Recent Version History

This is list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also project history.

Not Released Yet

2009-07-14

Workaround for Momentum server limit of 32 KiB for reading/writing. 440
Added missing descriptions of certificate, implicit, explicitssl and explicittls switches for command-line and scripting.
Empty SSH keyboard interactive prompts are ignored. 388
256×256 icon is deployed with WinSCP. 445
Bug fix: Overwrite confirmations were shown even when target file did not exist when uploading with SFTP protocol. 442
Bug fix: Mask hints label on transfer settings dialogs was improperly placed when localized.
Bug fix: Failure when closing session while having log window opened and custom commands toolbar displayed. 441

4.2.2 beta

2009-06-28

New icon by Jonathan Heathcote
Each selected file/directory can be optionally added individually to background transfer queue. 97
It is possible to schedule computer shutdown at the end of operation or once the background transfer queue is empty. 292
New switches -append and -resume to scripting commands put and get to append file/resume transfer respectively. 298
Added switch /certificate to command-line and open script command to automatically accept SSL certificate with given fingerprint. 430
Change: SSH host key or SSL/TLS certificate can no longer be automatically verified using scripting batch mode. 411
When renaming a file within file panel, whole filename (including an extension) can be optionally selected again. 255
In Commander interface the directory tree can be optionally shown left of file list. 5
Broken idle sessions are optionally automatically reconnected. 30
Local custom commands that work both with remote and local file (diff-style) can be executed from synchronization checklist for pairs of files. 54
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2008-04-26, revision 8519). It brings following changes:
- Empty SSH keyboard interactive prompts are ignored. 388
SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.8k.
FTPS session can be opened from script explicitly. 396
It is possible to turn off both modification time and file size comparison criteria, synchronizing thus only by file existence. 368
List of parameters can be passed to script using /parameter command-line parameter. The parameters are resolved in the script using %N% pattern. 197
For synchronization, when comparison by modification time is disabled, it is possible to turn off preserving of timestamp. 368
Empty password can be specified explicitly on command-line and in script to allow password-less authentication with FTP. 428
Speed limit can be set as part of transfer settings. 302
It can be configured how long script should keep trying reconnect broken sessions. 367
On download names of files reserved in Windows (such as NUL) are appended with %00 to allow saving them. 58
Appending to log file with XML format is disallowed.
Dialogs are showed on-screen even if center of the main window is off-screen. 360
Changed usage to discourage specification of session on command-line for console use.
Console interface tool usage shows only command-line parameters relevant for console use.
Limited number of HTTP redirects when checking for updates.
When opening connection in FTP active mode fails, using passive mode is suggested.
Workaround for Windows 7 incompatibility, preventing loading translation plugins. 423
For compatibility with Fedora 11, dot (.) after permissions in directory listing is ignored 436
Transfer settings controls reorganized so that Clear ‘Archive’ attribute fits to Upload options. 108
In Mirror synchronization mode it is possible to turn off comparison by modification time.
It is not possible to change XML log file name in middle of session. 393
Bug fix: Failure when downloading file from non-current directory with FTPS protocol. 390
Bug fix: Edit With dialog had wrong layout.
Bug fix: Overwriting new or updated files only was not working with SFTP when overwrite confirmations were disabled. 408
Bug fix: Occasional failure when closing commander window. 419
Bug fix: Local shortcuts were not followed. 420
Bug fix: Commander tab of Preferences dialog did not have help screen associated.
Bug fix: Selection did not follow focus after reloading of directory. 432
Bug fix: Stray empty line was printed on console on failed connections.
See also change list for 4.1.9.

4.2.1 beta

2009-02-27

Bug fix: It was not possible to open Preferences dialog. 381
Bug fix: Error message was appearing during installation. 382

