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This changelog belongs to our monitoring and dashboarding features.

2024

May

feature: PageLoad and DOMContentLoaded were changed into optional metrics due to low usage.
improvement: all phase of dashboard performance optimizations has been finalized (in multiple phases between May 2nd and May 20th)
bugfix: a localStorage max memory size issue was fixed
feature: to improve interpretation, the relative (percentage) distribution of events per bucket (for example: template) is now shown by default, instead of exact (absolute) amount of events
feature: pageview-count per template was added to the URL listing

April

feature: due to a weak correlation between LCP and downlink, we swapped the LCP's downlink with navigationtype in our Audience dashboard
feature: introduced Zapier integration
feature: replaced session duration with session inactivity timeout (which also fixed a session duration inconsistency issue)
feature: introduced session inactivity timeout warning feature
feature: loose search was introduced as a profile setting
removal: web-vitals libraries older than 3.5.0 cannot be selected aymore
feature: e-mail address pattern verification was added on both organisation and domain-level for increased security
feature: introduction of Subresource Integrity (SRI) for increased security
UI/UX: "Load time" dimension was renamed to "Load duration" to align with web-vitals v4.

March

bugfix: Slack message linebreak formatting
feature: applying an end date for user access
UI/UX: direct insights into user access from user listings (via tooltips)
UI/UX: improved process for forced 2FA
UI/UX: following Google's deprecation of FID, we removed FID from our dashboards
UI/UX: improved timeline tooltips
UI/UX: metric & score indicator badge styling was changed
removal: AI support was removed due not being used
feature: LoAF tracking is now publicly available in the Advanced panel
feature: BF cache not restored reasons tracking is now publicly available in the Advanced panel
feature: tracking configuration options introduced to restore a previous versions or going back to factory settings

February

bugfix: removing filters could sometimes result in an unexpected "no data" dialog

January

UI/UX: tooltips of FID & INP labels are changed to communicate the INP deadline
bugfix: todo's resulted in an error
bugfix: fixed remember me + 2FA issues
feature: next to mobile & desktop, also view competitors' CrUX data across all devices

2023

December

UI/UX: managing (adding + removing) competitors via client side calls for improved UX
UI/UX: introduced an explanatory popup per domain when users are going their domains' dashboard
UI/UX: improved redirect to a better URL after login
feature: SPA tracking with TTFB & FCP support
feature: FCP and PageLoad breakdown
UI/UX: changes in snippet configuration due to tracking changes
feature: monitoring sequence number exposed in URL + snippet changelog listing
UI/UX: see exact mails that have been sent related to your invoices
feature: import Custom Timing that are automatically suggested based on your website's tech stack
UI/UX: subtle labels added to multiple bar charts and timelines
UI/UX: users will now find a subtle link from the dashboard to the metric explanation in our metric help-center
feature: apps integration (Discord)
feature: apps integration (MS Teams)
feature: select exact competitors and device + aggregation type you want to receive competitor notifications for

November

feature: ability to fetch latest usage data manually
bugfix: usage data was not refreshed as often due to a cronjob date comparison bug
removed: the "explanation" option in our application has been removed as we expanded our help section
security: self-hosting of hotlinked avatar images, which improves both security and durability (as some (avatar) platforms will change urls periodically)
feature: via profile theme preferences, toggle the visibility of an uploaded avatar. When hidden, fallback to using initials
UI/UX: incorporated direct links to our help-center in our application
feature: changed password requirements
feature: apps integration (Slack)
feature: manually pick the web-vitals library version
UI/UX: changed the "delete all filters" button in dashboarding
feature: showing alternative third parties and their performance in the third party module
feature: added a world map with a top 10 estimated country distribution to the competitors module
feature: added typical bandwidth information to countries in the competitor module world map
UI/UX: added custom open graph domain images when RUMvision tooling URL's are shared with others (for example via whatsapp)
feature: introduced a reduce load setting for improved dashboard performance (but comes with slightly less insights)
module: expanded the usage table with pageview information per domain
module: launched an improved subscription cancellation flow
bugfix: deleting competitor domains was blocked in some cases
feature: configure percentages thresholds for alerting on pageview usage

