Orb Changelog

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

• Fix potential disconnected startup failure cases
• Fix rare latency measurement beyond timeout
• Better environment variable support in systemd services
• Bug fixes and optimizations

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the app was slow to start when in view-only mode.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

• New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

• New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

• Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

• Optimization: In mobile apps, when engaging the app from the background in certain edge cases, we observed spikes in the responsiveness metrics. We have applied some optimizations to reduce the frequency of this behavior.

• New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

• New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

• Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

• Windows bug: System tray now includes an “Orb” label.

• Windows bug: Previously when “launch Orb at startup” and “launch in background” was enabled, the Orb would not display in other apps until it was foregrounded on the Windows machine. This has been resolved.

• New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

• New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

• New feature: Start in background & hide dock icon Two new app settings are available in macOS. Start in background, when enabled, will start Orb in the background whenever it’s launched. Hide dock icon, when enabled, will not show the Orb icon in the dock, users will need to access the app from the system tray. You can find these settings under the settings menu/app settings.

• Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

• New feature: View-only mode A new app setting to disable the in-app sensor. When enabled, the app will not measure network connectivity via that app instance. This feature is helpful when only using the app to view other Orbs on your account. You can find this setting under the settings menu/app settings.

• New feature: Additional language support We now support French, Dutch, Russian, and Spanish in the app. You can find the language selector in settings/app-settings. More languages to come!

• Bug: Previously, when starting measurement, the Orb score would occasionally report -- with a red color, now it will display colorless until a score has been determined.

• Android Bug: When using Android 16, the app overlapped with the device status bar. This has been resolved.

• Optimization: In mobile apps, when engaging the app from the background in certain edge cases, we observed spikes in the responsiveness metrics. We have applied some optimizations to reduce the frequency of this behavior.

• Bug fixes and optimizations
• Support for Orb app 1.3 features

• Bug fixes and optimizations

• Bug: Fixed a bug where lag would spike incorrectly at launch in some edge cases
• Minor bug fixes and optimizations

• Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

  • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.

• New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

• Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

• Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

• New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

• Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

• Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

• Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

  • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.

• New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

• Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

• Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

• New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

• Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

• Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

• Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

  • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.

• Support for configurable speed testing

• Support reporting time-to-first-byte and dns resolve time in apps

• Enhancement: improved accuracy of responsiveness measurements

• Bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

• Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

  • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.

• New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

• Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

• Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

• New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

• Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

• Bug: Fixed a bug where double-clicking Orb from the system tray was causing the UI to freeze.

• Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

• Scoring improvements: Reliability and Speed will affect your overall Orb Score a bit differently than before.

  • Reliability will only impact your score in cases of outages or disruptions, and we now include the most recent speed test even if it happened before the time period you are viewing. You may notice your score is a bit lower than before, but it is more representative of your actual Internet experience.

• New metrics and card designs: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed cards have new looks and layouts, with additional metrics to help you understand your connectivity even better than before.

• Responsiveness now reports lag, latency, jitter, and packet loss for both device-to-router and router-to-internet to help better pinpoint performance issues with your network. We have also replaced web load time with DNS resolve time and time to first byte.

• Reliability is easier to understand and interpret with a new display highlighting the amount of time spent in the following states: Responsive, Laggy, Unresponsive, and Inactive.

• New Feature: Content speed testing configurability - we now allow users to change the frequency of content speed tests or disable them entirely. This will be helpful for those wanting to reduce data consumption or test content speed less frequently.

• Enhancement: Orb now responds faster to network and connection type changes.

• Bug: Fixed a bug where the user-defined Orb name was not displayed when using the Orb Score share feature.

• Other bug fixes and optimizations (as always).

• Bug fixes and optimizations

• Bug fixes and optimizations

• Bug fixes and optimizations

• Bug: Fixed a potential memory leak that may cause increased memory usage over long periods of time and may even increase CPU usage.

