--- title: "Observability Dashboard, Real-Time Deployment Updates, WYSIWYG Thread Editor, Template Migration Next Week" date: 2024-05-31 number: 0188 url: https://railway.com/changelog/2024-05-31-observaboard-pb --- # Observability Dashboard, Real-Time Deployment Updates, WYSIWYG Thread Editor, Template Migration Next Week We’ve got a big changelog today, folks. It’s coming down the tracks packed to the rafters with new features that will leave you feeling cool, calm, confident, and ready for whatever life throws your way. What’s coming your way today? Let’s get you up to speed: - First we’re gonna talk about a new composable observability dashboard that we’ve just released into Priority Boarding for you to try - Then we’re gonna show you a new way to get real-time deployment updates in the dashboard - Then we’re gonna let you play with an all-new WYSIWYG editor in Help Station - Then we’re gonna inform you of some important news regarding your templates next week that might need migration - And finally, we’re gonna tell you all about a number of quality-of-life improvements we’ve shipped this week … whew, that’s a lot. But it’s Friday and you know what that means … (Dramatic pause … train gets louder … tension building … excitement peaking …) Let’s ride! ## Observability Dashboard to Priority Boarding [Image: The all-new configurable Observability Dashboard is now available behind a feature flag] Today we’re releasing a brand new Observability Dashboard behind a [feature flag](https://railway.app/account/feature-flags). It comes with a new top navbar and a large number of configuration options. We’ve been hinting at it for a while, but we’re now working towards delivering a fully customizable observability experience with logs, metrics, and data all in one place and configurable to your taste and needs. In this first release, it’s possible to create new widgets, expand widgets, and customize the dashboard at the environment-level scope. We think you’ll especially enjoy all the configuration options we’re providing for adding widgets (CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Network In/Out, Disk Usage, Logs, and Project Usage). Let’s burn through some of the features. ***New top navigation bar *** [Video: The new top navigation bar has options to toggle to Observability] The new top navigation bar makes it easier to separate concerns in a project. ***New configurable Observability Dashboard*** [Video: Resize Observability Board widgets with ease] Add widgets, move widgets, expand widgets, contract widgets, delete widgets … the new Observability Dashboard is fully configurable to meet your needs. Remember that it’s scoped to the environment — so you can create different dashboards depending on where you’re working. ***Create new widgets flow*** [Video: Add new widgets with the New button] With the new widget creator, you can create new modules using the following data: CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Network In/Out, Disk Usage, Logs, and Project Usage. You can also apply filters. . .. … .. . We’re excited for you to try this feature and we’d love to know what you think. To activate the new Observability Dashboard, flip the `Observability v2` feature flag in your [account settings](https://railway.app/account/feature-flags). Once you’ve played around with your new dashboard, [let us know](https://help.railway.app/feedback/observability-dashboard-51871a24) what you think by leaving feedback [here](https://help.railway.app/feedback/observability-dashboard-51871a24). Also be sure to check out the new docs [here](https://docs.railway.app/guides/observability). Onward! ## Real-time Deployment Updates to Priority Boarding [Video: Detailed deployment updates are now expandable at the service level] For too long it’s been a little bit of a black box to understand all the steps going on under the hood when deploying a service. So we’ve added real-time deployment updates to the services panel — all you have to do is flip the [feature flag](https://railway.app/account/feature-flags) called `Deployments UI V2` to enable it. With this new view, you’ll now be able to see exactly what stage your service is in during deployment. If you click the dropdown (see above), you’ll be able to get a linear list of tasks Railway is running on your behalf. Nice! ## WYSIWYG Threads [Video: The thread editor in Help Station now provides a what-you-see-is-what-you-get editing experience] We’ve fielded a lot of suggestions for improving the thread editor in [Help Station](https://help.railway.app/). We knew pretty quickly after launching that we’d have to add WYSIWYG editing — so that’s what we’ve done. You can now quickly define styles with keystrokes, markdown, or using the new hovering text formatting toolbar. We hope you like it! ## Template Migration [A month ago](https://railway.app/changelog/2024-04-26-startup-program#update-your-templates) we let you know that the hour was nearing to migrate your legacy templates using the new [Template Composer](https://railway.app/compose) or we’d auto-migrate them for you. Well, next week we’ll be doing just that. If you made a template using [now-deprecated](https://docs.railway.app/guides/database-migration-guide) plugins, we recommend you update templates using legacy plugins to the [new database services paradigm](https://blog.railway.app/p/launch-01-next-gen-databases). All you have to do is log in to Railway and edit a template that uses plugins and you should see a handy new modal. (Hint: You can find your templates [here](https://railway.app/account/templates).) If you have any trouble be sure to drop your issue in the [Help Station thread](https://help.railway.app/templates/updating-legacy-templates-241c2c87). See ya next week! 💪 ## Features and Improvements - We wrote a new tutorial called [Deploy and Monitor a Mongo Replica Set](https://docs.railway.app/tutorials/deploy-and-monitor-mongo), which comes with a handy [template](https://railway.app/template/gFmvuY) - We added support for undo (`cmd + z`) and redo (`cmd + shift + z`) when moving services around [Service Groups](https://railway.app/changelog/2024-03-01-plugins-deleted#service-groups-beta) - We added visual variable reference connections if you have [Service Groups](https://railway.app/changelog/2024-03-01-plugins-deleted#service-groups-beta) enabled. You can turn these off by pulling up the command palette (`cmd + k`) and selecting `Hide connections` - We added support for single quotes in template variable functions - We fixed an issue where latest updates to templates wouldn't show up as they were being cached - We fixed an issue with build logs not working on the CLI when using project tokens (this is especially relevant if you’re [using the CLI in a CI/CD environment](https://help.railway.app/questions/unauthorized-please-login-with-railway-22d6a137)) - We added a status page link to the footer