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Fix SHAP Multiclass Summary Plot - Downgrade to v0.44.1 from 0.45.0

Abdelrahman Omran — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:10:37 +0000

Here's a helpful tip for anyone using #SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations):

If you're trying to use shap.summary_plot(shap_values, X_train_tfidf_dense, plot_type="bar") for a multiclass summary, and it keeps showing a dotted interaction plot regardless of the plot type you pass; it's likely a bug in v0.45.0.

Downgrading to v0.44.1 fixed it for me. Hope this saves someone time! 👍 #ExplainableAI

For those who don't know what SHAP is, it's a framework that can explain why your #MachineLearning model made that specific prediction and what features contributed to that output.

SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) is a game-theoretic approach to explaining the output of any machine learning model. It connects optimal credit allocation with local explanations using the classic Shapley values from game theory and their related extensions.

Below is a straightforward code to demonstrate the issue:

# Create a synthetic dataset
X, y = make_classification(n_samples=100, n_features=5, n_informative=3, n_redundant=1, n_clusters_per_class=1, n_classes=3, random_state=42)
features = [f"Feature {i}" for i in range(X.shape[1])]
X = pd.DataFrame(X, columns=features)

# Train a RandomForest model
model = RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=50, random_state=42)
model.fit(X, y)

# Create the SHAP Explainer
explainer = shap.TreeExplainer(model)
shap_values = explainer.shap_values(X)

# Plot SHAP values for each class
shap.summary_plot(shap_values, X, plot_type="bar", class_names=['Class 0', 'Class 1', 'Class 2'])

Here are the screenshots for both versions:

I Got Rejected by Y Combinator This Week 'S24 😅

Abdelrahman Omran — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:50:47 +0000

I recently applied to Y Combinator with an idea for a smart access control system designed for the hospitality sector, especially holiday homes. Like many ambitious startups, I faced my first rejection. While it's never easy to hear "no," I'm taking this as a valuable learning experience and a stepping stone toward future success.

Gratitude and Reflection 🙏

First and foremost, I'm grateful for the opportunity to have applied to such a prestigious accelerator. The application process itself was incredibly enlightening, helping me refine my vision and strategy. I appreciate the feedback and support I've received from friends, mentors, and the startup community along the way.

Positive and Forward-Looking 🌟

This isn't a setback; it's a setup for my next leap. I'm more committed than ever to innovating and creating solutions that address real-world problems. My startup journey is just beginning, and this experience has only strengthened my resolve to push forward and explore new opportunities.

Lessons from the First Rejection 📚

Rejections are tough, but they're also invaluable learning experiences. Here are some key takeaways from my first rejection:

Refine the Pitch: Clear and compelling communication of the value proposition is crucial. I'll work on articulating the unique benefits of my idea more effectively.
Validate Assumptions: Ensuring that my assumptions about market needs and user behavior are backed by solid data is essential. I'll continue gathering feedback from potential users to validate and iterate on my solution.
Strengthen the Team: A strong, complementary team can make a significant difference. I'll focus on building a team that brings diverse skills and perspectives to the table.
Seek Feedback: Constructive criticism from mentors and peers is invaluable. I'll actively seek out feedback to continually improve and adapt.

Supporting Fellow Founders 💪

To all the founders out there facing similar rejections, remember that each "no" is not a roadblock but a redirection. Every great success story is built on a foundation of resilience and determination. Let's use these experiences to fuel our passion and drive. Keep believing in your vision and stay persistent.

Building in Public 👀

I like the idea of building in public and sharing my progress, challenges, and learnings along the way. This transparency will hold me accountable and create opportunities for collaboration and support from the community. By sharing both the highs and lows, I aim to inspire and help others who are on a similar journey.

Engaging with the Community 🤝

I'm looking forward to connecting with others who are on similar journeys, walking the startup pathway, or 10x ahead of me. Your support and insights are invaluable as I continue to develop my ideas. If you have any thoughts or just want to share your experiences, I'd be happy to hear from you. We're all in this together, learning and growing.

Personal Take on Blockchain & Crypto Events

Abdelrahman Omran — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:14:25 +0000

I attended many Blockchain events, ranging from highly technical showcases to more general, non-technical crypto gatherings. My recent experiences have led me to observe significant differences in the value and substance of these events. Here’s my personal take on the landscape of blockchain and crypto events from both a technical and non-technical perspective.

