What’s New in InfluxDB 3.7: One-Click Monitoring, Faster Configuration, and Better Operational Clarity

By Peter Barnett / Developer, Product,
Nov 20, 2025

InfluxDB 3.7 is now available for both Core and Enterprise, landing alongside version 1.5 of the InfluxDB 3 Explorer UI. This release focuses on giving developers faster visibility into what their system is doing with one-click monitoring, a streamlined installation pathway, and broader updates that simplify day-to-day operations.

InfluxDB 3 Core is free and open source, optimized for recent data, and licensed under MIT and Apache 2. InfluxDB 3 Enterprise extends Core with long-term data retention, clustering, fine-grained security, and advanced management capabilities.

One-click system monitoring in Explorer 1.5

Version 1.5 of our Explorer UI introduces a new way to understand how your environment is performing. A single “Enable Monitoring” action configures your system appropriately and begins collecting host-level metrics for the infrastructure running InfluxDB.

A built-in dashboard tracks these metrics alongside database activity over time, making it easy to see how the system responds under load. The most relevant signals also surface directly in the System Overview, so you can spot issues before they turn into problems.

This provides an immediate, built-in way to understand the operational health of your running infrastructure. It’s particularly helpful for local development, on-prem deployments, and setups where full monitoring infrastructure isn’t available.

Faster installation and configuration

This update also introduces a new Docker Compose installation that starts InfluxDB 3 and Explorer together in one step. The Compose file installs both services, generates the Explorer configuration automatically using a new operator token, and brings everything online immediately. Once the stack is running, you can write data, run queries, and use Explorer without manual setup or additional staging.

This cuts down the time between installation and first interaction with the system and gives teams a consistent starting point for deployment and testing.

Other improvements

Finally, this release includes updates focused on operational clarity and system behavior:

• More control over Processing Engine triggers
• Improved data management when shutting down nodes
• Enhanced response headers for cleaner integration with secondary services

Together, these changes improve system reliability and make it easier to understand what’s happening during maintenance and troubleshooting.

Get started

InfluxDB 3.7 is available now. To get started, download the latest version or pull the newest Docker image for Core or Enterprise.

Explorer 1.5 is also available with one-click monitoring. Try it in your environment and let us know how it works for you.

Check out the docs (Core, Enterprise), and join the conversation in Discord or the Community Slack. Your feedback continues to shape where we go next.