October

module: usage module with detailed usage information regarding the pageviews within a subscription
feature: domain's RegEx restore function when a domain is deleted
UI/UX: in the domains-dropdown, group domains that belong to the same organization as the currently viewed domain
feature: upgradedregistrations with a temporary email service to a direct block with notification
feature: checkboxes to track beyond existing URL rules and to prevent tracking data across no-index pages
feature: introduced public annotations, annotations regarding big browser updates or system updates
feature: improved payment flow when upgrading your subscription
UI/UX: pie chart changes in audience tab, to indicate both dimension and metric at the same time
UI/UX: manage world map and chart colours via profile setting preferences to improve accessibility
UI/UX: subtle background color on mouseover of competitor metrics
UI/UX: sticky y-axis scale in technical charts

September

feature: changelog for URLs
feature: CDN locations displayed in the world map
module: third parties module based on INP metric information
UI/UX: distribution bars in the metric timeline

August

module: new Core Web Vitals panel
UI/UX: better aligning of buttons on mobile devices in the dashboard panels
UI/UX: more direct device type (mobile, desktop, laptop) control in dashboard panels
UI/UX: table-url bucket relative pageview indicator style change
feature: speculation rules support
feature: pay a new invoice with a direct debit when there is a mandate
UI/UX: showing the failed payment reason as provided by the payment provider
feature: added origin trials to experimental tracking features
UI/UX: changed circular scores to Lighthouse score look&feel

July

module: todo module
module: conversations module
feature: LoAF data available in metrics and dimensions
feature: expanded tech-stack settings with more options
feature: anonymize tracked query string values via regular expressions
feature: adding attachment to conversations
feature: pin and unpin conversations

June

UI/UX: new timelines and threshold labels on audience and summary tabs
UI/UX: audience and summary metric threshold indication
feature: option to anonymize all domain information, convenient when wanting to share your screen without sharing your customers/domains

May

feature: ability to claim an existing domain
module: new Subscription module live
feature: improved amazon cloudfront JS snippet invalidation
module: dashboarding questions via ChatGPT
UI/UX: improved Plans design
UI/UX: timezone dropdown via AJAX
feature: introduced a flow for deleting domains
feature: multi factor authentication when deleting domain data
feature: (urls) changed URL input field into a textarea to allow pasting multiple URL's at once
UI/UX: introduced parsedown support for more enriched help texts

April

UI/UX: daterangepicker for competitors timelines
UI/UX: auto-enable threshold lines in competitors timelines

March

UI/UX: First User Experience indicator in the audience panel
feature: splitted Elastic queries to improve performance
feature: toggle annotations per category in timeline charts
feature: easy configurator for timeline interval
UI/UX: annotation calendar improvements
UI/UX: login screen conditonally loading changes
feature: disabling the deletion of the first URL of a domain (as there should always be at least one domain)

January

UI/UX: reduced JS needed for collapsing the sidebar navigation
module: New subscription module, with improved plan and addon picker
feature: URL RegEx generator to assist with making regular expressions for URL's

2022

December

module: start of domain competitor module based on CrUX/Core Web Vitals data

November

feature: improved indication of unallowed tracking features based on your subscription
feature: improvements to custom timing module
feature: improved status indication of a domain (active, expired etc)
module: introduced metric table in dashboarding
module: introduced API client access token generation
feature: percentile charts in the technical tab to view trend across all percentiles in one glimps
feature: introduced quick metric breakdown showcase in the technical tab
module: expanded URL configuration with CSS selectors
feature: added live feedback to test URL regular expression syntax
feature: added session and pageview count per URL group
feature: introduced a CSP check for a domain
feature: added an SPA setting to the snippet configuration

October

feature: new threshold visualizer in custom dashboard
feature: metric breakdown/sub-parts introduced
feature: snippet configurator is now showing the total (uncompressed) size of your JavaScript
feature: (dashboard) new origin summary dashboard layout with table of page-links and their UX
module: custom timing module launched
feature: introduced track_timing as an optional tracking feature

September

feature: if/else (templating) conditions in outgoing cronjob mails
feature: tracking metric element and timing
feature: (invoices) easily share invoices with external people, allowing a one-time login to view the invoice

August

module: terms & conditions approval per user, including showing differences between previous and new version
feature: (invoices) automatic international address formatting based on company country
feature: (invoices) PDF download
feature: VAT number verification
feature: changed to Mollie as payment provider
feature: cronjob for recurring invoices

