Supercharger Version History

: 9/27/2022
: bjvista
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Supercharger 22.8.9 (9/2/2022)

Log page defaults to "All" if there are no Errors/Warnings to acknowledge
Validate (and fix, if possible) values when adding or editing overrides
Fix bug with upper/lowercase issue in target subscription manager url
Fix bug where http://localhost//supercharger would give a 404 error
Various code smells and security hotspots remediated

Supercharger 22.8.2 (8/26/2022)

NEW FEATURE: Add Cross Domain Forwarding
Upgrade .NET Core
Add additional trace logging
Add and enabled DB compression for some tables in SQL
Remove duplicate domain components from LDAP queries
Bug fix addressing "Error uploading the controller setup to the database" error message
Bug fix addressing "Cannot insert duplicate key row in object" error message
Bug fix related to using SQL Server HADR
Make licensing checks quicker

Supercharger 22.1.8 (1/13/2022)

Fix for bulk updating of DB values
Fix for tools tips stuck behind menus
Update to purging of records
Upgrade to .NET Core
Update to table size reporting
Add delay in subscription update to help preventing WEC service overload

Supercharger 21.11.10 (12/6/2021)

Add feature to see which event logs are used on more than one load balanced subscription
Increased timeout for controller setup installer to upload to DB
Retry controller setup installer downloading if could not download latest version from DB
Reset related subscriptions after automatic event log reset
Add option to event logs to set threshold for low EPS
Filter out outliers before standard deviation calculation for low EPS detection
Bug fix to standard deviation formula
Bug fix for newly created load balancers freezing GUI
Bug fix to suppress noise message related to Load Balancers with no subscriptions in logs
Bug fix for group not found during Load Balancer Maintenance
Bug fix to certain filters in subscription editor
Bug fix for to allow longer names to work with auditing
Bug fix where performance charts displayed data from other collectors
Add option to not warn if EPS is zero if expected
Bug fix to new subscriptions using LDAP queries
Add feature to display load balanced subscriptions on event log status pages
Display full name of event log on its Status tab
Move status of services to collector Status tab
Redesign of internal log details
Upgrade .NET Core

Supercharger 21.10.6 (10/6/2021)

Add feature to rearrange domains on Explorer page
Add more details for subscriptions related to current forwarders
Add feature in Load Balancer editor to create missing event logs
Enforce recovery options for controller services to restart on failure
Include domain name in name of current forwarders exported CSV file
Add option to filter list of managed filters
Fix for log names that contain spaces in the name
Bug fix for built-in event logs enabled flag reset issue
Bug fix for scheduled time come up with the same time twice in a row
Bug fix for migration issue with ErrorText
Bug fix for registry error during collector analysis

Supercharger 21.9.5 (9/5/2021)

Add filtering to Managed Filters list

Supercharger 21.8.4 (8/23/2021)

NEW FEATURE - Stalled Subscription Watchdog
NEW FEATURE - Stalled Event Log Watchdog
Fixed bug that classified subscriptions with zero forwarders as unhealthy
Fixed bug with incorrect event log health color
Logic to make event log gray if not in use

Supercharger 21.7.12 (7/31/2021)

Correct typo in EULA
Fixed issue with crashing if a custom DB is being used and login coordinates need to be entered manually
Fixed EPS standard deviation algorithm
Added HTTPS protocol option to Subscription Policy settings
Fixed informational message related to Jumbo History Tracking
Fixed informational message related to Load Balancer Nodes
Added logic to trim unwanted characters from Target Subscription Manager entries
Added logic to ensure latest controller setup file is uploaded to the DB
Fixed issue with SC not loading after install; installer now runs iisreset
Added logic to prevent invalid characters from being used for subscription names in load balanced subscriptions
Added feature to force reboot of a controller server if WEC or WinRM is unhealthy
Added tooltip for load balanced subscription titles
Fixed issue with SQL Server user account remnant left behind after a controller is decommissioned
Upgraded .NET Core hosting bundle
Fixed broken "Reboot" command

Supercharger 21.6.6 (6/21/2021)

Fixed issue with extending temporary license keys
Added logic to prevent bad subscription names that use invalid characters
Added screen splitter adjustment bar in GUI
Added which domain Subscription Policies and Managed Filters are used in when viewing settings
Added Subscription tab as the default tab when clicking back button in browser from Subscription settings
Added name to tooltips for Event Logs and Subscriptions
Bug fixes related to upgrading from 20.1.53 and older to current version

Supercharger 21.6.1 (6/1/2021)

Split Custom Supercharger logs from Native windows logs during destination log selection
Resize log selector dropdown
Fix bug when decommissioning controller
Fix bug when creating a new custom event log
Fix bug with expand/collapse buttons in managed filters
Fix bug for creating subscriptions with Free Version
Improve user interface speed and responsiveness
Add option to exclude non-Windows computers

Supercharger 21.4.3 (4/9/2021)

Bug fix when editing subscriptions

Supercharger 21.3.16 (3/31/2021)

