TigerGraph Savanna Release Notes

Jul 2025

2025-07-24

Ease of Use Enhancements

  • User-created files and folders are now grouped under “My Files” to reduce sidebar clutter

  • We’ve moved the “Connect via API” option from the Workspace Connect drop-down to the GSQL Editor

  • We’ve added an Explore button when hovering over a vertex in the GSQL Editor, allowing quick navigation to the Explore Graph interface

  • We’ve improved the messaging when accessing GraphStudio while a workspace is restarting

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes

June 2025

2025-06-25

Workspace Enhancements

  • Improved Read-Only Workspace Refresh Process: Savanna now parallelizes workspace refresh tasks. Snapshots more accurately reflect the data state at the start of the refresh, improving both accuracy and performance.

2025-06-11

Workspace Enhancements

  • Configurable Maintenance Window for Auto-Upgrades: Users can now set a preferred weekly maintenance window in Savanna. Automatic version upgrades will run during your chosen time slot, giving you more control over your maintenance schedule.

May 2025

2025-05-20

Onboarding Enhancements

  • Pre-Provisioned Workspace for New Users: New users now receive a ready-to-use workspace loaded with sample graph data at sign-up, simplifying the onboarding process and reducing setup time.

April 2025

2025-04-29

Workspace Enhancements

  • Encrypted Log Management and Search: Users can securely collect, store, and search of application logs using Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) encryption, improving both visibility and operational efficiency.

March 2025

2025-04-03

Data Ingestion Enhancements

  • Snowflake Integration with Savanna: Users can now connect securely to Snowflake from Savanna. Preview sample data, auto-generate graph schemas and mappings, customize data transformations, and manage your data loading jobs directly within Savanna.

DB Updates

  • TigerGraph 4.2 Preview Now Available in Savanna: Preview TigerGraph Database version 4.2 in Savanna to access the latest database features and enhancements ahead of general availability.

Help Enhancements

  • AI-Enabled Chatbot Integration: Savanna now offers an AI-powered help chatbot to assist with onboarding, troubleshooting, and user support, making it easier to find answers and get help quickly.

Jan 2025

2025-1-20

Workspace Enhancements

  • Explore Graph: Enable editing of graph data in the explore graph page.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

2025-1-16

Workspace Enhancements

  • BYOC: Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is now available for enterprise users. Users can now deploy TigerGraph Savanna on your own cloud infrastructure, providing greater flexibility and control over your graph database workspaces.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

Dec 2024

2024-12-19

Workspace Enhancements

  • Data Profile: Data Profile is now available in the workspace, providing a comprehensive overview of your graph data, including data distribution, schema, and statistics.

  • API documentation: API documentation is now available, allowing you to access detailed information about the TigerGraph Savanna APIs.

Observability Enhancements

  • Email notification: Users will receive email notification in advance when we are cleaning up delinquent workspaces.

  • Visual Indicators for Critical Memory Usage: You can get a more intuitive and visual view of critical memory usage.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

Nov 2024

2024-11-28

Workspace Enhancements

  • Enforce auto stop to free tier: Auto stop is enabled and cannot change for Free tier customers’ workspaces

GSQL Editor Enhancements

  • Auto-Completion: Boost your productivity with auto-completion suggestions that help you write cypher queries faster and with fewer errors.

  • Add tutorials to GSQL Editor: Providing samples of schema changes, data loading, and queries for customer reference greatly reduces the learning curve for users.

Data Loading Enhancements

  • Enhanced the experience of automatic mapping, and optimize the graph widget performance

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

2024-11-13

Workspace Enhancements

  • Graph Admin: Revamp Graph Admin Configs to make it more user-friendly.

  • Quota Management: Check manual backup and auto backup limit separately, and failed backups do not count towards the backup quota limit.

GSQL Editor Enhancements

  • Support JSON view for GSQL editor: Support JSON format to render the query result in GSQL editor

Data Loading Enhancements

  • Support loading folder of data sources: Users don’t need specify the data file and can load data from all files within the folder.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

Oct 2024

2024-10-31

Observability Enhancements

  • Alerting: user can add recipients to receive alert email.

GSQL Editor Enhancements

  • Improved User Interface: Notify users to save all files when they are leaving the editor page with unsaved files or schema.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

2024-10-15

Workspace Enhancements

  • Scheduled Workspace Expansion and Shrink: Schedule workspace expansion and shrink operations to align with your usage patterns and optimize resource allocation.

  • Support HA with Cross-Zone Resiliency: Ensure business continuity and minimize downtime with the introduction of cross-zone high availability support, allowing you to deploy and manage resilient graph database clusters across multiple availability zones for enhanced fault tolerance and disaster recovery capabilities.

Observability Enhancements

  • Alerting System: Stay informed about critical events and performance anomalies through the new alerting system, enabling proactive management of your graph database workspaces.

Other Enhancements

  • Improved stability and performance.

  • Bug fixes.

Sep 2024

2024-09-28

General

Workspace Enhancements

  • Output to Amazon S3: Benefit from integration with Amazon S3 for data output, enabling you to store and retrieve data from Amazon S3 buckets directly from your TigerGraph Savanna environment.

  • Built-in Read-only Algorithms: Run built-in read-only algorithms on read-only workspaces, empowering users to leverage algorithmic capabilities for analysis and insights.

GSQL Editor Enhancements

  • Improved User Interface: The GSQL Editor has undergone a significant facelift, providing a more intuitive and user-friendly interface for writing and executing GSQL queries.

  • Syntax Highlighting: Enjoy enhanced code readability with syntax highlighting for GSQL queries, making it easier to identify keywords, variables, and functions.

  • Auto-Completion: Boost your productivity with auto-completion suggestions that help you write GSQL queries faster and with fewer errors.

Data Loading and Solution Kits

  • Enhanced Data Loading Capabilities: Experience faster and more efficient data loading processes with optimized performance and reliability.

  • Customizable UDF: Customize user-defined functions (UDFs) to extend the functionality of your graph database workspaces, enabling you to implement custom logic and algorithms for advanced analytics and insights.

Other Enhancements

  • Network Configuration: Set up IP allow lists to protect your workspaces, allowing you to control access and enhance the security of your graph database workspaces.

  • Controller APIs Support: Enable APIs to operate on TigerGraph Savanna workspaces by providing support for API keys, enhancing the flexibility and security of interacting with your graph database through APIs.

  • Bug fixes.

2024-09-12

Workspace Enhancements

  • Capacity Planning: Benefit from capacity planning features that help you estimate and plan your workspace size and cost more efficiently.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

Aug 2024

2024-08-27

Workspace Enhancements

  • Auto Suspend Enhancement: Auto Suspend feature now supports detection of installing queries, running queries, loading jobs and changing schema.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

2024-08-14

Data Loading and Solution Kits

  • Solution Kits: Explore an expanded collection of solution kits tailored to specific use cases, providing pre-built templates and workflows for accelerated graph database development.

Jul 2024

2024-07-31

General

  • Support GSQL API v2: Introducing GSQL API v2 support for enhanced query performance and efficiency, enabling users to leverage the latest GSQL features and optimizations.

Obvervability Enhancements

  • Enhanced Monitoring Tools: Gain deeper insights into your TigerGraph Savanna environment with improved monitoring tools, allowing you to track performance metrics and diagnose issues effectively.

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

2024-07-13

Workspace Enhancements

Other Enhancements

  • Bug fixes.

Apr 2024

TigerGraph Savanna (Beta) was released on Monday, April 29th, 2024.