July

feature: human readable before/after stats added to the technical tab
feature: human readable and translated formatting of timestamps
feature: geographical map tooltips
UI/UX: option to zoom in/out in map using buttons, and drag the map around when zoomed in
UI/UX: option to set map projection preference in your profile (Robinson or Equirectangular)
UI/UX: rounded numbers (10k instead of 9999), but with an option to disable rounding in the profile settings
feature: opties uit kunnen sluiten van datasets
feature: option to set default daterange period (MTD, today, last week, last 28 days)
feature: trends in the world map, to quickly see which countries actually improved (or regressed), if when maybe not ending up in the green buckets yet
feature: dimensions per country in the world map, to quickly see most occuring device memories, dark mode types, bandwith et cetera per country
UI/UX: explanation layer
feature: added transferred size (kb) per initiator to metrics
feature: domain verification via source code or GTM check
feature: allowed country tracking for non-Cloudflare domains as well
feature: introduced a remember-me checkbox in the login form
UI/UX: accessibility improvement by moving "forgot password" down in the form to improve tabbing order
behind the scene: country is now tracked via geojs.io when enabled, and also stored in a global var for broader usage
feature: data keeps being tracked after reaching maximum sessions or enddate. We will just hide it until subscription has been upgraded
UI/UX: users are now automatically logged in after setting up their new password
UI/UX: we are now indicating which dimensions are interesting to check, based on the metric you're viewing. With pro-mode, you can still select all metrics
feature: easy daterange swapping by clicking on the in-between swap horizontal button
UI/UX: direct domain search in dashboard overview

June

delta: to prevent TTFB issues from hiding FCP improvements, we've introduced delta's to see netto changes
UI/UX: option to swipe sticky alerts out of the viewport
feature: also show dropdown with possible values per filter to easily switch to other set of data
feature: added filters to geo/world map and url-listing as well, to be able to more easily switch to other dimensions
UI/UX: in case of many users per domain, now showing an "plus x users" indicator to prevent layout from breaking
feature: option to configure the max storage duration per domain, in months
feature: besides just the start/enddate, an option to also set specific times in daterange picker
feature: admin-trial-configuration to allow domains to try it out
feature: option to download basic dimension data as JSON or XML
feature: SendGrid implementation for improved mail delivery (forgot password, notifications)
UI/UX: improved dashboard-alerts to better explain to users why there is no data
feature: option to copy, download or get/share direct link with your tracking snippet code
UI/UX: disable timeline interval options when they are too small for the choosen daterange (and would otherwise lead to browser rendering issues)
feature: finalized ElasticSearch and started importing old data from MySQL
feature: remember me, to prevent users from having to re-enter their emailaddress when their session expired
module: general log per domain, to view user actions, API/ElasticSearch errors and Amazon/Cloudfront invalidation history
feature: invalidate tracking script cache on Amazon/Cloudfront when domain-settings/urls were changed
feature: warn users when timeline or histogram chart will become too big to render

May

feature: added template_type as dimension to group URL's per template type

April

module: start with ElasticSearch

February

module: showing waterfall alongside Lighthouse findings (pending)
module: Lighthouse report per URL (pending)
module: start with Core Web Vitals competitor dashboard (pending)

January

UI/UX: show country icons for CDN location
UI/UX: option to order domains by pagespeed score/alphabetical/last viewed
UI/UX: show icons for country + browser dimension
metric: scrolling times & relative depth + time on page experimentation (pending)
metric: connection time added
UI/UX: improved active filter indication (and easier to remove filters again)
feature: introduced horizontal good/moderate/poor indicator in Custom/Detailed panel for quick overview

2021

November

feature: http status code check for newly added URL's (and option to ignore the status code)

October

feature: introduced horizontal pagespeed score indicator within welcome-page
module: option for custom metric thresholds per domain
feature: pie chart for before/after daterange to see relative distribution

September

feature: auto-detect cloudflare and notify domain-holder to enable cloudflare tracking features (CDN + country)
module: notifications module
feature: introduced threshold bucket lines in timeline charts
feature: introduced pageview count in timeline charts
UI/UX: organisation address autocomplete via GoogleMaps
feature: annotations in timeline charts

August

UI/UX: new top navigation UI for dashboard/domain environment
UI/UX: automated domain favicon finder (via https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=, later changed to https://t0.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&url=)
UI/UX: automated platform detection detection (via WhatCMS API)
feature: Geo World Map indicating metric-data per country

July

RUMvision became a public tooling (SaaS)