erikdarlingdata/PerformanceMonitor v2.4.1

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v2.4.1

Patch release with UX improvements and a pipeline fix.

• Check for Updates is now a proper button instead of a hyperlink in both Dashboard and Lite About windows
• Collector health clears stale error counts when a server is removed — status bar no longer shows errors for deleted servers
• Velopack pipeline split into separate upload steps so Dashboard and Lite artifacts don't conflict

v2.4.0

Contributors: @HannahVernon, @MisterZeus, @ad-mca-mk — thank you!

Highlights

🔄 Auto-Update (Windows) — Both Dashboard and Lite now support automatic updates via Velopack. Install once via Setup.exe, and future updates are detected on startup with one-click download + apply. Existing zip distribution continues to work. (#635)

📊 Per-Tab Time Range Slicers — Query tabs in both Dashboard and Lite now have interactive time range slicers. Narrow down to a specific window without changing the global time range. (#655, #662)

🕐 Time Display Picker — Toggle between Local, UTC, and Server time directly from the toolbar. (#646)

Important

• Lite data directory moved: All data (config, DuckDB, archives, logs) now lives in %LOCALAPPDATA%\PerformanceMonitorLite\ instead of alongside the executable. This enables auto-update support. Users upgrading from the zip should use Import Settings + Import Data to bring over configuration and historical data.

Added

• Velopack auto-update for Dashboard and Lite — startup notification, download + apply from About window with confirmation dialog (#635)
• Per-tab time range slicers on Dashboard and Lite query tabs (#655, #662)
• Time display picker (Local/UTC/Server) in toolbars (#646)
• Import Settings — expanded from "Import Connections" to also copy alert thresholds, SMTP config, schedules, and wait exclusions
• Alert muting improvements — pre-fill database, query, wait type, and job name from alert detail; configurable default expiration for new mute rules (@HannahVernon) (#642)
• Missing date columns on Query Stats and Procedure Stats tabs (#649, #651, #654)
• Trace pattern drill-down with CollectionTime and NtUserName columns (#663)
• DataGrid sort preservation across auto-refresh (#659)
• CLI installer: colored output and version check on startup
• GUI installer: version check on startup
• Growth rate and VLF count columns in Database Sizes (upgrade script for servers that missed it in 2.3.0) (#567)
• llms.txt and CITATION.cff for discoverability (#630)

Changed

• Lite data directory moved to %LOCALAPPDATA%\PerformanceMonitorLite\
• Delta gap detection on all cumulative-counter collectors — prevents chart spikes after app restart (#633)
• File I/O NULL fallbacks when sys.master_files is inaccessible — uses DB_NAME() and File_{id} (#633)
• Running jobs collector skipped gracefully when login lacks msdb access (#656)
• NuGet packages updated to latest minor versions (@MisterZeus) (#653)

Fixed

• Installer reporting SUCCESS when files fail — removed false-positive workaround from both CLI and GUI
• Query stats collector SQL dumps on passive mirror servers — removed dm_exec_plan_attributes, uses temp table of ONLINE database IDs (#632)
• Trigger name extraction fails when comment contains " ON " (#666)
• FinOps expensive queries DuckDB error for missing column
• Imported parquet files not recognized by archive compaction

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