Added

• Added a “Show on startup" checkbox to the Data source dialog
• Added support for publishing Docker images for each major.minor and major.minor.patch release to the GitHub Container registry
• Added dragged-and-dropped local files to the Data source dialog's "Recents" list
• Added support for opening rosbag2 files recorded with WAL journaling mode

Changed

• Removed the obsolete ROS_HOSTNAME setting from app Preferences
• Removed feature flag for Data source dialog flow
• Changed Data source dialog to avoid displaying duplicate entries in the "Recents" list

Fixed

• Fixed issue in Data source dialog where clicking "Open file" after having cancelled a previous attempt did not re-open the file dialog as expected
• Fixed the Image panel’s empty state to not display a stale image
• Fixed issue where double-clicking a .bag file without any active Foxglove windows open would not correctly open the file in a new Foxglove window
• Fixed handling of launch preference changes in an active session
• Fixed the 3D panel's follow behavior

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Added

• Added a Data source dialog to more easily select data sources and view sample datasets
• Added light mode support for empty panel state
• Added support for loading and visualizing rosbag2 .db3 files larger than 2GB
• Added tooltip descriptions for each entry in the panel list
• Added support for the Plot panel in non-Chrome browsers
• Added support for the Image panel in non-Chrome browsers
• Added rgba field support for PointCloud2 in the 3D panel

Changed

• Changed the Plot panel's tooltip to show all values under a series label when hovering on multiple values within a series
• Improved ImageMarker handling
• Improved handling of deep links in fresh browser sessions
• Made applicable controls in the Preferences sidebar into dropdown menus
• Improved handling of point cloud render errors
• Changed URDF errors to surface as toast notifications instead of full-screen error dialogs
• Reordered 3D panel's toolbar items and changed transform control dropdown menu to always be visible
• Avoided displaying a hint for unsupported package:// URLs in the web app
• Enabled better performance when rendering complex scenes, especially in the 3D panel
• Avoided displaying "Your active layout was deleted" when users delete the current layout themselves
• Split the existing "Open Connection" menu item in the desktop app's File menu into 3 items: "Open File", "Open Remote File", "Open Connection"
• Removed the Welcome layout from the desktop app's Help menu
• Changed 3D panel to remember a user's previously selected follow frame, even as they toggle through follow modes
• Removed support for LinedConvexHulls in the 3D panel
• Improved visibility for point clouds colored with "Turbo" and changed pose markers to purple in the 3D panel
• Improved the display of low frequency markers and transforms in the 3D panel by reading messages several seconds before the playhead when seeking
• Made usability improvements to the 3D panel’s follow control
• Reduced memory usage of the empty app at startup

Fixed

• Deselected the active layout when remotely deleted within another session
• Omitted the time URL parameter for non-seekable datasources
• Fixed a bug where the Foxglove WebSocket connection would stop displaying data if topics disappeared and re-appeared on the server
• Fixed URL state encoding for Foxglove WebSocket connections
• Fixed pose handling for OccupancyGrid messages
• Fixed app crash when when adding a Publish panel while connected to a Foxglove WebSocket data source
• Correctly updated the URL state for data sources that support URL state, and correctly cleared the URL state for data sources that do not support URL state
• Ensured that infrequently published transforms no longer expire, and that transforms are never used ahead of their publish time
• Fixed app crash when encountering incomplete Tab panel configs
• Fixed unselectable color modes in point cloud settings editor
• Fixed errors when loading certain Draco-compressed .glb meshes
• Fixed loading of more .urdf, .xacro, and COLLADA (.dae) files
• Fixed a bug where renaming a layout would not take effect when signed in across multiple devices
• Fixed interaction so that pressing cmd + n number in the web app properly changes you to your nth browser tab
• Fixed user nodes to be initialized with the latest globalVariables values
• Displayed the disabled reason for a connection once, rather than twice
• Fixed renderables that are not frame-locked (point clouds, occupancy grids, markers with frame_locked=false) to remain at their original position in the root frame in the 3D panel
• Fixed URDF viewer to correctly parse .xacro files containing comments
• Kept help text in the Data sources sidebar, even when a data source is reconnecting
• Fixed lines connecting child and parent frames in the 3D panel to be more accurate for long distances
• Fixed fetching mesh markers for non-200 but successful HTTP responses
• Avoided filling in the follow control icon when not following a frame in the 3D panel
• Fixed the Data Source Info panel to correctly display datatypes
• Fixed LaserScan poses when rendering a different frame; added support for visualizing intensities[] values
• Fixed the color of a difficult-to-read link in the web app
• Fixed drag-and-drop functionality in Firefox
• Fixed panel list from scrolling behind the input field in the panel settings' "Change panel" submenu

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We're excited to introduce the new Foxglove WebSocket protocol, which allows you to load and visualize your custom (non-ROS) data inside Foxglove!

