SQL Sentry 2025.4 release notes
Release date: November 18, 2025
Here's what's new in SQL Sentry 2025.4. You can find the applicable system requirements here.
To view release notes, system requirements, and product guide PDFs for supported versions of SQL Sentry, see SQL Sentry previous versions. To view release notes for multiple versions
Attention 2025.4 customers
You should upgrade to SQL Sentry 2025.4 to avoid issues with Platform Connect features such as alerts to CNS services (ServiceNow or PagerDuty) and AI Query Assist.
New features and improvements in SQL Sentry
SQL Sentry Portal
SQL Sentry Portal has been upgraded to React v18.0 which includes a complete visual overhaul featuring:
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Modernized appearance
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Dark mode (default) and Light mode
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Multi-tenant selection drop-down that lets you jump between tenant views
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Chart grid customization options that persist as you change views
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Filter options that persist as you change views
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Custom charts that are backwards compatible with older Portal versions
See Getting Started with SQL Sentry Portal.
SQL Server on Google Cloud VM support
SQL Sentry 2025.4 supports monitoring SQL Server on Google Cloud VM v2022.
Plan Explorer
The Plan Explorer plug-in supports SSMS 21.
General improvements
- LDAP queries are encrypted in SQL Sentry.
Fixed customer issues
| Case number | Description |
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| 1353574 | Data File Auto Grow events show the correct auto growth value in Top SQL. |
| 1339873 | Portal: Performance tab: Provide smoother dashboard graph for targets with inconsistent counter collection
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| 1284713 | SMTP Server Groups no longer throw an exception. |
| 1199998 | The option to download condition packs resulted in errors and has been removed. The latest condition pack is included with the SQL Sentry Client installation. |
| 1021238 | SQL Sentry Portal Top SQL populates as expected without TimeSpan overflow . |
Installation or upgrade
End of life
| Version | EoL announcement | EoE effective date | EoL effective date |
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| 2023.4 | November 18, 2025: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on SQL Sentry version 2023.4 or earlier should begin transitioning to the latest version of SQL Sentry. | February 18, 2026: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for SQL Sentry version 2023.4 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 SQL Sentry version 2023.4. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier SQL Sentry versions, see SQL Sentry release history.
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