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Release notes

A plain-language record of user-visible changes and operational safeguards. Current release: 2026.10.08.

Current release

2026.10.08 · Clickable rack placement correction

  • Made every Available rack unit respond to mouse, touch and keyboard input
  • Added unit-first placement: select an Available unit and then choose the device
  • Kept device-first placement, drag-and-drop and Next free U workflows
  • Recognised a rack-mountable device selected on the main design canvas
  • Added visible hover, focus and selected-unit states
  • Updated the Network Designer guide and added rack-interaction regression checks

Previous release

2026.10.07.3 · Whole-site consistency, mobile and saved-work upgrade

  • Generated desktop and mobile tool navigation from the central catalogue
  • Simplified the homepage around task choice and tool search
  • Added the same Enter, Run, Review, Act and Export workflow to every supported tool
  • Added contextual in-tool guidance, data-journey, access and release information
  • Added the browser-local My Work dashboard for designs, migration projects, cases, results, baselines and saved targets
  • Added public automated-check timestamps and retained administrator image-source assurance
  • Improved mobile tables, forms, touch targets, code wrapping and compact page headings
  • Added global keyboard focus and reduced-motion safeguards
  • Deferred below-fold catalogue cards for lighter initial rendering
  • Expanded rendering, blank-result, route, navigation, mobile and accessibility release gates
  • All existing tools remain available and no account, subscription or paid service was added

Previous release

2026.10.07.2 · Complete Network Designer engineering workspace

  • Added multi-device selection, alignment, distribution, locking and automatic layouts
  • Added labelled network zones plus sites, buildings and floors
  • Added a minimap, fit-to-screen, full-screen editing and touch pinch zoom
  • Added editable endpoint ports, straight, curved and right-angle paths, and routing waypoint offsets
  • Added patch panels, rack PDUs, shelves and cable managers with power, weight and estimated-heat planning
  • Added reusable device groups and named browser-local versions with design comparison and restore
  • Expanded structural checks for duplicate ports and addresses, VLAN references, loops, HA roles, PoE, port capacity and rack overlaps
  • Added a free browser-generated ZIP implementation pack with inventories, cable and VLAN schedules, validation and image assurance
  • Expanded the public guide and administrator image-health checks; no account, subscription or paid API is required

Previous release

2026.10.07.1 · Interactive Network Designer workspace

  • Added drag-and-drop and tap-to-place rack editing with automatic free-unit placement
  • Added touch-friendly and keyboard device movement controls to the topology canvas
  • Improved canvas guidance, selection feedback and rack presentation
  • Added a verified family-image fallback for physical firewalls when a model-matched image source is temporarily unavailable
  • Kept representative images clearly labelled and virtual appliances image-free
  • Expanded the Network Designer guide and regression checks

Previous release

2026.10.07 · Readable VLAN planning workspace

  • Replaced conflicting white VLAN cards with dark, high-contrast surfaces
  • Restored readable instructions, empty states, validation guidance and connected-port text
  • Improved VLAN table headings, rows, device labels and review findings
  • Added a regression check that rejects the light-on-light colour combination

Previous release

2026.10.04.3 · Network operations and assurance expansion

  • Sanitised LLDP/CDP, interface, PoE, error and ARP discovery import
  • One-click starting topology for Network Designer
  • Switch-port audit, cable schedule and bill-of-materials exports
  • Combined ZIP implementation pack with printable plan, validation and rollback
  • Safe example workflow and consolidated incident evidence
  • DNS propagation comparison with resolver answers, TTLs, DNSSEC and delegation
  • BGP route-origin and RPKI evidence in Public IP Intelligence
  • Standalone browser-local firewall configuration health checks
  • Change-plan generator with preparation, staged implementation, validation and rollback
  • Administrator-only per-tool mobile quality dashboard
  • All new end-user features remain free with no account or paid API

Previous release

2026.10.04.2 · Header search removal

  • Removed the global Search tools control and overlay from the site header
  • Removed Search tools from the mobile navigation menu
  • Kept the focused tool finder on the homepage and the complete searchable All tools directory
  • Basic and Advanced mode, accessibility and navigation controls remain available

Previous release

2026.10.04.1 · Mobile search placement

  • Search tools moved to the first action inside the mobile navigation menu
  • The separate mobile header search control was removed
  • Desktop search and the full-screen mobile search experience remain unchanged
  • The mobile header now contains only experience level, accessibility and menu controls

Previous release

2026.10.04 · Mobile layout recovery

  • Full-height mobile tool search with a fixed close control and independently scrolling results
  • Tool search now sits above header and accessibility controls
  • Page scrolling is locked only while tool search is open
  • Two-row mobile header keeps branding, menu, search, experience level and accessibility usable
  • Mobile navigation is constrained to the visible screen
  • Site feedback moved into the normal mobile page flow so it no longer covers content
  • Homepage actions stack into full-width touch targets on narrow screens
  • All public tools and administrator access rules remain unchanged