Added

• Added Foxglove WebSocket data source
• Added dark theme for Quick Look previews
• Added app version in Help sidebar

Changed

• Changed Image panel behavior to automatically select an available image topic when opened as a new panel
• Changed ImageMarker colors to use [0,1] range, consistent with Marker

Fixed

• Avoided storing recent files in indexeddb
• Loaded last used layout, if no layout was specified in the app URL

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Added

• Added a setParameter method to the extensions API
• Added support for basic datatypes to the Node Playground panel, even when they are not present in the data source
• Added backwards compatibility to deep-linking URLs, to support both legacy foxglove:// and new ds.* URLs
• Added support for dragging and dropping folders – ROS 1 and PX4 currently open the first valid file, while ROS 2 opens multiple files

Changed

• Removed DEPRECATED__ros support from the Node Playground
• Allowed incoming /tf messages to reparent an existing parent-child frame connection
• Allowed 3D panel scene to be set to a non-root frame – to render objects when transforms to the root frame are missing, and to fix precision issues when coordinate frames are far from the root frame
• Reorganized desktop app's menu items across the File, Edit, and View menus
• Changed "ROS 2 Bag (local)" data source to use the Open File, not Open Folder, dialog
• Styled placeholder text in input fields to have a lower opacity

Fixed

• Fixed alignment of the "Change panel" menu
• Fixed subscribing to previously published "latched" topics in ROS 2
• Fixed app crashes when decoding some ROS 2 data
• Set the correct defaults for panels that are swapped in for another panel
• Fixed an issue where Plot panels would reset when topics were dynamically added or removed
• Fixed a crash when rendering PoseStamped topics in the 3D panel
• Fixed handling of locally initiated ROS 1 parameter updates
• Fixed a missing border between the sidebar and sidebar content
• Fixed flickering visualizations when connected to a live ROS 1 source that publishes simulated time on the /clock topic
• Fixed deep-linking issue to properly restore state from URLs not at the root path #2326)

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Added

• Added support for displaying ROS URDF files in the 3D panel
• Add Resources, Product, and Legal sections to the desktop app’s Help menu
• Duplicated items in the app sidebar in the desktop app's File menu
• Added support for interpolating transforms in the 3D panel
• Added arm64 builds for Windows

Changed

• Removed extraneous model selection fields from the 3D panel’s pose settings
• Rename Websocket to Rosbridge in dialog box for consistency
• Duplicated items in the desktop app's Help menu in the Help sidebar
• Improved error messaging for loading empty ROS 2 bags
• Improved error messaging for XML-RPC failures in ROS1 data source
• Changed "View docs" links in Help sidebar to always open a new browser tab
• Grouped connection options under one submenu in the desktop app's File menu

Fixed

• Fixed bugs where panels disappeared when dragged from a tab into a nested tab, and where the app crashed when dragging a Tab panel as the highest-level panel in a layout
• Fixed to avoid app crashes when replaying bag data with the --clock flag
• Updated the "Account Settings" link to direct to the correct URL
• Fixed loading mesh resource markers with capitalized file extensions such as .STL
• Fixed bug where selecting panel docs in the Help sidebar would display the wrong information
• Fixed Node Playground to work with more than one active node at a time
• Fixed parameter parsing in @foxglove/rtps
• Fixed an intermittent incorrect warning ("Bag went back in time") when switching layouts
• Fixed extensions API to initialize panels with the correct default state
• Fixed message path syntax to correctly detect valid paths for time and duration
• Fixed incorrect placement of the "Change panel" menu
• Fixed to avoid app crashes when playing back a data source that publishes markers without transforms
• Fixed Plot panel to update as new live data appears
• Fixed the Plot panel’s CSV download feature to provide the correct values for int64 and uint64 fields
• Fixed unresponsive "Add Topic" item inside the Image panel's "Markers" menu
• Fixed fullscreen toggle for panels within Tab panel tabs

