Combined Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated May 4, 2026
  • 5 minutes to read
  • Consolidated page of all release notes for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools from Xanadu to Australia.

    How to use this page

    To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu to Australia.

    Tip:
    If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

    Important information for upgrading Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools to Australia

    Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Health indicators in the Next Experience Inspector
    The Home view provides information and communicates potential issues on the page through a dashboard of health indicators for components and actions.
    View traces in the Next Experience Inspector
    The Trace view provides a waterfall of calls made to the page with information on how the duration for each call.
    Server-side logs in the Logs tab for Next Experience Inspector
    Record and view backend data by changing your preference from client logs to server logs when you're logged in as an admin.
    Manage events in the Next Experience Inspector
    The Events view provides contextual information and actions for managing events.
    Service workers tab in the Next Experience Inspector
    The Service workers tab provides visibility into service worker behavior.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools features.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    Time filters for events
    Icons were added to each event to enable you to select a timeframe when filtering events.
    Subtree filters for events
    Scroll and search through a selected portion of the component tree.
    Filters for traces
    Filter traces with front-end filters to streamline span visualizations, specialty filters to view targeted waterfall analysis without losing overall context, and level filters to adjust the detail display in span visualizations.

    Zurich

    Service Workers tab in the Next Experience Inspector
    The Service Workers tab displays cache buster details for viewing how service workers impact page performance.

    Australia

    Events tab in the Next Experience Inspector
    Exclude filters in the Events tab to filter out specific events.
    Components tab in the Next Experience Inspector
    Use the journal section in the Components tab to get a log of state updates, property updates, actions dispatched, and actions handled.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Australia, some Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    • The Actions tab has been removed from the Next Experience Inspector.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Australia, some Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Download Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

    Yokohama

    Download Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

    Zurich

    Install Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

    Australia

    Install Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

    If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Download Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

    Yokohama

    Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.

    Zurich

    Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.

    Australia

    Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    • Record backend data for page with server logs.
    • Get an overview of potential issue for components and actions with a dashboard of health indicators.
    • View a waterfall of calls made to the page with information on how long each call took.
    • Get information on network calls made to your pages including the type of calls, timing, frequency, and network URLs.

    See Next Experience Developer Tools for more information.

    Yokohama

    Reduce troubleshooting time with enhanced component visualization, filters for traces, and new event filters.

    See Next Experience Developer Tools for more information.

    Zurich

    • View traces as a full-screen waterfall with an enriched root span list that has more actionable metadata.
    • Access cache buster details to view how service workers impact page performance.

    See Next Experience Developer Tools for more information.

    Australia

    • View an updated homepage in the Service Workers tab.
    • Exclude filters in the Events tab to filter out specific events.
    • Get a log of updates from the journal section in the Components tab.

    See Next Experience Developer Tools for more information.