5.0.0 Release notes - TBD

This section lists the changes in version 5.0.0. Every update of the Wazuh solution is cumulative and includes all enhancements and fixes from previous releases.

Highlights

Breaking changes

What's new

This release includes new features or enhancements as the following:

#7827 Added default notification channels through the health check.
#7597 Added sample data generators for agent monitoring and server statistics.
#7662 Added "form-data": "^4.0.4" to the resolutions section to enforce the required dependency version.
#7694 Added prompts to views related to Server API connectivity and alerts index pattern issues.
Added a Not applicable status to the SCA CheckResult enum, including color mapping (#B9A888) and sample data support.
#7833 Added alerting sample monitors to the health check.
#7917, #7975, #7990, #7994 Added the Normalization application.
#7924 Added the default wazuh-events* index pattern.
#7839 Adapted alerts sample data to the Wazuh Common Schema.
#7688 Set cluster mode as the default for all Wazuh installations, including single-node deployments, and updated RBAC permissions to cluster:* actions.
#7578, #7929, #7974, #7979 Reworked SCA module visualizations, enabled global details for all agents without pinning, replaced the /sca endpoint with the wazuh-states-sca-* index pattern, and added sample data support.
#7604 Split the FIM registry inventory into two index patterns and updated fields in FIM file and registry sample data.
#7622, #7694, #7756, #7829 Reworked the health check.
#7622 Reworked several view components to use data sources.
#7754 Fixed date and format errors across multiple views.
#7812 Upgraded the brace-expansion dependency to versions 1.1.12 and 2.0.2.
#7812 Upgraded the tar-fs dependency to version 2.1.4.
#7871 Migrated wazuh.yml settings to opensearch_dashboards.yml and advanced settings.
#7871 Changed sample data index names.
#7900 Reworked the Generate report button.
#7842, #7847, #7916, #7938 Changed the dashboard renderer to use saved objects.
#7934 Changed the rule.groups filter to wazuh.integration.decoders.
#7981 Applied the new home page navigation style to all dashboards.
#7688 Removed manager-specific logic in favor of cluster-based management.
#7597 Removed backend monitoring and statistics jobs.
#7597, #7698 Removed monitoring and statistics job settings from the configuration.
#7597 Removed the prompt related to disabled statistics jobs in the Statistics application.
#7612 Removed configuration for modules relying on deprecated daemons: wazuh-agentlessd, wazuh-csyslogd, wazuh-dbd, wazuh-integratord, wazuh-maild, and wazuh-reportd.
#7645 Removed deprecated modules: OpenSCAP, CIS-CAT, and Osquery.
#7622 Removed the /health-check and /blank-screen frontend routes.
#7622 Removed the Miscellaneous section from App Settings.
#7622 Removed deprecated health check and customization settings.
#7871 Removed legacy customization, alerts sample, and UI API editable settings.
#7871 Removed the App Settings application.
#7871 Removed GET /elastic/alerts and /utils/configuration* endpoints.
#7871 Removed tasks related to custom logo sanitization and reports directory migration.
#7901 Removed the Rules, Decoders, CDB List, and Ruleset test applications.
#7899 Removed the legacy reporting application, including server routes, UI, PDF generation logic, and related customization settings.
#7932 Removed several sections from Server Management > Settings and agent configuration.
#7933 Removed the wazuh-alerts* index pattern and replaced it with wazuh-events* as the default. Index pattern selection is now handled per module.
#7933 Removed deprecated ip.ignore and pattern settings.
#7977 Removed references to alerts and archives templates.
#7857, #7868, #7891, #7982 Removed indexer resource files from the source code and dependency installation process.

Resolved issues

This release resolves known issues as the following:

#7923 Fixed a hardcoded version value in the Deploy agent wizard.

Changelogs

The repository changelogs provide more details about the changes.