> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.validio.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Changelog 4.5 > Validio 4.5 introduces incident commenting, improvements to validator configuration, inherited ownership of resources, and more. ## Incident commenting ![Incident commenting](https://mintcdn.com/validio/30m58lWK6Ph-vklQ/images/changelogs/incident-comments-v4.5.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=30m58lWK6Ph-vklQ\&q=85\&s=c95e0bcc22bb02ffbde009f76e60df26) Validio 4.5 adds support for commenting on incidents to facilitate collaboration between users when investigating and triaging issues. Comments are displayed in the **Incidents > Group Details > Overview tab**, in a new Activities panel. Commenting is also interactive between Slack and Microsoft Teams channels and Validio. For more information, see [Managing Incident Groups](https://docs.validio.io/docs/incidents-and-errors/incidents/incident-details.md) in the product documentation. ## Improved validator configuration ![Improved validator configuration](https://mintcdn.com/validio/30m58lWK6Ph-vklQ/images/changelogs/validator-type-categories-v4.5.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=30m58lWK6Ph-vklQ\&q=85\&s=25bb15e2a8b44646a7a40f0aba631201) We redesigned the Validator configuration and workflow to make it easier to set up monitoring for specific use cases, such as pipeline health, data consistency, and completeness. These improvements include the following functionality: * The validator wizard allows you to batch-create validators of a given type. For example, you can add individual numeric Mean validator for each selected numeric field. * You can easily set up for basic validator use cases, such as null filters and referential integrity checks, without having to write them in custom SQL. * Expanded the debug query to make it editable and available when doing root-cause analysis. For more information, see [About Validators](https://docs.validio.io/docs/validators.md) in the product documentation. ## Inherited ownership of resources Previously, you could only assign owners to sources and incident groups. In this release, you can also assign owners to validators. Incident groups will then automatically inherit the owner assigned to the validator that detected the incident. You can update and assign a new owner during investigation and triage. For more information, see [About Validator Incidents](https://docs.validio.io/docs/incidents-and-errors/incidents.md) in the product documentation. ## Segment retention policy on windows In this release, we added an optional Segment retention policy setting on all window types. The optional setting allows you to define a maximum number of days that the platform keeps old or stale segments that have not seen new data. For more information, see [Configuring Windows](https://docs.validio.io/docs/windows.md) in the product documentation. **4.5.7** 12 March 2025 Validio 4.5.7 was released on 12 March 2025. **4.5.6** 6 March 2025 Validio 4.5.6 was released on 6 March 2025. **4.5.5** 4 March 2025 ### Improvements * Improved the performance of catalog refresh (VR-4224) ### Fixed issues * Fixed schema inference on Azure Synapse tables containing large number columns (VR-4230) **4.5.4** 24 February 2025 Validio 4.5.4 was released on 24 February 2025. **4.5.3** 14 February 2025 ### Fixed issues * **Past Groups** tab on incident details page was missing (UI-4565) * Fixed an issue to ensure that thresholds are valid when configuring validators (UI-4558) **4.5.0** 6 February 2025 ### Deprecations and removals * Deprecated Validator recommendation APIs. This feature will be removed in a future release. (UI-4399) * Deprecated Numeric Anomaly validator APIs. This feature will be removed in a future release. (UI-4166) * (CLI) Deprecated the `recommendations` subcommand (VR-4040) * (IaC) Deprecated the `auth_header` and `webhook_url` in `WebhookChannel` resource (VR-4022, VR-4011) * (IaC) Deprecated non-positional arguments when declaring resources (VR-4031) * (IaC) Deprecated `GcpPubSubLite` resource (VR-4031) * (IaC) Deprecated `source` and `window` arguments to `Reference` validator resource object (VR-4049) * (CLI) Removed the`--manifest` and `--run-results` flags from the `dbt` subcommand. The flags were deprecated from the CLI in a previous release. (VR-4075) * (IaC) Removed the `timezone` field from `Channel` resources (VR-4054) ### User interface updates #### Improvements * Added support for user-defined debug query when fetching data (UI-4374) * Added pagination for validator list on source page (UI-4353) * Added segment retention period for windows (UI-4259) * Added owner filter to validator lists (UI-4246) * Added custom mute functionality (UI-4112) * Added bulk-update owner action on sources, validators, and incident groups (UI-4276, UI-4242, UI-3809) #### Fixed issues * Fixed slow query when filtering on tags in incident lists (UI-4354) ### Platform updates #### Improvements * Added support to report incident group activity within Validio to Slack and Microsoft Teams (VR-3993) * Include segment name to message header for Slack and Microsoft Teams (VR-4094) * (API) Added `incidentImageUrl` field to webhook payload (VR-4040) * (CLI) Added `delete` subcommand for resources (VR-3437) * (IaC) Added `segment_retention_period_days` field to `Window` resources (VR-3944) * (IaC) Added support to dry-run SQL validator and SQL filter queries during `plan` and `apply` commands (VR-3719) #### Fixed issues * Fixed issue with running SQL validators on weekly tumbling windows on Snowflake (VR-4046) * Fixed schema inference support on BigQuery information schema views (VR-4041) * (API) Namespace ID now require the same format as resource name (VR-4085)