# DevTools 2.41.0 release notes

> Release notes for Dart and Flutter DevTools version 2.41.0.



The 2.41.0 release of the Dart and Flutter DevTools
includes the following changes among other general improvements.
To learn more about DevTools, check out the
[DevTools overview](/tools/devtools/overview).

## General updates

* Persist filter settings across sessions. - [#8447](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8447),
  [#8456](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8456)
  [#8470](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8470)

## Inspector updates

* Added an option to the [new Inspector's](https://docs.flutter.dev/tools/devtools/release-notes/release-notes-2.40.2#inspector-updates)
  settings to allow auto-refreshing the widget tree after a hot-reload. - [#8483](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8483)

## Network profiler updates

* Added a filter text field to the top-level Network profiler controls. -
  [#8469](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8469)
  ![Network filter field](/assets/images/docs/tools/devtools/release-notes/images-2.41.0/network_filter.png "Network filter field")

## Logging updates

* Fetch log details immediately upon receiving logs so that log data is not lost
  due to lazy loading. - [#8421](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8421)
* Reduce initial page load time. - [#8500](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8500)
* Added support for displaying metadata, such as log
  severity, category, zone, and isolate -
  [#8419](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8419),
  [#8439](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8439),
  [#8441](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8441). It is now also possible to
  search and filter by these metadata values. - [#8473](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8473)
  ![Logging metadata display](/assets/images/docs/tools/devtools/release-notes/images-2.41.0/log_metadata.png "Logging metadata display")
* Add a filter text field to the top-level Logging controls. -
  [#8427](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8427)
  ![Logging filter](/assets/images/docs/tools/devtools/release-notes/images-2.41.0/log_filter.png "Logging filter")
* Added support for filtering by log severity / levels. -
  [#8433](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8433)
  ![Log level filter](/assets/images/docs/tools/devtools/release-notes/images-2.41.0/log_level_filter.png "Log level filter")
* Added a setting to set the log retention limit. - [#8493](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8493)
* Added a button to toggle the log details display between raw text and JSON. -
  [#8445](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8445)
* Fixed a bug where logs would get out of order after midnight. -
  [#8420](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8420)
* Automatically scroll logs table to the bottom on the initial load. -
  [#8437](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/pull/8437)

## VS Code Sidebar updates

* The legacy `postMessage` version of the VS Code sidebar has been removed in
  favor of the DTD-powered version. Trying to access the legacy sidebar will
  show a message advising to update your Dart VS Code extension. The Dart VS
  Code extension was the only user of the legacy sidebar and migrated off in
  v3.96.

## Full commit history

To find a complete list of changes in this release, check out the
[DevTools git log](https://github.com/flutter/devtools/tree/v2.41.0).