Changed

• For Foxglove WebSocket connections, the start and end times displayed in the Data source sidebar are now adjusted dynamically when looping over pre-recorded data
• Boosted performance for FlatBuffers schemas that use UINT8 arrays

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with color pickers in panel settings not updating panels
• Fixed message coloring in the Diagnostics – Detail (ROS) panel
• Fixed resubscribing to topics when a Foxglove WebSocket connection is broken and reestablished
• Fixed an extraneous warning shown for some Foxglove WebSocket connection
• Fixed an issue with RGBA coloring of Grid messages in the 3D panel where fully transparent pixels were not displayed as transparent
• Colors for foxglove.PointCloud and foxglove.Grid messages are now clamped to minimum and maximum values, rather than displaying incorrect colors when values lie outside the selected range

Fixed

• Fixed value layout flashing when hovering on the Raw Messages panel
• Fixed settings issues for URDFs from the /robot_description parameter and/or topic in the 3D panel

Added

• Added a Spotlight plugin for MCAP files to the macOS desktop app, allowing MCAP files' topics, schemas, attachments, and metadata to be searchable via Finder and Spotlight

Changed

• Made deprecation banner for the 3D (Legacy) panel impossible to dismiss
• Replaced the packed "RGB"/"RGBA" color modes with a new “RGBA (separate fields)” mode for foxglove.PointCloud and foxglove.Grid topics in the 3D panel
• Removed the "RGB Byte Order" setting for ROS sensor_msgs/PointCloud2 topics in the 3D panel, and made the byte order compatible with RViz; renamed the color modes to “BGR”/“BGRA” to accurately reflect the actual byte order
• Make message handling in the Map panel more robust

Fixed

• Changed the Data source dialog’s behavior to immediately close after user clicks “Open” on a Velodyne LIDAR connection
• Enabled loading PointCloud2 messages with fields whose count is unsupported (i.e. ≠ 1) by hiding those fields

Added

• Added a thumbnail image for the Parameters panel in the panel list

Changed

• Improved handling of the zoom state in the Plot and State Transitions panels
• Enabled faster preloading of large datasets when reading from Foxglove and local / remote file sources
• Improved performance for displaying foxglove.Grid messages in the 3D panel
• Improved handling of TF frame names in ROS 1 data stored in Foxglove
• Changed the 3D panel's default background color to match other panels in light and dark mode
• Reduced GPU memory footprint for cube list and sphere list markers
• Improved rendering of non-editable parameter values in the Parameters panel

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where Rosbridge connections would not advertise when re-connecting
• Fixed a bug with RGB point clouds where the automatically-selected settings would sometimes change after the point cloud was initially displayed in the 3D panel
• Fixed an issue with the display of values in the Parameters panel
• Fixed a crash in the State Transitions panel on large datasets
• Fixed an issue with cube list markers not updating in the 3D panel
• Fixed a bug where data from a previous data source would be visible in the Log panel after switching data sources
• Fixed an issue with the Variables sidebar failing to update values changed outside the sidebar

Changed

• Improved handling of subscription connections from ROS 1 nodes when running Foxglove and ROS nodes on different hosts
• Enabled faster preloading of large datasets when reading from Foxglove or from local and remote file sources
• Displayed errors next to the relevant “Transforms” and “URDF” nodes in the 3D panel’s settings
• Added validation to foxglove.Grid messages and support for grids with row padding in the 3D panel
• Updated the Gauge panel to support string values that can be converted to numbers
• Improved performance of the State Transitions panel

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where cyclical transforms would crash the 3D panel
• Fixed a bug in the Gauge and Indicator panels where messages on high-frequency topics would sometimes be skipped when using a message path syntax filter
• Fixed issues with opening Velodyne connections from the desktop app
• Fixed "square" point shape setting for point clouds in the 3D panel
• Fixed a bug in the 3D panel where the default settings for RGB point clouds would sometimes change after the point cloud was initially displayed

Added

• Added a 3D panel setting to control the up axis for meshes (STL and OBJ) without orientation info
• Added debugging instructions to the Foxglove GitHub README for developers running into yarn install issues while contributing
• Added the ability to use media elements within desktop app extensions

Changed

• Separated data decompression/deserialization and rendering into separate threads to improve playback
• Hid the 3D (Legacy) panel behind an “Experimental features” flag
• Updated the dataset used for "Explore sample data" by reducing the file size, adding data to demonstrate more Foxglove features, and improving the time-ordering of messages
• Added useful errors when a file attempts to add a cyclical transform to the transform tree
• Improved buffering during playback
• Updated README in the Foxglove GitHub repo
• Disabled transform topic preloading until performance and accuracy issues are resolved
• Updated layout used for “Explore sample data” to achieve better z-fighting behavior for close planes
• Improved visibility of the 3D panel’s measurement tool when the line is occluded by other objects in the scene

Fixed

• Fixed ability to copy settings between 3D panels
• Fixed a browser crash when dragging and dropping a file into an unsecured context in the web app
• Fixed an issue with publishing to a ROS 1 stack
• Fixed a bug with adding a row for new metadata keys and values
• Prevented LinePrimitive scene entities from crashing when the points field is empty
• Fixed an issue where certain Protobuf enum values would fail to load

Added

• Added support for foxglove.Grid messages in the 3D panel
• Added ability to filter topics by visibility in the 3D panel
• Added a list of all joints for a URDF displayed in the 3D panel, along with the controls to manually modify their positions
• Added a schemaName field to the Panel Extension API's MessageEvent