Non-Technical Crypto Events: Hype vs. Substance

When it comes to non-technical crypto events, it seems to be one of the following:

Both exhibitors and audiences have no idea what they're talking about;
Or you see projects designed to capitalize on the blockchain hype without delivering real value.

Many projects appear to be ordinary (sometimes useless) applications dressed up with blockchain terminology to attract investors rather than offering substantial innovation or tangible benefits. This approach often results in a superficial engagement with the technology, focusing more on buzzwords than on meaningful advancements.

It's common to encounter a lack of deep understanding or projects that seem to leverage blockchain just for the hype. This aligns with observations in the industry, where numerous projects fail to deliver on their promises and instead focus on superficial aspects to garner attention and funding.

Technical Blockchain Events: Innovation Without Direction

On the other hand, technical blockchain events are often filled with genuinely impressive innovations and complex technologies. These events showcase developers' and researchers' incredible intellectual effort and technical expertise. However, a critical gap remains in the connection between these technical achievements and real-world applications.

Frequently, when questioned about practical use cases, the brilliant minds behind these projects either have no clear answers or provide abstract, unconvincing explanations. This disconnect can lead to significant investments in technologies that, despite their sophistication, lack a clear path to market relevance or consumer adoption.

The Real-World Use Case Dilemma

This issue of unclear use cases is not just theoretical. I recall a conversation with the CEO of a blockchain startup who passionately discussed their groundbreaking technology. However, when asked about specific real-world applications, his response was essentially that users would discover the use cases themselves. This approach is concerning; building technology without a clear vision for its application risks wasting investor money and valuable resources.

Conclusion

The disparity between non-technical and technical blockchain and crypto events highlights a fundamental challenge in the industry: aligning technological innovation with practical, real-world applications. While it's exciting to see the advancements in blockchain technology, it’s crucial that these innovations are directed towards solving real problems and providing tangible value. Without this focus, the blockchain space risks becoming a landscape of unrealized potential and speculative ventures.

Release Notes 22.05.26 - Enterprise: Shared Workspaces and User Roles

Abdelrahman Omran — Thu, 26 May 2022 11:00:15 +0000

We're thrilled to present you with the latest and most advanced release of Syntropy Stack! Our team has been working diligently to achieve a remarkable milestone for enterprise customers. Syntropy Stack now fully supports shared workspaces and user-roles features across the platform. We hope these new enterprise features will improve your Syntropy Stack experience today.

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to build tools that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let’s talk on Discord.

The Problem

Previously, the platform had a single user <> single workspace implementation. It was not possible to add more users to the same workspace, nor to join another shared workspace with the same email. That implementation had limits due to a lack of account management and a general lack of flexibility to manage multiple workspaces at once.

Due to common security practices, organizations do not want to have shared user accounts, instead they need a solution to have a team of people who work on the same network. Workspaces make that possible!

The Solution

Now, Syntropy Stack supports multiple users in the same workspace and enables usage by both individual and enterprise users. Users can belong to multiple workspaces, being able to manage those workspaces and vice versa - a workspace to be managed by multiple users at once.

How it works

The new workspaces solution consists of these building blocks:

Personal vs. Organization workspaces — Users are able to have their personal workspaces, as well as can belong to one or more other shared organization workspaces.
Users have the ability to create a shared organization workspace (different workspaces can be set for different stages - e.g. testing, staging, production).
Workspace admins have the ability to manage its settings, and user roles (admin, user, viewer).
Users are able to invite others to join a shared organization workspace.
Users can switch to a different workspace they belong to.

Platform Security

Two Factor Authentication

We take security very seriously. Syntropy Stack supports 2FA for accounts, and with the introduction of workspaces, we give admins the ability to require 2FA for all workspace users, to ensure the highest level of security. When enabled, all workspace users and invitees are required to enable 2FA for their accounts in order to join the workspace.

User Roles

Viewer — is able to see everything in the workspace, but cannot create, delete or edit anything.
User — is able to fully manage the network and has full visibility in the workspace, but cannot manage users.
Admin — has full privileges for network management in addition to user management as well (invite new users, set roles, delete users, etc.).

Create a new workspace

By default, all registered users have a Default workspace. Consider this as your personal workspace, however you can rename, delete or invite others to it. To create a new workspace, simply click the user menu top right, then click the plus button.

Once you click the plus button, a new dialog box opens to name your workspace, put a name, and click Create.

