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September 5, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

September 5, 2024 Windows RC v1.14.1 Production Release

A new version of the Windows RC
 is now available in the Production release channel for New Installs and Auto-Update. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments → Roaming Clients → Install
.
Auto-update will push out the new release to RCs in the Production Release Channel within the next 24-72 hours. Please refer to our release status page for the latest available versions in both Beta and Production channels.
Included in WinRC v1.14.1
Includes all changes in last month's v1.14.1 Beta. See those release notes for full details.
Bug Fixes 🪲
We've optimized the ability for the RC to identify the current active user after a login by removing unnecessary queries to the domain controller. This should result in faster reporting and policy assignment updates.
Fixed an issue with the improvements added in 1.14.0 related to Modern Sleep that caused loopback addresses to persist after waking from sleep when using applications like Hyper-V or WSL, causing connections to fail.

August 20, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

August 20, 2024 Windows RC v1.14.1 Beta Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Beta release channel for New Installs and Auto-Update. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
Auto-update will push out the new release to RCs in the Beta Release Channel within the next 24-72 hours. Please refer to our release status page for the latest available versions in both Beta and Production channels.
Included in WinRC v1.14.1
Includes all changes in last month's v1.14.0 Beta. See those release notes for full details.
Bug Fixes 🪲
We've optimized the ability for the RC to identify the current active user after a login by removing unnecessary queries to the domain controller. This should result in faster reporting and policy assignment updates.
Fixed an issue with the improvements added in 1.14.0 related to Modern Sleep that caused loopback addresses to persist after waking from sleep when using applications like Hyper-V or WSL, causing connections to fail.
Please share any feedback you have while running v1.14.1.

August 15, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

August 15, 2024 Windows RC v1.13.2 Production Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Production release channel for New Installs . This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
This release only includes a refreshed installation certificate used for the auto-update capability and is otherwise identical to v1.13.0 released on
April 30th, 2024
. This will ensure roaming clients can auto-update to upcoming releases that will require the updated certificate.
Due to the limited changes from 1.13.0 and 1.13.1 we will proceed with an accelerated release rollout to Auto-Update users, beginning early next week. A reminder that machines with DNSFilter-branded versions of v1.11.0 and v1.12.0 require manual updates to v1.13.0 or newer — see this support doc for more details.

July 29, 2024

improved

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

July 29, 2024 Windows RC v1.13.1 Production Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Production release channel for New Installs . This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
This release only includes a refreshed installation certificate used for the auto-update capability and is otherwise identical to v1.13.0 released on
April 30th, 2024
. This will ensure roaming clients can auto-update to upcoming releases that will require the updated certificate.
Due to the limited changes from 1.13.0 we will proceed with an accelerated release rollout to Auto-Update users, beginning later this week. A reminder that machines with DNSFilter-branded versions of v1.11.0 and v1.12.0 require manual updates to v1.13.0 or v1.13.1 — see this support doc for more details.

July 15, 2024

improved

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

July 15, 2024 Windows RC v1.14.0 Beta Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Beta release channel for New Installs and Auto-Update. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard

Deployments

→

Roaming Clients

→

Install.

Auto-update will push out the new release to RCs in the Beta Release Channel within the next 24-72 hours. Please refer to our release status page for the latest available versions in both Beta and Production channels.

Included in WinRC v.1.14.0

Improved 🛠️

Improved compatibility with WebEx phone service and other VoIP based clients.
Improved compatibility with the Modern Standby sleep feature on Windows

Bug Fixes 🪲

Fixed issues with RC successfully reconnecting when moving to a new network/VPN connection. The RC should be more robust in resuming filtering in these situations, including sleep/wake with different networks.
Fixed an issue when the RC tray icon will inaccurately display the RED offline status after resuming from a sleep state — even though filtering is active.

Please share any feedback you have while running v1.14.0.

May 21, 2024

new

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

May 21, 2024 Windows RC v1.13.0 Auto-Update Begins | Note on v1.11.0/1.12.0

The latest version of Windows RC, v1.13.0, is now beginning roll-out via auto-update in the Production release channel.
Visit and follow the release status page for more details as the Windows Roaming Client v1.13.0 rollout expands in the coming weeks.
Note: Updating from v1.11.0 and 1.12.0
Due to an issue with certificate validation logic in the DNSFilter branded (DNSFilter Agent, not DNS Agent) versions 1.11.0 and 1.12.0 will require a manual update of the Windows Roaming Client to the current version (1.13.0) to reinstate the auto-update capability and to ensure they are operating with the latest Windows Roaming Client features. Please refer to updating from Windows RC 1.11.0 and 1.12.0 for additional FAQs on the issue and details on alternative installation methods. We apologize for this inconvenience.

