Changelog

3.7
November 2026
  • Globalping traceroutes are now run directly by your browser
  • Site pages (probes map, join, my probe, methodology, credits, contact) open next to the globe instead of leaving it
  • Sidebar redesigned as cards: Geographic path, Network data, Recent traceroutes
  • The New traceroute form opens pre-filled with the target and probe on screen
  • Live progress digits while your browser verifies the request
  • Short city names in every language (Frankfurt instead of Frankfurt am Main)
  • Browser auto-translation disabled on already translated pages
3.6
November 2026
  • New hub server that schedules the traceroutes and dispatches them to the probes
  • Anyone can host a probe with a single Docker container (Join page, one-click registration)
  • My probe page to manage your own probe
  • Probes map grouped by country and colored by network origin
  • Terrestrial fibers added: overland paths follow the fiber laid along railways (OpenStreetMap), mixed with submarine cables
  • Submarine cable data updated (713 cables)
  • Much better router location from router names
  • CDN and anycast destinations detected
  • Full-height globe, site menu at the top right
  • Globe framing turns toward the equator, paths no longer seen from the pole
  • Automatic switch between 2D and 3D
  • Kosovo flag added
3.5
November 2026
  • Traceroutes from Globalping probes: thousands of new vantage points worldwide
  • Physical path inference now runs on a dedicated server instead of in your browser
3.4
September - October 2026
  • Incomplete traceroutes are now handled
  • Anycast tag on the destination IP, wider side panel
  • Improved cable routing
3.3
September 2026
  • Faster pages thanks to path caching
  • Physics check: light travels at most 100 km per millisecond in fiber
3.2
September 2026
  • City and country names in your language
  • Localized traceroute history
  • Better geolocation
3.0
July - August 2026
  • Hops appear live while the traceroute runs
  • Clear screens when a probe is down or a trace fails
2.95
July 2026
  • Site available in 12 languages
  • Wider New traceroute window
2.9
July 2026
  • No more captcha: a short computation in your browser instead
  • Recent traceroutes open the pre-filled form in place
2.85
July 2026
  • Probe statistics
  • IPv6 addresses handled correctly in targets
2.8
July 2026
  • Mobile layout
  • Probe selector organized by continent and country, probe country shown in recent traceroutes
  • Short share links
  • AS path of each hop in the sidebar, milliseconds colored by speed
  • Straight lines for hops inside the same country
2.7
July 2026
  • Destination AS and upstream shown
  • Mislocated hops moved according to their latency
2.6
June - July 2026
  • Probe search in the New traceroute form
  • Latency color legend per segment
  • Collapsible country list on the probes page
2.5
June 2026
  • New 3D globe with submarine cables and glow effects
  • 3D / 2D view switcher, sharing
  • Probes page showing every probe on the globe
2.3
April - May 2026
  • Latency of each hop on the map and the globe
  • Real distance along the cables in Topo mode
  • Host name checked before running a trace
2.1
April 2026
  • Topo mode: paths follow real submarine cables
  • Import of a pasted traceroute
  • 2D map with dark theme, view preference
  • Touch support on the globe, collapsible panel
2.0
April 2026
  • Complete redesign around an interactive 3D globe
  • Animated path, hop tooltips, starfield background
  • 2D map with numbered hops
  • Traceroute sharing by short link
1.3
April 2026
  • New geolocation source (IPinfo) for router IPs
  • Smarter hop placement: hops a few km apart merged into one city, back-and-forth loops (A - B - A) removed
1.2
January - February 2026
  • Simpler New traceroute form with a Cancel button
  • Last 10 targets shown, IP addresses partially masked
  • GeoTraceroute title links back to the home page
  • Methodology text rewritten
1.13
2023 - 2024
  • Machine-learning fallback to read city names from unusual router names
  • Stricter cleanup of the target name
1.12
November 2020 - 2022
  • Targets pasted as URLs (http:// or https://) accepted
  • IPv6 targets detected reliably
  • Default traceroute served instantly from cache
  • Google Analytics removed
  • More router naming rules and city name fixes (Dnipro...)
1.10 - 1.11
2020
  • Default probe chosen by the site address
  • New default target
1.08 - 1.09
2018 - 2019
  • More accurate distances (single Earth radius for every computation)
  • Fixes for empty or very short traceroutes
  • Many new router naming rules and city name fixes (Nuremberg area...)
1.0
December 2017
  • First public version: traceroutes drawn on a 3D WebGL globe
  • Several Earth looks, including day / night
  • Choice of the source probe, of your own target or of a sample site per country
  • Router location from reverse DNS (city names, IATA and ICAO airport codes), several GeoIP databases and latency
  • Views in Google Maps and KML export
  • Preferences: default probe, default look, geek mode with hop details
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