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What’s New

Quest’s Foglight Cloud solution simplifies database and infrastructure performance monitoring, reducing the skills and effort required to manage the supporting infrastructure.

Foglight performs equally well in physical, virtual, and mixed infrastructure environments, providing visibility into issues affecting the application and end-user experience. By offering comprehensive visibility into your monitored environment, Foglight helps ensure that cross-functional teams collaborate and prioritize issues that matter most to the business.

This page covers the resolved issues, known issues, workarounds, and other important information about the current release of Foglight Cloud.

This section covers the following key areas:

General Availability Features
Resolved Issues
Foglight Database Cartridges Release Notes

General Availability Features

Features	GA Month	Details
Query Insights	October 2026	Added the ability to filter queries by target.
REST APIs	October 2026	New APIs to retrieve Performance Investigator (PI) data for Oracle instances, including change tracking and execution plan. For more information, refer to Performance Investigator (PI) API.
UI Enhancements	August 2026	The SPI Global View now supports all types of PI agents, including SQL Server, Oracle, Azure SQL Database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake.
Foglight AI Insights	August 2026	Enhanced to support securely querying the Foglight on-premises environment through the use of the MCP Server. For more information, refer to Foglight AI Insights.
Foglight AI Insights	August 2026	Enhanced support to include Performance Investigator (PI) data from Oracle and MySQL.
Query Explorer	August 2026	Added support for Oracle.
Query Explorer	August 2026	Added support for MySQL.
Foglight AI Insights	July 2026	Introducing Foglight AI Insights, which lets you ask questions in natural language and get AI-powered answers about your monitored environment through an interactive chat. For more information, refer to Foglight AI Insights.
Foglight MCP Server	July 2026	Introducing the Foglight MCP Server to allow access to Foglight data securely and enable AI-driven insights. For more information, refer to Foglight MCP Server.
New platform support	May 2026	Introduce Performance Investigator for Snowflake. The SQL Performance Investigator (PI) provides an in-depth analysis and investigation of the Instance activity and resource consumption. For more information, refer to Using Snowflake Performance Investigator (PI).
User Experience	March 2026	- Rebranding with the new Quest Logo. - Rebuilt the Alarm Templates dashboard for an enhanced experience. No change in functionality. - Revised Query Explorer, Query Insights, and PostgreSQL PI tables to provide export for table content.
SQL Server Monitoring	March 2026	Query Explorer - Added support for Azure SQL Database.
SQL Server Monitoring	March 2026	RestAPI - PI APIs now support Azure SQL Database
Integration Hub	March 2026	Added connector for PagerDuty. For more information, refer to Setting Up Integration Hub.
DB2 Monitoring	January 2026	Added user information to the Current Agents dashboard.
SQL Server Monitoring	December 2025	Added ability to collect deadlocks in a dedicated extended event session for better efficiency. For more information refer to Deadlock Collection Methods.
SQL Server Monitoring	December 2025	Enhance the backup alarms for availability group databases. Alarm now checking backup across all availability group replicas monitored by Foglight.
SQL Server Monitoring	December 2025	Enhanced Quick View and Real-time view for managed instance
SQL Server Monitoring	December 2025	Added an alarm for memory utilization for managed instance
Integration Hub	November 2025	Introduce Integration Hub to easily connect Foglight with other systems, such as ServiceNow, Jira, and more. Once enabled, alerts stay synchronized across platforms, providing a seamless and reliable experience. For more information, refer to Setting Up Integration Hub.
AI Optimizer	November 2025	Introduce the AI-powered Query Optimization feature, which enables users to select a desired query and, with a single click, have it analyzed by AI for optimization suggestions. For more information, refer to Using AI Query Optimizer.
Platform Support	November 2025	Added support for monitoring DocumentDB and Atlas MongoDB. For more information, refer to Monitor DocumentDB and Monitor Atlas MongoDB.
User Experience	November 2025	Added playback buttons to set the timeframe easily
User Experience	November 2025	Enhanced SQL queries formatting
User Experience	November 2025	New Drawer dock allows the saving of AI conversations
Automation	November 2025	Added new RestAPIs to allow adding Azure SQL DB and SQL Server targets. For more information, refer to REST API Documentation.
SQL Server Monitoring	September 2025	Enhanced support for Azure SQL Managed instance - new resource utilization alarms and an updated overview displaying managed instance resource usage.
SQL Server Monitoring	September 2025	Enhanced support for Availability Groups - new alarms to track RPO and RTO based on threshold as well as new charts.