April 30, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

April 30, 2024 Windows RC v1.13.0 Production Release

A new version of the Windows RC is now available in the Production release channel for New Installs . This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
Auto-update will begin next week. Please refer to our release status page for the latest available versions in both Beta and Production channels.
Included in WinRC v1.13.0
Bug Fixes 🪲
Improved the reliability and resilience in setting the active local user when installing,  restarting or switching users on the device.
Fixed an issue when an RC configured to use IPv6 only (via Registry key value) connects to an IPv4 only network that prevented resolution. 
Improved handling of restoring previous DNS settings in scenarios where the RC fails to operate due to inability to bind port 53. 
Fixed issues resolving .local
 requests when no local Resolver is configuration for the user - default behavior will now automatically resolve request to fallback settings of the network device.
Improved detection of manual changes to network device DNS servers while RC is running, resetting DNS back to DNSFilter. 
Fixed a compatibility issue with using Hyper-V and Windows Sandbox simultaneously. 
Reduced the frequency of the RC querying the windows domain controller for retrieving local user details, this should reduce CPU load on the domain controller.

March 8, 2024

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

March 8, 2024 - Windows RC v1.13.0 Beta and v1.12.1 Production Releases

A new version v1.13.0 of the Windows RC is now available in the Beta release channel for New Installs and Auto-Update. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
Auto-update will push out the new release to RCs in the Beta Release Channel within the next 24-72 hours. Please refer to our release status page for the latest available versions in both Beta and Production channels.
Today we have also updated the latest version in the Production channel with v1.12.1 - this build only includes a refreshed installation certificate used for the auto-update capability and is otherwise identical to v1.12.0 released on
January 10th, 2024
. This will ensure roaming clients can auto-update to upcoming releases that will require the updated certificate. 
Included in WinRC v1.13.0
Bug Fixes 🪲
Improved the reliability and resilience in setting the active local user when installing,  restarting or switching users on the device.
Fixed an issue when an RC configured to use IPv6 only (via Registry key value) connects to an IPv4 only network that prevented resolution. 
Improved handling of restoring previous DNS settings in scenarios where the RC fails to operate due to inability to bind port 53. 
Fixed issues resolving .local
 requests when no local Resolver is configuration for the user - default behavior will now automatically resolve request to fallback settings of the network device.
Improved detection of manual changes to network device DNS servers while RC is running, resetting DNS back to DNSFilter. 
Fixed a compatibility issue with using Hyper-V and Windows Sandbox simultaneously. 
Reduced the frequency of the RC querying the windows domain controller for retrieving local user details, this should reduce CPU load on the domain controller.

December 18, 2023

new

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

Beta

December 18, 2023 - WinRC v1.12.0 Beta Release - HyperV Support

Multiple Release Channels 🔔
A new version of the Windows RC is now available via the Beta channel. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard from Deployments
 → Roaming Clients
 → Install.
 Additionally, your existing RCs can be configured to receive the Beta release via auto-update by modifying its Release Channel from Roaming Clients
 → Manage
.
For more details on Release Channels and the current versions available for both Beta and Production channels, check out our help docs.
Included in WinRC v.1.12.0
Bug Fixes 🪲
Windows RC has been updated with improved compatibility when running on machines that also leverage virtualized platforms or technologies that previously could conflict with DNSFilter and it's use of Port 53. Improvements should be seen when using Hyper-V, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and Docker or Windows Sandbox containers. 
Fixed an issue in the Dashboard that could prevent a Global Policy from being applied if it was applied to versions 1.10.3 & 1.10.5.
Please share your feedback and any issues experienced on the new beta version with our Support or Product teams.

November 28, 2023

fixed

Windows Roaming Client

November 28, 2023 Windows RC (v1.11.0) - New Installs

A new version of the Windows Roaming client is now available in the dashboard (

Deployments -> Roaming Clients -> Install

) for download and installation.

Auto-updates will start next week. See our status page for more details.

Improvements 🛠️

EDNS attributes are now included in queries sent to local resolvers. This feature should improve DNS resolution performance in environments configured to route DNS traffic first to a local resolver before forwarding to DNSFilter resolvers. If you wish to disable this behavior you can modify the
IncludeLocalResolversEdnsRecords
registry setting to
False
.

Bug Fixes 🪲

Resolved an issue that caused an access error when upgrading from v1.10.7. The specific error message seen was
Error writing to file: C:\Program Files\DNSFilterAgent\ARSoft.Tools.Net.dll. Verify that you have access to that directory
.
Fixed an issue that unnecessarily called an API endpoint every 5 seconds to sync.

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