Version 1.7 Release Notes: Flag management tools, security updates and performance

Improve your feature flag management with RocketFlag 1.7. Discover new tools like visual "last hit" indicators and automatic "stale flag" detection to identify unused flags. Easily sort flags by name, traffic, and more. Version 1.7 also includes performance updates, security enhancements, and usability improvements like enhanced tooltips.

Published on: May 1, 2025

Version 1.7: Sorting, stale flags, and the regular security and performance updates

1.7 adds a few nifty tools for managing your flags such as being able to see in an simple visual when a flag was last hit as well as surfacing up information about stale flags.

As always, a quick shout-out to the users of RocketFlag and to those who have provided me much-needed said feedback.

Sorting Flags

You can now sort flags by the various column headings in the table. If you need to see names, traffic percentages etc in a certain order then this is an option you can use to quickly find what you’re looking for.

screenshot of the table sorting

Last Hit Visuals

The table now shows a new column for when a flag was last hit by an API call to the service. This is useful to understand if a flag is still being used.

screenshot of the share project modal

Stale Flags

I’ve added a new feature that will show you if a flag is stale. A stale flag is a flag that hasn’t been updated in over 30 days. If a flag has gone stale, perhaps it’s time to remove it. Combine this with the “Last Hit” column visuals and you might get a good indication that a flag is ready to be deleted.

Equally, if a flag has gone stale, and it’s been months, perhaps it’s time for deletion anyway.

screenshot of the stale flags

These tools are all designed to help you manage your flags and understand what’s in use, what isn’t and determine if some cleanup is needed.

Miscellaneous

  • The copy-flag button is back. It’s been fixed and has made it’s triumphant return.
  • Tooltips all over the place to help you understand better what the various buttons, icons, inputs and table headers mean.
  • Updated the feedback prompt to 90 days instead of 30.

Behind-the-Scenes Improvements

  • A bunch of regular patches and updates for dependencies in the app. Specifically, if you’re feeling nosey, for the frontend, React, React Router, ESLint and Typescript were all updated.
  • A stack of unused files were also deleted.
  • Performance updates with updated dependency changes.

What’s next?

Currently reviewing ways to retrieve all project flags in one call, rather than making multiple calls for each flag.

I Want Your Feedback!

As always, I love feedback, and yours is invaluable to me, so please don’t hesitate to let me know what you think!

— JK @ RocketFlag