v0.9.0

13/02/2026

What’s Changed

Reply CMP v0.9.0 is a major FinOps enhancement release focused on intelligent optimization and proactive monitoring. This version introduces AI-powered savings estimation, smart budget forecasting, customizable dashboards, and improved data accuracy across all cloud providers. The Optimize and Monitor phases move from preview to production-ready, making FinOps a complete end-to-end financial governance platform.

πŸš€ New Features

Optimize Phase - Production Ready

  • AI-Powered Savings Estimation: Recommendations now include intelligent savings estimates powered by Azure OpenAI. The system analyzes actual resource costs, usage patterns, and recommendation context to provide realistic monthly savings projections with confidence levels (High, Medium, Low).

    • Context-aware estimates replace static heuristics

    • Historical cost data drives accurate projections

    • Natural language explanations help finance teams understand savings opportunities

    • Estimates computed at refresh time for efficient API performance

  • Reservation Cost Tracking: Comprehensive support for Azure Reserved Instances, AWS RIs/Savings Plans, and GCP Committed Use Discounts (CUDs):

    • Automatic detection and lifecycle tracking (Detection β†’ Ongoing β†’ Settled)

    • Amortization handling per provider (Azure automatic, AWS explicit, GCP reflected in usage)

    • Clear visibility of reservation costs versus usage costs

    • Settlement detection when payments no longer appear

  • Enhanced Recommendations Display: Streamlined UI for cost optimization recommendations:

    • Filter by provider, category, and impact level

    • Drill down into affected resources with cost attribution

    • One-click access to resource details in Discovery

    • Export capabilities for reporting workflows

Monitor Phase - Production Ready

  • Customizable User Dashboards: Build personalized FinOps dashboards with drag-and-drop widgets:

    • 8 pre-built widget types: Cost Summary, Cost Trend, Budget Status, Top Spenders, Provider Breakdown, Category Breakdown, Savings Opportunities, Anomalies

    • Save personal dashboards per user

    • Share dashboards with teammates (view or edit permissions)

    • Set default dashboard for quick access

  • Budget Forecasting with Linear Regression: Smart budget alerts predict spending overruns before they happen:

    • Forecasted spending alerts based on historical trends

    • Configurable thresholds (percentage or absolute amount)

    • Alert types: Actual spending and Forecasted spending

    • Multi-recipient notifications with escalation to group owner’s manager

  • Async Operation Tracking: Monitor long-running operations (discovery, cost refresh, deployments) with real-time status updates:

    • Centralized tracking for all background jobs

    • Hanging operation detection via a custom watcher

    • Operation history and audit trail

    • User notifications on completion or failure

Data Quality & Accuracy Improvements

  • GCP Cost Data Alignment: Enhanced GCP cost ingestion now aligns perfectly with native BigQuery billing export data:

    • Exchange rate consistency (uses provider’s conversion rates)

    • Proper cost categorization (Usage, Reservation, Tax, Discount, Other)

    • Resource ID normalization via Asset Inventory API

    • Timezone handling (America/Los_Angeles as per GCP standard)

  • GCP Recommendations Affected Resources Fix: GCP recommendations now correctly populate affected resources list, enabling accurate savings calculations and resource-level attribution

  • FinOps Query API Validation: Date range validation prevents invalid queries (from date must be before to date)

πŸ”§ Improvements

  • Budget Alert Templates: Redesigned email templates for budget alerts with improved readability, spending forecasts, status summaries, and actionable recommendations

  • Exchange Rate Handling: Consistent exchange rate application per provider (AWS: end of period, GCP: start of month, Azure: cost date)

  • Cost Type Categorization: Clearer cost categorization across providers (Usage, Reservation, Tax, Discount, Other) with provider-specific logic documented

  • Documentation Enhancement: Comprehensive provider-specific data handling documentation added to reference section

πŸ› Bug Fixes

  • Fixed GCP recommendations not showing affected resources (preventing savings estimation)

  • Fixed GCP exchange rate alignment issues causing discrepancies with raw BigQuery data

  • Fixed FinOps query API allowing invalid date ranges (from > to)

  • Fixed reservation cost naming consistency across providers

πŸ“š Documentation

  • Added comprehensive provider-specific data handling reference (connections, discovery, recommendations, costs, ingestion, reservations, policy)

  • Updated FinOps feature documentation with Optimize and Monitor phases

  • Enhanced budgeting guide with forecasting capabilities

  • Added AI savings estimation explainer

  • Improved getting-started guides with new workflow examples