Previous release

2026.10.03.2 · Whole-site consolidation, reliability and accessibility

  • Simplified task-led homepage with compact category browsing
  • Catalogue-driven home cards and navigation labels
  • Global Ctrl/Command-K tool search with symptom and keyword matching
  • One Basic or Advanced preference shared by discovery and the tool workspace
  • Consistent data-journey, access and implementation-review labels
  • Privacy-safe site feedback for broken tools, accuracy, freshness, missing models and accessibility
  • IndexedDB storage and automatic recovery snapshots for larger network designs
  • IndexedDB fallback for encrypted firewall-migration projects
  • Import preview and project-format upgrade before replacing a network design
  • Last-known-good network-equipment image fallback with content hashes
  • Administrator checks for network-catalogue image availability and changes
  • Responsive command palette, homepage cards, tables and project-storage controls
  • Public accessibility statement and expanded release gates
  • All existing end-user tools remain visible, free and unchanged in access

Previous release

2026.10.03.1 · VLAN planning workspace

  • Editable VLAN register with ID, name, subnet, gateway, DHCP scope, purpose and colour
  • Device-level VLAN assignments
  • Access, trunk, hybrid, routed and unassigned port modes
  • Untagged or native VLAN and tagged-VLAN assignments for every documented connection
  • Checks for invalid or duplicate IDs, duplicate subnets, undefined references and multi-VLAN access links
  • Dedicated VLAN CSV plus VLAN and port details in the combined inventory and editable project
  • Worked office example and templates include a reusable VLAN plan
  • Network Designer guide expanded with VLAN instructions and an example
  • VLAN planning remains browser-local, open and free

Previous release

2026.10.03 · Integrated network planning studio

  • Guided hardware selection by type, vendor, product family and model
  • Favourite and recently used model shortcuts
  • Side-by-side model comparison with lifecycle, image and planning metadata
  • Automatic device-port assignment and editable cable and optics schedule
  • Firewall, switch and access-point-specific planning fields
  • Port, PoE, access-point client, rack-overlap and endpoint-assignment checks
  • Browser-local floor-plan upload with explicitly estimated wireless coverage
  • All, physical, logical, wireless, WAN and management topology views
  • Editable 42U rack elevation
  • Small-office, firewall-HA, branch-SD-WAN and campus-wireless templates
  • Verification dates and source status for every catalogue model
  • Administrator-only catalogue review and export queue
  • Updated worked guide and browser-local exports
  • All end-user planning features remain open and free

Previous release

2026.10.02.1 · Full firewall, switch and wireless model catalogue

  • Access points added to the pictured hardware library and topology canvas
  • Searchable current-and-legacy model catalogue for firewalls, switches and wireless access points
  • Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Fortinet, SonicWall and HPE Aruba Networking model coverage
  • FortiAP, Cisco Catalyst and Aironet, Meraki MR and CW, Aruba campus and Instant On, and SonicWave families
  • Existing Cisco, FortiGate and SonicWall firewall migration catalogue reused to keep model names consistent
  • Lifecycle, product family and exact-versus-representative image status shown before a model is added
  • Representative family images explicitly warn that they are not exact port maps
  • All catalogue models remain open to every user with no account, paid API or subscription

Previous release

2026.10.02 · Expanded Network Designer and guide

  • Expanded from 9 to more than 30 generic network and infrastructure device types
  • Searchable device palette grouped by connectivity, security, switching, wireless, compute, endpoints and services
  • PoE, stack, HA and management links added alongside Ethernet, fibre, wireless, VPN and WAN
  • Connected links can be reviewed and removed from either device
  • Six-step in-tool quick-start guide
  • Dedicated guide expanded with complete instructions, troubleshooting, privacy guidance, limitations and a worked office-network example
  • Existing vendor firewall and switch photographs, local auto-save and all export formats preserved
  • No account, paid API or subscription introduced

Previous release

2026.10.01.1 · Vendor hardware Network Designer

  • Open-access Network Designer remains available under Plan a network
  • Searchable equipment library with six vendor firewalls and six vendor switches
  • Model images and diagrams sourced from manufacturers or reputable resellers
  • Exact, diagram and representative image status shown with a model-reference link
  • Vendor hardware is displayed directly on the drag-and-drop topology canvas
  • Available equipment images are embedded into PDF, PNG and SVG exports
  • Unavailable images degrade to a labelled node without blocking editing or export
  • Allowlisted same-site image delivery rejects arbitrary, invalid and oversized responses
  • Editable hostnames, addresses, VLANs, locations, models and notes
  • Browser-local auto-save, undo, redo, CSV inventory and editable project import/export
  • No account, upload, paid API or subscription introduced

Previous release

2026.09.23 · Public IP intelligence and whole-site assurance

  • Public IP Intelligence is open to everyone
  • Full network, CIDR, ownership, status, contact and registration-date results
  • Downloadable formatted registration text and raw RDAP registry view
  • ISP, organisation, ASN, routed prefix, reverse-DNS, registry and approximate-location evidence
  • Authoritative RIR bootstrap fallback prevents one registry provider from breaking IP lookups
  • Partial routing and network results remain available when registry evidence is temporarily unavailable
  • Per-source availability and explicit location accuracy warnings
  • Task-based tool-directory filters and public reliability indicators
  • Every public and technical tool included in release render checks
  • Expanded real-device browser-journey matrix
  • Privacy-safe result-accuracy concerns without targets or result contents
  • Tool ownership, lifecycle and six-month review controls
  • Firewall destination downloads blocked by structural errors or unresolved references
  • Redirect-loop detection and bounded response handling
  • Consistent tool assurance, supported-browser and known-limitation details
  • No paid API, account, SMTP server or subscription introduced

