Release Notes

For release notes prior to Feb 10th, 2026, contact vikram@runllm.com.

Apr-24-2026

New features

• Organization usage page: New org usage experience with a usage summary page so teams can see how the product is being used.
• Unified data sources: Single flow for creating and viewing data sources instead of split experiences.
• Predictions: Added support for providing feedbacks and followups for prediction RCAs.

Enhancements

• Integrations: Integration register page uses a tighter card layout for quicker scanning.
• Predictions & Slack: Richer RCA context on predictions and clearer Slack message formatting.
• UI polish: Design updates including guardrails for buttons and related components.

Bug fixes

• Dark mode: Icon colors corrected in dark mode.
• Data sources: Follow-up fixes for the unified data source view and data source pages.
• Chat UI: Font fix for the “see conversation” affordance.
• Security updates.

Apr-14-2026

New Features

• Prediction status management — You can manage investigation and predictive-alert status in a dedicated UI, with status kept aligned as alerting workflows and the triage agent advance.
• Restrict sign-in and sign-up to users from approved organizations.

Bug Fixes

• Chat session loading — Chat sessions load normally again instead of taking an unusually long time to open.

Apr-08-2026

New Features

• Mute predictive alerts from Slack: Users can now mute alerts directly from Slack messages, with feedback automatically classified to improve future alert accuracy.
• New overview page: A redesigned overview page provides a clearer snapshot of your environment at a glance.
• Hypothesis flow visualization: Investigations now display hypothesis flows visually, making it easier to follow root cause reasoning.
• Data source status & validation: Data source health status is now visible in the UI, with validation enforced to ensure configuration correctness.
• Status management data model: New foundational data model for managing entity statuses.
• Enhanced Jira integration: Additional tool capabilities and API key authentication support.

Enhancements

• Simplified organization page: The organization settings page has been modernized and streamlined.
• Better RCA summary readability: Improved spacing and text sizing on root cause analysis summaries.
• Smarter Slack notifications: Skipped-review alerts are now suppressed when a review is already approved.
• Multi-cloud predictive alerting: Predictive analysis workflows are no longer GCP-specific and now load configuration from the database.
• Improved mute classification: Refined team-scope prompts and updated classified feedback model.
• Updated Instant Learning approval flow: Refined approval workflow for Instant Learning submissions.
• GitHub security alerts: Surface GitHub security alerts within the platform.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed table height, scroll, and layout issues across multiple pages.
• Fixed several navigation and routing bugs.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Apr-06-2026

New Features

• SQL database tool: New tool for querying connected SQL data sources directly.
• Jira Epic access: Jira knowledge functionality now supports accessing Epics.
• Slack message tracking in UI: View Slack messages associated with investigations directly from the UI.
• Real-time RCA streaming: Root cause analysis results now stream in real time for faster visibility.
• Improved focus area alert groups: Cleaner, redesigned display for alert groups within focus areas.

Enhancements

• Cleaner team-based URLs: Navigation now uses cleaner, team-scoped URL paths.
• Upvotes & deployments on incidents page: Upvote counts and deployment markers are now visible again on the incidents list.
• Improved mute classification accuracy: Persisted mute classification gate outcomes on investigation records for better tracking.
• Restored agent search dialog: The agent search dialog is available again.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed timeline view display issues.
• Fixed Zendesk token refresh failures.
• Improved reliability of post-merge Slack notifications with automatic retry.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Apr-02-2026

New Features

• Datadog via MCP — External tools can use MCP-backed Datadog configuration.
• Pipeline-aware navigation — Pipeline selector and context across the app, refreshed sidebar, header, breadcrumbs, and command menu.

Enhancements

• Buildkite external tools — Connectivity validation reduces misconfigured Buildkite setups.
• Pipeline deletion — Delete-pipeline APIs and cleanup cover related alerts, investigations, runbooks, chats, and linked data more thoroughly.
• Zendesk — Improved matching between Zendesk tickets and chat sessions in the embedded chat experience.

Mar-30-2026

New Features

• Focus area digests: Support for scheduled digest jobs tied to focus areas so teams can get summarized updates on what they care about.
• Agent scouting: Generic subagent “scout” communication improves how agents explore and share context during complex tasks.

Enhancements

• Slack: Conversations can show when an investigation has started, so channels have clearer status at a glance.
• Datadog: The Datadog integration card now validates input more strictly, reducing misconfiguration and confusing errors.

Bug Fixes

• Jira: Fixed an issue where JQL was not applied correctly when working across all projects (no project-specific JQL).

Mar-24-2026

Enhancements

• Streamlined UI with product clean-up improvements for a more organized workspace.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue with truncated URLs in Microsoft Teams — we now properly fetch the full, untruncated URL.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Mar-19-2026

New Features

• Buildkite integration — Connect your Buildkite pipelines for CI/CD visibility directly within Herald.
• Hypothesis-driven investigations in Slack — The triage agent now systematically generates and tests hypotheses to root-cause issues faster.
• QA mode for Slack triage agent — Test and validate triage agent behavior before deploying changes to production.
• External tool settings modal — Configure external tool integrations from a dedicated settings UI.

Enhancements

• Customizable Slack deployment footer — Add custom hint text to the SRE footer in Slack and Teams for more actionable guidance.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Mar-16-2026

Enhancements

• Improved formatting and readability of Microsoft Teams messages.
• Improved layout and usability of the RCA Agent Investigation Table.
• Performance improvements for predictive alerting workflows.
• JIRA integration now fetches all available fields for issues.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Mar-04-2026

Enhancements

• Investigation Sidebar — The investigation sidebar now includes a “Tools Used” section, giving better visibility into what tools were invoked during an investigation.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a scroll bug in the LLM configuration form.
• Fixed a UI bug affecting alert rate display.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Mar-03-2026

New Features

• Focus Area Agent: Introduced the v2 focus area agent, enabling more targeted investigation workflows.
• Triage Investigation Names: V2 Triage investigations now display user-friendly names in the UI.
• Attachments in V2 Triage: Added support for attachments in V2 Triage agents on Slack and Teams.
• Attachments in Technical Q&A: Added support for attachments in Technical Q&A on Teams.

Enhancements

• Gemini Model Upgrade: Upgraded Gemini from 3.0 to 3.1 for improved response quality.
• Security Dependency Updates: Updated dependencies to address known security vulnerabilities.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Mar-02-2026

New Features

• Added a footer to V2 Triage messages on Slack and Teams, and to Technical Q&A on Teams.

Feb-26-2026

Enhancements

• Improved GitHub tool to be able to checkout a specific commit or branch.

Feb-19-2026

New Features

• Added thread dump tool to alert triage agent.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed runbook access control to properly enforce pipeline filters when listing by pipelines.
• Resolved security vulnerabilities.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Feb-17-2026

Enhancements

• Added support for Buildkite, Datadog, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Honeycomb, Splunk

Enhancements

• Enhanced follow-ups in the alert triage agents for Slack deployments.
• Enhanced functionality of the alert triage agent for Slack deployments.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Feb-14-2026

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where agents may not be able to send messages in Microsoft Teams

Feb-13-2026

Enhancements

• Enhanced follow-ups in the alert triage agents (only available for Teams for now).
• Enhanced functionality of the alert triage agent (only available for Teams for now).

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Feb-10-2026

New Features

• Self-hosted JIRA Support — The ability to ingest data from self-hosted JIRA instances is now enabled in Herald.

Misc

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.