SolarWinds is pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Sentry 2026.2. This release advances the SQL Sentry Portal experience with the addition of Running Queries, introduces data loss metrics for Availability Groups, and delivers enhancements to AI Query Assist. Read on for more details.
SQL Sentry 2026.2 Release Notes
Running Queries in Portal
The Running Queries page is now available in the SQL Sentry web Portal, providing real-time visibility into queries currently executing against your SQL Server targets. Selecting an individual query reveals additional details, including a history of prior executions.
Availability Group Data Loss Metrics
Replication performance depends in part on understanding the potential data loss associated with each secondary replica. Data loss is a measure of the lag between the primary replica’s data and the data for each secondary replica, and is measured both in terms of time and data volume.
SQL Sentry now surfaces these metrics at the availability database level, with rollup summaries at both the Availability Group and instance levels. As usual, you can add metric charts to your templates for display on the Performance dashboard.
AI Query Assist Feedback
Your feedback on AI Query Assist is important to us. Are the optimization recommendations proving valuable, or are there areas for improvement? This release introduces thumbs-up and thumbs-down controls, enabling you to provide quick feedback on each recommendation, with an optional text field for additional detail.
Hide AI Query Assist
Some teams may prefer to disable AI Query Assist for specific SQL Server targets. SQL Sentry now includes a "AI Query Assist Enabled" setting in the desktop client that allows administrators to hide the AI Query Assist feature for specified targets, preventing users from inadvertently submitting optimization requests.
What’s next?If you don't see the features you've been wanting in this release, check out the What We Are Working On for SQL Sentry post for what our dedicated database nerds are already looking at. If you don't see everything you've been wishing for there, add it to the SQL Sentry Feature Requests.