After the Create button is clicked, the dialog box updates with the result, saying the new workspace has been created successfully! Now you can click Done to close that dialog or click Switch to new workspace if you want to.

Switch to another workspace

You can switch between workspaces easily anytime with a single step, just open the user menu top right corner, then under workspaces select which workspace you want to switch to.

List workspace users and remove or change user roles

To list and manage workspace users, you can follow the following easy steps: open the top right corner user menu > under Settings and click on Workspace.

The page you'll see will list existing workspace users, with their roles, 2FA status, join date, and ability to remove them from the workspace, or change their role to something else. You have three different roles for different access levels.

List workspace invitees and revoke or resend invitations

Similar to how you listed workspace users, you can click on the Invited tab on the same page, which will list all users you invited to join the workspace, but they didn't join yet. You'll also have the ability to revoke or resend the invitation, in addition to changing their roles as well.

Invite users to a workspace

In order to invite users to join the workspace, you can click on Invite members upright the table, write the email addresses you want to invite, and select which role you want to grant.

Rename or Delete an existing workspace

You may want to rename the workspace, or delete it if you no longer need it, and to do these operations, on the workspace settings page, you can click the three dots '…' beside the workspace name, and you'll have both rename and delete options there.

Accept or reject a workspace invitation

When users get invited to join a workspace, they will get an email message and will see the invitation on their platform notifications menu. When clicked, they will be able to accept or reject the invitation. Once accepted, they will automatically join the workspace with the role they have been granted.

Manage workspace settings

Last but not least, workspace admins can change their settings. Currently, workspace settings have one option which is Require 2FA to access the workspace, where it could be turned on or off. In case it's turned on, all workspace users and invitees are required to enable 2FA for their accounts in order to join the workspace.

Features & Improvements

Implemented shared workspace and user roles
Added “Connected at” filter to advanced filters for endpoints
Added the representation of endpoint service state changes to Audit log
Implemented agent_internal_subnet range changed from 10.0.0.0 to 100.64.0.0
Updated the default date for newly created Agent tokens is be set to 60 days
Implemented agent connections worker service
Improved calendar dropdown closing behavior

Bug Fixes

Applied 2FA usability fixes
Fixed Connection status representation in Analytics
Fixed non-working quick search after custom filter interactions
Fixed resetting “Connected at” filter value after closing advanced filters
Fixed the active route status to represent the correct packet loss value
Applied fixes to allow multiple log line selections
Applied multiple visual fixes for dark mode

Getting Started

Get started with Syntropy Stack with our three-minute quick start video, or follow the documentation for more details. Use Syntropy Stack to streamline your container and multi-cloud deployments and automate network orchestration.

Getting Involved

Our community helps us identify the right problems to solve for our users, whether you're an active user of one of our products or just getting started join our community on Discord! We love to foster communication among developers. Also, don't hesitate to send us a message if you have feedback or need assistance. We're happy to help!

Release Notes 22.05.12 - Aesthetic and Functional Updates

Abdelrahman Omran — Thu, 12 May 2022 16:36:47 +0000

We're excited to present you with the latest release of Syntropy Stack. Our team has been tailoring the product to better align with upcoming features, and we hope these aesthetic and functional updates will also improve your Syntropy Stack experience today.

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to build tools that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let’s talk on Discord.

New Features & Improvements

Added more events to be tracked in the Audit log
New implementation of a notification microservice
Full coverage service coverage with health checks
Rewritten the date selector for global improvements
Migrated to TimescaleDB for more resilient Analytics
Applied multiple visual improvements for the Dark theme
Implemented multiple SDN Path calculation optimizations
Added support to automatically select the platform theme based on the user system settings

Redesigned the "Services" dropdown to appear in a better location in the "Connections" table

Implemented an ability to set up a non-expiring agent token

Fixes

Fixed Audit log date ranges issue
Audit log is now receiving live data
Fixed too restrictive User search in the Audit log
Fixed Audit log results refresh issue after the filters are closed
Fixed service count numbers are stuck after services are disabled
Access tokens do not require a description anymore
Fixed active service reporting on the endpoint level
Fixed IP address cropping in the tooltip

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Release Notes 22.03.29 - A Colorful Future With Dark Mode, Audit Log for Enterprise Compliance, and much more!

Abdelrahman Omran — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:14:50 +0000

We're thrilled to present you with the latest and most advanced release of Syntropy Stack! Our team has been working diligently to bring you some of the most exciting features, like Dark Mode, Audit Logs, and much more! We hope these aesthetic and functional updates will improve your Syntropy Stack experience today.