• Bug: Fixed a bug causing retention of stale data.
• New package for aarch64_cortex-a72
• New package for arm_xscale
• New binary for linux-armv5-musl

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements
• Fixes issue where web load measurements were not being executed

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements
• Fixes issue where web load measurements were not being executed

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
• Improved logging to better diagnose issues
• Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements

This version was only released to Early Access users

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
• Cleaner quit behavior, more reliable auto-start, and smoother updates
• Improved logging to better diagnose issues
• Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements

This version was only released to Early Access users

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Fixes issue where some networks would over-report packet loss with the new Responsiveness measurements

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
• Cleaner quit behavior, more reliable auto-start, and smoother updates
• Improved logging to better diagnose issues

This version was only released to Early Access users

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you
• Fixes issue where closed windows continued using CPU/GPU resources
• Improved logging to better diagnose issues

This version was only released to Early Access users

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues
• Configurable notifications let you control when and how Orb alerts you

This version was only released to Early Access users

• Cross-Verified Responsiveness measurement - uses multiple independent sources to improve accuracy and catch inconsistencies
• New Responsiveness measurement protocol support enables more accurate and robust measurement that is more aligned with real internet experience
• Refined packet loss detection reduces noise and more accurately indicates connection issues

• Redefine orb_score in orb summary response as the most recent populated timeframe of each component (Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed)
• Add optional summary host argument (orb summary <host>) for getting summary from another Orb on the LAN
• Measure DNS resolve time for upcoming app addition

• Bug: Fixed a broken docker build

• CLI for OpenWrt packages only:
  • fix packages for arm_cortex-a9
  • New packages for aarch64_cortex-a53_neon-vfpv4
  • Micrond is now a recommended package instead of a dependency
• Bug: fixed a bug causing a potential crash edge case

• Bug: Reverted to static onboarding images as the animated images were causing rendering issues.

• Bug: Reverted to static onboarding images as the animated images were causing rendering issues.

• Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
• Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • DNS query optimization
• New feature: Launch Orb at startup setting
• New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
• Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
• Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
• Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:

• Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
• Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • DNS query optimization
• New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
• Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
• Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
• Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:

• Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
• Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • DNS query optimization
• New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
• Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
• Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
• Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:

• Improvement: Improves core latency and lag measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi, captive portals, and restricted networks.
• Optimizations and bug fixes including:
  • DNS query optimization
• New feature: Share your Orb Score! Share your Orb score with your friends, family, ISP, or on social media quickly and easily. Tap on the Orb menu (...) and choose “Share Orb Score” as seen below: This will open a browser with a custom link to your Orb Score; use the time selector at the top to toggle through the available timeframes. Date and time range for the Orb score is displayed as seen below:
• Improvement: We’ve added a little pizazz to our onboarding flow with animated images.
• Improvement: Better suggestions when using “Improve Connection” feature
• Improvement: Change your password quickly and easily through the settings menu. Tap on the gear icon/account/change password:
• Bug: fixed a flash when launching the app on iOS

• New support: New openwrt architecture support

• Improvement: Fixed issues in arm6 build process
• Bug: Fixed orb-update for entware

• Bug: Fixed a bug causing abnormal resource utilization on some non-IPv6 networks.

• Improvement: Packaging work for entware and mipsel
• Improvement: Minor improvements to installation scripts
• Bugs: Minor bug fixes

• Improves core roundtrip measurement to improve measurement quality in diverse network conditions, for example, in-flight Wi-Fi.
• Optimizations and bug fixes
  • DNS query optimization
• Adds platform and architecture support
  • Linux armv5 and armv6 support
  • Cortex a9 openwrt package
  • Cortex a15 openwrt package
  • Manjaro support
  • Bazzite support
• Fixes or improves support on some platforms/architectures
  • Install script: arch-like os, improved install process, warn that the system will be upgraded
  • archlinux packages: missing dependencies, script to restart after upgrade
  • alpine packages: script to restart after upgrade, option to uninstall orb-update, improved error handling
  • openwrt packages: option to uninstall orb-update, improved error handling
• Available for early access: FreeBSD support

• Improved onboarding experience
• Improved device discovery

• Improved install scripts
• Improved MQTT functionality

• Improved onboarding experience
• Improved device discovery

• Improved onboarding experience
• Added Android back button support
• Account creation bug fixed

• Improved onboarding experience
• Account creation bug fixed

• Bump version to 1.0.0 for consistency
• Service discovery improvements (override host name)
• Packaging improvements
  • TurrisOS support
• Change for failed ping resends

• Fixed issue where macOS app stops running after a while when other Orb devices are present on the network

• Improved messaging
• Install script improvements
  • Alpine
  • openwrt
• Automatic timeline refresh
• Port 5353 bug fix
• Device discovery improvement
• Orb link error message improvement

• Fixed issue where Windows app stops running after a while when other Orb devices are present on the network
• First hop improvement

• Fixed sign-in bug

• Added a mipsel build
• Pacman script fix

• Initial release

• Initial release

• Initial release

• Initial release

• Initial release