Serie v4.6.x
v4.6.16 (2026-03-18)
Sensor
- Robust Device Identification:
Introduced a fallback mechanism for device discovery to handle cases where the
system.infofile is missing. This ensures that assets can still be identified and inventoried even when standard configuration files are unavailable.
v4.6.15 (2026-03-18)
Sensor
- Memory and Resource Management: Fixed a potential resource leak by ensuring all network responses are properly closed after processing. This improvement enhances the long-term stability of sensors operating in high-traffic environments.
v4.6.14 (2026-03-18)
Sensor
- Eaton Data Retrieval Fix: Resolved an issue where reusing network responses caused errors during the extraction of data from Eaton devices. This fix ensures accurate and consistent profiling for these assets.
v4.6.13 (2026-03-18)
Sensor
- Eaton Automation Support: Added native support for Eaton Automation devices. The sensor can now identify and extract detailed information from Eaton hardware, expanding visibility across power management and industrial control systems.
v4.6.12 (2026-03-17)
Sensor
- IFM Electronic Support: Introduced discovery support for IFM Electronic devices. This enhances the inventory’s ability to recognize and categorize a wider range of industrial sensors and networking modules.
v4.6.11 (2026-03-17)
Sensor
- SEW Eurodrive Support: Added native support for SEW Eurodrive equipment. Users can now automatically discover and manage drive technology and automation components from this manufacturer within their facilities.
v4.6.10 (2026-03-16)
On-Prem Console
- Action Configuration Fix: Corrected a typo in the automation actions configuration that was affecting specific workflow triggers.
v4.6.9 (2026-03-16)
Sensor
Pepperl+Fuchs Support: Expanded vendor coverage with support for Pepperl+Fuchs devices. This enables better identification of industrial sensors and explosion protection modules.
Siemens TP900 Comfort Support: Extended the Siemens HMI discovery module to support SIMATIC TP900 Comfort panels. Like the recently added TP1200, these panels are now automatically identified and enriched with catalog metadata.
v4.6.8 (2026-03-16)
- Dependency and Maintenance Updates: Upgraded multiple core dependencies to their latest stable versions to ensure system security and stability. Corrected minor typos in the documentation to ensure clear and accurate guidance.
Sensor
- Support for TP1200 Comfort Panels: Expanded the HMI discovery engine to natively support Siemens SIMATIC TP1200 Comfort Panels. This ensures these specific high-performance operator panels are accurately identified, inventoried, and enriched with full device context.
On-Prem Console
Integrated Siemens Catalog Access: The console now explicitly highlights the Siemens Catalog integration within the device view when available. This allows operators to quickly verify model specifications and lifecycle status directly from the official vendor source.
HMI Asset Enrichment (MLFB Links): Added direct links to the MLFB (order number) documentation for HMI devices. This streamlines maintenance by providing instant access to technical details and part numbers directly from the resource detail page.
HMI Rendering Fixes: Resolved an issue with the visualization of HMI data in the dashboard, ensuring that all retrieved metadata is rendered correctly and consistently across the user interface.
v4.6.7 (2026-03-06)
Sensor
- Enhanced HMI Comfort Panel Identification: Standardized the handling of MLFB (order numbers) specifically for Siemens Comfort Panels. This ensures that these models are consistently recognized and matched against the Siemens industrial catalog regardless of minor naming variations.
v4.6.6 (2026-03-05)
Sensor
Automated CPE Generation for Siemens HMIs: The sensor now automatically generates CPE (Common Platform Enumeration) data for Siemens HMI devices. This allows for instant, automated correlation with known vulnerabilities, helping you spot risks in operator panels without manual lookups.
Robust Miniweb Discovery: Improved the reliability of HMI discovery by ensuring the sensor only processes successful Miniweb service responses. This prevents the creation of incomplete or corrupted asset profiles when network conditions are unstable.
On-Prem Console
Rich HMI Data Visibility: The resource detail view now natively displays the specialized HMI data retrieved by the sensor, providing a single pane of glass for operator panel status and metadata.
Improved Timestamp Accuracy: Fixed a bug in time-field extraction to ensure all events and resource updates reflect the correct system time, maintaining a reliable forensic timeline.
v4.6.5 (2026-03-04)
Sensor
Siemens HMI Detection via Miniweb: Introduced a new discovery method for Siemens devices by leveraging the Miniweb service. This significantly improves the identification and classification of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) within the asset inventory, ensuring these critical control points are correctly recognized.
Memory Performance Optimization: Refactored internal data structures to ensure better memory alignment. This low-level optimization reduces memory pressure and improves the sensor’s overall efficiency, particularly on hardware-constrained OT appliances.
