What is new

ESET Inspect Connector versions earlier than 3.0 are not compatible with the new OpenXDR. This change applies to Cloud products only.

What will happen

We will release ESET Inspect Connector 3.0 in January 2026, compatible with OpenXDR. We will force an update for all customer instances in February 2026 (about 30 days after release).

What you must do

Ensure your environment can access the ESET repository servers. Do not block this access. If you block access, manually update the ESET Inspect Connector to version 3.0. If you are using an ESET Inspect Connector version earlier than 3.0, update to version 3.0 before the automatic update is forced.

If you do not update

The update is required for the correct operation of ESET PROTECT 7.0 (planned for January–February 2026). Without ESET Inspect Connector 3.0, you will not see indicators in the Advanced Search section. From April 1, 2026, the console will not create new incidents from indicators on non-updated devices.

Incident management is moving from ESET Inspect to ESET PROTECT. Current ESET Inspect incident management is not compatible with the new OpenXDR functionality.

What will happen

From February to April 2026, OpenXDR Incident Creator will be released. It will create incidents that ESET Inspect cannot open. When you open these new incidents, the product will automatically redirect you to ESET PROTECT. Existing incidents will remain available in both ESET Inspect and ESET PROTECT.

In June 2026, we will remove incident management from ESET Inspect. Users will lose:

•The Incident management section in ESET Inspect (it will be in ESET PROTECT).

•The ability to create incidents manually from detections in ESET Inspect (replacement is in ESET PROTECT for indicators in Advanced search).

•The ability to add a detection to an incident in ESET Inspect (replacement is in ESET PROTECT for indicators).

What you must do

If you use incident management in ESET Inspect, start using incidents in ESET PROTECT.

If a required incident feature is missing in ESET PROTECT, use the Submit Feedback feature within the product to report the issue.

If you do nothing

These changes apply to all cloud customers because they are required for OpenXDR.

Incidents created from indicators that use OpenXDR will open only in ESET PROTECT. Incidents and detections will be marked as Legacy after replacement features are available in ESET PROTECT.

User-created Incident Rules are not compatible with the new OpenXDR Incident Creator. We will remove Incident Rules. Detection Rules stay unchanged.

What will happen

In January 2026, ESET Inspect 3.0 will be released. You cannot create new Incident Rules. Existing Incident Rules will still work.

In June 2026, ESET Inspect will convert Incident Rules to Detection Rules. Rules will create detections instead of incidents.

What you must do

If you use Incident Rules, migrate them to Detection Rules in ESET Inspect.

If you do nothing

We will migrate your Incident Rules to Detection Rules automatically in June 2026.

We are migrating incidents, rules, exclusions, blocked hashes, detections, and searches to ESET PROTECT to utilize a single console.

Incidents

Incidents are already available in ESET PROTECT. ESET PROTECT 7.0 (January–February 2026) will add multiple incident enhancements.

Search and detections

ESET PROTECT 7.0 will introduce a new Advanced Search section. It will first support search across indicators (the OpenXDR equivalent of detections)and later expand to include telemetry search and act as an archive with a SIEM-like experience.

Rules, exclusions, and blocked hashes

These features are planned for ESET PROTECT 7.3 (Q3 2026). We will share more details later.

We are adding telemetry that records mount and unmount events for external devices, improving endpoint visibility, threat detection, and device-level protection. The product can detect connection and disconnection events for peripherals over: USB, HDMI, DisplayPort.

Examples of supported devices

•USB drive

•USB keyboard

•USB mouse adapter

•USB Bluetooth adapter

•Monitor via HDMI

•Monitor via DisplayPort

•Mobile phone via USB-C

•Other supported peripherals

ESET Inspect's latest release improves quality with bug fixes for greater stability and performance enhancements for a smoother, more efficient user experience.