Version 8.4.0 v8
New features, enhancements, bug fixes, and other changes in PEM 8.4.0 include:
| Type | Description | ID |
|---|---|---|
| New Feature | Built-in support for monitoring Barman backups. See Monitoring Barman for more information. | PEM-4435 |
| Security Fix | Hardened against unrestricted file uploads as reported in the medium severity CVE-2022-0959. | PEM-4442 |
| Enhancement | Monitoring of transaction ID (TXID) wraparound for exhaustion and to prevent failure. | PEM-3990 |
| Enhancement | Removed unnecessary monitoring of virtual file systems. [Support Ticket #573096] | PEM-806 |
| Enhancement | Sorting based on status for agent and server tables in the dashboard. | PEM-4152 |
| Enhancement | Option to disable the Query tool for users in order to restrict viewing data. [Support Ticket #74976] | PEM-4315 |
| Enhancement | Support for Postgres extension-based probes for multi-version flexibility. Updating to newer versions are no longer required. | PEM-4391 |
| Enhancement | Improved the Linux installation instructions with added details and steps. | PEM-4381 |
| Bug Fix | A new installation grants the pem_admin role to the superuser. [Support Ticket #79577] | PEM-4433 |
| Bug Fix | For display tables, numeric fields sorted by numeric order, not alphabetical order. [Support Ticket #1111704] | PEM-3827 |
| Bug Fix | Limits the decimal precision displayed for monitoring percentages. | PEM-4144 |
| Bug Fix | Duplicate key value violates unique constraint blocked_session_info_pkey. [Support Ticket #RT75870] | PEM-4333 |
| Bug Fix | Probe error for Postgres Extended 14. | PEM-4356 |
| Bug Fix | PEM agent not gathering data after upgrade. [Support Ticket #78679] | PEM-4430 |
| Bug Fix | Added an option in preferences to change the line ending of the email body content from LF(Line Feed) to CRLF (Carriage Return Line Feed). This fixes missing alert body content in email notifications. [Support Ticket #833910] | PEM-1832 |
| Bug Fix | Fixed pg_isready time out issue in configure script [Support Ticket #RT75651] | PEMESC-386 |