vSphere Mobile Clientv2.3.0
Released March 22, 2022Major
iOS
The latest major update for the vSphere Mobile Client resulted in a sharp decline in user sentiment, with the average rating dropping by 2.02 stars. Critical regressions, including launch failures and the loss of keyboard pass-through, have rendered the application unusable for some users. The update is classified as negative due to these stability issues.
What changed
- New featureAdded ability to explore Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters and namespaces
- New featureAdded monitoring for pods and workers with support for simple operations
- PerformanceAdjusted login timeout values
- UXFixed typographical errors
Reception
30/ 100 impact scoreNegative
What worked
New feature
no_evidence
What didn't
Performance
backfiredAdjustments to login timeout values correlate with reports of launch failures and white screen errors on current operating systems.
New feature
The addition of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster exploration and pod monitoring is overshadowed by the loss of essential keyboard pass-through functionality.
Marlvel takeaways
- Prioritize a hotfix to restore keyboard pass-through functionality, as its absence prevents core virtual machine management tasks.
- Investigate the launch failure on current operating systems to resolve the white screen state reported by users post-update.
- Revert or refine login timeout adjustments to restore application stability.
Original release notes
New features: Explore your Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters and namespaces, monitor your pods and workers and execute simple operations. Bugfixes: Tweaks to the timeout values during login, fixed typos