General Availability Features from Previous Updates

Features	GA Month	Details
Introduce Query Explorer	July 2025	Introduce an easy and quick way to find queries and tune them by their text. Just copy your query from any tool and quickly get all query insights in one view. Also support analysis of top queries by their resource consumption. For more information, refer to Viewing Query Explorer.
Platform Support	July 2025	- Added PI support for MySQL on Azure Flexible Server - Enhance support for MySQL on AWS Aurora. For more information, refer to Monitor MySQL.
Platform Support	July 2025	Added support for monitoring PDB-only databases in Oracle. For more information, refer to Monitor Oracle Database.
Platform Support	July 2025	Collecting deadlocks via extended events for AWS RDS. For more information, refer to Monitor SQL Server.
User Experience	July 2025	Added a way to set a homepage in Angular UI
Alarm Templates Enhancements	July 2025	Allow Foglight agent Credentials & Health Alarms to be managed using Alarm Template. For more information, refer to Alarm Templates
Foglight Enhancement	March 2025	A new type of email will be sent to all environment owners when usage exceeds the purchased quantity.
Introduce AI Alarms	February 2025	Foglight Cloud now includes a smart bot to speed up alarm analysis. For more details, refer to Setting Foglight AI. Note: This feature requires an additional license
PostgreSQL Monitoring	February 2025	The SQL Performance Investigator (PI) now includes the ability to view the Explain Plan for a query. For more information, refer to Viewing Execution Plans. Additionally, it provides the option to view the aggregation level of selected data and displays multiple metrics on the workload metrics chart.
Platform Support	February 2025	Added support for Windows 2025 as a Foglight Agent Manager. For more information, refer to Agent Manager Installation.
Oracle Monitoring	February 2025	Support Full Oracle Connection String Using TNS for Enhanced Connectivity.
Security enhancements	February 2025	Enhance Logging and Audit Trail for Foglight Alarm Templates. For more information, refer to Alarm Templates.
Enhance User experience	February 2025	The DB GV Selected tile remains active while navigating in Foglight.
Azure SQL Database Monitoring	February 2025	Support MFA connection using “Microsoft Entra” for Azure DB/MI.
Foglight Management enhancement	February 2025	Alert the Foglight Cloud Owner about subscription expiration time.
Foglight Management enhancement	February 2025	Automatically clear alarms after 14 days.
Foglight Management enhancement	February 2025	Allow mange global blackout through API. For more information, refer to REST API Documentation
New platform support	September 2024	Introduce Performance Investigator for PostgreSQL. The SQL Performance Investigator (PI) provides an in-depth analysis and investigation of the Instance activity and resource consumption. Refer to Using PostgreSQL Performance Investigator (PI).
Add Support for Open Telemetry	September 2024	Allow database and query insights data to be exported via an OpenTelemetry compatible API.
Databases global view dashboard usability enhancement	September 2024	Database Global View dashboard will now show a database type tile on top only if there are monitored targets from that type.
SQL Server Monitoring	September 2024	Allow SQL Server agent to connect using kerberos instead of NTLM.
New platform support	June 2024	Ability to monitor RDS servers using AWSHost type agent. For more information, refer to Monitor Infrastructure.
Add locked resource description to PI blocking history screen	June 2024	Enhance historic blocking analysis in SQL Server PI. Added ability to view more detailed information about locked resources.
Upgrade SSH library to support more encryption algorithms	June 2024	Updated the SSH library used by agents to provide support for newer encryption and signature algorithms.
Audit kill sessions	June 2024	The audit record will be created when a user chooses to kill a session in the Sessions dashboard on SQL Server and Oracle or in the Current Agent dashboard on DB2.
Easy link to Query Insight dashboard	June 2024	Query Insight dashboard is now accessible directly from Database Global view dashboard
New database platform support	May 2024	Ability to monitor DB2 and Oracle databases. Refer to Monitor DB2 Database and Monitor Oracle Database.
New database platform support	March 2024	Ability to monitor Azure SQL databases and elastic pools. Refer to Monitor Azure SQL Database.
Monitor databases platforms	December 2023	Foglight Cloud supports the following database technologies: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Snowflake, Redis, and Redshift. Refer to Supported Platforms for more information about supported versions and platforms.
Monitor infrastructure technologies	December 2023	Foglight Cloud includes support for the following infrastructure technologies: Operating systems - Windows, Linux, AIX, HP, and Sun Hypervisors - VMWare - Hyper-V Cloud Providers - Microsoft Azure - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Google Cloud Containers - Kubernetes - Swarm Web Monitor Network

