Release notes: Alta Video 8.0.5 beta
Last modified: Thursday November 20, 2025.
- Alta Video Beta Program
- Avigilon Alta User Research
- About this release
- What's new
- Updated domains
- Resolved issues
- Known issues
Learn about new features, fixes and any issues found in testing for the Avigilon Alta solution
Alta Video Beta Program
The Alta Video Beta Program allows customers and partners to receive pre-release versions of the software containing the latest new features and fixes. As a member of the Alta Video Beta Program, you have the opportunity to provide feedback on these features and fixes, helping us to drive improvements to the product. To find out more about the Alta Video Beta Program, and to sign up, see https://security.avigilon.com/avigilon-alta-beta-program.
Avigilon Alta User Research
By joining the Avigilon Alta User Research program, you provide key feedback on the features and design of Alta Video. To find out more about this program, and to sign up, see https://www.avigilon.com/what-is-avigilon-alta-user-research.
About this release
Installing this release will upgrade Alta Video deployments, and, if needed to maintain feature compatibility, any Alta cameras associated with your deployment.
These software packages have been released to the
| Release label | Platform/device model | Release date | Software version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0.5 beta | Alta Video | Thursday November 20, 2025. | 8_0_251118_02347 |
| 8.0.5 beta | Alta cameras | Thursday November 20, 2025. | 8_0_251119_03871 |
| 8.0.5 beta | Alta A5 cameras, Avigilon Flex, Arming Station Pro | Thursday November 20, 2025. | 8_0_251118_03865 |
What's new
In this release, Alta Video provides the following features:
| Feature | Description | Added in version |
|---|---|---|
| Avigilon Alta H6A Dual Head cameras | Alta Video version 8.0.2 includes beta support for the cloud-native Alta H6A Dual Head cameras. For more information, see Avigilon Alta H6A Dual Head cameras. | 8.0.2 |
| Avigilon Alta Horn Speakers | You can now integrate cloud native Horn speakers, adding talk-down and audio broadcasting functionality to your site. For more information see Avigilon Alta Horn Speaker. | 8.0.1 |
| Play pre-recorded audio when Protect alarms trigger | You can now play pre-recorded audio clips through speakers in Alta Protect zones when an alarm triggers. See Alarm and arm/disarm actions. | 8.0.0 |
| Manually choose alarm and anomaly camera feeds in Video view | Empty panes in Video view no longer automatically populate with alarm or anomaly feeds. You can now manually choose which panes display them. You can now clear all panes from the right-click menu. See Create views. | 8.0.0 |
| Video view custom layouts | You can now create custom layouts to organize the position and size of camera feeds in the Video view tool. See Create Video view layouts. | 8.0.0 |
| Create alarms for crashing metal sounds | You can now create audio analytics rules that trigger on detecting crashing metal. See Create rules for sound detection. | 8.0.0 |
| Audio support for Cloud Connector camera RTSP streams | Cloud Connectors can now receive audio from camera RTSP streams. See Add cameras using their RTSP stream. | 8.0.0 |
| PTZ Camera tours | You can now create a camera tour for PTZ cameras. See PTZ camera tours. | 8.0.0 |
| Trigger PTZ preset as an action for a rule | You can now trigger the PTZ camera to a preset position as an action for a rule. See Trigger PTZ preset as an action for a rule. | 8.0.0 |
Updated domains
As we unify Avigilon Alta Video and Avigilon Alta Access, alta.avigilon.com will become the main domain used by Avigilon Alta Video and other Avigilon Alta services. Update your firewall rules to include this domain and its subdomains.
