It's also really bad that the clusters in the real-time stats aren't being shown anymore like in the 1.6 version.
for real-time stats, it is new consolidated look with similar info as before. If you click "show" button on external application, are you able to see it?
The request filter error bug has been addressed with an update of 1.7 release. please try "Force reinstall" from the web console to apply the latest build.