Resolved Issues

Issue ID	Description	Component	Time Fixed
FOG-15166	After upgrade, login takes to the Welcome Page instead of the configured home page	Foglight	October 2026
FOG-15244	Update the Integration Service to also check organization licenses	Integration Hub	October 2026
FOG-15061	False Critical Long Running Session alarms raised on Oracle RAC instances	Foglight for Oracle	October 2026
FOG-11346	DBO_Initialization_Parameters collection fails on Oracle v21	Foglight for Oracle	October 2026
FOG-12702	Deadlock collection dedicated session not created for AWS RDS instances	Foglight for SQL Server	October 2026
FOG-7355	Process Availability remains at 100% when a monitored process is stopped	Infrastructure	October 2026
FOG-14584	Alarm editing and enabling/disabling are broken	Foglight	August 2026
FOG-14830	Ensure the topology type cache is consistent before performing type deployments	Foglight	August 2026
FOG-14284	Upgrade log4j to 2.25.4 to address CVE-2026-34477 and CVE-2026-34480	Foglight	August 2026
FOG-14567	Failed integration may consume customer tasks too quickly	Integration Hub	August 2026
FOG-14112	Enable table data export on all data tables in Query Explorer and Query Insights	Foglight for Databases	August 2026
FOG-13284	Missing script ifile 340.groovy causes FileNotFoundException and potential group creation failures	Foglight for Databases	August 2026
FOG-13132	PI agent sometimes fails to purge data from large tables	Foglight for Databases	August 2026
FOG-13012	Create a repair script for SPI Cloud	Foglight for Databases	August 2026
FOG-14016	Case-insensitive authentication type handling in SQL Server silent installer	Foglight for SQL Server	August 2026
FOG-13768	Remove pa_conn_profile and fix spi_conn_profile fallback issue	Foglight for SQL Server	August 2026
FOG-11774	Graphs occasionally appear to be polygons	Foglight for SQL Server	August 2026
FOG-13720	Script error in matchConfigOrNot.groovy when accessing is_rac property on TopologyGroup	Foglight for Oracle	August 2026
FOG-13529	Include the Oracle JDBC driver internationalization jar (orai18n.jar) in the Foglight Management Server release	Foglight for Oracle	August 2026
FOG-10986	Misleading or missing message when creating PDB agent when CDB is already monitored	Foglight for Oracle	August 2026
FOG-14335	Agent disables monitoring on unknown MDA parameter; ExecutionTime blocked despite ASE flag = 1	Foglight for SAP ASE	August 2026
FOG-11584	Normalize SAP ASE workload values to prevent negative results in Global View	Foglight for SAP ASE	August 2026
FOG-14223	Eliminate repeated ERROR logs for wait categories SLEEP_TASK and CXCONSUMER	Foglight for Azure SQL	August 2026
FOG-13588	DB2 Agent: Windows command switches drive with cd /d for DB2 home directory	Foglight for DB2	August 2026
FOG-14361	DBSS Cluster Failover Alarm Fires for Servers Not Part of a Failover Cluster	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2026
FOG-14268	User level access dashboard doesn’t show any instances if any BI instances are monitored	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2026
FOG-13966	Dedicated XE session not created for on-prem SQL Server 15.0.2000.5 (script-version mapping missing)	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2026
FOG-13770	java.lang.NoSuchFieldException: sys_paths when using MSSQL Windows Custom Auth (NTLMv2) on Java 17	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2026
FOG-13512	DataDirect JDBC vulnerability	Foglight for SQL Server, DB2, Azure SQL	July 2026
FOG-13502	Backup Location SQL Query Returns Invalid Path for Malformed Device Names	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2026
FOG-13305	DBSSRMIDatabaseIndexList fails on large databases due to numeric overflow in index size/row calculations	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2026
