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# Ascent 2.16.5

### Flow

#### New Features

* **More control over integration visibility** — Integration access can now be limited to people who hold View permission, so only the right team members can see how integrations are set up.

#### Improvements

* **Stronger access control on forwarders** — Access policies are now enforced on forwarders, keeping forwarder access aligned with the same permission rules used across the platform.

#### Bug Fixes

* Access to one source extension no longer reveals all source extensions.
* Fixed an issue where access permissions could occasionally behave differently across parts of a deployment. Permissions now stay consistent across the board.

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### Vanguard

#### Improvements

* **Smarter checks when setting up policies** — When creating a policy, Ascent now confirms that the target resource is valid and actually exists, helping prevent policies that point to something that isn't there.

#### Bug Fixes

* Some checks that previously failed to load screenshots now display them correctly.
* The "Hide Empty Group" checkbox in check views now works as expected.

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### Component Version 2.16.5

<table><thead><tr><th>Components</th><th width="410.2265625">Version</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Flash</td><td>v3.21.3</td></tr><tr><td>Coffee</td><td>v3.22.5</td></tr><tr><td>ASM</td><td>13.40.0</td></tr><tr><td>NG Private Agent</td><td>1.0.9</td></tr><tr><td>Check Execution Container: Browser</td><td>fpr-c-130n-10.2.1-716-r-2025.04.02-0-base-2.0.0</td></tr><tr><td>Check Execution Container: Zebratester</td><td>zt-7.5a-p0-r-2025.04.02-0-base-1.2.0</td></tr><tr><td>Check Execution Container: Runbin</td><td>runbin-2025.04.17-0-base-2.2.1</td></tr><tr><td>Check Execution Container: Postman</td><td>postman-2025.04.17-0-base-1.4.1</td></tr><tr><td>Bnet (Chrome Version)</td><td>10.2.2 (Chrome 130)</td></tr><tr><td>Zebratester</td><td>7.5A</td></tr><tr><td>ALT</td><td>6.13.3.240</td></tr><tr><td>IronDB</td><td>1.5.1</td></tr></tbody></table>


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