Atlas Platform Release Notes

The following table contains the Atlas platform release history. Previous versioning for 3.X versions can be found in the version history. To view the version of Atlas that you have installed in your environment, look for the version ID in the sidebar footer.

Atlas Platform Version History

Atlas Version	Release Date
Atlas 5.0.1	2026-06-16
Atlas 4.6.0	2026-05-14
Atlas 4.5.0	2026-04-27
Atlas 4.4.2	2026-03-10
Atlas 4.4.1	2026-03-03
Atlas 4.4.0	2026-02-24

Atlas Version 5.0.1

Atlas 5.0.1 unifies the Atlas experience by bringing Atlas Assessment onto the Atlas platform and refining the overall product experience across licensing, usability, and observability. This release focuses on simplifying access to Atlas Assessment, tightening license-based activation behavior, and improving consistency across charts, modals, tooltips, and logging.

Core Atlas Functionality

• Atlas Assessment and Atlas now operate on one unified platform.
• Atlas Assessment can now be used without an active Atlas license and without any Atlas Role assigned.
• Atlas scheduled searches do not activate until a valid license is installed and the searches are enabled.

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The previous Assessment application should be uninstalled to enable Atlas 5.0.0 to execute an Assessment correctly. This has been added as a pre-flight check.

• Atlas can now be downloaded directly from Splunkbase.
• Updated time charts throughout Atlas for improved usability.
• Standardized modal behavior and presentation for a more consistent experience across the platform.
• Refined tooltips throughout the environment for better clarity and consistency.

Search Hub

• Added additional logging to Search Hub to improve troubleshooting and operational visibility.

Data Hub

• Added additional logging to Data Hub to improve troubleshooting and operational visibility.

Atlas Version 4.6.0

Atlas 4.6.0 expands Atlas role-based access across licensing, Search Hub, and Data Hub. This release focuses on giving Atlas Viewers more day-to-day value without consuming seats, refining how Atlas permissions map to Splunk capabilities, and improving search expansion so Atlas reports on real search activity more accurately.

Core Atlas Functionality

• Atlas Seat Licenses now count only Atlas Creators and Atlas Admins, allowing Atlas Viewers to use Atlas without consuming a seat.
• Atlas users with a valid license can now operate as Atlas Viewers when they are not assigned a seated Atlas Admin or Creator role.
• Renamed Basic User to No Access for clearer access-state messaging.
• Atlas now provides a 7-day over-seat warning period with guidance to the User Configuration page before a full license lockout occurs.
• Existing license-expiration lockout behavior remains in place.
• Updated internal, on-page documentation to reflect revised role capabilities and access behavior.
• Disabled restricted actions in the user interface and added hover text to indicate when an Atlas Creator/Admin role is required.
• Added Atlas Role as a default Home KPI for the current user.
• Atlas now expands searches more effectively across Search Hub and Data Hub while preserving existing user workflows.
• Fixed an issue on Monitor Overview where editing a monitor group's description or contact incorrectly required changing the group name.
• Added python requirement to configuration logs to pass Splunk App Inspect.

Search Hub

• Updated Search Hub access controls so Atlas Viewers can see searches they own.
• Atlas Viewers can use Search Hub Fix It capability on searches they own.
• Atlas Creators and Atlas Admins retain access to bulk Search Hub actions on searches they have edit permissions on.
• Expanded Atlas query handling so Search Hub can recursively expand macros, eventtypes, and tags, including support for Atlas Targets.
• Improved bulk reschedule behavior in Search Head Cluster environments behind load balancers.
• Refined the Configure button styling on the Rules page for more consistent alignment with adjacent controls.

Data Hub

• Atlas Viewers can now see all Data Hub definitions and utilization views.
• Expanded Atlas query handling so Data Hub better captures wildcard, macro, eventtype, and tag usage in utilization workflows.
• Improved Data Utilization accuracy by including wildcard-based search activity and reducing Atlas background-search noise in ad hoc results.

Atlas Version 4.5.0

Atlas 4.5.0 introduces another update to the Atlas experience across navigation, Home, Search Hub, and Data Hub. This release focuses on faster Search Hub execution, AI-assisted search inspection, more flexible configuration options, and broader visual polish across Atlas.