DB retrieval optimization
Add refresh count down
Event log name comparisons case insensitive
Add performance tab to Event Log
Add Managed Filter Security Log Wizard
Subscription Policy editor bug fix
Add loader to license key submission
Improved performance of license key submission
Performance enhancement to Settings pages
Purging refactored
Enhancement to Group Policy collection process
Optimized Refresh Collector, Collector Analysis and Forwarder Analysis command
Enhancement to multiple pending commands
Redesign Command Engine Worker
Refactor promotion auditing
Tripwire event filtering
Redesign Trace log page
Update NLog
Adding filtering nonactive controllers
Internal Log grid improvements
- Performance improvement
- Trimming data fields
- Add Info Only filter
- Improved export of log
- GUI improvement
Modification to forwarders grid filtering
Add authorization requirement to all pages
Add option to delete shard subscriptions
Purge audits after one year
Purge Volume Leveling Scorecards older than 30 days
Add loader to Group and User searches
Allow users to authenticate in a multi-domain environment
Bug fix for DST time change
Forwarder license count fix
Bug fix in Group Policy Services
Enhancement to update controllers from the DB, not through HTTP
Bug fix - If email address field is blank send to all security users and groups
Bug fix for View Only users
Bug fix to custom log name displaying in dropdown list
Bug fix for an exception during scheduled task processor
Bug fix for duplicate data in Forwarder Criteria table
Enhancement to cache Health Statement List
Bug fix for disposed repo
Bug fix to internal log download directory access
Bug fix to division by zero in Average Since Last Call
Upgrade .NET Core hosting bundle to latest version

Supercharger 20.12.2 (12/2/2020)

Fixed some issues with slow user interface

Supercharger 20.11.8 (11/28/2020)

Added Jumbo balancing
Added audit trail tied to every object in Supercharger
Added group policy analysis to highlight possible problems with Target Subscription Manager entries, security log permissions etc.
Added throttling to reduce repetitious warnings and errors and a clear criteria for what’s a warning vs error
Added managed filters from Palantir
Added feature to exclude small system drives from health check with an override
Added links to KB articles
Bug fix for naming custom event logs
Bug fix to menu tooltips
Updates to reporting charts
Improvements to log downloads
Performance tabs added to event logs
Controller installer is now signed
Many other enhancements

Supercharger 20.9.1 (9/3/2020)

Load Balanced Subscription 2.0
All new UI
Performance Tracking
much, much, more

Supercharger 20.1.53 (2/10/2020)

Add Trace Log Management from Web UI
Make restart controller more reliable
Improve Collector Analysis needlessly processing forwarders by using WecUtil
Split Up Collector Analysis for better performance
Fewer Restarts of the Controller Service on WEC errors
Make WEC API access externalized to ScWecUtil
Add automatic setting of URLACL fix (see KB article on All subscriptions have 0 active forwarders; System Event IDs 10128, 10129)
Make SQL timeout and execution strategy parameters soft coded
Enable easy copying logs to clipboard
When creating Load Balanced Subscriptions, put SC logs at top of Destination Log Names dropdown
Improve Internal Log search
Fix slow UI when there are many distributed subscriptions
Efficiently get Comprehensive Forwarder Details for large number of records
Other small fixes and enhancements

Supercharger 19.10.35 (10/20/2019)

Fix a bug related to registry access

Supercharger 19.10.34 (10/15/2019)

Add report: Comprehensive Forwarder Details
Add report: Collector History (CPU, EPS)
Include the destination log in the Overview tab of subscriptions
Add a maintenance button to individual subscriptions of a distributed subscription to run maintenance on-demand (normally run daily)
Add ability to change SQL Server connection timeout values
Retry running wecutil.exe commands if hung
Validate group SID when trying to create or update a distributed subscription
Improve saving distributed subscription groups, especially when many forwarders are added
Improve the way changes are saved to AD
Improve calling forwarder analysis after updating distributed subscriptions or LDAP filters
Use the same DC as much as possible to avoid replication issues
Fix bug related to recreating a custom event log with same name but different capitalization
Handle "A recipient must be specified" error when sending emails
Limit the number of AD items displayed in the search dialog (to avoid the search taking too long)
Close subscription dialog after deleting subscription
Fix bug where perfmon counters would get purged if licensed, but license was expired
Fix bug where error was wrongly reported if the WEC status was Inactive and AD status was NotFound
Fix bug in setting up Builtin managed filters, such as filter for Security log with noise suppression
Fix some bugs that caused a SID mixup when going AD group search
Fix a bug that made subscriptions stop working if the related managed filter was changed (this was related to setting the wrong value for PublisherName when the sub was updated)
Fix the sidebar flickering on Chrome
Remove Events Lost counter

Supercharger 19.7.3 (7/30/2019)

During upgrades, does not overwrite service account if "Local Service" is changed to custom user

Supercharger 19.7.1 (7/17/2019)

Revised and removed reporting on lost events
Fix a bug when a subscription was deleted outside of Supercharger

Supercharger 19.5.3 (6/3/2019)

Update SQL Server to SQL Server 2016 SP2 Express
Change implementation of counting servers for licensing
Update SQL version in the installer
Servers with Ignore health status are no longer counted
Fix bug related to denied subjects
Add Exabeam UEBA filter
Add partner licensing option
Run forwarder analysis after updating managed filters
Fix bug when unable to create managed filter if event log didn't exists on master
Display buttons not after but before subscription and distributed subscription name
Display short name instead of full name of event log name in details title
Fix bug related to distributed subscriptions and LDAP filters
Enable empty LDAP BaseDN
Display DCs in UI for LDAP BaseDN
Add button to display license info for easier license key request
Fix bug when domain has no more controllers
Add instructions to analysis takes too long warning message on how to override frequency of collector and forwarder analysis