Release Notes: v0.17.5 - Daemon Management & Stale Tagging

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Release Notes: v0.17.5

Category: B (Notable)

Review Checklist

• Verify accuracy of feature descriptions
• Check category — override in frontmatter if wrong
• Review title and social post
• Review Reddit r/scanopy draft
• Review email subject and body

Auto-published on merge

• Changelog on scanopy.net
• Discord notification
• Tweet + Bluesky post
• Brevo email campaign draft (list 9) — preview and send from Brevo UI

Manual after merge

• Take screenshots and commit to static/changelog/v0.17.5/
• Post to r/scanopy (copy draft below)

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Draft: Social Post

• Unified modal for daemon install and key handling\n• Stale entities clearly marked across views\n• Simpler install steps and Docker edits\n• Improved container network visuals\n• Reliability and UI fixes

Draft: r/scanopy

Title: Scanopy v0.17.5 — Unified Daemon Management & Topology Staleness Clarity

Scanopy v0.17.5 is live! This release significantly improves daemon lifecycle management, clarifies topology staleness tagging, and streamlines install workflows. Daemon handling is noticeably smoother, making setup, edit, and key management easier for both new and existing users.

🔹 New Features

• Unified Daemon Management Modal: Install, configure, and manage daemon keys from one place (#360).
  
• Staleness Tagging Surfaces: Stale entities are now highlighted across digest, inventory, and topology views, for clearer visibility of outdated components (#359).
• Server-Assembled Install Command: Obtain accurate install commands during daemon setup, customized for your environment (#354).

🔹 Improvements

• Simplified Daemon Setup: Install wizard and modals are streamlined for both server-provisioned and legacy setups (#355).
• Clear Stale Tagging: Node cards now feature centered, labeled staleness tags for immediate identification (#356).
  
• Docker Edit Modal: Docker install options fully support editing and reconfiguring daemons in-place (#351).
• Better Guidance: Improved advanced settings banners and cleaned-up field help make daemon configuration clearer (#348).
• Accurate Container Network Mapping: Containers now attach to every subnet they join and bridge subnets connect to their hosts (#347).

🔹 Bug Fixes

• Fix duplicate host data loss from hung SNMP queries (#344).
• Fix inflated scan ETAs with multiple SNMP creds (#343).
• Manage key modal fixes, removing obsolete fields and UI overlap (#339).
• Prevent unnecessary login failures (password policy check) (#338).
• Reliable multi-daemon installs with real hosts (#337).

See the full changelog: https://scanopy.net/changelog

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Draft: Email

Subject: Smoother daemon setup and clearer topology insights

We've just released new improvements to Scanopy, focused on eliminating common pain points and making network discovery workflows more intuitive.

• Effortless daemon management: Handle install, configuration, and legacy keys from one unified modal—no more juggling separate workflows or losing track of key details.
• Quickly spot stale network components: Stale tags are now consistently surfaced across digest, inventory, and topology maps, so you can prioritize cleanup and stay current.
• Simplified daemon install and edit: Fewer setup steps, smarter wizard flow, and always-accessible, environment-specific install commands to make onboarding new daemons a breeze.
• Accurate container network mapping: Containers visually connect to all subnets and their host bridges, giving you a clearer picture of your Docker environments.
• Reliable multi-daemon installs: Improved concurrency and scan stability remove past issues when provisioning multiple daemons on real hosts.

Scanopy continues to help you visualize, manage, and maintain your networks with less friction and more clarity.

Screenshots to Add

Commit these to the PR branch at static/changelog/v0.17.5/:

/changelog/v0.17.5/daemon-management-modal.png
/changelog/v0.17.5/topology-stale-tag.png

The changelog references these paths — images will appear on the website, in email, and in-app once committed.

Related Content Pieces

The following content plan items may relate to this release (coordinate timing):

Standing note: #22 is the HN anchor (submission Tue 7/14–Wed 7/15 ~8-9am ET; first comment in pieces/22-topology-visualization-deep-dive/reddit.md).
| — | Founder walkthrough video (5-8 min) | scanopy / network documentation (brand + topology) | 3 | script + tool ready → founder to record | P28 owned video. Research (evidence + tool pick: ScreenCharm $79 one-time, Screen Studio fallback) + full script/shot list/package staged in pieces/founder-video-walkthrough/. Records on one local Scanopy env with sample data. Not a website-repo piece. |
Start new guides from compliance-guide-template.md (repo root, added 2026-07-15). The shared export/embed/share block and the two topology screenshots are rendered from website components via markers (<!-- evidence-exports -->, <!-- topology-figure:applications|l2 -->) — don't retype them in prose. Per-standard prose (honest framing, citations, FAQ) stays hand-authored. See roles/writer.md → "Compliance Guides (series)".

• Podman/container discovery guide — companion to Update helper script link for Scanopy LXC instructions #19; the ~Aug r/selfhosted post hook (feat/podman-integration actively merging)
• How to Sync Scanopy Discovery Data to NetBox (when it ships, add integration how-to section to /comparisons/vs/netbox)

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