EOC 2026.1 release notes
EOC RC documentation - The following content is a draft for a release candidate. All content subject to change. Some links might not function yet.
These release notes contain a description of features and functionality that SolarWinds intends to deliver in the next generally available release. However, SolarWinds reserves the right to remove, or otherwise elect not to deliver, such features and functionality from the final generally available release, and this is not a commitment of delivery.
RC release date: December 11, 2025
Here's what's new in EOC 2026.1. You can find the applicable system requirements here.
To view release notes, system requirements, and product guide PDFs for supported versions of EOC, see EOC previous versions. To view release notes for multiple versions
EOC runs on the SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted). EOC release notes include the updates from the SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted).
New features and improvements in EOC
New EOC summary and alerting pages
EOC now offers new summary and alerting pages.
New features and improvements in SolarWinds Platform
Feature Adoption
The Feature Adoption section in My Deployment helps you enable and expand the use of key product features now includes suggestions for:
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Gaining deeper insights into virtualization
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Monitoring virtual servers
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Monitoring storage arrays
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Identifying unknown traffic
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Monitoring configurations
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Monitoring DNS and DHCP servers
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Monitoring call quality
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Monitoring configuration policies
Alerting
All Active Alerts page has been updated to the new framework. You can customize columns or edit the query used to build the table with custom entries.
Integrations
ServiceNow integration now supports OAuth based authentication.
SolarWinds Platform now integrates with SolarWinds Incident Response (earlier known as Squadcast). In this version, the integration is unidirectional - alerts from SolarWinds Platform are forwarded to SolarWinds Incident Response. Any acknowledgments on the incident response side are not reflected in SolarWinds Platform. Users can do additional correlation and suppress alerts using their Incident Response instance.
Maps
This release introduces several enhancements to map editing and management, making it easier to customize and work with Intelligent Maps.
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Users can bulk edit multiple connections at once.
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Users can import Network Atlas maps with linked backgrounds into Intelligent Maps.
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Users must confirm that they want to remove a custom topology item before it is removed.
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Users can see an icon and color indicator for text that contains hyperlinks.
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Users can see hotkeys for actions in the More menu.
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Users can hide autogenerated topology connections on maps.
Custom banners
Users can define customized in-product banners shown at the top of each page in the web console. These banners can be used for the following purposes:
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Notification of scheduled upgrades
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Classification of government data
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Identification of deployments when multiple instances are deployed for a single customer
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Notification of a known issue or outage
My Dashboards menu collapsed by default
For new installations, My Dashboards menu is set to the collapsed view. This provides a cleaner and easier to navigate experience for customers.
PerfStack metrics format change
PerfStack metrics now have a short, user-friendly unit format to simplify reading and understanding PerfStack charts. This helps with translating large numbers into more readable language, such as using kb, Mb, Gb instead of bytes.
Node status indicates polling issues
Node status now exposes any problem with failing WMI, WinRM, or SNMP polling when ICMP connection is working, including credential issues.
Updated MAC OUI data
The MAC OUI data has been updated to provide more accurate vendor details when analyzing MAC addresses in the SolarWinds Platform.
Fixed customer issues
| Case number | Description | Platform product |
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| 02021822, 02030129, 02035052, 02036906, 02038463 | Modern Dashboard KPI widgets automatically refresh data on the configured refresh interval. | Platform |
| 02030578, 01961511, 01965096 | Customers with restricted access privileges no longer experience access denied errors due to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.dll being loaded under the impersonated account instead of the system account. |
Platform |
| 02011517 | Hiding custom edge in Intelligent Maps no longer hides both connections between nodes and interfaces. | Platform |
| 00903841, 00584773, 00174609, 00328285, 00601814, 02011869 | When managing entities, changes in the Edit Properties dialog no longer causes the Polling Method property to be lost. | Platform |
| 01816357, 01801645 | SolarWinds Administration service auto-update no longer fails. | Platform |
| 02009240, 02020678 | Creating new HA pools in systems other than EN-US works as expected. | Platform |
| 01975077, 01909120 | Applying limitations in big environments no longer decreases the SolarWinds Platform Web Console performance. | Platform |
| 01760628 | An issue has been fixed that caused the HTTP proxy settings to fail when Use Default OS Settings was configured as the source. | Platform |
| 01978146 | Hidden links are no longer displayed in the Intelligent Maps entity explorer. | Platform |
| N/A |
Cloud dashboards are displaying the correct count of active alerts. |
Platform |
| 01979400, 01974410 | The issue when CPU WMI polling stopped working for Windows 2008 R2 and earlier was fixed. | Platform |
| 01968672 | Updated polling logic ensures malformed PollingController.db files are always auto-recreated, improving reliability and reducing the risk of polling failures. | Platform |
| 01893113, 01960987, 01980264, 01988371, 01992965 | Additional checks in Active Diagnostics were added to capture when the SolarWinds Platform Web Console SSL certificate is incorrectly configured. | Platform |
| 01958055, 02007668 | The issue with website crashes caused by problematic custom queries and optimizing database performance was fixed. | Platform |
| 01986456 | The included Microsoft .NET 8.0 runtimes was upgraded to the latest versions. | Platform |
| 01981129, 01958577, 01995892 | An issue where the Reboot pending status is not cleared from agents, causing confusion and polling issues, was fixed. |
Platform |
| 01986010 | The issue where audit events are only generated for changes to the IP_Address property of nodes via API, while other properties like IPAddress and IP do not trigger audit logs was fixed. |
Platform |
