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2025-03-21 (v4.318)

· 2 min read
Eric Garcia
Eric Garcia
Software Engineer
Michael McQuade
Michael McQuade
Director of Engineering
Yifan Lin
Yifan Lin
Software Engineer
Louis Le
Louis Le
Software Engineer
Olivia Shoup
Olivia Shoup
Technical Writer
Quan Nguyen
Quan Nguyen
Software Engineer
Ricardo Martinez
Ricardo Martinez
SDE in Test
Sean Walsh
Sean Walsh
Software Engineer

Enhancements and Features​

Subdomains for sessions​

Users can now use a custom subdomain when creating a session

Command to list kubernetes clusters available​

The command pw kube ls is now available to list available kubernetes clusters. In addition to basic listing, it also supports output format flags -o json and -o table.

You can now manually create sessions of the "link" type. Link sessions are simply links to other applications or services from within the platform. In the past, a workflow would've created these in case a session is managed outside of the ACTIVATE platform.

Provision status enhancement for clusters​

Added more details to cluster provision status records. You can now click on individual provision status lines to see more details.

Can now stop cluster controllers​

When attempting to shut down a cluster you will now be given the option to stop the controller. While stopped, costs will be reduced to only the cluster's storage. When you try to start a stopped cluster, you will be prompted to restart the cluster.

Allow existing clusters to reconnect​

Auto Reconnect option has been added to existing cluster options. If enabled we will try to automatically connect to the remote vm. You must first connect manually by pressing the power button.

Bug Fixes​

  • Snapshot name not showing if name is too long
  • Unknown error when sharing manual sessions
  • Cost estimate table showing empty values
  • Cluster image dropdown doesn't filter out failed snapshots
  • Unable to update cluster definition when editing via json view
  • Can't update azure cluster with controller in NAT mode
  • Extra recipients in allocation thresholds are optional
  • Delete configuration tooltip says turn off instead of destroy

Documentation Changes​

  • Additional updates for new cluster UI
  • Remove Dashboard page from the user guide
  • Aws ec2 permission is missing register image policy