Observer Release Notes History

## 1 Observer Release Notes History

### 1.1 Observer 0.9.6 (OTP R10B)

#### 1.1.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Bugfix: `ttb:p/2` can now take the flag `clear`.
  Bugfix: `ttb:format/1,2` can now handle trace of messages sent to a process addressed with `{ProcName,Node}`.
  Own Id: OTP-4967
- `crashdump_viewer`: Atoms are shown 100 at the time to avoid the browser hanging/timing out.
  Own Id: OTP-5027

#### 1.1.2 Improvements and New Features

- `crashdump_viewer`:
  - The 'Name' and 'Spawned as' columns are merged into one column showing name if it exists, else initial function.
  - Added more warnings if the dump is truncated.
  - To avoid that the browser times out during reading/translating when the dump is really big, a temporary page is shown which redirects to the start page when ready.
  Own Id: OTP-4975

### 1.2 Observer 0.9.5 (R9C)

#### 1.2.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Minor updates to `etop` GUI.
  `etop` now also works on `nonode@nohost` using `etop:start()`.
  Process info is added to the "to-process" in `send` trace messages
  Own Id: OTP-4735
- `crashdump_viewer` can now handle dumps created on Windows.
  Own Id: OTP-4750

### 1.3 Observer 0.9.4

#### 1.3.1 Improvements and New Features

- Added new tool: `crashdump_viewer`.
  Own Id: OTP-4654

### 1.4 Observer 0.9.3 (OTP R9B)

#### 1.4.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Added `priv` directory.
  Own Id: OTP-4527

### 1.5 Observer 0.9.2 (OTP R8B)

This was Observer with the `crashdump_viewer` added for OTP R8B.

### 1.6 Observer 0.9.1 (OTP R7B01/R8B)

This was the first version of Observer for OTP R7B01 and R8B.

### 1.7 Observer 0.9 (OTP-R9B)

The Observer application is a collection of tools for tracing and investigation of distributed systems.

#### 1.7.1 Known bugs and problems

- Observer is still in beta stadium.

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