FOG-14041	Enabling DB_Azure 8.2 cartridge disables DB_SQL_Server_UI and DB_PostgreSQL_PI_UI when running on 8.1	Foglight for Azure SQL	July 2026
FOG-13491	Databases Global View DB list is empty	Foglight for Azure SQL	July 2026
FOG-14017	PI “Wait Events %” displayed without decimal in Polish locale	Foglight for PostgreSQL	July 2026
FOG-13851	Multiple issues in getPIRepositoryProfile.groovy	Foglight for PostgreSQL	July 2026
FOG-13893	“Manage SPI Repositories” not listing correct deployments	Foglight for Oracle	July 2026
FOG-13575	SPI continues to run when the Oracle database role changes to Standby	Foglight for Oracle	July 2026
FOG-13296	Typo in validateOnce.groovy, prinltn() instead of println()	Foglight for DB2	July 2026
HFIX-606	No alarm for 1st job failure	Foglight for SQL Server	January 2026
HFIX-604	No ASM metrics few hours after FMS restart	Foglight for Oracle	January 2026
FOG-4417	Max architecture size is not calculated correctly	Foglight for DB2	January 2026
FOG-12309	Locks statistics are not shown correctly	Foglight for DB2	January 2026
FOG-11780	Rule Template for “DBSS - Buffer Pages Free” is Enabled Despite Registry Value Disabling Alarm	Foglight for SQL Server	December 2025
FOG-3466	Top Disk Space Usage Report includes RDS instances	Infrastructure	December 2025
FOG-9988	Time range in Oracle PI comparison report is duplicated	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-11973	Prevent NPE in Oracle Realtime ‘get destination with max gap’ function	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-12130	Oracle Agent Uniqueness Logic - Use True Instance Name	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-11568	Grant script throws an error against Oracle 11g	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-10486	Optimize Oracle Datafiles Collection	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-12057	ORA-01427 error in Oracle PGA Statistics Collection for Multitenant (CDB/PDB) Databases	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-12158	Oracle Agent Installer & Validation Logic – 11.2 Compatibility Fixes	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-12292	Failed to enable PI from Database Administrator	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-11139	Alert Log topology object is not keep in FMS repository	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-12270	Numeric overflow when resolving execution plan	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-10683	DBO_Instance_General collection fails	Foglight for Oracle	November 2025
FOG-11774	PI charts occasionally appear to be polygons	Foglight for SQL Server	November 2025
FOG-11635	No blocking history for blocked backup	Foglight for SQL Server	November 2025
FOG-11888	DBSS Long Running Session Threshold not getting updated via Alarm Template	Foglight for SQL Server	November 2025
FOG-6645	Failed to list FglAMs. Reason: Cannot invoke method split() on null object	Foglight for SQL Server	November 2025
FOG-11375	Inconsistent dbType Identifiers for AzureSQL Cause Errors in GetAssignedInstancesFromUser.groovy	Foglight for Azure SQL	November 2025
FOG-12116	AWS Agent Rule Configuration definition error	Foglight for AWS	November 2025
FOG-9094	Cloud admin user cannot see charge back report	Cost Director	November 2025
FOG-12285	License Usage does not register	Global View	November 2025
FOG-4445	CWE-284: REST APIs not returning authorization failure when invalid JWT token is used	Foglight Cloud	November 2025
FOG-5887	Legacy LOB Type Incompatibility with _SC and _UTF8 Collations in Blocking_List and DBSS_Top1000_dm_Exec_Query_Stats_Entries collections	Foglight for SQL Server	September 2025
FOG-11225	DBSS_HADR_Availability_Group_Databases_11_0_0_0 collection failing in SQL server 2012	Foglight for SQL Server	September 2025

