July 2025
Release notes for July 2025.
Splunk Observability Cloud released the following new features and enhancements in July 2025. This is not an exhaustive list of changes in the Splunk Observability Cloud ecosystem. For a detailed breakdown of changes in versioned components, see the list of changelogs.
July 22, 2025 release
| New feature or enhancement | Description |
|---|---|
| Homepage enhancements | New homepage enhancements provide a more personalized user experience, and lets you quickly find your favorite and recent dashboards, view alert trends, key alerts, and access relevant resources to enable quicker troubleshooting. |
| Default connection for Unified Identity customers | Admins can now set a default connection between Splunk platform and Splunk Observability Cloud. The default connection powers the Log Observer Connect UI and observability dashboards. Learn more. |
| Automated archiving for unused metrics | Admins can now create pipeline automation rules for metrics management. Automation rules automatically archive metrics that have been unused for a certain time period. To learn more, see Archive your metrics to reduce billing cost. |
| Improved GDI onboarding experience | The Data Management page in Splunk Observability Cloud now contains an overview tab. This tab presents several organized options and pathways for integrating new data sources with Splunk Obserbability Cloud. To learn more about GDI onboarding, see Get started guide to get data into Splunk Observability Cloud. |
| AI Assistant in Observability Cloud expansion | The AI Assistant in Observability Cloud expands to Singapore, now covering the sg0 Splunk Observability Cloud realm. Learn more. |