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

CatLight can monitor work items (tasks & bugs) in a TFS/VSTS project. It will notify you about the changes and show the current status in tray.

You can use existing work item queries to select tasks and bugs that you want to monitor. Choose one of two modes:

• Show all - use this for queries that should return empty result when everything is OK, and for queues of short-term work. For example: “Important open bugs”, “Urgent tasks”, “Bugs to verify today”, “Bugs to review”.
• Show changes - use this to track changes in long-term queues of work, like “My tasks”,

When a build is broken, all team members will see a button inviting them to investigate the build and fix it.

When the build is being investigated, the tray icon will change to its acknowledged state for the whole team.

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Build investigation status is displayed on the dashboard.

After the build is fixed, the investigation will be automatically removed.

Build investigations expire in 24 hours. So, if someone pressed the button and forgot about it, CatLight will raise an alarm on the next day.

This feature is available for all continuous integration servers that we support. User need

We have a new Jenkins adapter implementation in CatLight 2.7. It has several improvements:

• Faster polling times when only small number of jobs is monitored.
• Reduced server load on Jenkins server that has hundreds of jobs.
• Better integration with Multibranch Pipeline and GitHub organization plugins. CatLight will now show branch-jobs as branches. You can select top-level job in monitoring settings, and CatLight will automatically monitor child jobs for active branches. You can fine-tune branch monitoring in global app settings.

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

New protocol is a replacement for 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

CatLight 2.5 now works with Git branches, and will show a separate build history for each branch.

We divide branches in four categories:

• Primary - they will be always visible on the dashboard. They include branches like master, develop, trunk, etc.
• Short-lived - those are branches for pull requests. CatLight will show them for one day on the dashboard.
• Other - this is a category for feature, bugfix and release branches. They will be tracked while they are active, and had at least one build in the past week.
• Ignored - those branches will not be monitored. You can hide

Hi,

I would like to know if CatLight is limited to build events only?

how can I be Sure as a developer that my code is protected and not exposed to you or other third party company?

thanks 

Eliran

We implemented several changes in this release:

• Sorting order for the dashboard can be configured in settings
• Force-refresh button at the bottom of the dashboard
• Don't show work item changes that I made myself - configured in settings
• Showing total work item count in full-screen view

Since the beginning of the project, we announced that CatLight will be free for small teams, and there will be a paid version for bigger companies.

We are introducing CatLight Pro - a version of the app for business users. This version can monitor any number of build definitions and work item queries. It also includes priority support. You can buy a monthly or annual subscription to CatLight Pro using a credit card. For pricing details, see https://catlight.io/editions

Free edition is available for individuals and companies that have 3 users or less. This version can monitor up to

VSTS is going to have a breaking change in the API: unique account id will have a different value in a couple of months. We are rolling out an update that will make CatLight compatible with this change.

If you notice any problems, let us know.

Compatibility fix is implemented in v2.2.4

CatLight 2.2 adds a new set of tray icons. You will see a colored outline icon when something is broken, but it does not need your attention.

For example, if the build is broken, but somebody is investigating it, you will get an colored outline icon in tray.

Another example is acknowledging a list of work items.

Catlight 2.1 can now track the status of TeamCity builds.

We support TeamCity 8+.

https://catlight.io/downloads 

Exciting news - CatLight 2.0 beta is here! 

Work item status tracking

CatLight can now track work items in TFS 2015 and VSTS. You can select an existing query and choose a tracking mode:

• Show all - use this for queries that should return empty result when everything is ok, and for queues of short-term work. For example: "Important open bugs", "Urgent tasks", "Bugs to verify today".
• Show changes - use this to track changes in long-term queues of work, like "My tasks", "Backlog", "Recent bugs".

The app will run the query every minute, check for changes, and notify you

Just installed your app and it looks really good. Far better than the MS monitor for TFS 2013 which just doesn't work.

Good news! Catlight 1.8 runs on Linux!

Currently we support Ubuntu 14 x64 and it should also run on recent Debian. 

Ubuntu 15 and 16 will be supported in a couple of weeks, after .Net Core release.

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

CatLight 1.8 has a brand-new dashboard!

Summary of changes:

• Multi-column view. Make it full-screen to see dozens of builds at once. Also should work great as a shared build screen, visible for the whole team.
• Broken builds are now collected from all connections and are moved to the top.
• Grouping by project is gone to fit more builds on the screen.
• Build history & progress.
• Dynamic updates - no more flashes.

https://catlight.io/downloads 

Good news, everyone!

Windows version of Catlight 1.7 now runs on .Net Core RC2.

This upgrade required a lot of changes, but the app should now be less dependent on the environment.

If you spot some problems, be sure to tell us about them, and we'll fix them promptly.

Catlight 1.6 has a new feature - build investigations. When a build is broken, all team members will see a button inviting them to investigate the build and fix it.

Read more at the Catlight Blog

In Catlight 1.5 you can use HTTP/HTTPS proxy that requires authentication. To do that, in main menu, go to edit/settings/proxy tab. 

By default, Catlight will use system-wide proxy settings, so the manual configuration is needed only for proxies that need username and password, or if you don't want to change the proxy settings in OS.

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