Release Notes for LivestreamIQ Version 3.6.0

July 04, 2025

1. New Features

Kafka Connector Integration: Built-in support to ingest real-time event streams directly from Apache Kafka topics, enabling seamless data flow and analytics.
Custom Connector Framework: Users can now develop and deploy their own connectors via a configuration-driven approach. Simply upload a JSON file specifying endpoints, authentication, and parsing rules.
Connector Health Dashboard: Monitor connector activity at a glance:
- Total connectors
- Failed tasks/connectors
- Status: running, paused, or failed

2. Enhancements & Bug Fixes

Responsive Logs Dashboard Charts: Charts now fully adapt to desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, ensuring a smooth monitoring experience.
Accurate Log Timestamps: Resolved timestamp issues—log visuals now reflect precise event timing.

3. Security Fixes & Enhancements

Library Upgrades & Vulnerability Removal: Upgraded dependencies; patched all known security loopholes.
VAPT & SCA Compliance: Completed Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing and Software Composition Analysis.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST):
- Fixed regex bugs.
- Sanitized debug stack traces
HTTP Response Hardening:
- Disabled debug mode
- Fixed stack trace exposure
Session & CORS Security:
- Fixed session tokens from URLs
- Fixed arbitrary origin trust in CORS configs
Input Validation & Sensitive Data Protection: Strengthened validation on key endpoints and ensured sensitive data remains protected.
API Abuse & File Upload Defense:
- Implemented rate limiting
- Blocked risky file uploads/executions
Groovy Script Injection Mitigation: Closed RCE (Remote Code Execution) gaps by sanitizing Groovy scripts.

Release Notes for LivestreamIQ Version 3.5.0

April 16, 2025

1. Version Information

Version: 3.5.0

2. New Features

Data Masking: LivestreamIQ now has data masking capabilities, allowing users to protect sensitive information while maintaining visibility into Kafka message content.
Enhanced Filtering Options: New filtering capabilities have been added to help users more efficiently navigate through large volumes of Kafka data and logs.
Logs Dashboard with Graphical Representation: The Logs feature now includes a comprehensive dashboard with visual representations of log data, making it easier to identify patterns and issues at a glance.

Previous Release: LivestreamIQ Version 3.4.2

September 25, 2024

1. Version Information

Version: 3.4.2

2. New Features

Logs Tab for Kafka Cluster Logs: A new "Logs" tab has been added to LivestreamIQ, providing users with the ability to view Kafka cluster logs directly from the UI. This feature enhances troubleshooting and monitoring capabilities by giving easy access to real-time log data.
Brokers >> Metrics Tab with JMX Metrics: The "Metrics" tab under the Brokers section now displays Kafka JMX metrics in graph format. This feature allows users to visually monitor Kafka broker performance, making it easier to detect potential issues and optimize cluster efficiency.

3. Log Collection via Filebeat

LivestreamIQ now collects logs through Filebeat, which is deployed as a separate daemonset. Filebeat is a lightweight tool that can run with minimal resources, ensuring it does not affect Kafka's performance. This release introduces important monitoring enhancements and simplifies the log collection process, ensuring more efficient Kafka cluster management.