Resolved Issues from Previous Updates

Issue ID	Description	Component	Time Fixed
FOG-11031	Drilling down into SQL performance for a database in Foglight automatically navigates to the first SQL statement in the Partition view on the left menu.	Foglight for DB2	July 2025
FOG-11018	Replace get_active collection query for MySql 5.6-5.7 to new with improved performances	Foglight for MySQL PI	July 2025
FOG-8418	Adjust API for sidebar navigation	Foglight for VMWare and Foglight for Hyper-V	July 2025
FOG-11303	Error when running Storage Planning Report (Oracle)	Foglight for Oracle	July 2025
FOG-11473	Instance General collection failing with invalid column name	Foglight for Oracle	July 2025
FOG-10946	Error when navigating to Plan > Object Analysis tab	Foglight for Oracle	July 2025
FOG-11089	“ORA-02030: can only select from fixed tables/views” in Oracle permissions script	Foglight for Oracle	July 2025
FOG-11023	Oracle 19c Non-CDB Configuration Cannot Be Added	Foglight for Oracle	July 2025
FOG-11049	Fix collection when SQL Server is running on a Linux machine	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2025
FOG-11283	DBSS_JobsFailed-AutoClear get reset	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2025
FOG-11468	Cross Availability Report has Inconsistent UP/Start time values	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2025
FOG-11150	SQL server show incorrect host name in Databases page	Foglight for SQL Server	July 2025
FOG-10962	Incorrect sort by UpSince on SQL PI Global view dashboard	Foglight for SQL PI	July 2025
FOG-11138	Cannot enable agent in SSL mode	Foglight for Postgres PI	July 2025
FOG-11088	Alarm is shown under new Postgres domain instead of under PostgreSQL	Foglight for Postgres PI	July 2025
FOG-10927	User Preference dashboard is not accessible	Foglight Cloud	March 2025
FOG-10709	Switching to RMI, on-demand validation fails	Foglight for Oracle	March 2025
FOG-10647	The Session details dashboard not shown data when FMS in RMI mode	Foglight for Oracle	March 2025
FOG-10487	ASM Metrics Not Considered for Autoextensible Tablespaces	Foglight for Oracle	March 2025
FOG-10467	Sample QueryTimeoutSeconds is missing from agent configuration	Foglight for Oracle	March 2025
FOG-10232	DBSS_Error_Log_Data collection failing when monitored instances have DBs with different collation	Foglight for SQL Server	March 2025
FOG-10558	DBSS_Agent_Job_List collection return incorrect job current_status	Foglight for SQL Server	March 2025
FOG-9960	Support HTTPS WinRM connections that require channel binding	Foglight Cloud	March 2025
FOG-9752	Bookmarks cannot be created directly to a host drilldown view	Foglight Cloud	March 2025
FOG-9750	Database Groups does not support snowflake, Redis, and SAP HANA targets	Foglight for Databases	March 2025
FOG-10573	Some of the reports are missing on cloud environments	Foglight for VMWare	March 2025
FOG-10927	The User Preference dashboard is not accessible sometimes.	Foglight	March 2025
FOG-10778	Delay credential alarms after blackouts to prevent an alarm storm.	Foglight	March 2025
FOG-10573	Infrastructure Reports, such as Change History, are not visible.	Foglight for Infrastructure	March 2025
FOG-10125	Ability to invite users with top-level domains longer than 4 characters	Foglight	February 2025
FOG-10034	Fix for “IO Dimension” PI collection failure - table does not exist.	Foglight for SQL Server	February 2025
FOG-4335	Fix threshold setting for DBSS Long Running Job alarm	Foglight for SQL Server	February 2025
FOG-7612	Enhance Oracle error capture with pluggable database name prefixes in the alert.log.	Foglight for Oracle	February 2025
FOG-5394	To monitor Oracle cluster, use physical host name to create the host agent	Foglight for Oracle	February 2025