Changed

• Made all plot tooltips a consistent dark color
• Made the indication that a player is present appear faster
• Improved message handling behavior in the Map panel
• Improved error messaging for a panel crash
• Improved error messaging when duplicate topics are found when streaming Foxglove data sources
• [Extension API] Topic#datatype has been renamed to schemaName. datatype will still be available for backwards compatibility, but is now deprecated
• Made colors and gradients with alpha values visually distinguishable in the panel settings editor

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the ds.importId query parameter caused browser tabs to freeze
• Fixed an issue where TriangleListPrimitives with changing numbers of points would sometimes crash the 3D panel
• Fixed an issue where ROS messages containing non-ASCII strings would sometimes be incorrectly decoded
• Fixed an issue where ROS mesh_resource markers would sometimes overwrite each other due to a race condition

Added

• Added the ability to create deep links with Foxglove import IDs
• Added a setting for disabling transform preloading in the 3D panel
• Added an error for when a transform history reaches capacity, improved transform message preloading, and increased transform history max capacity

Changed

• Improved marker rendering performance in the 3D panel
• Added a deprecation banner to the 3D (Legacy) panel informing users that it has been replaced by the new 3D panel
• Improved user experience so that hitting Tab moves the cursor to the next input field in the Panel settings sidebar
• Removed the Account sidebar UI from Docker-hosted instances
• Removed the 3D panel’s topic visibility filter, due to performance downgrades
• Improved performance for high-volume transforms in the 3D panel

Fixed

• Hid the “Clear” button whenever there is no color defined in a color picker in the panel settings
• Fixed a visual artifact with full-screen panels
• Fixed the orientation of mesh markers in the 3D panel
• Fixed the ability to toggle all transforms in the 3D panel
• Fixed playback for .db3 files and live ROS2 connections with transform topics
• Fixed memory issue that occurred when opening a large .bag file and viewing a few topics
• Fixed the copy for the automatic updates setting in the Preferences sidebar
• Fixed an issue with syncing organization extensions
• Fixed the search feature in the Add panel sidebar
• Fixed issue with Raw Messages panel hanging when loading new large messages
• Fixed issues with migrating settings from the legacy to the new 3D panel

With this release, we've been hard at work continuing to expand on the 🆕 3D panel:

• Added support for rendering TriangleList scene entity primitives
• Added support for foxglove.RawImage, foxglove.CompressedImage, and foxglove.CameraCalibration messages
• Added ability to manually edit transform poses
• Added ability to filter topics by visibility

Some other highlights:

Added

• Added support for reading unindexed MCAP files
• Added ability to create Foxglove events directly in Foxglove
• Added support for more ROS 2 message types for live ROS 2 connections and .db3 files
• Added a setting to State Transitions panels that allows users to sync them with other plots in the layout

Changed

• Improved horizontal scaling of panel settings editor fields
• Made minor improvements for large messages in the ROS 2 native connector
• Improved playback caching for file and streaming data sources

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where opening a file with a message at epoch time second 0 and other messages at “now” would make Foxglove hang
• Fixed a bug in the 3D panel where foxglove.LaserScan messages' locations were not being updated properly
• Fixed a bug where an extension panel would be able to asynchronously subscribe to new topics or otherwise change application state, even after being removed from the layout
• Fixed handling of COLLADA <up_axis> tags for loaded .dae files, and added a 3D panel setting for ignoring COLLADA <up_axis> tags to match Rviz behavior
• Fixed streaming from Foxglove when there are gaps in coverage
• Fixed an issue where user scripts would sometimes fail to run after loading a data source

Our new 3D panel is no longer in beta 🎉 📹

The old 3D panel has been renamed to "3D (Legacy)", and will continue to work as before.

New 3D panel improvements

• Added touchscreen support
• Added support for deleting markers using Foxglove schemas
• Added support for rendering cubes, meshes, and lines, arrows, cylinders, and spheres using Foxglove schemas
• Added support for selecting individual points in point clouds and laser scans
• Added follow modes “Pose” (current frame’s orientation + position), “Position” (current frame’s position), and “Fixed” (static)
• Updated default camera position
• Added support for preloading all transforms from local and remote file sources
• Added support for rendering text primitives using Foxglove schemas

Added

• Added support for clicking and dragging numbers in the panel settings UI to set their value
• Added support for displaying Foxglove events on the playback bar including hover interactions
• Added support for specifying options for extension panels using “toggle” inputs
• Changed app color scheme to use the system’s color scheme by default
• Added link to Foxglove schemas documentation in the Raw Messages panel

Changed

• Moved all controls in the URDF panel to the settings sidebar
• Changed the default behavior of Foxglove links to open in the web app
• Updated Foxglove’s internal ROS node to listen on all network interfaces when Foxglove is publishing messages on the native ROS 1 connection

Fixed

• Mitigated app crashes when plotting series that result in millions of points
• Added graceful error handling when loading Foxglove sources with malformed topic schemas
• Fixed an issue with the User Scripts panel that caused it to be covered by the playback bar
• Fixed inconsistent time formatting in the Data source sidebar
• Fixed looping when playing back a file to be more reliable
• Fixed extension panels to persist their settings through data source changes
• Fixed subscribing to new topics while playback is paused
• Fixed issue where old GeoJSON messages were not cleared before rendering new messages