Core Atlas Functionality

• Unified Atlas and Atlas Assessment navigation to provide a more consistent cross-app experience.
• Introduced a new Home-centered navigation page and refreshed Atlas Home page with environment-focused tiles, KPI visibility, and activity access.
• Added Bring Your Own AI Integration, powering our first AI enabled feature in Search Hub.
• Refined header banners and dark-mode styling with updated gradients and a more consistent visual treatment.
• Improved redirect behavior so common navigation actions can be opened in a new browser tab or window.
• Resolved an issue where adding an Atlas Target could result in a blank page after configuration.
• Removed legacy version tags from XML dashboards across legacy Atlas Elements.
• Updated Forwarder Awareness upgrade guidance to improve Heavy Forwarder recommendations and exclude Edge processors from upgrade analysis.

Search Hub

• Reworked Scheduled Searches to improve load performance in larger environments. This requires reconfiguration of the application.
• Added clearer Search Hub configuration states and improved setup behavior.
• Expanded Search Governance rule support to better evaluate searches that use macros.
• Added AI-generated search explainers in the Search Information modal, with supporting Bring Your Own AI configuration for environments that enable AI features.
• Preserved selected views on refresh so Search Hub returns users to their previous workflow state.
• Improved Atlas Target compatibility so targeted searches display and behave more reliably in Search Hub.
• Reduced flicker and hanging states during bulk enable and disable workflows.
• Improved bulk reschedule workflows with clearer status icons, more accurate warnings, and better time-range feedback after updates are applied.
• Refined Search Hub table and modal usability through updated labels, standardized capitalization, alternate row styling, and the rename of Search Change History to Search History.

Data Hub

• Added a unified Data Hub configuration experience in Element Configuration to combine setup for Data Management and Data Utilization workflows.
• Updated the default Data Hub experience to prioritize the Utilization view.
• Preserved selected views on refresh so Data Hub returns users to their previous workflow state.
• Corrected remote dashboard linking in search-peered environments from the Utilization modal.
• Resolved issues where Data Hub action menus were unavailable in utilization workflows.
• Improved Data Hub table loading behavior to prevent slow visual expansion during page load.

Additional Changes

• Normalized alternate table row styling across Atlas and Atlas Assessment for more consistent readability.
• Improved Home and hub KPI presentation to better reflect environment details and current usage context.

Atlas Version 4.4.2

Atlas 4.4.2 improves the Atlas Rest Command, improving performance on Atlas deployments leveraging Atlas Targets.

Atlas Version 4.4.1

Atlas 4.4.1 resolves a configuration issue where only the first 30 indexes or metric indexes were being listed on the Atlas configuration page.

Atlas Version 4.4.0

Atlas 4.4.0 introduces major improvements across configuration workflows, Search Hub governance operations, and the public release of Data Hub. This release focuses on operational reliability, faster triage, and a more consistent day-to-day experience for Atlas Admins and users.

Core Atlas Functionality

• Enabled license stacking, allowing Splunk Admins to apply more than one license to the environment.
• Added an over-seat warning banner with direct guidance to the User Configuration page for seat management.
• Resolved issue where Clustered Splunk Cloud deployments rejected Atlas being installed as a private application.

Search Hub

• Added a new right-side use-case filter experience to improve workflow consistency.
• Added bulk reschedule capability for managing searches at scale.
• Improved SVC calculation methodology to increase governance accuracy.
• Added and refined default views, including SVC-focused triage workflows.
• Standardized action kebab menus and corrected action ordering and behavior.
• Improved Auto-Balance user experience and reliability across deployments.
• Added loading-state activity feedback to Search Hub visualizations.
• Search Governance no longer requires an Admin Email unless user notifications are turned on.
• Refined audit and visual placement on impact-focused views.
• Preserved table state when opening modals.
• Group by Owner now functions as expected.

Data Hub

• Released Data Hub for public client use.
• Added inline editing for data definition workflows.
• Added bulk edit support through checkbox-based actions.
• Added action kebab controls for dataset workflows.
• Added default views, including utilization-focused perspectives.
• Added utilization summary icon for readability.

Additional Changes

• Added a Search quick action in the top-right action area for direct navigation to Splunk Search.
• Fixed Monitor chart and KPI consistency issues caused by search truncation.
• Forwarder Awareness upgrade path updated.