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P4 Admin Documentation | 2026.1

# What's new in P4 Admin 2025.4

Released: December 2025

For a complete list of what’s new and bug fixes in this release, see the release notes.

## Broadcast important messages to users in P4V

Send a Message of the Day (MOTD) in P4V to communicate time-sensitive announcements, such as scheduled maintenance or updates on server availability.

To learn more, see Manage properties.

## Control stream behavior on creation

Disable automatic file population option on new streams by using the P4V.Features.AllowStreamPopulateOnCreate property.

To learn more, see Feature-related P4V properties in the P4 Server Administration Documentation.

## Behavior change

TheConfigure Monitoringoption in theAdministrationmenu is deprecated. Use theConfigurablestab to modify themonitorconfigurable, which controls P4 Server command monitoring for performance analysis and troubleshooting.

To learn more, see Manage configurables.

## What’s new in other P4 clients

To learn about what’s new in other P4 clients, see the following information:

- P4V

- P4 CLI

- P4 Merge

- P4 One

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