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to build tools that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let’s talk on Discord.

New Features

Implemented the ability to download a token as a .txt file
Plugged in more services to our health check monitoring
Extension of Agent Service & SDN Agent status reporting
Set up an SDN Agent Service to maintain the growing network of relay nodes

Dark Mode

One of the most requested features is finally here: Dark mode! Creating a dark mode version for Syntropy Stack was a huge endeavor as our teams had to carefully design and craft for every component and screen. As a result, we created a more balanced color scheme and modernized the look and feel of the platform overall. This feature is available right now, and you can enable it through your account setting.

Audit Log

The audit log is also here, where you can track what happened on your network connections over time. This is a significant milestone as we implement more enterprise features for compliance and security purposes. The audit log is a centralized stream of all system and user activities within your Syntropy Stack account. Most importantly, the log contains entries when an action is taken and what parameters have changed. This is to help you with security and compliance at your organization to control and monitor your network and account activity. This feature is available right now, and you can access it here.

Improvements

Improved Connection service representation
Improved the performance of the analytics infrastructure
Applied multiple improvements to the React components
Updated the Network Graph library for better performance
Improved the performance and UX of the Datepicker component
Connection status modal now refreshes to present the latest connection data

Improved Datepicker

We updated the date picker for better usability.

Bug Fixes

Fixed some advanced filter issues
Fixed endpoint deletion process that left uncleared properties
Fixed the endpoint status to be correctly refreshed in the boards
You won’t be able to create an agent token with an invalid date anymore
Fixed the Kubernetes services to be correctly identified and displayed
Fixed an issue with agent tokens that are unavailable for deletion
Fixed default date range selection in the Analytics date picker
Fixed endpoint duplication issue when assigning new tags
Fixed the service counter display

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Release Notes 22.01.20 - More Stability and Performance Improvements

Abdelrahman Omran — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:32:41 +0000

We're excited to present you with the latest release of Syntropy Stack. Our team has been working on many stability and performance improvements to improve your Syntropy Stack experience today.

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to build tools that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let’s talk on Discord.

Improvements

Analytics batch data write.
Increased the active area of an annotation line.
Implemented analytics data insertion to database queue.
Implemented multiple health checks across the platform.
Analytics annotations aggregation algorithm improvements.

Bug Fixes

Fixed search by endpoint IP.
Added validation for Threshold inputs.
Fixed Connections table auto-updating.
Fixed date picker issue after filter reset.
Fixed agent token table "Notes" column.
Fixed analytics to display data according to timezones.
Added prevention while selecting a date in the future in the date picker.
Fixed last date point being partially hidden in analytics latency and loss charts
Other minor bug fixes & visual improvements.

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Release Notes 12.28 - SDN Reroute Threshold, Analytics Annotations, and Searchability

Abdelrahman Omran — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:26:08 +0000

We're excited to present you with the latest release of Syntropy Stack. Our team has been tailoring the product, adding new features, improving existing ones, and fixing issues. We hope these aesthetic and functional changes will improve your Syntropy Stack experience today.

We implemented the ability to control SDN Reroute Threshold, improved analytics annotations for SDN reroute events and added search functionality for the connection's source and destination.

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to build tools that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, Discord.

New Features

Implemented SDN Re-Routing Latency Thresholds

When the SDN feature is enabled on the account, you can either use the default recommendations or customize thresholds according to your business needs. You can customize routing decisions based on the absolute improvement threshold and improvement ratio values. Let's take an example:

Assume the threshold values as follows: Latency Difference = 50 AND Latency Ratio = 25.
That means the SND will reroute the connection only if there's 50ms or more improvement between the two relays, AND that difference represents 25% improvement.

Based on the above values, here are a couple of scenarios to clarify:

Scenario #1: if PUBLIC Internet latency is 200ms, and SDN1 relay latency is 150ms, then the connection will re-route to SDN1 from PUBLIC since the difference is 50ms, and the ratio is 25% as well.
Scenario #2: if PUBLIC Internet latency is 250ms, and SDN1 relay latency is 200ms, then the connection will NOT reroute to SDN1 from PUBLIC. Although the difference is 50ms, the ratio is only 20%, which doesn't match the second criteria.

Added a Connection ID Filter

We added more filters to filter connections by ID, IP, or name.

