# What's New?

## **Release 1.5.0**

#### Collaborative Intelligence

Redesigned platform with project-level organization, enabling multi-user AI chat, shared context, and real-time collaboration for faster and smarter NetOps decision-making.

#### [Per-Project Data Control](web-ui-administration/user-operations/creating-projects)

Each project now supports its files, connectors, and access rules, ensuring data isolation, relevance, and precision in AI-driven responses.

#### [Smarter Conversations ](web-ui-administration/user-operations/starting-a-new-chat)

Live user presence, @mentions, and shared chat history keep everyone on the same page. AI responses now route intelligently across project-specific data sources using custom data-connector tags.

#### [New & Improved Use Cases:](curated-use-cases)

* Basic NetOps
* Flow Analytics
* Security Audits
* Inventory Insights
* Support Knowledge Base
* Upgrade Compliance
* Ticketing and RCA (ServiceNow, Zendesk)
* Observability & Packet Capture

### [Expanded External Integrations](data-connectors)

* **Cloud & Storage:** AWS S3, Azure, Google Cloud Storage
* **Monitoring & Management:** Aviz ONES, NetBox, Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Catalyst Center, IP Fabric, SolarWinds, [Palo Alto Firewall](web-ui-administration/admin-operations/devices/using-api)
* **Data & Logs:** ELK Stack, Splunk, Loki, InfluxDB, Snowflake
* **Collaboration & ITSM:** Slack, ServiceNow, Zendesk

### User Experience

* New project-based UI with intelligent navigation and pinning
* Archive completed chats/projects for a decluttered view
* Enhanced search and filtering to quickly find what matters
* Auto-refresh notifications and consistent @mention behavior

#### AI & Engine Enhancements

* **Reasoning Engine:** Now powered by Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct for more accurate, contextual, and technically sound responses.
* **Network Correlation Engine** (Beta)**:** Performs cross-table analysis to uncover hidden patterns and answer complex queries.

#### Fixes & Stability Improvements

* Accurate SQL generation for Flow Analytics
* Connector state sync across team members
* Restored audit report and revamped device page
* Improved user management and invite workflows
* More consistent behavior across UI components

#### Known Limitations

* Response loading UI is not yet visible to all project members
* Uploaded files lack uploader attribution and preview

## **Release 1.4.0**

* **Reasoning Model**\
  Upgraded LLM responses featuring advanced multi-step reasoning and dynamic decision-making to elevate troubleshooting capabilities and forecasting accuracy
* **Agentic Architecture**\
  Introduced a new agentic architecture that empowers autonomous task execution and seamless interaction with external systems
  * [New & Improved Use Cases:](curated-use-cases)
    * Basic NetOps
    * Flow Analytics
    * Security Audits
    * Inventory Insights
    * Support Knowledge Base
    * Upgrade Compliance
* [**New External Integrations**](data-connectors)\
  Integrated with a wider ecosystem, including:
  * ELK Stack
  * Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
  * Loki
  * InfluxDB
  * NetBox
  * Azure
  * Cisco Nexus Dashboard
* **User Interface:**
  * Suggested questions now appear to help guide your next steps
  * Rolled out an exciting, revamped UI featuring improved navigation, modern design, and enhanced customization options for a streamlined user experience
* Critical bug fixes and overall stability improvements to ensure reliable performance in diverse operational environments
* **Known Limitations:**
  * In the event of an error during chat interactions, please initiate a new chat session to prevent cascading issues
  * Ensure prompts are specific for optimal results, as vague inputs may result in unexpected or incomplete responses

## **Release 1.3.0**

* Inferencing engine enhancements for improved throughput & reduced latency
* [Slack Integration](data-connectors/collaboration-and-itsm/slack)
* [External Data Ingestion:](data-connectors)
  * Amazon S3
  * Splunk
  * Snowflake
* [Use Case Improvements:](curated-use-cases)
  * Audit Reports
  * Application Visibility
  * Upgrade Compliance
* Collection of Additional Metrics through:
  * Interface Level Errors & Discards
  * Transceiver DOM Information:
    * Tx/Rx Power
    * Temperature
    * Voltage
    * Bias Current
* Improved support for the [Japanese language](broken-reference)
* Minor UI Changes for quality-of-life improvements
* Scalability improvements
* Critical bug fixes and stability improvements

## **Release 1.2.0**

* Enhanced LLM responses, security, and audit report features
* Improved user interface
* Critical bug fixes and stability improvements

## **Release 1.1.0**

* [**Data Ingestion**](web-ui-administration/admin-operations/devices) now supports devices using gNMI, SNMP, API, sFlow
* [**New Use Cases**](curated-use-cases)
* **User Interface**: Provides a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for users to ask questions and get answers
  * Streaming responses
  * Exporting conversations
  * Import user context
  * Timestamps
  * Regenerating responses
  * User feedback on the responses for improvements
  * Light and Dark Modes
  * Generate configurations and charts

## **Release 1.0.0**

#### Features Supported

* **Data Ingestion**: NCP supports gNMI and SNMP for network state metrics. It also supports the ingestion of sFlow records
* NCP answers a wide variety of questions in the following use cases:
  * Inventory & Accounting
  * Capacity Planning
  * Anomaly Detection
  * Compliance
  * AI Fabric

#### Open Issues

* **NCP-231**: The Model returns data even for single-letter or single-word queries.
* **NCP-336**: The Model provides incomplete or inaccurate responses to certain questions.
* **NCP-340**: The Pie chart for Japanese queries should display labels and details in Japanese.
* **NCP-341**: The Model's responses are inaccurate or incomplete for some Japanese-language questions.
