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 +====== Recent Version History ======
 +This is a full list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also [[project_history|Project history]] and [[incompatible_changes|Incompatible changes between versions]].
 +
 +===== [[6.4]] 6.4 (not released yet) ((2024-05-07)) =====
 +
 +  * Optimized working with large local directories: [[bug>2264]]
 +    * Loading large directory trees on the background.
 +    * Hidden directory trees are loaded only in the background.
 +    * Optimizing directory loading by checking existence of subfolders on the background.
 +    * Optimized reading directories for file panel.
 +    * Optimized browsing within directory tree with lots of subfolders.
 +  * Improvements to AWS/S3 authentication and configuration handling:
 +    * Allowed assuming IAM role. [[bug>2249]]
 +    * Credential profiles in ''.aws/config'' file are also recognized.
 +    * Preferring configuration file defined using an environment variable over the default one.
 +    * Only profiles that contain both ''aws_access_key_id'' and ''aws_secret_access_key'' are listed on the Login dialog
 +    * Bug fix: The ''.aws/credentials'' file path was resolved using ''AWS_CONFIG_FILE'' environment variable instead of correct ''AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE''.
 +  * Fallback to nonresumable transfer when temporary target file cannot be created. [[bug>2277]]
 +  * Logging can be enabled for installer subtasks.
 +  * Limited SFTP upload queue length to avoid networking congestion.
 +  * Bug fix: Possibility that files in root folder were incorrectly used.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when system theme is changed at the same time directory change is detected. [[bug>2286]]
 +  * Bug fix: Tree indentation does not scale correctly. [[bug>2288]]
 +
 +===== [[6.3.4]] 6.3.4 (not released yet) ((2024-04-25)) =====
 +
 +  * Translation updated: Belarusian and Danish.
 +
 +===== [[6.3.3]] 6.3.3 ((2024-04-16)) =====
 +
 +  * SSH core and SSH private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.81]]. \\ It brings the following change:
 +    * Security fix for CVE-2024-31497: NIST P521/ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 signatures are no longer generated with biased values of //k//. The previous bias compromises private keys. [[bug>2285]] [[pbug>vuln-p521-bias]]
 +  * Translation updated: Belarusian.
 +  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.6.2.
 +  * Support for TortoiseMerge in //Compare Files// extension. [[bug>2279]]
 +  * Bug fix: File panel does not have focus after Login in Explorer interface. [[bug>2276]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when closing the last remote tab. [[bug>2283]]
 +  * Bug fix: Copy and paste to another application in Store installation sometimes does not work. [[bug>2284]]
 +
 +===== [[6.3.2]] 6.3.2 ((2024-03-12)) =====
 +
 +  * Translation updated: Belarusian.
 +  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.6.1.
 +  * Optimized startup when right panel local directory tree is not visible.
 +  * Workaround for SFTP servers (Cisco) which omit message field from status response. [[bug>2272]]
 +  * Bug fix: Password pipe cannot be used to open a session in an existing instance. [[bug>2265]]
 +  * Bug fix: Hang when canceling connection while reading remote directory. [[bug>2266]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when canceling FTP connection while reading remote directory. [[bug>2267]]
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot start on Windows XP. [[bug>2268]]
 +  * Bug fix: Installation hangs when adding installation path to search path when executed in session 0. [[bug>2270]]
 +  * Bug fix: Misplaced stored site use warning in scripting when session name is specified. [[bug>2271]]
 +  * Bug fix: Correcting neon version in About box and logs.
 +
 +===== [[6.3.1]] 6.3.1 ((2024-02-21)) =====
 +  * Translation completed: Norwegian.
 +  * Bug fix: Badly encoded SFTP packet when renaming a file using SFTP version 5 and newer. [[bug>2259]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when trying to synchronize files by checksum on server that does not support it. [[bug>2260]]
 +  * Bug fix: Random hang/failure when closing FTP TLS 1.3 connection. [[bug>2261]]
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot use IPv6 literal as hostname on Login dialog. [[bug>2263]]
 +
 +===== [[6.3]] 6.3 ((2024-02-14)) =====
 +
 +  * XML parser upgraded to Expat 2.6.0.
 +  * Bug fix: Hang when prompt pops up while SFTP session is being reconnected. [[bug>2258]]
 +
 +===== [[6.2.4]] 6.2.4 RC ((2024-02-03)) =====
 +
 +  * Translations completed: Farsi, French, Japanese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese.
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 3.2.1.
 +  * WebDAV/HTTP core upgraded to neon 0.33.0.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when trying to upload file using double-click over disconnected session. [[bug>2254]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure after long frequent use of session tabs. [[bug>2255]]
 +  * Bug fix: //New tab// icon is drawn incorrectly on Explorer interface with //Show selective text labels// turned off. [[bug>2257]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when switching to another application while new session is being opened using //New Tab// tab. [[bug>2251]]
 +
 +===== [[6.2.3]] 6.2.3 RC ((2024-01-19)) =====
 +
 +  * Added new ''ca-west-1'' AWS region.
