This article is a platform for notifications on recent and planned changes to the Cato GraphQL API schema. It contains news and updates highlighting new capabilities, such as newly released APIs and automation tools.
For information about changes that might require you to update your API client, see Cato API Potentially Breaking Changes and EoL.
The API terms used in this article are explained in What is the Cato API.
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For more information about the APIs, see the Cato Networks GraphQL API Reference.
News and Updates
Improved Analytics for Grouped AppStats API Results - Jun 21, 2026
Feature Title: Improved Analytics for Grouped AppStats and Events API Results
When querying AppStats or Events API data and grouping by a dimension, such as country or device type, you can choose to display records with no value for that dimension as an empty group. This helps ensure consistent totals in API queries and shows previously hidden data in CMA dashboards and reports.
New query-level boolean parameter:
IncludeEmptyDimension, no impact to existing API scriptsApplies to API queries and data shown in the CMA
Added Fields for appStats API for DEM Customers - Apr 19, 2026
Change: Updated API
Feature Title: Updates to appStats API for application experience metrics
The following new fields for the appStats API are available for application experience metrics to enable programmatic access to user, host, and application performance data:
experience_score_level- Aggregated experience score indicatorttfb- Time to first byte, measures server responsivenesstls_latency- Time for establishing TLS connectiontcp_latency- TCP connection setup timehttp_latency- End-to-end HTTP request latencyhttp_error_rate- Rate of HTTP errors observed
Note: These fields are available only for customers with a DEM license.
Added Mutation APIs for Webhooks, Mailing Lists, and Subscription Groups - Mar 29, 2026
Change: New API
Feature Title: API support for managing webhooks, mailing lists, and subscription groups
Use the following APIs to assign, replace, update, and remove site licenses via API for single and pooled licenses
Manage webhook integrations using
createWebhook,updateWebhook,deleteWebhook,webhook,webhookList, andtestWebhookManage mailing lists using
createMailingList,updateMailingList,deleteMailingList,mailingList, andmailingListListCombine webhooks and mailing lists into 'subscription groups using'
createSubscriptionGroup,updateSubscriptionGroup,deleteSubscriptionGroup,subscriptionGroup, andsubscriptionGroupList
For details on the notification management in the CMA, refer to the Notifications KB articles
Previous API News and Updates
Updates to Split Tunnel Policy APIs - Jan 18, 2026
Change: Updated API
Feature Title: Updates to SplitTunnelPolicyMutations
The following APIs have been changed to more accurately align with the feature behavior in the Cato Management Application.
These changes apply to all of the mutations for the Split Tunnel policy:
Exclude- changed to RouteAllToCatoExceptInclude- changed to RouteOnlySelectedCoverage- changed to ConnectionModednsExclusion- changed to dnsSuffix
These APIs are currently available as Beta.
Added Mutation APIs for Site Bandwidth Licenses - Aug 11, 2025
Change: New API
Feature Title: API support for managing site bandwidth licenses
Use the following APIs to assign, replace, update, and remove site licenses via API for single and pooled licenses
Mutation APIs:
assignSiteBwLicense- assigns a license to a siteupdateSiteBwLicense- for pooled licenses, updates the bandwidth for a sitereplaceSiteBwLicense- replaces the site license with no downtimeremoveSiteBwLicense- removes a license from a site
These APIs are currently available as Beta.
Added Query APIs for App Catalog and DLP Content Types - May 19, 2025
Change: New API
Feature Title: API support for querying App Catalog and DLP Content Types
App Catalog - Query the data for apps, including Compliance, Security, and CASB Activities:
catalogApplicationList- All apps and datacatalogApplication- Single app
DLP Content - Query the types of content for the DLP Data Inline Protection rule
contentTypeGroupList
These APIs are currently available as Beta.
Added Mutation API for HA Secondary vSocket - Mar 2, 2025
Change: New API
Feature Title: API support for secondary vSocket for HA configurations
Use the following APIs to set story verdicts, change status, and add comments
Mutation APIs:
addSecondaryAwsVSocketInputFor AWS vSocket with HA configuration, add a secondary vSocketAddSecondaryAzureVSocketInputFor AWS vSocket with HA configuration, add a secondary vSocket
These APIs are currently available as Beta.
Added XDR Mutation API - Jan 12, 2025
Change: New API
Feature Title: API support for XDR stories and comments
Use the following APIs to set story verdicts, change status, and add comments
Mutation APIs:
addStoryCommentPost comments that help track the story investigationanalystFeedbackManage Story Actions, such as the story Verdict, Type, and Classification.deleteStoryCommentDelete a previously posted comment using the comment ID
This API is currently available as Beta.
Last-Mile Bandwidth Supports Kbps - Jan 12, 2025
Change: Enhancement for APIs
Feature Title: Set site bandwidth values that include one decimal point (e.g. 1.5 Mbps) for more granular accuracy
Use the following APIs to set story verdicts, change status, and add comments
Impacted types for APIs:
LastMileBwInputInterfaceInfoSocketInterfaceBandwidthInput
These API types are currently available as Beta.
Changes to accountSnapshot and accountMetrics for IPsec IKEv2 Sites - Jan 12, 2025
Change: Update of Primary value to Primary 1
Feature Title: API Support for IPsec IKEv2 sites
The value retrieved from the InterfaceId field in the accountSnapshot and accountMetrics queries are changing as of the gradual release of support for Active/Active configurations on Jan 12, 2025.
Old Value | New Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Primary | Primary1 | This change lets us support more than one primary tunnel |
New BGP Peering API - Dec 23, 2024
Change: New API
Feature Title: API Support for BGP Peering
Use the following APIs to simplify the configuring and monitoring BGP peers for sites
Mutation APIs:
addBgpPeerAdd a new BGP peer to a siteupdateBgpPeerUpdate settings for an existing BGP peer configurationremoveBgpPeerDelete a BGP peer configuration for a site
Query APIs:
bgpPeerRetrieve information about a specific BGP peersiteBgpStatusShow the current BGP status, including session details and route information
This API is currently available as Beta.