RIPE Atlas Documentation

2016-01-06 - New UI release (Coulson) ​

  • Fixes to stability, scalability and the upcoming v2 APIs
  • Fixed a bug where probe SOS messages were not recorded with certain types of probe resolvers
  • Added an experimental feature to limit measurements based on results per day requested, instead of number of probes or measurements
  • The "doughnut" in the credit history page now leads to the measurements mentioned therein
  • The measurement API now denies measurement specifications that are known to be unfulfillable
  • Fixed a bug where the quicklook page didn't update the map and the list after first answer
  • Added anchor IPv4/IPv6 comparison links to more (logical) places
  • Most maps now include the timestamp of the shown measurement
  • Added a "success indicator" to the probe tab for all traceroute measurements
  • Added a quick AS name lookup feature to the list of probes involved in a measurement
  • Added experimental first_connected and last_connected fields to the probe API
  • DomainMON now uses the NSID bit too
  • Added a "RIPE NCC watermark" to some of the visualisations

2016-01-13 - New UI release (Deadpool) ​

  • Preparations for credit "standing orders"
  • More maps support filtering on result keys
  • Enhanced the layout for the probe involvement log of a measurement
  • The measurement API is now a bit more forgiving when asking for probes that are not available at the time of specifying a measurement

2016-01-27 - New UI release (Elektra, Flash) ​

  • Introduced "standing credit orders" to regularly transfer credits
  • Fixed a bug in the measurement form about the interaction between area/type fields
  • Fixed a bug about tzinfo on [first|last]_connected in probe status (API)
  • Fix inconsistency about probe bandwidth in the UI
  • Many internal changes in API handling

2016-02-04 - New UI release (Groot) ​

  • Major reshuffling of the web site menu structure
  • Many layout changes and enhancements to user interaction
  • Release of a new "overall daily resource use" limit feature, meant to be more flexible that the current max measurements / max probes

2016-02-17 - New UI release (Harley Quinn) ​

  • Fix an issue of not using proper ISO8601 times on the measurement probe list
  • Fixed a regression that prevented usage of tags when adding more probes to a measurement
  • Added a better explanation of the "measurement spread" control
  • Enabled support for "my measurements" with API keys in API v2
  • Fixed an issue where data download queries resulted in 500 errors, if the queried time interval did not overlap with the measurement run interval
  • Improved response time when querying for traceroute results for measurements involving lots of probes
  • Allow stopping measurements that have been scheduled to start in the future
  • Fixed an issue which in some cases prevented creating new domainmon zones
  • Revamped the roadmap pages

2016-02-24 - New UI release (Iron Man) ​

  • Added a packet loss column for the probes' list for ping measurements
  • Various changes in UI to support client-side data table filtering
  • Enabled easier navigation from the anchors list to individual anchors
  • Fix inconsistencies in probe bandwidth limitations
  • Added TLSA queries to DNS measurements

2016-03-09 - New UI release (Jean Grey) ​

  • Preparations for major application framework version change
  • Various changes in UI to support client-side data table filtering
  • Enabled the "bill to another user" feature in the measurement form and the corresponding credit-sharing feature
  • Fixed a bug in the probe API preventing filtering by distance

2016-03-16 - New UI release (Kitty Pryde) ​

  • Finalisation / documentation of the v2 APIs
  • Release of the "bill to someone else" feature, as part of "sharing credits with colleagues"
  • Stop time in calendar in measurement creation page was confused with UTC
  • Various bugfixes to ambassador checks
  • Various adjustments to users with negative credit balance

2016-03-23 - New UI release (Lois Lane) ​

  • Various internal upgrades
  • Enhancements to the ambassador and anchor administration
  • LatencyMON: improve documentation about the axis

2016-04-07 - New UI release (Northstar) ​

  • Stability, usability and performance fixes in the UI
  • Changes to l-root IPv6 address
  • Fix an issue in the measurement form not handling reloads of stop time properly

2016-04-13 - New UI release (Oracle) ​

  • Started to collect historical changes of RIPE Atlas anchors (expecting the first lifecycle events coming up soon)
  • Added an ability to have news items on the opening page
  • Various changes to LatencyMON, deprecate seismograph
  • Anchor-measurements API now exposes type of measurement by default
  • Lots of changes to the API v2 documentation
  • Restarting the "you're out of credits" warning system

2016-04-20 - New UI release (Poison Ivy) ​

  • Various enhancements to internal functioning and consistency.
  • Added a new tab to the probe status page to describe various good (and bad) probe conditions
  • Added a "prevent_resolving" field to skip the preliminary DNS check of targets, in case the target doesn't (yet) exist in DNS at the time of scheduling the measurement

2016-05-04 - New UI release (Quicksilver) ​

  • Many internal changes for stability and scalability
  • Upgraded bits and pieces of the documentation
  • Changed layout of probes involved in a measurement on the measurement status page
  • Fixed an issue where some traceroutes showed negative packet loss
  • Updated LatencyMON documentation
  • Various minor changes to LatencyMON