 +  * Translations completed: Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Turkish and Tamil; and updated: Japanese.
 +  * Support for ''posix-rename@openssh.com'' SFTP extension. [[bug>2231]]
 +  * When cleaning up application data, deleting even ''Martin Prikryl'' and ''WinSCP 2'' root keys, if they remain empty.
 +  * Ignoring attempts to directly move/duplicate file over itself, as if protocol requires deleting, the file would be lost.
 +  * Configurable FTP TLS shutdown procedure. [[bug>2250]]
 +  * Not failing connection when FTP server responds to ''CSID'' command with an error. [[bug>2253]]
 +  * Bug fix: Certificate authority cache was not copied to new configuration storage nor cleaned up with other caches.
 +  * Bug fix: ''ssh'' protocol URL handling was not completely unregistered.
 +  * Bug fix: Reported transfer size is rarely incorrect during FTP downloads.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure after connecting to server. [[bug>2251]]
 +  * Bug fix: FTP ''CSID'' command does not end with semicolon. [[bug>2252]]
 +
 +===== [[6.2.2]] 6.2.2 beta ((2023-12-22)) =====
 +
 +  * SSH core and SSH private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.80]]. \\ It brings the following change:
 +    * Mitigations for SSH protocol "Terrapin" vulnerability. [[bug>2246]] [[pbug>vuln-terrapin]]
 +  * Support for ''Include'' directive when importing sites from OpenSSH. [[bug>2239]]
 +  * Change: .NET assembly collections are tagged with ''ClassInterfaceType.None'' to avoid warnings from ''regasm''.
 +  * Not using directory listing to keep FTP session alive by default. [[bug>2244]]
 +  * Windows Store installation on Windows 11 was incorrectly using INI file for configuration storage by default. [[bug>2245]]
 +  * Bug fix: Find dialog file list is scaled incorrectly on some multi monitor systems with different scaling. [[bug>2241]]
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot browse long local paths. [[bug>2242]]
 +
 +===== [[6.2.1]] 6.2.1 beta ((2023-12-05)) =====
 +
 +  * File hash can be used as criterion for synchronization. [[bug>52]]
 +  * Consistent behavior across protocols and protocol capabilities when duplicating remote files. [[bug>2233]]
 +  * //Columns > Reset Layout// command added to Explorer interface too.
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 3.2.0.
 +  * Support for "Requester pays" S3 buckets. [[bug>2213]]
 +  * Optional more prominent active session tab. [[bug>2229]]
 +  * Optionally not shortening tab titles. [[bug>2202]]
 +  * New ''winscp.net'' root certificate.
 +  * Restored support for legacy version of the Digest algorithm specified in RFC 2069. [[bug>2109]]
 +  * Restored consistent behavior of failing, between duplicating and moving/renaming files over existing file with WebDAV protocol in scripting and .NET assembly.
 +  * When moving a folder by drag&drop to a path that already contains a subfolder with the same name, the existing folder is overwritten.
 +  * Shorter and more friendly formatting of long time intervals. [[bug>2236]]
 +  * When typing ambiguous port numbers in Login dialog, keeping the current protocol, even if it is not the default protocol for the port.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when //New Tab// is clicked while another session is still being loaded.
 +  * Bug fix: Corrected some painting artifacts on session tabs, particularly on Windows 11.
 +  * Bug fix: ''Shift+F5'' shortcut operated with a focused file, rather than with selected files.
 +  * Bug fix: OpenSSL version in About dialog was not up to date.
 +  * Bug fix: Cannot leave directory entered via cache with SCP protocol if it was deleted meanwhile. [[bug>2234]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when connection is lost while reading remote directory with SFTP protocol. [[bug>2235]]
 +  * Bug fix: Multipart upload to Cloudflare R2 S3 interface fails due to too long upload ID. [[bug>2237]]
 +  * Bug fix: Panel focus was lost in some situations.
 +  * Bug fix: When S3 or WebDAV server did not provide file timestamp, downloaded file was set to oldest possible timestamp.
 +  * Bug fix: When session URL is typed into //Host name// box or pasted using context menu of the box and the Login dialog is submitted using ''Enter'' key, the URL is not parsed correctly.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when saving edited file over reconnected session after previous reconnect attempt was aborted. [[bug>2238]]
 +
 +===== [[6.2]] 6.2 beta ((2023-10-05)) =====
 +  * Single large file can be downloaded using multiple SFTP connections. [[bug>513]]
 +  * Support for OpenSSH certificates for host verification. Sponsored by [[https://goteleport.com/|Teleport]]. [[bug>2145]]
 +  * SSH core and SSH private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.79]]. \\ It brings the following change:
 +    * Support for HMAC-SHA-512. [[pbug>hmac-sha2-512]]
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 3.1.3.
