFi: wifi_channel (in addition to existing SSID, BSSID, signal strength) Indexes receiving network fields: power_events, win_event_log, process_stops, device_status, builtin_peripherals, builtin_appdx_navigation, builtin_appdx_errors, builtin_ucc_agent_data, url_domains, builtin_session_tracking, netcfg_info, traceroute. ### Fixes **File Browser** - You can now download write-locked files using the File Browser. **Inventory & Reporting** - Fixed an issue where OS platform breakdown widgets occasionally showed incorrect device counts due to invisible characters in the data. - Improved BSOD detection. - Improved reliability of hardware model, manufacturer, and OS name collection. - Windows 11 system processes now correctly report their version number as 10 instead of 6.2 (reflecting the underlying NT kernel version). - Uninstalled Windows services are now correctly reported with a state of Removed. Previously they remained stuck in their last reported state. **Performance & Stability** - Fixed an issue causing elevated login durations due to sleep or hibernation events being misinterpreted. - Improved UDP transport detection reliability for Windows 365 Cloud PC environments. **Scripting** - Process names used to trigger scripts on process start are now matched case-insensitively. **Employee Sentiment Survey** - Active user detection improved — Fixed an issue that could prevent surveys from appearing. - Survey interaction tracking improved — Each survey stage (such as received, notified, snoozed, completed) is now recorded in the user_sentiment_visits data index. - Survey links fixed — Fixed an issue causing links inside surveys to not work correctly. - Removed zoom on image hover — Removed the hover zoom effect on survey images, which could cause them to appear blurry or distorted. ### ControlUp DaaS IQ ### [Host Pool Details: Enhanced Charts](/v1/docs/host-pool-settings#host-pool-details-page) (Aug 3) The performance charts on the Host Pool Details **Overview** tab have been redesigned for clearer, more actionable trend visibility. The **Avg. CPU** and **Avg. Memory** charts now display both **Current** and **Peak** values side by side, making it easy to see how usage compares to its recent high. ![host pool details page showing overview tab charts](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/DaasHostPoolDetails4RN.png) ### Host Pool Settings: Collapsible Session Host Configuration (Aug 3) Host Pool Settings now includes a collapsible section for **Session Host Configuration**, making it easier to find and manage related settings. Click the toggle arrow in the top-right corner to collapse or expand the section. ![toggle arrow in the top-right corner to collapse Session Host Configuration settings section](https://cdn.document360.io/098100b7-b9da-4bea-b4b9-017140ab863e/Images/Documentation/DaasSessionHostConfig.png) ### Licensing: Capacity Alerts (Aug 3) An alert banner now appears when your license usage approaches or exceeds capacity, keeping you informed with contextual messaging that updates as usage moves through **warning**, **grace period**, and **over-capacity** states. ### ControlUp for VDI See details in the [Latest VDI Version](/v1/docs/real-time-dx-versions-1) release notes. For previous versions, see [ControlUp for VDI (Real-Time DX versions)](/v1/docs/controlup-for-vdi). For Remote Clients, see [Remote Clients Plugins](/v1/docs/remote-clients-plugins-latest). Go to the [Download Center](https://www.controlup.com/download-center/) to get this latest build for the Real-Time DX Console, Agents and Remote Clients. Need help? Contact your support representative. ### Workflows ### Improvements and Fixes (Aug 4) - Improved workflow canvas performance when dragging nodes and opening node settings, especially in large flows and on devices with limited resources. - Updated running execution details opened from **Run History** to show the active node, a live duration timer, and an option to cancel the execution. - Fixed an issue where using the browser back button from a run’s detail view could skip **Run History** instead of returning to the previous view. ### Synthetic Monitoring We continuously release Cloud and Custom hives. To keep your hives and scouts updated, be sure to use the latest and see what we released here: [Cloud and Custom Hive Release Notes](/v1/docs/custom-hive-release-notes).