Changelog

We’re thrilled to announce Virex 2.0, our biggest release yet. This major update brings a completely redesigned dashboard, real-time collaboration, and powerful new analytics.

Highlights

Redesigned Dashboard

The new dashboard puts your most important metrics front and center. We’ve reimagined every screen based on feedback from thousands of developers.

• 60% faster time to find critical information
• New project overview with deployment status at a glance
• Customizable widgets and layouts

Real-Time Collaboration

Work together seamlessly with your team:

• Live cursors show who’s viewing what
• Instant updates across all connected clients
• Conflict-free editing of configuration

Advanced Analytics

Understand your workflow like never before:

• Team velocity tracking
• Resource utilization insights
• Predictive delivery estimates
• Custom metric dashboards

API v2

Our new API is faster and more consistent:

• 40% faster response times
• Comprehensive webhook support
• Better error messages
• Full TypeScript types

Breaking Changes

• Minimum Node.js version is now 18
• Legacy API endpoints deprecated (see migration guide)
• Config file format updated (auto-migration available)

Migration

Upgrade with a single command:

npm update @virex/cli
virex migrate --to=2.0

This release introduces automatic preview deployments for pull requests and granular team role management.

New Features

Preview Deployments

Every pull request now gets its own preview URL automatically:

• Unique URL for each PR
• Automatic cleanup when PR is merged or closed
• Comment on PR with preview link
• No configuration required

Team Roles

Fine-grained control over who can do what:

• Viewer — Read-only access to dashboards
• Developer — Deploy to staging environments
• Admin — Full access including production deployments
• Custom roles available on Enterprise plan

Deployment Annotations

Add context to your deployments:

virex deploy --message "Fixed checkout bug"

Annotations appear in the deployment history for easy reference.

Improvements

• Build times reduced by 15% on average
• Dashboard loads 2x faster
• Better error messages for common issues
• Improved search in deployment logs

Bug Fixes

• Fixed rare issue with environment variable interpolation
• Resolved timeout on large file uploads
• Fixed incorrect build cache invalidation

A maintenance release focused on stability and performance improvements.

Bug Fixes

• Build caching — Fixed an issue where cache was incorrectly invalidated after dependency updates
• Environment variables — Resolved edge case where variables with special characters weren’t properly escaped
• Rollback — Fixed rollback failing for deployments older than 30 days
• Dashboard — Corrected timezone display in deployment timestamps

Performance

• Reduced cold start times by 20%
• Optimized asset compression for faster uploads
• Improved WebSocket connection stability

Security

• Updated dependencies to patch known vulnerabilities
• Enhanced rate limiting on API endpoints
• Improved audit logging for team actions

Documentation

• Added troubleshooting guide for common build errors
• Updated API reference with new examples
• Clarified environment variable precedence