erikdarlingdata/PerformanceMonitor v2.9.0

v2.9.0 - Get Some Exercise

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Very Nearly Three

I seem to recall there being some super-shifting feature getting added for 2.0 and 2.5 versions. As we approach 3.0, I don't quite have one of those ready.

I'm also starting to wonder if the weekly releases are still necessary. That's a bit of a relief, to be honest. For a bit it felt like I was shipping big fixes and changes at a frantic pace. Now I'm half-tempted to start labeling things "stable" or "LTS" or "dude-trust-me".

Anyway, changelog and all that is below.

If you want to chime in on the future of Full/Lite dashboards, check out this discussion.

If you want to report an issue, request a feature, or pitch in some code, head over here.

Highlights

• Per-database collector exclusions — exclude noisy databases from per-database collectors. Full Edition adds config.collector_database_exclusions (8 collectors filtered); Lite adds ExcludedDatabases per server (9 collectors filtered). (#887)
• Resume gap detection — query_stats, procedure_stats, and query_store skip the historical sweep on first run after an Off preset, Agent stoppage, or server reboot, preventing tempdb blowouts. (#892)
• Total non-idle CPU on Lite Overview — headline shows total CPU with SQL-only alongside; new alert mode toggle (Total / SqlOnly). (#899)
• Purge Now action in Manage Servers (Full) with mode picker and reworked config.data_retention semantics — @retention_days = NULL respects per-collector retention, 0 truncates every table, N > 0 overrides every table to N days. (#900)
• Off collection preset — config.apply_collection_preset @preset_name = N'Off' disables every collector in one call. (#888)
• Right-click View Plan on Dashboard BPR + Deadlocks grids and Lite Deadlocks grid. (#880)
• Open Log Folder sidebar button in Lite. (#873)
• Installed Version column in Manage Servers (both editions).
• Lite-style server card indicators back-ported to Full.

Dependency bumps

• Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1.4 → 7.0.1 (with new Extensions.Azure 1.0.0 for Entra)
• ModelContextProtocol 0.7.0-preview.1 → 1.2.0 (off the preview tag)
• DuckDB.NET 1.5.0 → 1.5.2 in Lite

See CHANGELOG.md for the full list.