Added a Search to Analytics Source & Destination dropdowns

Inside the analytics page, you can find the connection source and destination instances, where you can now search both dropdowns.

Improvements to the Analytics SDN Reroute Annotations display

We announced the SDN re-route event annotations in the analytics graph before, to refresh our memory let's see the following snapshot:

And now we improved these annotations to display how many reroute events happened at a given time, which is helpful when viewing a long timeline with multiple events.

Improvements

Agent service optimizations
Logging infrastructure changes
SDN route calculation improvements
Added health check endpoints to establish more reliability in our services

Fixes

Fixes to Analytics filters & graphs
Fixes to log severity display
Other minor fixes

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Release Notes 12.06 - Stability Improvements and open-source Syntropy Agent

Abdelrahman Omran — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:28:15 +0000

We're happy to present you with the latest release of Syntropy Stack. Our team worked hard to improve stability at all levels, for a more solid product. We're also thrilled to announce open sourcing Syntropy Agent, yay! We hope these backend improvements and updates will improve your Syntropy Stack experience today.

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to build tools that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let’s talk on Discord.

Syntropy Stack Stability Improvements

The key deliverables in this update include but are not limited to:

Analytics annotation aggregation improvements.
SDN path recalculation & workflow improvements.
General cleanup & bug fixes.

Improvements

Dynamic resolution for analytics results.
Implemented the annotation aggregation.
Updated the SDN part recalculation flows.
Removed workers logic from agents service.
Updated the Connection Status Box when no info.
Improved the advanced filters component to show selected only toggle and separate search input from selection count.
Implemented the ability to select a particular section of a graph to zoom in

Fixes

Fixed port matching.
Fixed custom filter issues in Firefox 94.0.
Fixed custom filters to accept capital letters.
Fixed the message when the tables are empty.
Fixed table pagination occasionally returns errors.
Fixed detailed connection analytics that returns reversed direction analytics
Fixed endpoints checkbox that was kept active even if no endpoints were selected.

Syntropy Agent is now Opensource

We love open-source, and as part of our commitment to our community, we would like to remind you that the new Syntropy Golang Agent is now open-source, and you can find it publicly on GitHub. Feel free to check it out, and play with it!

In case you missed it, we shared our thoughts on the Syntropy Agent Golang Refactor last month, and now it's time to close the circle by open-sourcing it for the public.

To refresh our minds, here are the top highlights:

The agent is backward compatible, and all environment variables are still the same.
The agent is a single go binary, it’s easy to deploy in a non-docker environment.
It significantly reduced resource usage and improved overall speed.
ARM build is coming soon. Yay!

If you like the new updates and improvements, we look forward to hearing your feedback on Twitter or Discord.

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Our community helps us identify the right problems to solve for our users. Whether you’re an active user of one of our products or just getting started, (join our community on Discord! We love to foster communication among developers. Also, don’t hesitate to send us a message if you have feedback or need assistance. We're happy to help!

Release Notes: 11.18 - Usability Updates, Reworked Agent Service, and Other Improvements

Abdelrahman Omran — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:11:09 +0000

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to integrate the tools and building blocks that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let's talk on Discord.

Syntropy Stack

New Features

Agent Service Scalability & Stability Improvements

Thanks to our developer community, we received valuable feedback, which enabled us to rework the Agent Service and improve its scalability and stability. As it is one of the critical technical components in the Syntropy collection of tools and libraries, we are now significantly more confident about its robustness in small or large-scale network deployments.

Improvements

SDN Usability Improvements

There are now a couple of new UI updates to improve the usability of the upcoming Syntropy SDN feature.

We implemented an active checkmark displaying which of the paths is being used at a specific time.

We implemented SDN Route change annotations in the Analytics & Latency Graph.

We improved the readability & bandwidth representation in the Analytics section.

Although these are minor updates, we will continue making similar improvements and optimizing the interface for the best user experience.

Other Improvements

Improved the readability & bandwidth representation in the Analytics section.
Shortened the time required to declare an error in the connection.
Agent Service scalability & stability improvements.

Fixes

Fixed endpoint filtering issues.
Fixed analytics graphs appearing 'squeezed' on loading.
Fixed the connection status direction showing incorrectly.
It is no longer possible to create empty tags via Agent token creation section.
Fixed missing platform agent logs in Platform UI.
Fixed issues with agent token table sorting.
Various minor bug fixes.

Windows Application

We want to remind you that the Syntropy Windows Application beta has just ended, and we made the first production release available to download.

