4.3. What’s New in 7.6.0

This section describes what’s new in Admin Console 7.6.0 compared to release 7.5.0.

RTI® Connext® 7.6.0 is an early access release. See the Connext Versions and Lifecycle page for more information on RTI’s software release model.

For what’s new and fixed in other products in the Connext suite, see those products’ release notes on the RTI Community Portal or in your installation.

4.3.1. Decreased bandwidth usage when not actively debugging remote systems

Previously when using the Remote Debugging feature in Admin Console, Monitoring Library 2.0 sent all telemetry data generated by a Connext application to Collector Service. Now, telemetry data is sent only if an active Admin Console session requests the data, reducing unnecessary network traffic and improving system efficiency.

See Remote Debugging, for more information.

4.3.2. More flexibility when configuring Collector Service for remote debugging

Collector Service includes additional built-in configuration profiles for use when collecting telemetry data from remote systems.

• NonSecureRemoteDebuggingWAN to collect remote debug data from a remote system without security.

• SecureRemoteDebuggingLAN to collect remote debug data from a local system using RTI security features.

In addition, two existing profiles were renamed to follow the established naming convention:

• SecureRemoteDebugging → SecureRemoteDebuggingWAN

• NonSecureRemoteDebugging → NonSecureRemoteDebuggingLAN

See Remote Debugging, for more information.

4.3.3. Implemented scalable remote system debugging

Collector Service now supports retrieving telemetry data through a chain of Collector Service instances. Edge Collector Service instances can collect and forward telemetry to a centralized Collector Service instance. This improvement makes it possible to monitor and debug large, distributed systems spanning multiple networks.

For more information, see Collector Service in the RTI Observability Framework User’s Manual.

4.3.4. New built-in profile makes it easier to monitor Connext applications across geographically separated networks

This release introduces a new built-in profile called BuiltinQosLib::Generic.Monitoring2.WAN, which allows connecting to a Collector Service instance over the WAN using the RTI Real-Time WAN Transport. Connecting over the WAN enables you to use Observability Framework to monitor and collect telemetry data from Connext applications that are distributed across geographically separated networks, even when they are behind NATs. The new profile makes it easier to set up the connection over the WAN.

For example:

<qos_library name="MyQosLibrary">
     <qos_profile name="MyApplicationProfile" is_default_participant_factory_profile="true">
         <participant_factory_qos>
             <monitoring>
                 <enable>true</enable>
                 <distribution_settings>
                     <dedicated_participant>
                         <collector_initial_peers>
                             <element>udpv4_wan://38.21.45.34:4500</element>
                         </collector_initial_peers>
                         <participant_qos_profile_name>
                             BuiltinQosLib::Generic.Monitoring2.WAN
                         </participant_qos_profile_name>
                     </dedicated_participant>
                 </distribution_settings>
             </monitoring>
         </participant_factory_qos>
     </qos_profile>
 </qos_library>

For additional information, see Connecting to Collector Service Over WAN in the RTI Observability Framework User’s Manual.

4.3.5. Admin Console now provides full system visibility for RTI Connext Express users

To significantly improve development and debugging workflows, Admin Console is no longer restricted by the limits of an RTI Connext Express license.

Previously, developers using an Express license could not use Admin Console to see or debug DomainParticipants and endpoints that exceeded the license’s limits. This made it difficult to identify and resolve issues in Express applications.

With release 7.6.0, Admin Console provides a complete, system-wide view of all your RTI Entities, even if they exceed the imposed Express limitations.

Note that this enhanced visibility is designed to accelerate development with Connext. When Admin Console is used with other DDS implementations, Entities will be discovered normally during the initial trial period. After the trial period ends, Admin Console will stop discovering Entities from non-RTI vendors.

For more information, see Connext Express in the Connext Professional Installation Guide.

4.3.6. New view displays Connext Express license details

A new License Limits view displays information about the active Connext Express licenses in use. This view displays general license information, like trial end dates, system limitations, and disabled features. When using Distributed Logger, it also includes log messages that indicate accepted and rejected entities.

For more information, see License Limits View.

4.3.7. Refined system visualization matching status logic for writer-only and reader-only endpoints

A writer-only or reader-only endpoint’s matching status now displays as “not matched”; previously, this state was shown as “matched.” The new status better reflects the reality of an endpoint that has no opposing endpoint types.

4.3.8. Remote mode usability improvement limits number of server connection attempts

Previously when working in remote mode, Admin Console continuously attempted to connect to the Collector Service instance running on the remote server. Now, Admin Console attempts to connect only once; it will not retry.

If the connection is successful, the interface displays the connection information. If the connection fails, an error message displays.

For more information, see Remote Debugging.

4.3.9. Third-Party Software Changes

The following third-party software is now used by Admin Console:

Table 4.1 New Third-Party Software

Third-Party Software	Version
SLF4j	2.0.6
Log4j SLF Implementation	2.20.0

The following third-party software used by Admin Console has been upgraded:

Table 4.2 Third-Party Software Upgrades

Third-Party Software	Old Version	New Version
JavaFX	17.0.7	21.0.7
Eclipse Temurin JRE	17.0.6	21.0.7
Eclipse	2023-09	2025-06

For information on third-party software used by Connext products, see the “3rdPartySoftware” documents in your installation: <NDDSHOME>/doc/manuals/connext_dds_professional/release_notes_3rdparty.