Connection Explorer v0.80 Changelog (Released 12/15/2025)

Date

12/15/2025

Version

UI: 0.80
File Version: 0.8.0.0

Changes

• Added Bandwidth panel.

• Added per process bandwidth tracking capabilities.

• Added activity graph to home panel. 

• Added right-click focus view on map for easier viewing of clustered dots.

• Added new navigation controls for map view.

• Added map dot identifiers for the process when hovering.

• Fixed incorrect date format database errors.

• Fixed startup process checkbox to now function.

• Fixed dark mode not staying persistent after app close. 

• Fixed DNS data not always restarting after device comes out of sleep/hibernate.

• Changed startup process to scheduled task.

• Changed system tray app should start as admin.

***Reserved***

Did you have the previous version installed and did that work? It should not list them as unknown but one thing to try is to make sure that the system tray application is running in admin mode (right click the app from the start menu and run as administrator)

What language/date format is the device running? Also, what version of Windows?

This is a language bug that I need to fix, if you flip your device to English it should function as expected but I need to resolve the lookup to use local language matching which is why it's returning the null value.

I will DM you once I have a build that I think can address this issue - with the holidays around the corner, will be a little bit before I have it ready.

Yes. The computer that the app is installed on is what I call the node. It would be nice if the user can see their location in relation to all other dots and or identified locations. Just a thought. Currently you have green, blue and gray I believe..... so maybe a black square for the current geographical location of the node.

Windows 11 25H2, upgrade install from 0.7.3.  I am encountering a problem I did not see in the previous release, which is that after a period of uptime, about 24 hours or so, the main UI will take a long time to load, and everything will show all zeros.  No connections, no domains, no bandwidth, nothing.  Closing everything, the main UI and the tray icon and reloading it, it'll work partially okay.  Several items still act strangely such as the history or domains reading zeros.  Screenshots attached (I had to resize them down), can provide logs.

I have seen this, you need to close the system tray app, close the main UI...start the main UI first and then the system tray app and it should resolve the issue. 

I really like Connection Explorer, but I noticed the UI is currently English‑only. It would be great if you could add *Chinese language support* in a future update — this would make the software more accessible to users who prefer Simplified/Traditional Chinese.

Hello,
Usually more language support on release version.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

If anyone hits the "unknown" issue because your Windows isnt set to English - let me know as I have a new build that addresses this issue but need help testing it.