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November 13, 2024

new

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

Beta

11/13 November 13 - Windows Roaming Client v1.15.1 Beta

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.

Enhancements and Updates

All changes stated in v1.15.0 Beta
Fixed an issue with Root CA not being installed for white label version of the client.

November 7, 2024

new

Windows Roaming Client

RC Release Channels

Beta

11/7 November 7 - Windows Roaming Client v1.15.0 Beta

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.

Enhancements and Updates

Improvements to modern sleep detection and handling - this helps with connectivity issues when coming out of sleep mode.
The name of the MSI and download link was changed from
<fileprefix>-1.15.0.0.msi
to
<fileprefix>-1.15.0.msi
The agent logs file now will reside under logs folder in agent folder
The agent log file was renamed to Agent.log from logs.txt

Update to the Diagnostic Tool

Additional selection box to allow DNSFilter to collect System and Application event logs
Collection of all the historical logs, AutoUpdate.log and Agent.exe.config

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.

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.

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