Release 18.6

Updated

Article Published Date: 2/25/2026

ZEDEDA Cloud versions

  • ZEDEDA GUI: 18.6.3
  • ZEDEDA API: 18.6.7

New GA Features 

Email or SMS Notification for Password Expiration

You can now get email or SMS notifications about your ZEDEDA Cloud GUI password expiration. From your User Profile > User Details, under Notifications, select Email or Mobile. If you don’t choose one, you will continue to only see the notification on the GUI when you log in. The settings are also available in ZCLI. 

Enhanced GA Features 

ZEDEDA Edge Kubernetes Service Cluster Updates

Updates for ZEDEDA Edge Kubernetes Service Cluster include the following:

  • Cluster Import
  • Cluster Kubernetes Version Upgrade 
  • Download Kubeconfig
  • API for bulk Cluster Kubernetes Version Upgrade: https://zedcontrol.zededa.net/api/v1/docs/?urls.primaryName=ZEDEDA%20Kubernetes%20Service#/ZKSClusterInstances/ZKSClusterInstances_BulkUpgradeK3s 

Single-Use Installer Updates

The Single-Use Installer is now available for generic ARM, OnLogic FR-201 and NVIDIA-jetson-based devices. For the latter, the user can pick from JetPack 5 or JetPack 6 based images depending on whether the platform is Jetson Xavier or Jetson Orin based.

Custom Branding Updates

For OEM customers that operate on a standalone ZEDEDA Cloud instance, additional branding capabilities have been added for increased customization. 

Show or Hide Wireless Config Based on Adapter Type

When onboarding or editing an edge node, the Add Wireless Config checkbox is no longer available if you select a network adapter other than WLAN. 

Edge App Adapters Tab

From the existing Edge App Instances > APP_INST_NAME > Adapters tab, you can see the following changes for the MAC Address, IP Address, and Access VLAN ID fields. Previously the fields displayed Not Available when they were not configured or not reporting. Now the fields display Not Configured when they’re not configured, and they display the reported values when available. 

Marketplace Updates

  • The Upload an App modal in the Edge Kubernetes > Kubernetes Marketplace of ZEDEDA Cloud GUI is revised to better explain the supported formats. 
  • In Marketplace > Edge Apps and Marketplace > Models, the cards now display in a different color when updates are available in the global marketplace. 
  • In Marketplace > Edge Apps, there is now a Project filter available and an Include apps available to all projects checkbox. The checkbox enables you to filter on apps where the scope is set to all projects, rather than just on a specific project. 

New Early Access Features

AI Assistant 

This Early Access feature is enabled through feature flags to selected customers. If you want to opt in as a beta tester and provide feedback on the feature, you can contact support. 

On your Dashboard, you’ll see a new quick-action card called Ask AI. When you click it, the AI assistant opens in full-screen mode. It has ten popular topics that cycle across the screen. You can click a popular topic or you can use the AI Assistant Prompting Guide to ask your own questions. 

  • The response you get might be a summary. You can click Regenerate to get more details, such as links to full articles in the Help Center. 
  • You can minimize the AI assistant, so that it does not take up the whole screen. 
  • You can Copy or Export as a PDF for temporary reports. 
  • You can Upvote, Downvote, and provide detailed Feedback on the results. 
  • From the existing Edge App Instances > APP_INST_NAME > Logs tab or Events tab, you can now also get an AI Summary View.

ZEDEDA Edge Kubernetes and Edge Node Cluster Updates

These updates are all available together in EVE-k v16.7 or greater:

  • You can now use the EVE-OS config property of k3s.config.override to set additional Kubernetes configuration parameters or override default options for edge nodes. See Update an Edge Node Cluster. 
  • You can now use the EVE-OS config property of k3s.version to define the Kubernetes version of edge node clusters without updating EVE-k. See Update an Edge Node Cluster. 
  • You can now enable strict node scheduling for edge node cluster app instances. The app will only run if deployment succeeds for the specified node id. This is useful if all hardware in the cluster is not the same. This is available in the ZEDEDA Edge Application Service definition > EdgeApplicationInstanceConfiguration > post data for the api /v2/apps/instances, additional field enableAppPinning=true. Cluster app instances with AppPinning enabled will not failover to other nodes but do still retain the data redundancy features of volume instances on Edge Node Clusters. See API docs for your instance:  https://zedcontrol.zededa.net/api/v1/docs/#/EdgeApplicationInstanceConfiguration/EdgeApplicationInstanceConfiguration_CreateEdgeApplicationInstanceV2
  • You can now use the API for cluster creation to pass the manifest. You can provide either the URL to the configuration manifest or you can provide the config as gzip(base64(manifest_content)). The manifest content will be passed to the cluster nodes in the corresponding configurations so they can join the ZEDEDA Edge Kubernetes Service cluster. This is available in the ZEDEDA Edge Application Service definition > EdgeApplicationInstanceConfiguration > post data for the api /v1/cluster, additional field manifestUrl or manifest. See API docs for your instance:  https://zedcontrol.zededa.net/api/v1/docs/?urls.primaryName=ZEDEDA%20Edge-Node%20Cluster%20Service#/EdgeNodeClusterConfiguration/EdgeNodeClusterConfiguration_CreateCluster

Fixes

  • The Prepare Power Off for Edge Nodes pop-up message in ZEDEDA Cloud GUI has been revised to the current behavior for halted Edge App Instances. 
  • The colors are changed for light and dark mode.
  • After you change your password, you are now directed to the Dashboard after a successful login. 
  • The access and access labels are now aligned for Reports > Utilization. 
  • During edge node onboarding, the Unused Network Interface setting is now properly retained. 
  • IPv6 is now removed from the UI for Local Network Instance, as it is only supported for Switch Network Instance. 
  • The Entitlements API now correctly provides the permissions that enable the GUI to display the Edge Node Clusters section appropriately for all authenticated users with access to the enterprise. 
  • If Edge Sync is not configured at the device-level, it now falls back to project-level Edge Sync configuration. 
  • Under certain conditions, updating a network rule could erroneously trigger an app purge. This has been corrected. 
  • Resolved an issue where attempting to update an edge node with VLAN adapters configured, resulted in an error that the VLAN logical label cannot be the same as the interface name during VLAN sub-interface creation.
  • Resolved an issue where stale Edge View TCP sessions could prevent new VNC connections by implementing session activity validation.
  • MinIO support has been added enabling ZEDEDA Cloud support for both Amazon S3 or S3-compatible endpoints. Requires EVE-OS 16.0 LTS.

Known Issues

  • In rare cases, if an Edge Kubernetes App Flows deployment through the cloud interface fails, some pods might be left over in the cluster. You would need to delete the pods manually by logging into the edge node using the Edge View. See Troubleshoot ZEDEDA Edge Kubernetes Service and ZEDEDA Edge App Flows for how to use Edge View for troubleshooting.
  • When you import an Edge Kubernetes Service cluster by running the kubectl registration command on the cluster node, the node is successfully provisioned, but you do not see the details in the GUI at Edge Kubernetes > Clusters > CLUSTER_NAME > Status tab. However, you can see it in the cluster dashboard. 
  • The Security Note records the IP address from which the change was made, but sometimes it shows the backend's localhost IP - https://zededa.atlassian.net/browse/ENG-2462
  • Sometimes the apps which do not have the update available might also appear in the list when we filter by Update available as Yes in the Models page in UI - https://zededa.atlassian.net/browse/ENG-2472
  • The total model count with filter update available - Yes/No in Models screen might mismatch - https://zededa.atlassian.net/browse/ENG-2353
  • EVE image download (Installer/Live) fails on Single EVE OS Installer for ARM devices fails - https://zededa.atlassian.net/browse/PLE-1648 It happens only on Canary Stage cluster
  • Though we did not set up an AI assistant backend in a cluster the option to enable the feature will be still seen in the entitlements settings of the enterprise. Once it is enabled but the backend is set up the prompt will fail. 
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