On-Prem Console
- Global Overview Layout Enhancements: Refined the layout logic for the Global Overview dashboard. This update ensures a more consistent and professional visual experience regardless of the number of sites being managed, preventing isolated or awkward placement of site cards in multi-facility environments.
v4.6.4 (2026-03-03)
- Dependency Upgrades: Updated several core dependencies to their latest stable versions to maintain high performance, security, and compatibility across the platform.
Sensor
- Discovery Error Visibility: Introduced the ability to view specific errors encountered during the device discovery process. This feature provides operators with clear feedback when discovery attempts are interrupted or fail, making it easier to troubleshoot connectivity or protocol issues in complex OT environments.
v4.6.3 (2026-03-03)
Sensor
- Enhanced Zebra Printer Identification: Improved the discovery logic for Zebra industrial printers by utilizing port-based signatures. This ensures these critical peripherals are accurately identified and categorized within your OT inventory.
On-Prem Console
Significant Performance Boost: We have implemented Materialized Views across our data engine to precompute peer traffic and resource time-series data. This significantly speeds up dashboard queries and ensures a snappy experience even in environments with high traffic volumes.
Database Storage Optimization: Migrated internal data structures. This change reduces storage overhead and further accelerates query execution times for historical data analysis.
Customizable Traffic Timeframes: Users can now select specific time intervals when viewing traffic graphs. This allows for more granular analysis of network behavior during specific operational shifts or suspected incidents.
Smarter “Spotlight” Navigation: The Spotlight search and quick-view now prioritize active resources. This change helps operators focus on live devices currently communicating on the wire, pushing inactive or historical assets further down the list.
UI Refinements:
- Dynamic Action Buttons: The “Flows” button is now automatically hidden if no traffic data is available for a resource, reducing interface clutter.
- Inventory Enrichment: Updated inventory support for specialized industrial configurations.
v4.6.2 (2026-02-27)
Sensor
Refined Port Scanning Rule: Optimized the Port Scanning detection rule to trigger only when Layer 3 (IP) packets are processed. This improvement reduces noise by ensuring the rule ignores non-IP traffic that is not relevant to port discovery attempts.
Improved Asset Tag Synchronization: Fixed an issue where user-defined tags and annotations were not being correctly transmitted to the sensor. This ensures that the custom metadata and labels you assign to devices in the console are consistently available within the sensor’s processing pipeline.
Enhanced Sensor Self-Identification: Upgraded the sensor’s ability to detect and identify other Safetybits sensors within the network infrastructure. This improvement ensures that your security appliances are correctly recognized and categorized in the asset inventory, preventing them from being identified as unknown devices.
v4.6.1 (2026-02-27)
- Stability and Performance Adjustments: Updated several web and build dependencies to their latest versions to maintain security and improve asset processing efficiency.
Sensor
Temporary Deactivation of OPC UA Discovery: We have temporarily disabled the OPC UA discovery module to address a stability issue. This ensures consistent system performance while we refine the integration for a future update.
Improved OPC UA Error Tracking: Enhanced the sensor’s ability to capture and report specific errors during failed OPC UA queries. This provides our engineering team with better diagnostics to resolve connectivity issues in complex industrial environments.
Dependency Optimization: Refactored internal event handling to use a built-in
MultiHandler, removing an unnecessary external dependency. This reduces the sensor’s footprint and simplifies the codebase for better long-term maintainability.
v4.6.0 (2026-02-26)
- System Modernization and Performance: Upgraded the core engine to Go 1.26 and updated multiple dependencies to leverage the latest performance optimizations and security patches.
Sensor
- Enhanced Device Discovery via OPC UA: The sensor now leverages OPC UA server data for device discovery. This allows for deeper asset identification by extracting rich metadata directly from industrial controllers and servers.
On-Prem Console
Advanced Resource Traffic Insights: Introduced several new ways to visualize and understand device behavior:
- Protocol Usage Distribution: A new graphical view shows the breakdown of industrial and network protocols used by each specific resource.
- Geo-Location Context: For devices communicating externally, the console now displays a list of countries involved in the traffic.
- Traffic Scope Visibility: Users can now clearly see the “traffic scope” for each resource, distinguishing between internal, cross-zone, and external communications at a glance.
Optimized Data Inspection:
- On-Demand Network Flows: Clicking the “Inspect” button now triggers an immediate retrieval of detailed network flows for the selected resource, speeding up troubleshooting and forensics.
- Enhanced Activity UI: Added a new time selector to the Activity view, allowing operators to filter historical events and changes within specific time windows.
UI/UX Performance and Polish:
- Recharts 3 Migration: Upgraded the charting engine to Recharts 3, providing smoother animations, better responsiveness, and improved rendering for complex network data.
- General Cleanup: Refined UI typography and updated the documentation engine for a more consistent reading experience.