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Observer 0.9.6 (OTP R10B)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Bugfix: ttb:p/2 can now take the flag clear.

Bugfix: ttb:format/1,2 can now handle trace of messages sent to a process addressed with {ProcName,Node}.

Own Id: OTP-4967

crashdump_viewer: Atoms are shown 100 at the time to avoid the browser hanging/timing out.

Own Id: OTP-5027
Improvements and New Features

crashdump_viewer:

The 'Name' and 'Spawned as' columns are merged into one column showing name if it exists, else initial function. Added more warnings if the dump is truncated. To avoid that the browser times out during reading/translating when the dump is really big, a temporary page is shown which redirects to the start page when ready.

Own Id: OTP-4975
Observer 0.9.5 (R9C)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Minor updates to etop GUI.

etop now also works on nonode@nohost using etop:start().

Process info is added to the "to-process" in send trace messages

Own Id: OTP-4735

crashdump_viewer can now handle dumps created on Windows.

Own Id: OTP-4750
Observer 0.9.4
Improvements and New Features

Added new tool: crashdump_viewer.

Own Id: OTP-4654
Observer 0.9.3 (OTP R9B)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Added priv directory.

Own Id: OTP-4527
Observer 0.9.2 (OTP R8B)

This was Observer with the crashdump_viewer added for OTP R8B.

Observer 0.9.1 (OTP R7B01/R8B)

This was the first version of Observer for OTP R7B01 and R8B.

Observer 0.9 (OTP-R9B)

The Observer application is a collection of tools for tracing and investigation of distributed systems.

Known bugs and problems Observer is still in beta stadium.