| 01748999, 02010493 | The issue related to JobEngine jobs with future execution times caused by system time jumps, primarily in VMware environments was fixed. | Platform |
| 01890199 | The issue where users with insufficient permissions do not receive an error message when attempting to proceed in the Configuration Wizard was fixed. | Platform |
| 01961749 | Database stability issues, including recurring query timeouts, blocking, and orphaned volumes were fixed. | Platform |
| 01797614, 01912259 | The issue related to editing group accounts across multiple browser tabs was fixed. | Platform |
| 00763611, 00765163, 01641392, 01741880, 01753713, 01899471, 01939288, 01945078, 01994080, 02014878 |
An option was added to use alternative calculation of memory volumes on Linux nodes that excludes buffered and cached memory from used space for SNMP-polled Linux nodes. |
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| 01616820, 01617205, 01796280, 01886117, 01959304 | Node details such as machine type, vendor, and description are no longer missing or show as Unknown after changing the polling method from ICMP to Agent on Linux nodes. | Platform |
| 01573310, 01654703, 01569218, 01687332 | The issue where the installer cannot verify the manifest's signature when the user's TEMP path contains a $ symbol was fixed. |
Platform |
| 01939802 | An issue was fixed that caused higher-tier evaluations to not start successfully after removing or hiding previous evaluation licenses, despite UI indicating success. | Platform |
| 01191493, 01294081, 00282808, 01991303 | The issue with duplicate volumes being created when a device with multiple volumes sharing the same serial number is rediscovered and scheduled discovery is run was fixed. | Platform |
| 01191634, 01799728, 01994080 | The issue with incorrect memory values displayed in the Average CPU Load & Memory Statistics widget was fixed. | Platform |
| N/A | An issue was fixed that caused sensitive information to be displayed in logs. | Platform |
Installation or upgrade
When planning your SolarWinds Platform deployment, keep in mind that EOC must be installed on a separate server from other products running on the SolarWinds Platform.
For new SolarWinds Platform deployments, download the installation file from the product page on https://www.solarwinds.com or from the Customer Portal. For more information, see Get the installer.
To activate your product in an existing SolarWinds Platform deployment, use the License Manager.
For upgrades, go to Settings > My Deployment to initiate the upgrade. The SolarWinds Installer upgrades your entire deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines).
For more information, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Installation and Upgrade Guide.
For supported upgrade paths, see Upgrade an existing deployment.
Known issues
Upgrades fail when the Configuration Wizard attempts up create or update a configuration file
In some environments, the Configuration Wizard fails when attempting to create or update the sw.web.compression.config file.
Resolution or workaround: This issue will be fixed in a future release. Until then, complete these steps:
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Open the following file in a text editor:
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Update the contents of this file to the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <configSections> <section name="sw.web.compression" type="SolarWinds.Orion.Core.Common.Configuration.WebCompressionSection, SolarWinds.Orion.Configuration" /> </configSections> <sw.web.compression> <settings> <add name="" level="4" enable="True" install="True" /> <add name="static" level="9" /> <add name="dynamic" /> <add name="dynamic.IIS6" enable="False" /> </settings> </sw.web.compression> </configuration> -
Save the file and rerun the configuration wizard.
The Last XX Audit Events widget does not load all events
After an upgrade to 2025.4, the Last XX Audit Events widget does not load events that occurred before the upgrade.
Resolution or workaround: You can use a custom table widget instead of the standard Last XX Audit Events widget.
This issue will be fixed in a future release.
URL-based filters in modern dashboards stopped working
Modern dashboards no longer recognize URL-based filters unless a global filter is explicitly configured on the dashboard.
Resolution or workaround: Use global filters. See Global filters on modern dashboards.
End of life
| Version | EoL announcement | EoE effective date | EoL effective date |
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| 2024.1 | February 2, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on EOC version 2024.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of EOC. | March 12, 2026: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for EOC version 2024.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | March 12, 2027: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for EOC version 2024.1. |
| 2023.4 | October 21, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on EOC version 2023.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of EOC. | November 20, 2025: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for EOC version 2023.4 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | November 20, 2026: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for EOC version 2023.4. |
| 2023.3 | October 21, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on EOC version 2023.3 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of EOC. | November 20, 2025: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for EOC version 2023.3 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | November 20, 2026: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for EOC version 2023.3. |
| 2023.2 | June 10, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on EOC version 2023.2 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of EOC. | July 10, 2025: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for EOC version 2023.2 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | July 10, 2026: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for EOC version 2023.2. |
| 2023.1 | February 11, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on EOC version 2023.1 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of EOC. | March 13, 2025: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for EOC version 2023.1 or earlier will no longer actively be supported by SolarWinds. | March 13, 2026: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for EOC version 2023.1. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier EOC versions, see EOC release history.
End of support
This version of EOC no longer supports the following platforms and features.
Widgets that display a THWACK feed
Widgets that display the most recent content from a THWACK page are no longer supported and have been removed from the Web Console. This includes widgets such as:
- Recent NPM Posts
- Latest Universal Device Pollers
- Recent NetFlow Posts
- Latest Application Templates
- Recent NCM posts
- Recent VNQM posts
- Recent IPAM posts
- Recent 10 Patch Manager Posts
To exchange information and share content with other SolarWinds users, visit thwack.solarwinds.com.
Deprecation notice
The following platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features.
SolarWinds Platform Agent support for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 reached End of Life and are no longer supported by SolarWinds Platform Agents. To continue monitoring them, consider switching the polling method to remote monitoring with WMI.
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