 +  * Allowed S3 connection with IAM role instead of credentials. [[bug>2089]]
 +  * Command to open the same folder as in the other panel in local file manager mode. [[bug>2189]]
 +  * Support appending when streaming file contents to remote server. [[bug>2214]]
 +  * Commands to reset layout of file panels and background transfer queue list columns.
 +  * Change: SSL (3.0) is no longer supported. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are disabled by default, to match the OpenSSL 3 defaults.
 +  * Using optimized OpenSSL implementations of some algorithms.
 +  * Command to automatically size file panel columns. [[bug>2196]]
 +  * Allowed browsing a source folder/file instead of downloading when handling a download URL. [[bug>2211]]
 +  * Passing password to PuTTY using named pipe instead of commandline.
 +  * Made it harder to mis-click "never show this again" checkboxes. [[bug>2217]]
 +  * ''winscp.net'' root certificate is always trusted when checking for updates, even when (corporate managed) Windows certificate store does not trust it. [[bug>2212]]
 +  * Not browsing a source folder when handling a download URL when a download dialog is canceled.
 +  * Recognizing ''CertificateFile'' directive when importing sites from OpenSSH. [[bug>2220]]
 +  * Restored ability to duplicate remote folders using ''cp'' command in secondary shell session even when the SFTP server supports ''copy-file''/''copy-data'' extension. [[bug>2227]]
 +  * ''%%https://%%'' URL with ''r2.cloudflarestorage.com'' hostname is interpreted as S3 protocol, instead of WebDAV.
 +  * Recognizing path in //Host name// box on Login dialog. [[bug>2219]]
 +  * Improved behavior when moving/renaming over an existing folder. [[bug>2209]]
 +  * Improved OpenSSH ''config'' file parsing, particularly quoted and escaped values. [[bug>2206]]
 +  * Support for ProFTPD command ''%%OPTS REST STOR%%'' to query if upload restart is possible. [[bug>2194]]
 +  * Not showing a filter mask on a disconnected panel.
 +  * Implemented generic ''ICollection'' implicitly by .NET assembly collections. [[bug>2187]]
 +  * ''ProxyMethod'' raw session setting supports symbolical value names.
 +  * Ignoring disconnects from the server while closing the connection. [[bug>2195]]
 +  * Translations updated: Danish and Traditional Chinese.
 +  * Preventing background transfer queue list columns width to shrink too much. [[bug>2208]]
 +  * Not forcing text mode for edits with Windows Notepad on Windows 10 1809 and newer, as it already supports non-Windows line endings.
 +  * Allowed disabling SFTP extension use. [[bug>2222]]
 +  * Using packet size limit announced by OpenSSH ''limits@openssh.com'' extension.
 +  * Improved HTTP error reporting and logging.
 +  * With application logging enabled, automatic updates installation is started with logging too.
 +  * Throwing an exception when ''Session.SessionLogPath'' is set to a path with invalid ''.xml'' extension. [[bug>2215]]
 +  * Recognizing IP addresses starting with zero in FTP PASV response as unroutable. [[bug>2224]]
 +  * When there is both administrative and non administrative installation, automatic update automatically selects the the correct one for update.
 +  * Not displaying Administrator shield icon on //Upgrade// button, when Administrator permissions are not needed for the upgrade.
 +  * More meaningful error message when credentials are missing in scripting and .NET assembly.
 +  * Bug fix: WebDAV or S3 certificate that is recognized by Windows Certificate store, but have other issues, cannot be marked trusted by the user. [[bug>2191]]
 +  * Bug fix: Localized HTTP connection error messages are incorrectly decoded. [[bug>2197]]
 +  * Bug fix: Special characters in directory names were not correctly restored when uploading on background with multiple connections for single transfer enabled.
 +  * Bug fix: Master password prompt was not added to taskbar when opening session from commandline or when automatically loading workspace to yet invisible main window.
 +  * Bug fix: Handling download URL does not work when another idle instance is running. [[bug>2203]]
 +  * Bug fix: TLS session resumption is not working for subsequent FTP data connections with TLS 1.3 with some servers. [[bug>2210]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when using ''/browse='' switch and a file panel is empty.
 +  * Bug fix: Correcting default OpenSSL configuration paths.
 +  * Bug fix: Potential failure when opening unencrypted HTTP/WebDAV connection.
 +  * Bug fix: When second local panel tree view has focus, some keyboards shortcuts still operated on the first local panel.
 +  * Bug fix: Local file panel malfunctions when it starts on a drive hidden by Explorer's policy. [[bug>2216]]
 +  * Bug fix: When opening UNC path, the network drive is not added to the other local panel directory tree.