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Added

• Added the ability to choose between displaying UNIX vs. local timestamps in the Preferences tab
• Added an enter / exit fullscreen icon to each panel's toolbar
• Added support for loading local .mcap files

Fixed

• Surfaced initialization errors when loading certain data sources in the Connection sidebar tab
• Fixed regression by removing unnecessary help content from the Panel Settings sidebar tab

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Added

• Added support for loading and displaying PX4 ULogs (.ulg) files
• Added a setting in the Preferences sidebar to toggle between light mode and the default dark mode
• Added support for loading COLLADA (.dae) files as mesh markers in the 3D panel
• Added a background color setting to the 3D panel
• Added Turbo as a gradient option for coloring point clouds
• Implemented preloading for ROS 2 bags and PX4 ULogs
• Added support for adjusting mesh marker alpha transparency to the 3D panel
• Added a time display above the playback bar on hover
• Added a Help sidebar tab with links to panel documentation and other resources

Changed

• Simplified the Plot panel's tooltip to show only the series name and data
• Renamed Rosout panel to Log panel
• Enabled field matching for all message path syntax input fields by default
• Removed polygon drawing feature from 3D panel
• Removed the Cruise car model from the 3D panel
• Added a "404" indicator when mesh markers are used but fail to load
• Removed behavior where adding a panel to the layout automatically opened the Panel settings sidebar

Fixed

• Updated ROS 1 native connector to use utf-8 instead of non-standard utf8 encoding in xmlrpc
• Surfaced a useful error when opening a new sibling panel via the Extensions API with a type that doesn't exist
• Fixed a bug where changing the timezone to "Detect from system" would temporarily display times in UTC
• Made the Log panel's toolbar static to fix the jumping dropdown menu
• Fixed a crash when adding a panel to a newly created Tab panel in certain cases

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Added

• Added button for downloading plot data as a CSV file in the Plot panel
• Added support for using ROS package:// URLs in mesh markers' mesh_resource fields
• Added support for loading .stl files for mesh markers' mesh_resource fields
• Added an addPanel method to extensions API to open or update panels in the layout

Changed

• Made it possible for the Layouts sidebar's sign in prompt to be dismissed
• Surfaced an error message indicating that the app only supports loading one bag file when user tries to load a second ROS1 bag file
• Displayed GPS points in different colors with surrounding circles of varying diameters to represent their validity and accuracy in the Map panel
• For arrays in the Raw Messages panel, replaced button that logs data to the console with a copy icon that copies data to the clipboard
• Set defaults for all Publish panel config fields and marked them as optional
• Changed the extensions API to make advertise, unadvertise, and publish into optional methods; disabled Teleop panel when data source does not support publishing
• Improved the user experience for adding panels, in rare cases when there is no currently selected layout

Fixes

• Improved .msg definition parsing to fix errors with empty string constants (ROS 1) and unquoted string constants (ROS 2), and add support for string array default values (ROS 2)
• Fixed an issue where adding a Map panel after opening a bag file didn't properly display all points
• Fixed a bug where rotated OccupancyGrids appearing squashed in the 3D panel
• Fixed an issue where spurious errors were displayed when syncing layouts on app load

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Fixed

• Fixed another issue where font fallbacks caused app crashes on Windows
• Removed non-standard deprecated marker types FILLED_POLYGON and OVERLAY_ICON

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We've implemented two customer-requested tickets that we're excited to see out in the wild – more powerful topic name and message field searching, and the ability to load 3D models in the 3D panel's scene.

Added

• Added ability to search for both topics and message fields in the message path input behind an Experimental Feature flag ( Include fields names in message path search)
• Added panel setting to sync and unsync Plot panels with timestamp-based x-axes with others in the layout
• Added support for displaying int64 and uint64 values in the Plot and State Transitions panels
• Added support for loading glTF (.glb) files via a marker's mesh_resource field in the 3D panel

Changed

• Changed appearance of floating toolbars in the 3D and Topic Graph panels due to Fluent UI refactor

Fixed

• Fixed bug where the app would sometimes crash on Windows due to font loading issues

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