There are no significant visual updates compared to the Beta, but what lies under the hood has been significantly reworked and updated. We took care of minor things, such as revamping our installer to be more up-to-date with the current Windows 11 developments. However, most of the updates are concerned with enhancing the core functionality. First, we deployed many bug fixes that became apparent throughout Beta releases and optimized the code back and forth. Most notably, the production version of Syntropy Windows Application is now primed to support Syntropy SDN Routing (not yet implemented into Syntropy Stack), which automatically deploys private alternative paths for your connection and effectively improves the connection performance.

Get Started

Get started with Syntropy Stack with our three minute quick start video, or follow the documentation for more details. Use Syntropy Stack to streamline your container and multi-cloud deployments and automate network orchestration.

Get Involved

Our community helps us identify the right problems to solve for our users. Join our community on Discord if you are an active user of one of our products or just getting started! We love to foster communication among developers. Also, don't hesitate to send us a message if you have feedback or need assistance. We're happy to help!

Release Notes 11.05 - Syntropy Agent Golang Refactor

Abdelrahman Omran — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:55:11 +0000

We're thrilled to announce the release of our Syntropy Golang Agent, replacing our previous Python-based agent. This new release is not an alternative option; rather, it's a complete refactor from scratch and a replacement going forward. It has all the features and capabilities of the previous agent, with barely any changes from the outside; however, we hope it will provide better performance and more sustainable development in the long term. We won't go into why Golang, as you can find zillion articles everywhere on the internet!

As of today, the python agent is deprecated, and all efforts are put into building the best Syntropy Agent in Go. At the moment, it's just a stable replica of the former, but new features are to be added.

The Baseline: For you as a Syntropy user, that won't change anything and won't affect any of your existing or future setup environments. You can consider this announcement just as FYI. Syntropy Agent setup has always been available to install via Docker or Ansible, and that doesn't change. We bet some didn't even know what the programming language of the current agent was!

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to build tools that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let’s talk on Discord.

Call to action: Update your Syntropy Agent to the latest version.

Open Source: the new Golang agent will be open-sourced in the near future.

Why the announcement: we love transparency and keeping our community in the loop.

What to expect: same existing functionality, better performance, and more future capabilities.

If you like the new updates and improvements, we look forward to hearing your feedback on Twitter or Discord.

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Our community helps us identify the right problems to solve for our users. Whether you’re an active user of one of our products or just getting started, join our community on Discord! We love to foster communication among developers. Also don’t hesitate to send us a message if you have feedback or need assistance. We're happy to help!

Release Notes 10.14 - Advanced Filters and Stability Improvements

Abdelrahman Omran — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:41:20 +0000

As we progress our technology and grow the ecosystem, we listen closely to our community to integrate the tools and to build blocks that matter. If you have any feedback or ideas, let’s talk on Discord.

Syntropy Stack

New Features

Advanced Network Filtering

You can now use Advanced Filters to quickly filter your endpoints by one or multiple criteria. It is particularly helpful when you are managing networks with hundreds or thousands of endpoints and services. To use Advanced Filters, navigate to the network view and click on a filters icon on the top left corner.

You can add as many filters as you want and filter by any of the following (Endpoint with connections, Endpoint, Endpoint Type, Agent version, Tag, Provider, Location, Connection status, Origin)

Filters have conditions such as (“any of”, “is none of”) to filter the network results. In the last step, you can choose from a range of options that vary based on the filter you chose. For example, see options for “Endpoint” and “Connection Status” filters below:

Currently, you can only use the “AND” connector in advanced filters.

Improvements

Search queries now only return results from the filtered-out set of items.
Removed the graph rehydration when the user navigates outside the graph borders.
Search bar contents are now cleared when the user moves between different Network sections.
Endpoint statuses are now displayed in the connection table and the endpoint management sidebar.
Pending connection status is now unclickable while the Analytics data is being populated.
Made visual improvements of the Network graph & Analytics section.
Connection latencies to display in a fixed ‘n.nn’ format.

Fixes

Fixed bugs that occur when removing agent tokens.
Fixed a bug causing the selected log level to show too many entries.
Fixed a bug causing the search bar to jump up when the user selects an item.
Fixed a bug causing a quick search in the map view to hide all of the nodes.
Made multiple other minor fixes.

If you like the new updates and improvements, we are looking forward to hearing your feedback on Twitter or Discord.