DPA 2026.1 release notes
Release date: March 10, 2026
Here's what's new in DPA 2026.1. You can find the applicable system requirements here.
To view release notes, system requirements, and product guide PDFs for supported versions of DPA, see DPA previous versions. To view release notes for multiple versions
Attention DPA customers
If your DPA server is currently configured to send emails using Microsoft Exchange Online, be aware that Microsoft Exchange Online has deprecated basic authentication (logging in with a user name and password). OAuth 2.0 authentication will be required. To update the DPA mail server configuration to support OAuth 2.0 authentication, see Configure the mail server used to send DPA emails.
If you use Microsoft Exchange Online and do not update the DPA email configuration, DPA alert and report emails will fail when support for basic authentication ends.
New features and improvements in DPA
Database Discovery feature
The Database Discovery feature scans your network to find instances that are not currently registered for monitoring. Use Database Discovery to ensure that all high-value database instances are monitored, and to streamline the process of registering new instances. From the Database Discovery results, you can start registering an instance with a single click. The appropriate fields in the registration wizard are automatically populated with data discovered during the scan.
For more information, see Discover database instances for monitoring.
Expanded support
Windows Server 2025 is now supported as the DPA server operating system.
Fixed customer issues
| Case number | Description |
|---|---|
| N/A | Index recommendations for queries running on MySQL database instances have been improved. |
| 02067247, 02083772 |
The DPA Central management page no longer fails with the following error:
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| 01752363, 01789526, 01805830, 01816443, 01864914, 01896220, 01953963, 01997654, 02000231, 02032129, 02023890 |
When DPA is monitoring MySQL or PostgreSQL database instances, plan poll data is no longer truncated due to large plans with complex or wide queries. This issue caused monitoring to fail with error messages such as:
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| 01992324, 02020696 |
When DPA is monitoring a PostgreSQL database instance, attempting to access a table in a custom schema no longer results in errors such as the following:
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| N/A | When an alert definition includes a rule that filters database instances, the alert is no longer triggered during every evaluation cycle. |
| 02048923, 02075087 |
To resolve an issue that caused DPA to be inaccessible and left errors such as the following in the logs, the stack size was increased.
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Installation or upgrade
For new installations, you can download the installer from the SolarWinds website or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see the DPA Installation and Upgrade Guide.
For upgrades, use the DPA Installation and Upgrade Guide to help you plan and execute your upgrade. When you are ready, download the upgrade package from the SolarWinds Customer Portal.
Known issues
Database Discovery does not add brackets for IPv6 addresses
The registration wizard requires that IPv6 addresses be enclosed in square brackets [ ]. Database Discovery automatically enters IP addresses into the registration wizard, but it does not enclose the address in brackets.
Resolution or workaround: Manually add square brackets around IPv6 addresses.
End of life
| Version | EoL announcement | EoE effective date | EoL effective date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024.2 | March 10, 2026: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPA version 2024.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPA. | June 30, 2026: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPA version 2024.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | June 30, 2027: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPA version 2024.2. |
| 2023.4.300 | November 18, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on DPA version 2023.4.300 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of DPA. | February 18, 2026: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for DPA version 2023.4.300 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | February 18, 2027: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for DPA version 2023.4.300. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier DPA versions, see DPA release history.
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