WatchGuard NDR Release Notes

WatchGuard NDR offers enhanced network detection and response, network device identification, and advanced reporting for Fireboxes, third-party firewalls, and LAN infrastructure.

For a full description of WatchGuard NDR features and functionality, go to NDR Help.

Release Information Date
Latest WatchGuard NDR Update 15 October 2026
Release Notes Revision Date 15 October 2026

Release notes include customer-reported issues that were resolved in this release. Routine internal maintenance, localization updates, and other low-impact changes are not individually documented.

Latest Release

Release Date: 15 October 2026

Resolved Issues

  • Smart Alert email notifications now include UTC labels and distinguish activity start and end times from notification delivery times. [NDR-8946]
  • UDP traffic with source and destination ports set to 137 no longer triggers false-positive Internal-to-Internal NetBIOS policy alerts. [NDR-9461]
  • Smart Alert Control rules now correctly suppress Smart Alerts based on the configured subnet organization. [NDR-9507]
  • The default IRC policies in WatchGuard NDR no longer include port 7000 to prevent false-positive IRC alerts generated by non-IRC traffic. [NDR-10289]
  • Minor updates and bug fixes.

Previous Releases