July 4, 2026

Six new first-class integrations

Datadog, CrowdStrike, GitHub, Azure, GCP, and AWS connectors are now fully operational in Layer's discovery system. Previously, these connectors relied on a legacy sync path that could miss data or fail silently. All six now handle end-to-end sync — connect once and Layer continuously discovers and inventories your assets:

• Datadog — monitors, downtimes, and log indexes
• CrowdStrike — device inventory, detections, and prevention policies
• GitHub — repo and org inventory, plus Copilot seat utilization
• Azure — subscriptions, resource groups, and RBAC role assignments
• GCP — IAM bindings and audit logs
• AWS — IAM, STS, and S3 bucket inventory

If you previously connected any of these providers, your next sync will automatically use the new pipeline — no action required. See the integrations overview for setup details.

Worldwide AIS coverage, without the write storm

Overwatch is ready for planet-wide AIS coverage. When global mode is enabled, in-zone behavior is unchanged — vessels inside your monitored port zones still get full position history, dark-event detection, and course-anomaly analytics. Vessels outside those zones now flow through a latest-wins, per-vessel throttle into the live map's worldwide last-known layer, so the map shows every AIS-broadcasting vessel (~175K) without amplifying database writes.

New per-vessel throttles for global-mode operators cover out-of-zone position writes, static-data upserts, and unknown-vessel recovery — all env-tunable with production-safe defaults. If you stay in port-based coverage (the default), nothing changes.