FOG-10287	The Sessions dashboard sometimes displays an error instead of the session list.	Foglight for Oracle	February 2025
FOG-9694	No data to display when navigating to Real Time > “Investigate Using “Overview” drilldown”	Foglight for Oracle	February 2025
FOG-9577	Improve performance of DBO_OS_And_Instance_Statistics Collection	Foglight for Oracle	February 2025
FOG-9471	Numeric Overflow when resolving execution plan	Foglight for Oracle	February 2025
FOG-9876	Azure cost bar shows wrong cost	Cloud Manager for Azure	February 2025
FOG-10396	Allow to enable PI in SSL mode	Foglight for PostgreSQL PI	February 2025
FOG-10044	Duration values display mismatched units	Foglight for PostgreSQL PI	February 2025
FOG-8148	Improve statement text collection performance	Foglight for MySQL PI	February 2025
FOG-5463	Fix blocking view to show recent blocking events even on large timeframes	Performance Investigator	February 2025
FOG-10121	Support proxy for monitoring with PI	PI for SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, and Azure DB	February 2025
FOG-9904	Align current wait mapping to new versions wait events	Foglight for Azure SQL Database, Foglight for SQL Server	February 2025
FOG-3795	Create IC agent with FQDN host name	Foglight	January 2025
FOG-10190	Daily cost dashboard timing out and cost collections not matching with the Cloud provider original cost	Foglight	January 2025
FOG-9787	Use FQDN for Physical hostname	Foglight	December 2024
FOG-9560	Welcome page is sometimes displayed instead of the PostgreSQL PI page.	Postgres PI	December 2024
FOG-10100	Blocked session duration time is displayed in milliseconds instead of seconds	Postgres PI	December 2024
FOG-9684	Add support for blocking in MARS (Multiple active results sets) sessions	Foglight	November 2024
FOG-9686	Blocking events not submitted into repository when Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) is enabled on monitored instance	Foglight	November 2024
FOG-9099	Prevent Agent Health State rule from creating alarms for transient conditions	Foglight Cloud	September 2024
FOG-9046	Cannot add Oracle ASM agents to DB group	Foglight for Oracle	September 2024
FOG-8910	Fix database collections failure when temp file is offline	Foglight for Oracle	September 2024
FOG-6723	Fixed Azure Database names appear duplicates when defining blackout	Foglight for Azure	September 2024
FOG-5911, FOG-5910	Long Running Session alarm not fired when enabled via Alarm Template	Foglight for Oracle, Foglight for SQL Server	June 2024
FOG-8583	Unable to collect blocking information about metadatalock type locks	Foglight for SQL Server	June 2024
FOG-6667	Not filtering system sessions correctly for SQL versions above 2005	Foglight for SQL Server	June 2024
FOG-8755	Improve performance of collecting jobs information	Foglight for SQL Server	June 2024
FOG-8149	Fixed - Cannot change timepicker on Databases dashboard.	Foglight for SQL Server	May 2024
FOG-7316	CLR Security alarms should only be firing for user defined assemblies, not system assemblies.	Foglight for SQL Server	May 2024
FOG-8145	Increase the amount of VM listed in the Chargeback Report.	Cost Director	May 2024
FOG-6081	Show statement text when digest text is missing.	Foglight for My SQL PI	May 2024
FOG-7640	Fixed - SQL Server reports do not allow to select the relevant target.	Foglight for SQL Server	March 2024
FOG-5767	Set date format according to regional settings in timeframe selector	Foglight UI	March 2024

Foglight Database Cartridges Release Notes

This section provides a comprehensive list of all release notes for Foglight, detailing new features, enhancements, resolved issues, and known limitations for each version.