Previous release

2026.09.22 · Unified diagnostic investigation workspace

  • One responsive Workspace replaces separate floating result and case controls
  • Automatic and manual result capture is available across guided tools
  • Two-run comparisons, local baselines and configurable change thresholds
  • Cross-tool investigation plans preserve the shared target
  • Consistent JSON, CSV, print and case-evidence actions
  • Every result identifies whether it ran in the browser, hosted checker, public resolver or community probe
  • Automatic local-data expiry with privacy-dashboard controls
  • AES-256-GCM encrypted whole-workspace projects
  • Mobile bottom-sheet layout and larger touch controls
  • Contextual guides load only when requested
  • Expanded release-blocking workspace journeys
  • No accounts, SMTP dependency, paid API or subscription introduced

Previous release

2026.09.19 · Consistent tool workspace

  • Simple and Expert workspace views on guided tools
  • Browser-local shared targets for related tests
  • Bounded redacted result history with numeric trends
  • Cautious What this means summaries with likely explanations and next actions
  • Safe example mode for each guided tool
  • Contextual in-tool guide drawer with privacy and limitations
  • No accounts, paid services or SMTP dependency introduced

Previous release

2026.09.15 · Free reliability and investigation workspace

  • Public diagnostics health check repaired and protected-access self-monitoring added
  • One central access catalogue now drives navigation, search, favourites and maintenance controls
  • Universal browser-local case capture with standard result envelopes
  • Encrypted reusable investigation projects with no account, upload or paid service
  • Task-based homepage guidance and validated recent/favourite tools
  • Staged ASA/FortiOS groups, services, policies, routes and one-to-one NAT conversion
  • Administrator firewall model verification dashboard
  • Firewall image change detection and last-known-good edge-cache fallback
  • Expanded synthetic journeys and release-blocking acceptance gates

Previous release

2026.09.14.4 · Protected access compatibility repair

  • Restored technical and maintenance password checks in the production worker runtime
  • Preserved the existing passwords, server-only verifiers, durable lockout protection and global session invalidation

Previous release

2026.09.14.3 · Security, migration and usability assurance

  • Administrator password verifiers moved out of source and protected with a server-only keyed verifier
  • Durable login throttling and global session invalidation
  • Central tool access catalogue with Basic and Advanced views
  • Expanded firewall hardware verification metadata and hotspot acceptance checks
  • Initial staged ASA-to-FortiGate and FortiGate-to-ASA object and route translation
  • Complete per-item migration ledger
  • Guided target handoff between related diagnostics
  • Standard evidence-result envelope
  • Administrator firewall image dependency checker
  • Expanded release acceptance tests

Previous release

2026.09.14.2 · Model-matched FortiGate images

  • FortiGate 60E now uses its own 60E hardware diagram
  • 60E interface controls now match two WAN, one DMZ and seven internal ports
  • Individual FortiGate selections no longer silently reuse the 90G image
  • Other FortiGate photographs are accepted only when the source page confirms the selected model name

Previous release

2026.09.14.1 · Reliable firewall image delivery

  • Firewall images now load through an allowlisted same-site route
  • Successful images are cached to reduce reliance on third-party hosts
  • Invalid, oversized and non-image responses are rejected
  • Unavailable images retain clickable fallback ports and now include a retry control

Previous release

2026.09.14 · Administrator-only maintenance visibility

  • All ordinary and technical tools remain visible
  • Maintenance pages are removed from public menus and search
  • Administrator links appear only during an authenticated maintenance session
  • Direct maintenance URLs remain password protected
  • One-click administrator lock control

Previous release

2026.09.13.3 · Free diagnostic workspace expansion

  • Website accessibility, redirect and community path testing
  • Authoritative DNS delegation and DNSSEC trace
  • Unified local evidence correlation
  • Network change comparison with secret redaction
  • Advanced IPv6 publication review
  • Temporary shareable status reports
  • Expanded incident workflows
  • Firewall shadowing checks and six-vendor regression fixtures
  • Individual firewall-model update assistant
  • No paid services, subscriptions or SMTP dependency

Previous release

2026.09.13.2 · Operational assurance and administration

  • Per-tool maintenance switches
  • External-monitor health endpoint
  • Expanded interaction journeys
  • Error-report filtering, export and deletion
  • Per-release reliability comparison
  • Security-header and dependency review
  • Performance budgets
  • Guide and firewall-catalogue freshness reviews
  • Accessibility regression journeys
  • Administrator retention and deletion controls

Previous release

2026.09.13 · Reliability recovery

  • Automatic stale installed-site recovery
  • Privacy-safe error references and downloadable diagnostics
  • Anonymous 30-day problem reports
  • Compatibility matrix and offline fallback
  • Synthetic SPF and DNS submissions

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