What's New?
Read the latest Machbase Neo news and release highlights, with the newest entries first.
2026-10-29 — Machbase Neo v8.7.3 release
This release improves transaction handling and backup and restore reliability, and fixes issues with TAG table updates and file operations. It also refines NeoShell and file system handling, and improves usability and error reporting in Dashboard, SQL, Tag Analyzer, and other web screens.
- Transaction and backup and restore reliability: Handling of indefinite transaction waits and deadlocks has been improved, with stronger protection for concurrent access to transaction tables. WAL metadata backups are now more consistent, missing transaction table backups have been fixed, and restore validation has been strengthened.
- Query and data processing improvements: Processing of
FIRST()andLAST()with composite keys and orderedROLLUPhas been improved. Fixes also address crashes with certainINTERPOLATIONhints and errors querying META tables afterGRANT. - TAG table and upgrade stability: Fixes address Direct I/O buffer alignment errors when updating VARCHAR values in TAG tables and file handle leaks on Windows. Unused metadata files are now cleaned up correctly after a Standard upgrade.
- Neo server and NeoShell improvements: File system handling has been unified across the server and shell, with refinements to mounts and file operations. API token validation has been added, and shell commands now handle paths containing spaces more reliably. REPL behavior has also been improved.
- Dashboard and Tag Analyzer improvements: Dashboard variables, formulas, filters, and chart handling in shared views have been refined. Improvements to Tag Analyzer cover save status indicators, charts and annotations, CSV export, and error reporting.
- File operations and web screen improvements: Duplicating files no longer overwrites existing files, and saving or duplicating JSON files preserves their original contents. Improvements also cover whitespace and time display in SQL results, DB Explorer refresh and metadata editing, and behavior and error reporting in authentication, Bridge, and Timer settings.
v8.7.3 release notes · Full changelog
2026-10-20 — Machbase Neo v8.7.2 release
This release makes ARRAY data easier to explore and introduces an experimental feature for turning the start page into your own workspace. It also improves chart and file workflows, strengthens authentication defaults, and enhances server and database stability.
- Start page customization (experimental): This feature is enabled only when the server
is started with
--experiment true. It supports user settings, groups, and view modes. Issues with layout, saving, groups, and dialogs in the New tab have also been fixed. - ARRAY data exploration: Select elements of numeric ARRAYs in Data Viewer and inspect them in detailed charts and tables. Send selected elements to Tag Analyzer for analysis and saving.
- Chart and analysis improvements: ECharts 6 support with v5 compatibility has been added, and the chart runtime has been unified. Fixes also address lost edits and popover behavior in Tag Analyzer, as well as dashboard issues.
- File operations and error handling: File overwrite warnings, encoding, and error
reporting have been improved. The save shortcut is
Cmd+Son macOS andCtrl+Son other platforms. Deeply nested JSON is displayed as text instead of causing a rendering error, and error handling has been strengthened to prevent a failure in one part of the UI from affecting the entire app. - Authentication and server stability: JWT signing keys are now generated and stored more securely. Improvements also cover concurrent TQL requests and cancellation, shell output and error handling, and concurrent access to and batch storage of server operational metrics.
- Database engine improvements: DBMS 8.7.2 fixes
SQLColumnscompatibility with older servers and reduces CPU costs for some queries. It also fixes a bitmap index memory visibility issue on ARM64.
Before upgrading: HTTP and MQTT token authentication are now enabled by default.
If you previously used HTTP APIs or MQTT without tokens, check your clients’ authentication
settings before upgrading. To disable authentication through command-line options, explicitly
set --http-enable-token-auth false and --mqtt-enable-token-auth false.
v8.7.2 release notes · Full changelog
2026-10-05 — Showcases menu added
The Showcases link is now available to the right of Apps in the top navigation. Its blue background and small play icon make it easy to find demonstrations and examples of how to use Machbase Neo. The link opens the showcase page in your current document language.
2026-09-23 — Machbase Neo v8.7.1 release
This release adds API token authentication for SSH and the TQL API, and improves signal handling and service termination. It also improves nested file-system mounts and conflict resolution, file-handling endpoints, and JSH and Neo-shell help, and fixes the TQL buffer limit.
v8.7.1 release notes · Full changelog
2026-09-17 — Machbase Neo v8.5.12 release
Machbase Neo v8.5.12 has been released. Its release page does not include detailed notes; see the full changelog for the changes between v8.5.11 and v8.5.12.
v8.5.12 release page · Full changelog
2026-09-09 — Machbase Neo v8.7.0 release
This release introduces engine v8.7 and client v2, multi-database support, and named query parameters. It improves CSV import performance, SQL compatibility and transaction handling, authentication and session management, and database backup requests and validation.