[GH-ISSUE #868] Feature Request: Remove version from footer and update notification #609

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opened 2026-02-25 23:43:00 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @jl-678 on GitHub (Jul 29, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/issues/868

Hi,

I have a couple of enhancement suggestions:

I notice that HC prominently shows the running version in the footer on the public page. I remove this by editing the master template file because it feels to me like a security risk. (e.g. if someone knows the version that could potentially help with some form of attack.) Admittedly, I might be overthinking this, but I want to do whatever I can to make would-be attackers life more difficult. Can we add an option to hide it?
There are frequent updates to the product which is great. Thank you! Can you put a banner in the product dashboard somewhere to alert on the new version? It would be easier than having to check github periodically.

TIA!

Originally created by @jl-678 on GitHub (Jul 29, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/issues/868 Hi, I have a couple of enhancement suggestions: 1. I notice that HC prominently shows the running version in the footer on the public page. I remove this by editing the master template file because it feels to me like a security risk. (e.g. if someone knows the version that could potentially help with some form of attack.) Admittedly, I might be overthinking this, but I want to do whatever I can to make would-be attackers life more difficult. Can we add an option to hide it? 2. There are frequent updates to the product which is great. Thank you! Can you put a banner in the product dashboard somewhere to alert on the new version? It would be easier than having to check github periodically. TIA!

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@cuu508 commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023):

I suppose we could, but note that the attacker can still determine the version of a running Healthchecks instance fairly easily by checking the filenames and file contents of CSS and JS bundles. OTOH the version number in footer is handy when troubleshooting ("am I running the image I think I'm running?", "am I looking at the right IP?", "is there still a dangling old container running, which I might be looking at right now?", and so on).
In GitHub repository page, if you select "Watch" - "Custom" - "Releases", you will receive notifications from GitHub on every new release:

@cuu508 commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2023): 1. I suppose we could, but note that the attacker can still determine the version of a running Healthchecks instance fairly easily by checking the filenames and file contents of CSS and JS bundles. OTOH the version number in footer is handy when troubleshooting ("am I running the image I think I'm running?", "am I looking at the right IP?", "is there still a dangling old container running, which I might be looking at right now?", and so on). 2. In GitHub repository page, if you select "Watch" - "Custom" - "Releases", you will receive notifications from GitHub on every new release: ![image](https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/assets/661859/55b3fd39-496f-4d66-846b-64b8fa00fb72)