4.2 beta

2009-02-26

FTPS (FTP over TLS/SSL) support using OpenSSL 0.9.8j. 36
It is possible to change group/owner of a remote file by UID/GID. 333
XML logging for more formal and machine-readable representation of operations performed during the session. 95
Filter for file panel. 56
New set of bookmarks/location profiles that is shared among all sessions. 284
Timestamps of uploaded files are preserved with FTP. 293
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2008-02-23, revision 8461). It brings following changes:
- Improved flow control with SSH-2, what improved transfer speed, particularly for downloads. 17 flow-control flow-control-filexfer
- Support for SSH-2 RSA key exchange. ssh2-rsa-kex
- Improved robustness when dealing with servers that does not respect WinSCP window size. ssh2-window-overrun
- Improved robustness when dealing with servers that does not respect WinSCP packet size limit (e.g. GlobalSCAPE). 314 ssh2-bug-maxpkt
- Switched to PuTTY’s own implementation of Kerberos/GSSAPI. It brings following changes: kerberos-gssapi
  - GSS key exchange algorithms are no longer supported.
  - Session option Service principal name is no longer supported.
- Bug fix: WinSCP tried password authentication with SSH-1 even if the server says not to. ssh1-no-password
- Bug fix: In CBC modes, decrypting the packet length could leak information. ssh2-cbc-pktlen-weakness
When checking for updates, beta versions are by default not reported.
Any file mask can include exclude masks (separated by pipe). 328
Position of internal editor window is remembered. 317
It is possible to synchronize remote files with name that is not allowed on Windows. 31
Console window of .exe can be minimized to task bar status area. 243
For external editors, WinSCP no longer waits for editor process to be closed by default. It keeps edited remote file in temporary directory until WinSCP closes instead. Previous behavior can be forced using editor preference option External editor opens each file in separate window (process). 334
In editor preferences list, editing certain files with an associated application can be configured. 283
It is possible to edit files in ad hoc selected editor. 291
Using of switch -a with FTP LIST command is configurable. 275
For messages without associated help page, WinSCP can initiate search of whole documentation site.
File mask hint shows file size mask syntax.
Number of not shown hidden files is indicated on status bar.
Expanding/collapsing capability of create directory dialog removed.
Bug fix: File externally hidden was not removed from file panel.
Improvements and fixes back-propagated to 4.1.9 hotfix release.

4.1.9 (hotfix)

2009-04-23

Back-propagates some improvements and fixes from 4.2 beta release:
- Workaround for problem with Tectia SFTP server corrupting remote file if resumed transfer fails again. 351
- Errors while keeping session alive with FTP protocol are ignored.
- Bug fix: When synchronizing timestamps of local files, update of non-existing local files was offered. 346
- Bug fix: When name of destination remote file was changed on overwrite confirmation dialog, timestamps and permissions were yet set on the original filename (SFTP only).
- Bug fix: Change of name of destination remote file on overwrite confirmation dialog was not reflected properly for resumable file transfers (SFTP only).
- Bug fix: Failure during dummy listing of remote directory with FTP as form of keepalive, while error message of failed regular directory listing was shown.
- Bug fix: Failure after closing internal editor. 349
- Bug fix: Infinite loop when FTP directory listing with -a switch fails. 352
- Bug fix: Paste in an internal editor could not be undone. 354
- Bug fix: Script switch -preservetime did not work. 361
- Bug fix: Repetitive prompts for adding bookmark when switching between “bookmark” and “location profile” mode.
- Bug fix: Suspending background transfer was not working with FTP. 341
- Bug fix: Occasional failure when showing main window. 369
- Bug fix: Status bar on log file window always indicated no log file. 370
- Bug fix: Just leaved directory was not focused in file panel when paths as reported by remote server ended with slash. 371
- Bug fix: Opening session in PuTTY was not working for ad-hoc sessions. 372
- Bug fix: Incorrectly URL-encoded character in session specification may caused the session to be silently ignored. 373
- Bug fix: Failure of authentication was not shown on authentication dialog with FTP protocol.
- Bug fix: Directories with no transferred files were not created on upload with FTP. 137
Back-propagates some improvements and fixes from upcoming 4.2.2 release:
- Improved logging of FTP protocol events and errors.
- Password for tunnel session is also remembered for background transfers. 400
- Timestamps of local and remote file are compared with respect to their precision when transferring updated files only. 409
- Bug fix: File selection was broken after sorting on Windows Vista. 383
- Bug fix: Main window stopped responding if directory listing with SFTP started with file with suspicious name. 384
- Bug fix: No overwrite confirmation when dropping local files to local panel of Commander interface. 387
- Bug fix: Local and remote panels were inconsistently sorted by extension. 389
- Bug fix: The Update subdirectories checkbox of Keep remote directory up to date did not apply to synchronization on start. 395
- Bug fix: When changing directory with FTP failed due to new remote path being different to requested one, respective error message missed to report a cause. 398
- Bug fix: Remembered password of main session was in some cases reused to authenticate tunnel session for background transfers. 400
- Bug fix: Blank lines of command output were not shown in console window. 402
- Bug fix: Button-like controls disappeared when accelerators were about to be shown on Windows Vista. 329
- Bug fix: Last modification date was not shown in local file panel with some rare system date/time formats. 406
- Bug fix: Transfer to temporary file was disabled when transferring file to/from editor. 407
- Bug fix: Overwrite confirmation prompt was showing timestamps not adjusted for DST with FTP. 412
- Bug fix: Failure while uploading file when timestamp of remote file was not retrieved with FTP protocol. 413
- Bug fix: WinSCP hanged when FTP connection was closed while waiting for reply to keepalive. 414
- Bug fix: FTP command scheduled for execution just before connection is closed was executed out of the order after reconnect. 415

