# Glances v4.4.0 — Glances 4.4.0

- Product: Glances (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/glances)
- Vendor: Nicolas Hennion
- Date: 2025-11-02
- Version: v4.4.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/releases/tag/v4.4.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/glances/releases/v4.4.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — New Python API available to use Glances as a Python library in your own development
- **added** — Add a new --fetch option to display a snapshot of the current system status
- **added** — Show used port in container section
- **added** — Add Disk I/O Latency stats
- **added** — Add experimental export to DuckDB database
- **changed** — Process list long command line is now truncated by default, use arrow keys to show the full command line
- **changed** — SHIFT + arrow keys are used to switch between column sorts in TUI
- **changed** — Prometheus export format is now more user friendly
- **changed** — Sensors plugin refresh by default every 10 seconds
- **changed** — Do not call update if a call is done to a specific plugin through the API
- **changed** — Process virtual memory display can be disabled by configuration
- **changed** — Choose between used or available in the mem plugin
- **changed** — Filter fields to export
- **fixed** — Glances not showing processes on macOS
- **fixed** — Last dev build broke Homepage API calls
- **fixed** — Cloud plugin always generating communication with 169.254.169.254 even if the plugin is disabled
- **fixed** — API response delay when VMs are running
- **fixed** — Glances does not display CPU stats correctly on Windows
- **fixed** — Glances hangs if network device is not available
- **fixed** — Glances crashes when trying to filter on macOS

##### What's Changed

Breaking changes:

* A new Python API is now available to use Glances as a Python lib in your hown development #3237
* In the process list, the long command line is now truncated by default. Use the arrow keys to show the full command line. SHIFT + arrow keys are used to switch between column sorts (TUI).
* Prometheus export format is now more user friendly (see detail in #3283)

Enhancements:

* Make a Glances API in order to use Glances as a Python lib #3237
* Add a new --fetch (neofetch like) option to display a snapshot of the current system status #3281
* Show used port in container section #2054
* Show long command line with arrow key #1553
* Sensors plugin refresh by default every 10 seconds
* Do not call update if a call is done to a specific plugin through the API #3033
* [UI] Process virtual memory display can be disable by configuration #3299
* Choose between used or available in the mem plugin #3288
* [Experimental] Add export to DuckDB database #3205
* Add Disk I/O Latency stats #1070
* Filter fields to export #3258
* Remove .keys() from loops over dicts #3253
* Remove iterator helpers #3252

Bug corrected:

* [MACOS] Glances not showing Processes on MacOS #3100
* Last dev build broke Homepage API calls ? only 1 widget still working #3322
* Cloud plugin always generate communication with 169.254.169.254, even if the plugin is disabled #3316
* API response delay (3+ minutes) when VMs are running #3317
* [WINDOWS] Glances do not display CPU stat correctly #3155
* Glances hangs if network device (NFS) is no available #3290
* Fix prometheus export format #3283
* Issue #3279 zfs cache and memory math issues #3289
* [MACOS]  Glances crashes when I try to filter #3266
* Glances hang when killing process with muliple CTRL-C #3264
* Issues after disabling system and processcount plugins #3248
* Headers missing from predefined fields in TUI browser machine list #3250
* Add another check for the famous Netifaces issue - Related to #3219
* Key error 'type' in server_list_static.py (load_server_list) #3247

Continuous integration and documentation:

* Glances now use uv for the dev environment #3025
* Glances is compatible with Python 3.14 #3319
* Glances provides requirements files with specific versions for each release
* Requirements files are now generated dynamically with the make requirements or requirements-upgrade target
* Add duplicate line check in pre-commit (strange behavor with some VScode extension)
* Solve issue with multiprocessing exception with Snap package
* Add a test script for identify CPU consumption of sensor plugin
* Refactor port to take into account netifaces2
* Correct issue with Chrome driver in WebUI unit test
* Upgrade export test with InfluxDB 1.12
* Fix typo of --export-process-filter help message #3314
* In the outdated feature, catch error message if Pypi server not reachable
* Add unit test for auto_unit
* Label error in docs #3286
* Put WebUI conf generator in a dedicated script
* Refactor the Makefile to generate WebUI config file for all webui targets
* Update sensors documentation #3275
* Update docker compose env quote #3273
* Update docker-compose.yml #3249
* Update API doc generation
* Update README with nice icons #3236
* Add documentation for WebUI test

##### New Contributors
* @korn3r made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3249
* @lawrence-c made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3273
* @timrettop made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3275
* @jmwallach made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3286
* @DeepSpace2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3283
* @syohex made their first contribution in https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/pull/3314
* @nicolargo 

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/nicolargo/glan

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