Recent Version History

2011-07-27

• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.61. It brings following changes:
  • When WinSCP fails to get a response from Pageant, it logs the fact.
  • Bug fix: Workaround for some servers blithely responding to winadj@putty.projects.tartarus.org with SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_SUCCESS despite probably having no idea what it means. winadj-success
  • Bug fix: Pageant authentication was not working. 703
• The command list -a is stopped being used when returned listing is empty. 693
• Using HTTP/1.1 when checking for application updates.
• Bug fix: Unwanted auto-completion in comboboxes when resizing the window.
• Bug fix: Arguments (passwords in particular) passed to PuTTY were not escaped correctly. 692
• Bug fix: Special permissions were not preserved correctly in configuration. 695
• Bug fix: Another invalid timezone shifting of file timestamps with FTP protocol. 696
• Bug fix: Failure when connection closes with FTP protocol. 698
• Bug fix: WinSCP was hanging when FTP directory listing connection was closed without response to LIST command. 699
• Bug fix: Slow startup when there are disconnected network drives. 702
• Bug fix: Notification balloon was displayed after finishing of every queue task. 705
• Bug fix: No fallback to IPv4 with SSH. 707

2011-05-25

• Rolled back increase of socket internal buffer size for SSH. 677
• SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2011-03-04, revision 9120). It brings following changes:
  • Support for “zlib@openssh.com” compression. 146
  • Small performace improvements.
• On Windows 7 progress of operation is shown on the taskbar button. 437
• URLs with IPv6 address are supported. 681
• Removed length limit for FTP Post login commands. 673
• Colon in stored session name and IPv6 addresses is escaped when used for generated name of session log file.
• State of Advanced options checkbox is always remembered. 650
• Source of the configuration is stored into session log. 683
• Navigating back/forward with synchronized browsing enabled affects both panels. 625
• When renaming a file during transfer, only filename (without an extension) is optionally selected. 664
• File renaming is not started, when only focusing application. 651
• Session colors are used on stored session list. 687
• Setup will default to use the same language as the last time.
• Setup will not try to replace the drag&drop shell extension unless newer version is included. This prevents setup from requiring restart in many cases. 686
• Bug fix: Incorrect conversion of timestamps between local and remote systems with respect to DST on Windows 2008 R2. 671
• Bug fix: Failure on transfer error with SCP protocol. 674
• Bug fix: Invalid timezone shifting of file timestamps with FTP protocol. 675
• Bug fix: Pageant authentication was not working on x64. 662
• Bug fix: Failure when reconnection fails with FTP protocol. 680
• Bug fix: Failure when reconnecting with FTP protocol. 676
• Bug fix: chmod command was not skipped with SCP protocol, when changing file properties but not changing permissions. 645
• Bug fix: Error when uploading file with specific size with FTP protocol. 684

2011-02-23

• SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0d.
• Enabled TLS extensions in OpenSSL, what resolves problems with some FTP servers. 658
• Change: Compare directories command uses Shift+F2 shortcut instead of Ctrl+C. 641
• OpenCandy advertising module was suspended from the installer.
• Added support for dragging files from WinRAR. 399.
• Default ascii file mask extended with *.js. 642
• SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2011-02-21, revision 9101).
• Bug fix: Check for application updates was not working.
• Bug fix: Error response to SFTP initialization request was sometimes parsed incorrectly.
• Bug fix: It was not possible to skip errors during some operations. 654
• Bug fix: Home directory was incorrect after reconnect with FTP protocol. 659
• Bug fix: It was sometimes not possible to initiate file renaming. 657

2010-12-11

• SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0c.
• File renaming is not started, when only focusing file panel. 570
• Bug fix: Failure when logging in ad-hoc session. 632
• Bug fix: Failure when directory is reloaded while renaming file. 633
• Bug fix: Values with special characters were not exported correctly to PuTTY. 634
• Bug fix: Invalid DST handling in the Southern hemisphere. 638
• Bug fix: Synchronized browsing was not preserved, when restarting application. 639

2010-11-07

• Increased socket internal buffer size for SSH. It should improve transfer speed. Thanks to ultramage. 615
• Environment variables are resolved in path to external editor. 563
• Include/exclude masks can be used when moving files between local and remote directories. 536
• Add to Bookmarks and Refresh commands added to context menus of panel path labels. 624
• Change: With FTP protocol, passive mode is used by default. 165
• Change: Links to website and help are no longer created in start menu folder. 616
• Autocomplete disabled for most of the combo boxes. 619
• SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-09-27, revision 9010). It brings following changes:
  • Improved port forwarding robustness.
  • When disconnected because there are no supported authentication methods left to try, the error message contains the list of methods sent by the server.
  • Standard GSS libraries are now loaded from standard locations rather than using the default DLL search path.
  • Other small bugs fixed.
• SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0a.
• Bug fix: Error when refreshing panel content. 617
• Bug fix: Error when more background transfers finish at the same moment. 622
• Bug fix: Script does not abort after receiving no answer for prompt, when running in batch mode. 623
• Bug fix: Main window appeared in background, when prompt for master password appeared during authentication. 629
• Bug fix: Script running in batch mode did not automatically reconnect broken sessions. 517
• Bug fix: Error when uploading empty file over FTPS. 489

2010-09-23

• Never try to rename file to the very same name. 604
• Bug fix: Failure when executing custom command and not capturing its output. 587
• Bug fix: GSSAPI/Kerberos was not working. 590
• Bug fix: Local file timestamp was interpreted incorrectly for synchronization on Windows 7. 591
• Bug fix: Failure on close scripting command. 599
• Bug fix: Edited file was reloaded from active session, not from original session. 603
• Bug fix: Path history was mixed among sessions. 607
• Bug fix: Session closed after operation completed was automatically reconnected. 608
• Bug fix: Check for application updates was hanging. 611
• Bug fix: Missing content on OpenCandy screen. 600

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