4.1.8

2008-12-01

Expanding/collapsing capability of message boxes removed.
Bug fix: Icon on Properties dialog is shrunk to fit, if shell icon size is too large. 323
Bug fix: Dragging of item in editor list was not correctly stopped.
Bug fix: Error when moving current remote directory to different location (e.g. by dragging tree node). 330
Bug fix: Duplicating session in new window was not working. 332
Bug fix: Color of file panel border was not updated in some cases.
Bug fix: Error on startup when initial local directory as reported by Windows starts with lowercase drive letter. 319
Bug fix: Size of externally removed local files was not detracted from total file size shown on status bar.
Bug fix: File statistics on status bar was not updated with automatic update of local file panel on external change.
Bug fix: Controls on some dialogs (e.g. editor preferences dialog) were occasionally corrupted. 336

4.1.7

2008-09-28

Output from console interface tool is no longer buffered. 281
System error message is shown when FTP connection is refused.
Transfer mode and resume support status are no longer shown on progress window.
Internal editor is opened faster. 312
It is possible to reference session in folder from command line and script. 300
Session name can contain special characters like []/. 305
In scripting on session start local working directory is set to the one saved in stored session. 303
Bug fix: Wrapping of long files were not applied to newly opened internal editors. 287
Bug fix: Alias to directory listing command was not cleared (SCP only). 285
Bug fix: Failure when creating directory with SFTP. 307
Bug fix: “List index out of bounds (-1)” error on startup with Explorer interface and Show full path on address bar option disabled. 294
Bug fix: Transfer progress indication was not completed with FTP protocol. 278
Bug fix: Paste in an internal editor lost final new line. 277
Bug fix: Dialogs opened from Preferences dialog opened from internal editor are properly placed over them. 282
Bug fix: Failure when dragging item in editor list.
Bug fix: Internal editor status bar was not updated after reload.
Bug fix: WinSCP closed without warning even when internal editor with modified local file was opened.
Bug fix: Changes to internal editor configuration were not applied to opened editors with local files.
Bug fix: Random pieces of log were duplicated in log window. 310
Bug fix: Log window was not updated while connecting.
Bug fix: Some administrative restrictions were not being applied. 315

4.1.6

2008-07-30

Bug fix: Failure when skipping error during ls command in scripting. 269
Bug fix: Unix-style paths on command-line were ignored. 267
Bug fix: Permissions to uploaded directories were set even when Set permissions was off, what caused problems on servers not allowing setting permissions to directories (Serv-U). 268
Bug fix: Misplaced sorting arrow was shown when file panel was sorted by hidden column.
Bug fix: Remote files were incorrectly moved to recycle bin even when alternative resume or append was selected instead of overwrite.
Bug fix: Overwritten remote files were not moved to recycle bin during resumable transfers. 272
Bug fix: Overwritten remote files were not moved to recycle bin if overwrite confirmations were disabled. 272
Bug fix: It was pointlessly offered to alternatively resume transfer when local and remote files had a same size.
Bug fix: Refreshing large remote directory tree took too long. 279
Bug fix: Workaround for failure on startup. 140

4.1.5

2008-07-12

For internal directory listings with FTP protocol LIST is used unless LIST -a was already proven to work. 263
Bug fix: .. directory become visible eventually in Explorer interface. 259
Bug fix: Open session in new window was not working for stored sessions in folders. 266
Bug fix: It was not possible to permanently select English language, when default system language was different (and that language for WinSCP was installed).
Bug fix: It was not possible to move files by drag&drop to other applications when using drag&drop shell extension. 261
Bug fix: Failure when starting console interface tool. 260