2016-05-11 - New UI release (Ramona Flowers) ​

  • As usual: many stability and scalability improvements
  • Added "topology measurements" to all probes as new "built-in measurements"
  • The number of probes was wrong in some cases on the measurement detail page
  • Fixed an issue where some non-DNS measurements could show an invalid include_abuf configuration option
  • Fixed a bug where some probe registrations did not behave correctly
  • Internal preparations for WiFi measurements

2016-06-29 - New UI release (Superman, Thor, Ultron) ​

  • Various changes to anchor management functions and the data streaming service
  • Preparations for WiFi measurements (UI, API, probe firmware, ...)
  • Fix some probes with wrong geolocation
  • Fixes to minor QuickLook and API filtering bugs
  • Fixed a bug where maps didn't properly filter for countries

2016-07-06 - New UI release (Valkyrie) ​

  • Various enhancements for API internals
  • Development of the upcoming WiFi measurements
  • Various fixes to DomainMON and probe system tags

2016-07-20 - New UI release (Wonder Woman, Xavier) ​

  • Lots of internal changes about scalability and testability
  • Added total_uptime field to API
  • Fixed a bug where in rare case the scheduler did not start a measurement
  • Fixed some inconsistencies regarding the example API call section in the measurement form
  • Users logins now preserve the full URI of the current page so that (for example) upon return the user is taken to the same tab as before
  • Fixed an issue where one-off measurements initiated in the UI form were rejected
  • Several changes needed because of anchor lifecycle replacements
  • Expose first_connected and total_uptime values to the probe archive API

2016-07-27 - New UI release (Yorick) ​

  • Fix adding measurements to an existing DomainMON domain
  • Work on the upcoming probe deployment API

2016-08-03 - New UI release (Zatanna) ​

  • Adding logic to deal with potential IPv4 (or IPv6) only anchors
  • Changes to probe archive API
  • Internal changes for improved stability and security
  • Documenting the new "bonus for results delivered" feature

2016-08-10 - New UI release (Ancile) ​

  • Bugfixes for decommissioning anchors
  • Improvements to internal auditing
  • Fixes to probe status archives
  • Better breakdown of UDM usage in the network coverage page
  • Add new pages for commercial use and RIPE Atlas logos

2016-08-17 - New UI release (Babelfish) ​

2016-08-24 - New UI release (Crocea Mors) ​

  • Fixed a typo (tsla_record vs. tlsa_record) in the API
  • Enhance prepend_probe_id field docs
  • Roadmap layout improvements
  • Ambassador management improvements
  • Check ASN entered when applying for an anchor

2016-08-31 - New UI release (Dyrnwyn) ​

  • New LatencyMON release
  • Separate out the system-ipv6-doesnt-work explanation for the IPV6 ULA case
  • When probe is connected but there are no SOS messages, show info instead of warning as nothing is actually wrong
  • More robust error checking on participation-requests
  • Fixed issue adding servers to DomainMON zone

2016-09-07 - New UI release (Excalibur) ​

  • Lots of internal changes in preparation for an upcoming application framework update
  • Deprecated the v1 API documentation
  • Changes to the measurement detail page layout
  • Changes to page caching, especially on the documentation pages

2016-09-14 - New UI release (Fulcrum, Gungnir) ​

  • Fix anchor map 'bubble' for IPv4 only anchors
  • Fixes to LatencyMON labels
  • Changed the API keys management: instead of one API key per function, from now on API keys can be assigned permissions, allowing users to combine as many functions to their keys as possible
  • Lots of updates to the root DNS instances maps

2016-10-05 - New UI release (Holy Grail, ICE) ​

  • Make the measurement listing pages more responsive
  • Some more adjustments to the new API keys structure
  • Make the probe status page more responsive for probes that send excessive SOS messages
  • Fixed permissions for adding measurements into measurement groups

2016-10-12 - New UI release (Jubba Cloak) ​

  • Optimisations to the caching mechanisms of API output
  • Many updates to the API reference documentation

2016-11-16 - New UI release (λαβύρινθος) ​

  • Numerous internal changes for stability and scalability
  • Added a new "credits API"
  • Fixed a bug that affected the probe view of some SSLcert measurements
  • Added g-root IPv6 to the built-in measurements

2016-11-23 - New UI release (Mjölnir) ​

  • Lots of internal changes for stability and scalability
  • Make the ordering of "my measurements" consistent across pages
  • Only suggest RIPE Atlas anchors when scheduling HTTP measurements
  • Improve consistency in probe notification methods
  • LatencyMON: document showMinimumByDefault
  • Fix a few intermittent JavaScript errors on various pages
  • The measurement creation UI is clearer about it using UTC times
  • Make it easier for users to embed DomainMON in their own pages

2016-11-30 - New UI release (Nimbus 2000) ​

  • Added a new pie chart about current credit status under "my Atlas"
  • Fixed an issue in the measurement specification form where the date selector could pick the year 1899, which is before RIPE Atlas epoch
  • Released LatencyMON ver 16.11.25.2
  • Added API v2.2.0 with a new credits API

2016-12-07 - New UI release (One Ring) ​

  • Enhanced piecharts for current income/expenses
  • Improved manual location picker for probes
  • Bugfix: ordering of in-Atlas messages was not always deterministic
  • More features added to the credits API
  • Better estimates of current and projected credits use
  • Improved websocket-client handling related to ripe.atlas.cousteau