For the complete list of domains used, see:
Ports required by Avigilon Ava and Avigilon Alta cloud-native cameras
Reference: Ports required by Alta Cloud Connectors
Ports required by Avigilon Ava cameras connected to Alta Cloud Connectors
Client connections
Resolved issues
This release resolves these issues:
| Reference | Resolution | Resolved in version |
|---|---|---|
| AVA-15411 | An issue where editing a bookmark creates a new bookmark has been resolved. | 8.0.5 |
| AVA-15331 | An issue where admins are unable to edit shared links created by other users has been resolved. | 8.0.5 |
| AVA-14978 | An issue where some value fields for the Halo sensor were missing has been resolved | 8.0.5 |
| AVA-14649 | An issue where creating a Saved view could not be edited by other admins has been resolved. | 8.0.5 |
| AVA-15351 | An issue where the bookmark could only be edited by the creator has been resolved. | 8.0.4 |
| AVA-15246 | An issue where Quick object search is hidden when video view is maximized has been resolved. | 8.0.4 |
| AVA-15064 | An issue where Co-manage access was changed after an update has been resolved. | 8.0.4 |
| AVA-13979 | An issue where the camera could fail to record after installation has been resolved. | 8.0.4 |
| AVA-14839 | An issue where the Alta video deployment could reboot has been resolved. | 8.0.3 |
| AVA-14547 | An issue where the backup schedule could display 0's has been resolved. | 8.0.3 |
| AVA-13932 | An issue where the cloud backups queue increases with sufficient bandwidth has been resolved. | 8.0.3 |
| AVA-13448 | An issue where exporting footage from a camera in maps would fail has been resolved. | 8.0.3 |
| AVA-14769 | Resolved an issue where opening the new co-manage access settings in the Users tool turned off deployment access for partners and Alta Support, even if permission had been previously granted and no changes were made. IMPORTANT: This fix does not restore lost access. A deployment user with administrator permissions must log in and reenable partner and support access in the co-manage access dialog. See Control partner and Alta Support access | 8.0.2 |
| AVA-14727 | An issue where using the maximize video button in video view could cause the playback options to drop has been resolved. | 8.0.2 |
| AVA-13791 | As part of the ongoing unification process, icons in all Alta applications now conform to a unified design standard. | 8.0.1 |
| AVA-14622 | An issue where the shared folder permissions do not display all users has been resolved. | 8.0.1 |
| AVA-13053 | An issue where the replace Cloud Connector function could stop recording has been resolved. | 8.0.1 |
| AVA-13978 | An issue where starting or stopping manual recording from a camera feed was not stored in audit logs has been resolved. | 8.0.0 |
| AVA-12795 | An issue where a license plate might be detected but not associated with its license plate group has been resolved. | 8.0.0 |
| AVA-10724 | An issue where a deployment with a disconnected Cloud Connector incorrectly showed a notification for a software update has been resolved. | 8.0.0 |
Software releases might include minor bug fixes that are not listed in the Resolved issues table.
Known issues
During testing, we have found the following issues in these software packages:
| Reference | Issue | Software |
|---|---|---|
| AVA-14848 | Exporting footage from maps fails locally and via download manager. A known workaround is to use another tool such as video wall to export the download. | Alta Video |
| AVA-13791 | Some icons or logos may display incorrectly with visible corner cut-offs or truncation. A known workaround is to import images with a larger border than normal to account for the automatic rounding of edges. | Alta Video and Alta camera |
| AVA-14048 | Live and recorded audio from Alta cameras is distorted by intermittent popping and clicking. | Alta Video and Alta camera |
| AVA-14314 | Audio from RTSP streams for some third-party cameras might not correctly play on a Cloud Connector. | Alta Video |
| AVA-14524 | Clicking the map icon in the timeline of a video feed does not show the device on the map. | Alta Video |
| AVA-14509 | If you delete but don't reset a PTZ camera with a running tour, the tour continues if the camera is added to another deployment. | Alta Video and Alta camera |
| AVA-14165 | The Cloud Connector Devices tool might show an incorrect total for the number of connected devices. | Alta Video |
| AVA-8006 | Image health alarms continue to trigger when image health is turned off in device settings. As a workaround to end the alarm, you can validate it as false and end the alarm. | Alta Video |
| AVA-13103 | It is necessary to refresh the page to see PTZ camera preset changes. | Alta Video |
| AVA-12716 | The status of the Avigilon Alta A200 Cloud Connector is inaccurate after a reboot. | Alta Video |
| AVA-11940 | There is a severe delay when backing up a Compact Dome Camera. | Alta Video |
| AVA-10292 | When renaming the Cloud connector, the page must be refreshed for the change to be completed. | Alta Video |
| AVA-9818 | When viewing a HTTP live stream and disabling the "Allow live streaming of audio", the audio continues to be transmitted. | Alta Video |
| AVA-9786 | After adding Cloud Connector cameras to the deployment, a cloud backup was not attempted for 24 hours. | Alta Video |
| AVA-9673 | When the SD card is not detected, the SD card system failure alert is not triggering. | Alta Video |
| AVA-6367 | When viewing the local display and a camera is unavailable, a blank screen can display instead of streaming the remaining cameras. | Alta Video |
| AVA-10043 | Cloud Connectors sometimes cannot be successfully disconnected from a deployment. | Alta Video |
| — | Fall detection and bag pick up/drop detection remain as Beta features. Contact support if you would like to trial them on your deployment. | Alta Video |
| AVA-7372 | Face search can occasionally take a few minutes to return a result when used with multiple cameras over an extended time period. | Alta Video |
| AVA-5855 | When saving a Video view, you may see a 400 Bad Request error. The saved view can still be shared and accessed. | Alta Video |
| AVA-4734 | Existing Halo sensors do not automatically support new channels. You must re-add them to Alta Video to enable them. | Alta Video |
