You can now see the status of your team members on the dashboard. 

For every user, this report will show the number of items in different states on their dashboards.

To add this report, go to teams menu -> show team status. 

You can create a team in new version of CatLight to collaborate together. This is an intermediate release that will enable upcoming features.

CatLight 2.20 now works with Ubuntu 18 and has a number of minor UI fixes.

New version of CatLight has improved reliability when monitoring TFS servers with hundreds of build definitions and work item queries.

Download it from https://catlight.io/downloads 

CatLight 2.18 has a number of performance improvements, and should be able to start up quicker.

This version also includes a security fix for the problem discovered by Suhas Gaikwad.

CatLight 2.17 will automatically discover new builds, releases and work item queries. When you monitor the whole project, and new item is added to it, CatLight will start monitoring it automatically.

By default, discovery happens every 30 minutes, but you can trigger it at any time by pressing refresh button on the dashboard. Discovery period is configurable in application settings. Keep in mind that this process can create a significant load on your server, so we advise to do it infrequently.

Introducing CatLight Enterprise! 

You can now run CatLight services on your own hardware behind the firewall. This will be useful for companies with strict security requirements.

Contact us at [email protected] for installation instructions and trial license.  

We have updated our back-end infrastructure to improve the system performance.

If you experience any problems, feel free to report them at https://catlight.helprace.com/add-ticket or directly to [email protected] 

New in CatLight 2.15:

• TFS build folders are now supported.
• Server title can be changed in settings.
• Linux version now supports Ubuntu 16 and no longer supports Ubuntu 14.

When all your builds and tasks are in a good shape, CatLight icon will now turn green.

Get the latest version from https://catlight.io/downloads 

CatLight 2.14 also supports new Mac OS High Sierra (10.13). However, it can no longer run on old versions of Mac OS (10.11 and older) due to compatibility limitations of .Net Core. If you want to stay on older version of Mac OS, you can still use 2.12 version of the app.

If you experience problems with starting the application, you can reset it by deleting configuration files. This will remove all your CatLight settings and preferences, and will revert the app to the factory state. Before deleting the configuration files, exit the app.

Location of configuration files on different platforms

Windows:

Mac OS:

Linux: 

Getting distracted by too many notifications? Try the new focus mode. CatLight icon will turn white, and you will get notifications only if you break the build.

Focus mode will be active for 12 hours.

In this release we have multiple UI updates in the app, and several bugfixes.

New dashboard has a search field that will filter builds and task by name.

Additionally, you can search by id of the specific build or task to highlight it on the dashboard.

Get new version from https://catlight.io/downloads 

Just began testing with 3 Jenkins instances & monitoring multiple workflow/job builds over the past few days.. extremely user friendly configuration & use. Excellent work & Thank You!

CatLight can now monitor release definition status in TFS and VSTS.

New features:

• Notifications about the status of every release environment
• Separate notification when release is waiting for your approval
• Overall status and history on the dashboard
• Release investigations

Supported server versions:

• VSTS
• TFS 2017
• TFS 2015 Update 2 and newer

For VSTS, you will need to re-authorize the app, as additional permissions are required.

Get the new version from https://catlight.io/downloads 

If you have a problem with the app, you can inspect the application logs. They will often provide a detailed description of the problem and can also point to the specific project or build that is causing trouble.

Logs are written in two groups of files: 

• Log.txt – this is the log file of the background process that contains most of the app logic. It is usually the most useful, so check it first.
• TrayLog.txt – this is a log file of the UI process. If the application does not start, this log can contain details about the problem.
• NetworkLog.txt - trace of HTTP

Sometimes the build is going to be red or yellow for a while. In CatLight 2.8, you can acknowledge it in context menu and focus on other builds.

You can use this feature to see up-to date status of other builds in a tray icon. When all broken builds are acknowledged, tray icon will show a yellow outline cat. If new build breaks down, tray icon will turn a solid yellow or red. This will remind you that you have new things to fix.

Other changes in this release:

• Performance optimizations for Work Item monitoring in

CatLight notifier works with the following servers:

• TFS 2022+, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013. Azure DevOps Server. Work item monitoring is available only for TFS 2015+
• Azure DevOps / VSTS
• Jenkins 1.644 (released in early 2016) and newer. Jenkins 2.x is also supported
• TeamCity 8 and newer
• Travis CI (open source and pro). For enterprise - vote on this idea.
• Appveyor (open source, pro and premium)
• GitLab
• GitHub Enterprise and public GitHub
• Jira (on-prem and cloud version)

You can also create an extension for your favorite server using this open protocol, and CatLight will work with it too.

By default, CatLight can show you a lot of notifications, so that you can see how the app works.

To change this, go to the edit menu/settings.

For long-term use you can make the following changes

• Notifications
  • Choose "My Builds" to see less notifications. You can still see the statuses of all monitored builds in the  tray.
  • Uncheck "Show notifications when I change a work item"
• Dashboard
  • Check "Don't show work item changes that I made myself"
• Branches
  • Choose "Track My Branches"

CatLight Protocol 1.0 is an open standard for continuous delivery servers. The CatLight app can now connect to any server that implements this protocol.

The new protocol is a replacement for the obsolete cc.xml format that was created over a decade ago, and no longer meets the feature set of modern build systems.

CatLight protocol has native support for branches, folders, consistent build history, authentication, caching and selective loading. It provides enough information for CatLight app features like build investigations, automatic branch tracking and personalized build dashboard.

We invite developers of continuous delivery servers to implement this protocol to get an amazing