What's new in the Snyk docs?

The most recent updates include significant changes to the user docs, such as features added or removed, structure changes that affect how you find relevant information, and other improvements aimed at enhancing your interaction with the Snyk knowledge base.

August 2024

Snyk AppRisk

• The Manage Risk > Analytics pages have been consolidated to better reflect the two Snyk offerings:

  • Issues Analytics - now in Early Access for Snyk Enterprise customers.

  • Application Analytics - available only for Snyk AppRisk Pro customers.

• The Manage Assets documentation has been updated to reflect the addition of Quick filters. Users are only shown quick filters relevant to their entitlement: AppRisk Essentials or AppRisk Pro.

Snyk Integrations

• Git repository cloning has been renamed Workspaces for SCM integrations to better reflect its functionality. Additional detail on enablement has been added.

• The relationship between GitHub organizations and Snyk Organizations when integrating with the GitHub Cloud App has been clarified.

• The deployment stages table for implementing SCM integrations has been updated to reflect AppRisk functionality.

Snyk API

• Links in the API reference docs have been updated.

• The API endpoints index and notes have been updated.

Snyk CLI

• snyk auth command help updated to reflect OAuth default.

• CLI authentication instructions updated for OAuth default and improved flow.

• snyk config environment command help has been added.

• CLI support for pnpm added.

Snyk IDE

• CLI authentication instructions updated for IDE.

• IDE authentication instructions updated: Eclipse, Jetbrains, VS extension, VS Code extension.

July 2024

Snyk AppRisk

• Asset inventory filtering describes the new, simplified view that provides an improved experience of filtering the assets.

• The Asset inventory layouts have been renamed to better reflect their functionality.

• Four new SCM integrations are now available for Snyk AppRisk:

  • Atlassian Compass

  • Harness

  • OpsLevel

  • Datadog Service Catalog

• The Snyk AppRisk documentation section has been reorganized to enhance visibility and simplify the adoption of Snyk AppRisk. Here is where you can find the main features:

  • Inventory - Manage assets section

  • Issues - Prioritize issues for fixing section

  • Policies - Assets policies section

  • Integrations - Snyk SCM integrations and Integrate with Snyk sections

  • Snyk AppRisk - Scan with Snyk section

  • Analytics - Manage risk section

Snyk Integrations

• A comparison of the GitHub and GitHub Enterprise integrations functions now resides on the SCM, IDE, and CI/CD integrations page.

• Steps for migrating from the GitHub integration to the GitHub Enterprise integration now reside on the GitHub integration page.

• The Snyk SCM Integrations page now contains information critical to using these integrations successfully in your SDLC. This includes:

  • Organizing integrations by Group and Organization level in line with Snyk AppRisk functionality

  • Git repository cloning details

  • Deployment recommendations for Enterprise customers

  • User permissions and access scope requirements for each SCM integration

  • Instructions on how to generate integrated SCM tokens for Snyk Broker

Snyk API

• The API documentation now provides the API Reference and explanatory documentation in the API section.

• The API End of Life (EOL) process and migration guides are now published and updated to support the process, which began in July.

Other updates

• Snyk Reports: The issue column dictionary includes new filters and columns for Jira (JIRA ISSUES LIST, LATEST JIRA ISSUE) and EPSS (EPSS SCORE, EPSS PERCENTILE). This allows you to manage your work with Jira and to include EPSS in your prioritization steps.

• Snyk Security: Snyk has improved the prioritization workflow and risk assessment by adopting CVSS V4.0 as the default evaluation for new vulnerabilities.

• Fix code vulnerabilities automatically: DeepCode AI Fix is now available in AWS Environments and JetBrains IDEs. If you use AWS multi-tenant environments, turn on the Snyk Preview Snyk Code Fix Suggestions and retest with Snyk in your IDE.