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* :mod:`napalm` (``>=5.0.0,<5.1.0``)
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IP Device Info refresh
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Each IP Device's *IP Device Info* page shows an ipdevpoll job status list in
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the lower right corner. This NAV release finally adds the much-discussed
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**Refresh** button to these entries.
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The **Refresh** button will ask the :doc:`/reference/ipdevpoll` background
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process to schedule the selected job for an immediate re-run. Once the refresh
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is complete, the entire page will reload to show the potentially updated
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information.
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Issuing API JSON Web tokens (JWT)
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Since version 5.11, NAV has provided simple support for authorizing access to
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the API using JSON Web Token signed by authorized third parties. This release
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adds two new, important features to complement this:
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* Signed JWTs can now include claims about read/write-level access and which
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API endpoints it should be authorized to access
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* NAV can now issue its own JSON Web Tokens, through the *User and API
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Administration* tool.
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More information about creating the necessary keys and configuring NAV to issue
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JWTs can be found in :ref:`local-jwt-configuration`.
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We expect to deprecate and remove the old opaque token system in future
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releases, once JWT support stabilizes.
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QR code generation
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This release adds two new QR code generation features:
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* A new item ``QR Code`` has been added to the ``My stuff`` dropdown menu
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present on every NAV page. Clicking this will generate and display a QR code
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"bookmark" that links back to the URL you are currently viewing.
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* The *Seed Database* IP Device listing tab now has a button to generate a ZIP
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file archive of QR codes linking back to the selected devices. This can
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potentially be used to print a bunch of QR codes to glue to your equipment,
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so they can be easily scanned and found in NAV while on-site.
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New API endpoints
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Two new API endpoints have been added:
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* ``/api/1/netboxentity/`` can be used to list the internal physical entities
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that NAV has detected in your devices (chassis, modules, ports, fans, PSUs,
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etc.), as well as their serial numbers.
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* ``/api/1/vendor/`` can be used to perform bulk OUI vendor lookups for MAC
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addresses, based on NAV's downloaded IEEE OUI registry.
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Insecure password warnings
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The *User and API administration* tool account list has for several years
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included warnings about users with potential password problems. One of the
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typical problems are passwords that were last changed in very old versions of
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NAV, which would use password hashing schemes that would no longer be
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considered secure today.
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These warnings seem to be too unobtrusive for administrators to notice;
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therefore, this NAV release will display a warning banner to all admins on all
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NAV pages that there are users with potential password problems. The individual
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users that have these password problems will also be shown a similar banner
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about their own account.
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"Quickselect" form in *Maintenance* and *Device history* tools has been replaced
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The so-called "quickselect" form, used to find and select components for adding
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to maintenance tasks, or to search for device history of selected components,
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was built using ancient Javascript technology about 18 years ago. It had
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several issues and was really slow on NAV installations with many IP Devices,
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rooms or locations.
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The form has been entirely replaced by a more dynamic search tool, which will
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dynamically search the NAV database for matching components as you type into
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the search bar.
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