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At /settings/misc: Misc settings showing Inactive device threshold (30), Device retention policy (Never), Visibility of locked features (Show locked features), Show Software Inventory tag selector (Select by tag), Dashboard tag selector position (Bottom), Change default homepage (Device Explorer), Enable Stealth Devices (toggle), Web access (Ask for permission) “Miscellaneous settings to control various functionality across your platform.” Each setting on the page is documented below with the exact label, description (as it appears in the product), and the available values from the dropdown.

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Settings reference

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Inactive device threshold

Type: number of days (default 30)
Devices not seen for longer than this period will be automatically set inactive. They will be hidden from the dashboard summary statistics and alerts will be hidden by default. Leave this field blank if you do not want to enable automatic setting of device state.
Affects:
  • Default visibility of devices everywhere (Devices grid defaults to Active)
  • Dashboard counts — Estate Summary “Devices” excludes Inactive
  • Vitals calculations — Inactive devices are excluded from health percentages
Leave blank to disable automatic Inactive state — devices stay Active forever.

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Device retention policy

Type: dropdown (default Never)
Configure how long deleted devices should be retained before permanent removal. This setting controls the retention period for the device cleanup service.
Available values: Custom, Never, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 180 days. Never keeps device records indefinitely after they’ve been marked deleted by source tools — useful for compliance / audit. Shorter retention reduces tenant data volume. Custom lets you specify an arbitrary number.

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Visibility of locked features

Type: dropdown (default Show locked features)
Features can be locked due to insufficient permissions or because they are only available with a higher ThreatAware version. By default, user interface elements for these features will remain visible to the user, but in a disabled state. However, if it is more desirable for users to not see these locked elements, this setting can be used to control their visibility.
Available values:

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Show Software Inventory tag selector

Type: dropdown (default Select by tag)
Specify whether the tag selector should be displayed prior to loading the software inventory
Available values: See Software Inventory.

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Dashboard tag selector position

Type: dropdown (default Bottom)
Specify the position of the tag selector on the dashboard.
Available values:

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Change default homepage

Type: dropdown (default Device Explorer)
Change the default homepage to either the dashboard or device explorer
Available values:

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Enable Stealth Devices

Type: toggle (boolean)
Try ThreatAware’s new stealth detection capability, designed to identify devices outside of existing management platforms. This feature is in development - interpret results with care.
Beta feature. Enables surfacing of devices detected by network-scanning / vulnerability sources that don’t appear in any management platform. Operationally surfaces in the Network Inventory page.

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Web access

Type: dropdown (default Ask for permission)
Control how the AI can access web resources. With permission mode, the AI will ask for your approval before making web requests. Automatic mode allows the AI to make web requests without prompting.
Available values: This governs Studio / AI-Composer behaviour when an AI prompt asks for external information.

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Best practices

Leaving the threshold blank means devices stay Active forever — dashboards become misleading; saved views accumulate dead rows. Pick a sensible value (commonly 30-90 days).
Ops teams benefit from seeing the live integration sync row first. Leadership / compliance can override their own homepage via personal settings.
The full software grid is rarely useful unscoped — and slow to render. The picker forces a sensible first question.
Switching to Automatic removes the per-request approval gate. Useful for trusted batch workflows, riskier for ad-hoc Studio prompts.
New tenant-wide toggles appear here over time. The Misc page is the canonical place to find new flags.