 +  * Bug fix: When opening the UNC path on the second local panel, the network drive is not added to drive drop-down menus.
 +  * Bug fix: Script sometimes does not abort after receiving no answer for prompt, when running in batch mode.
 +  * Bug fix: Configuration reading was broken after an attempt to access a non-existing sub-section within a section existed in raw configuration only.
 +  * Bug fix: WinSCP could ask the server to return more data during SFTP download than it can process. [[bug>2218]]
 +  * Bug fix: Renaming tab invalidated remembered password.
 +  * Bug fix: WinSCP loses focus after custom command is executed. [[bug>2221]]
 +  * Bug fix: Some DLLs were not protected against hijacking. [[bug>2223]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when error occurs on secondary shell session with //Continue on error// option enabled. [[bug>2226]]
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when reconnect on edited/opened file save is canceled. [[bug>2228]]
 +
 +===== [[6.1.2]] 6.1.2 ((2023-09-19)) =====
 +
 +  * MSI installer is not localized anymore to avoid problems with GPO. [[bug>2200]]
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1w.
 +  * Translations updated: Catalan, Danish, Russian and Turkish.
 +  * Added new ''il-central-1'' AWS region.
 +  * Bug fix: Typo in GPL license in installer. [[bug>2201]]
 +  * Bug fix: Check for application updates was limited to TLS 1.2.
 +
 +===== [[6.1.1]] 6.1.1 ((2023-06-21)) =====
 +
 +  * Translations completed: Brazilian Portuguese, Farsi and Portuguese; and updated: French and Italian.
 +  * Support for file masks in //Keep local directory up to date// extension. [[bug>1892]].
 +  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1u.
 +  * Bug fix: Patterns in default values of extension options were escaped in an extension tooltip.
 +  * Bug fix: //Calculate Directory Sizes// command was redundantly in all local panel column context menus.
 +  * Bug fix: Thanks and transitioning help toolbar message in Store installation was not readable in Dark theme. [[bug>2198]]
 +  * Bug fix: MSI installer runs in Catalan language (or possibly fails) when used in GPO. [[bug>2199]]
 +
 +===== [[6.1]] 6.1 ((2023-05-23)) =====
 +
 +  * Translations completed: Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
 +  * Consistently open the nearest existing parent folder when the current local panel directory is deleted. [[bug>2182]]
 +  * Visual feedback when control (drop down list particularly) is focused via keyboard accelerator.
 +  * Building .NET assembly in Visual Studio 2022.
 +  * Bug fix: Remote file pasted to an external HDD is downloaded twice. [[bug>2183]]
 +  * Bug fix: Callstack debug logging in .NET assembly was broken.
 +  * Bug fix: Corrected hint for //Default// session color command.
 +  * Bug fix: When reading input ''Stream'' in .NET assembly upload fails in 64-bit process, the transfer is not interrupted.
 +  * Bug fix: Failure when application log cannot be opened. [[bug>2186]]
 +  * Bug fix: Work around key algorithm naming change in OpenSSH 7.7 and older (from pre-release of PuTTY 0.79). [[bug>2188]]
 +  * Bug fix: With debug logging enabled, the echoed script commands and XML log group names miss the command name.
 +
 +===== [[6.0.2]] 6.0.2 RC ((2023-04-18)) =====
 +
 +  * When saving edited/opened file, optionally warning if it was modified meanwhile externally. [[bug>99]]
 +  * Autoreconnecting a disconnected session when saving an edited file. [[bug>1858]]
 +  * Even user-disconnected sessions can be reconnected when saving files opened from them.
 +  * Allowed reads with non-zero offsets with stream returned by ''Session.GetFile''. [[bug>2181]]
 +  * ''puttygen'' switches ''%%--new-passphrase%%'' and ''%%--old-passphrase%%'' are recognized.
 +  * Bug fix: When switching from a remote tab to a local tab, the "right" status bar does not show correct information.
 +  * Bug fix: //Edit Link// command in Explorer interface has incorrect name //Link//.
 +  * Bug fix: //Mark > Select/Unselect// command was behaving incorrectly.
 +  * Bug fix: HTTP proxy authentication prompt was not localized.
 +  * Bug fix: Directory tree does not adjust line height to custom panel font size. [[bug>2172]]
 +  * Bug fix: Green artifacts at partial file icon overlay.
 +  * Bug fix: The first copy&paste or drag&drop of remote files to other application might fail in Explorer interface. [[bug>2175]]
 +  * Bug fix: Temporary directory is left behind when WinSCP is closed while it has some remote files copied to the clipboard. [[bug>2176]]
 +  * Bug fix: ''Session.EnumerateRemoteFiles'' does not work correctly when the mask includes brackets and other symbols. [[bug>2177]]
 +  * Bug fix: Location profiles should not be used unless the session is connected.
 +
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