# Release Notes — 2.61

Covers the **2.61** release series. Most recent patch: **2.61.0**.

Unless a subsection notes otherwise, changes apply to both Monad SaaS and self-hosted.

## New features & improvements

- **Manage alert rules directly from the list** — each alert rule now has a per-row enable/disable toggle, shows its alert category, and marks whether it is system-managed, so you can see and change rule state without opening each one.
  - *Access:* on by default — visible on the Alerting rules list.
- **AWS Firehose input: templating and pool options** — the Firehose input accepts templated configuration and connection-pool options, giving more control over how records are shaped and delivered at higher volumes.
  - *Access:* opt-in — set the templating and pool fields on the Firehose input's configuration.

## New connectors

None this series.

## Fixes

None this series.

## Breaking changes

None.

## Need help?

See the [Monad docs](https://app.monad.com/docs) for setup guides and reference, or reach out to Monad Customer Support at [support@monad.com](mailto:support@monad.com) or via your dedicated Slack customer channel.

:::note
Self-hosted deployments upgrade to a `2.61.x` release with
`helm upgrade`. Review the **Breaking changes** section above before upgrading;
when it says "None," the upgrade is drop-in.
:::