GlitchTip Blog
Release notes, engineering deep-dives, and how we build GlitchTip in the open.
Our new Terms: your data is yours, in writing
We rewrote our Terms, Privacy Policy, and DPA in plain language. We don't sell your data or train AI on it, and the DPA now covers free plans too.
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GlitchTip 6.2 released
Deeper reporting, OTel support and plenty of QoL.
Columnar analytics without the columnar database: how GlitchTip archives events with DuckDB and Parquet
How GlitchTip keeps event retention long and costs low by combining Postgres, DuckDB, and Parquet archives on S3-compatible storage.
Making Django Fast: VTasks processes tasks 4x faster than Celery
Introducing django-vtasks, an async-first task queue that extends Django 6.0's task framework with scheduling, batching, and high-performance Valkey support.
Making Django faster: django-vcache
Introducing django-vcache, a Rust-backed Valkey cache that is 17x faster than standard Django Redis cache under high concurrency.
No Hype, Just Context: Using GlitchTip's MCP server to debug GlitchTip
GlitchTip has a built-in MCP server so you can pull your own error data into your preferred AI tools with no data sharing required.
GlitchTip 6.1 released
Logs, cold storage, MCP and minidump support
GlitchTip 6 released
Performance and improved stacktraces
2025
GlitchTip 5.2 Released
A Modern Design Refresh with Material Design 3 and PostgreSQL-Only Mode. And new DOS mitigation.
GlitchTip 5.1 Released
Featuring security best practices, performance boosts, and new features
GlitchTip 5.0 Released and EU Server
Merge issue support, hosted servers on US and EU regions, breaking changes.
2024
2023
GlitchTip 3.4.0: Dark mode support
GlitchTip 3.4.0 adds initial support for dark mode, includes potential breaking changes for SSO
GlitchTip 3.3.0: Feedback survey, uptime port monitoring, issue fingerprint grouping
GlitchTip 3.2.0 adds refinements for uptime monitoring and issue grouping. We also have a new user feedback survey.
GlitchTip 3.2.0: Uptime improvements, reindex, pagination improvements and optimizations
GlitchTip 3.2.0 adds refinements for uptime monitoring and optimizations.
Improvements to Uptime Monitoring
GlitchTip's uptime monitoring has been upgraded under the hood to improve performance and reliability
GlitchTip 3.1.0: Issue comments
GlitchTip 3.1.0 adds support for issue comments.
GlitchTip sharing analytics and modest growth
We are sharing our Plausible analytics and other stats
2022
GlitchTip 3.0: Primary key migration
GlitchTip 3.0 includes a significant migration with potential for disruption on larger (1 million+ event) instances.
Adding Internationalization to Angular
How GlitchTip added runtime translations (i18n) with @angular/localize
GlitchTip 2.0: Initial internationalization support and releases
GlitchTip 2.0 adds initial internationalization (i18n) support. Releases gets a web interface. Environment variable changes for self host users
Monitoring Content Security Policy (CSP) with GlitchTip
Content Security Policy headers help keep your site secure but can also introduce bugs. Monitor before going live with GlitchTip CSP reporting.
GlitchTip 1.12: Monitor your app performance and JS source maps
GlitchTip 1.12 revamps app performance monitoring. JavaScript source maps are now supported for issues.
GlitchTip 1.11: Uptime enhancements and observability API
GlitchTip 1.11 improves uptime monitoring with the addition of charts and adds a Prometheus-compatible observability API.
How we use open source to build GlitchTip
Building open source with open source. How we run our business and a mini review of the software we use.
GlitchTip 1.10: Uptime Monitoring and Social Auth Improvements
GlitchTip 1.10 brings better notification support for uptime Monitoring. Social Authentication has been overhauled for improved customization for self-host users.
2021
GlitchTip 1.9.2: Uptime Monitoring history
More tools for keeping your app up
GlitchTip 1.9: Uptime Monitoring
Rest easy knowing your app is up
GlitchTip 1.8: Multi-factor authentication
Strengthen your data security with TOTP protection
GlitchTip 1.7: Webhook notifications
More options for notifications including chat channels
Building the GlitchTip identity
Learn how we built our brand
Sustainable Open Source Development and GlitchTip
Introducing our paid support plans for self hosting
GlitchTip 1.6: Improved Environments support and self host support
See your projects and event data better than ever.
GlitchTip 1.5: Tag stats, new routing, home page tweaks, and more
See your projects and event data better than ever.
GlitchTip 1.4: Small improvements, some changes for self-hosted users
Lots of work has happened under the hood to make GlitchTip even better.
GlitchTip 1.3: Breadcrumbs, better tags, and some work on performance monitoring
Lots of work has happened under the hood to make GlitchTip even better.
2020
GlitchTip 1.2 is released
The new release has many improvements, including documentation and GitLab integration.
GlitchTip 1.1 is now available
Today we are releasing GlitchTip 1.1 to Docker Hub. It's our second stable release!
GlitchTip 1.0 is now available
Today we are releasing GlitchTip 1.0 to Docker Hub. It's our first stable release that's ready for general usage!
GlitchTip beta is now available
Today we are releasing GlitchTip 0.0.1 to Docker Hub. We hope this will make it easier for interested users to preview GlitchTip and for developers to try it out for their own projects.
We have a GlitchTip blog!
A quick update on our latest work.