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IP Fabric v7.9

Upgrade Version Policy

We support the following upgrade paths:

  • The latest version in the previous major line → any version in the current major line (for example: 6.10.7 → 7.3.25).
  • Any version in the current major line → any newer version in the current major line (for example: 7.0.15 → 7.3.25).
  • An upgrade to 7.5 can be only performed from version 7.3.25 or newer.
  • An upgrade to 7.9 can be only performed from version 7.5.14 or newer.

Clearing Browser Cache

After upgrading IP Fabric to a newer version, you should see the Your application has been updated and must be refreshed dialog in the main GUI.

It is usually sufficient to just click the Refresh button.

However, in case of issues with the main GUI or if you did not see the mentioned dialog, please force refresh your browser cache.

The key combination for doing this depends on your operating system. In your browser window with your IP Fabric appliance’s URL open, use one of the following key combinations:

  • Windows: Ctrl + F5
  • macOS: Command + Shift + R
  • Linux: Ctrl + F5

This will only affect the browser cache for the IP Fabric appliance.

Version 7.8 Notice

IP Fabric 7.9 follows directly after 7.5. Version 7.8 was made available but not broadly promoted or delivered via online updates.

The 7.8 release notes are included here for reference, as its changes were incorporated into later releases.

Known Issues

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

  • Using separate Vendor API configurations to discover the Shared VPC host and service projects leads to inconsistent results. This will be fixed in a future release. More details regarding the issue can be seen here.

Breaking Changes

Data Loss on User Deletion

If a user is deleted, all saved customizations created by that user are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. For more details, please refer to Delete user page.

v7.9.4 (February 5th, 2026; GA)

SHA256 (ipfabric-update-7-9-4+0.tar.zst.sig) = 9144c144100174baf7a605dfc070c04dab1f732ec7de1a158317c527ef0ded90
MD5 (ipfabric-update-7-9-4+0.tar.zst.sig) = 89ea04a9846d4afef4a24f880aba774f
SHA256 (ipfabric-7-9-4+0.qcow2) = 9f046daa45ba9a5bb076733d302bbab4c79afaf9402007e58375bd70120d8451
MD5 (ipfabric-7-9-4+0.qcow2) = e20203cad7dfa910a588c88c24e0349c
SHA256 (ipfabric-7-9-4+0.vmdk) = 19a41be89028d9325143a915e0d78483c89048cc7bf2cb349b446986d8a05888
MD5 (ipfabric-7-9-4+0.vmdk) = 85441314f6574988e8550f1846763788
SHA256 (ipfabric-7-9-4+0.vhdx.zst) = 8dd2d1a601bcace4b22de9e5dbb32970b72d46cd5f63e3f3d549f648f283d42a
MD5 (ipfabric-7-9-4+0.vhdx.zst) = 667e81724f4abde193d541ded450206c
SHA256 (unsupported-ESXi6.7U2-ipfabric-7-9-4+0.ova) = d169a345755ba3f53768fc4d03785f912f63a82e76d53aef33e702b60e1bb256
MD5 (unsupported-ESXi6.7U2-ipfabric-7-9-4+0.ova) = d55bdbfcd8bff73d381723ebbbd3f02a
SHA256 (unsupported-ESXi7.0-ipfabric-7-9-4+0.ova) = 8c7d2ed9e93341cf0e555800051752a4b2a248d10aedccfb172baaa45d681c28
MD5 (unsupported-ESXi7.0-ipfabric-7-9-4+0.ova) = 84bb3be636282a33cb5c1fc1c2aef45d
SHA256 (ESXi8.0-ipfabric-7-9-4+0.ova) = dcd11ab08ab19d1515f081ec0943527fc78d09a9eef33442b1bf31062755f4ff
MD5 (ESXi8.0-ipfabric-7-9-4+0.ova) = d1b2c67ec60f86cd990bc9aff6eca9f9

Improvements

  • Password changes now require the acting user to verify their own password in addition to setting the new password for the target account. This improves protection against unauthorized changes made from unattended or unlocked admin sessions.
  • Saved diagram views are once again visible to all local users, rather than being limited to the user who created them.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed upgrade portal getting stuck in Upgrade process initializing status after a failed download and second upgrade attempt.
  • Resolved ipf-connection-tester failure with ValidationError: must not be undefined when running SSH/telnet tests.
  • Fixed missing routes parsing on HPE Aruba CX devices.
  • Fixed CSV download error Couldn't download - Network Issue and restored API export of full JSON for Platforms → Stacks → Members.
  • Fixed missing HPE Aruba APs in Inventory → Devices caused by uiVendorList.find is not a function.
  • Fixed error Could not find data for the gallery ID for Azure mapping.
  • Corrected parsing errors for commands/huawei/_vrp/mpls/lspVerbose on Huawei VRP devices.
  • Corrected parsing errors for commands/cisco/_nxos/interface on Cisco NX-OS devices.
  • Corrected parsing errors for commands/cisco/controllersOptics on Cisco devices.
  • Corrected parsing errors for commands/fs/_fsos/mlagPeer to handle MLAG peer absence on FSOS devices.
  • Corrected LLDP neighbor port mapping and restored missing neighbors on HPE Comware devices.

v7.9.3 (January 14th, 2026; GA)

Improvements

Performance

Fixed a performance regression that caused path lookup queries to return results significantly slower in 7.8 compared to 7.3.

Configurable Memory Limits for API & Discovery Services

Memory limits for API and discovery services are now configurable and no longer fixed. This gives better control over resource usage and makes it easier to tune the system for different environments.

The configured memory limits are logged and visible in the UI, providing better transparency during discoveries.

If you encounter out-of-memory issues or need to adjust memory limits for your deployment, please contact IP Fabric Customer Support for guidance.

Technology Tables

New Tables

Path Lookup

Path Lookup has been extended to support IPv6 for both Unicast and Host to Gateway scenarios. The following technologies are now supported for IPv6 path analysis: routing, security evaluation, 6in4, GRE, and IPsec.

release_7.9_ipv6_pathlookup.webp

Limitations

NAT and PBR are not yet supported for IPv6 lookups.

Path Lookup has been extended to support Layer 3 routing between cloud-only devices with no interface names.

release_7.9_cloud_routing_without_interface_in_e2e.webp

Vendor Support

  • Check Point Gaia – Improved NTP data collection by supporting the extended ntpq command, providing detailed NTP source information. For more details, see Extend command to get better NTP results.
  • GCP – Added support for VPC Network Peering configured between VPC networks in different Google Cloud projects.
  • Azure – Improved security evaluation for Azure Firewall.

Enhanced Password Security

Password validation has been strengthened in both the UI and API. Passwords must be 8–200 characters long and include at least 3 of 5 character categories (uppercase, lowercase, numerals, special ASCII, Unicode alphabetic). More details on Authentication page.

Password Change Verification

When changing a password, users are now required to provide their current password for verification. This additional security measure helps prevent unauthorized password changes if a session is compromised or left unattended. The user must have admin privileges, and the password must match the current session. If an incorrect password is provided, the session will be immediately invalidated and the user will be logged out.

Experimental Features

Dedicated API Discovery Worker

An experimental dedicated worker for API-based discovery is available. When enabled, it improves scalability and discovery performance for API-only devices by running API discovery independently from other discovery processes.

Discovery behavior and results remain unchanged. The solution includes built-in protections to respect vendor API rate limits and is designed to scale independently.

This feature is disabled by default. Customers interested in evaluating it can contact IP Fabric Customer Support for more information and assistance with enabling it.

Miscellaneous