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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]]. 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]].
-===== [[6.2.4]] 6.2.4 (not released yet) ((2024-01-23)) =====+===== [[6.4]] 6.4 (not released yet) ((2024-05-07)) =====
-  * Translations completed: Farsi and French.+  * 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 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)) ===== ===== [[6.2.3]] 6.2.3 RC ((2024-01-19)) =====
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  * Added new ''ca-west-1'' AWS region.   * 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.   * 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.   * 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.   * Ignoring attempts to directly move/duplicate file over itself, as if protocol requires deleting, the file would be lost.
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  * Bug fix: Failure when error occurs on secondary shell session with //Continue on error// option enabled. [[bug>2226]]   * 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]]   * Bug fix: Failure when reconnect on edited/opened file save is canceled. [[bug>2228]]
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-===== [[6.1.3]] 6.1.3 (not released yet) ((2023-10-03)) ===== 
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-  * Back-propagated some improvements from 6.2 beta release: 
-    * Translations updated: Danish and Traditional Chinese. 
===== [[6.1.2]] 6.1.2 ((2023-09-19)) ===== ===== [[6.1.2]] 6.1.2 ((2023-09-19)) =====
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  * Bug fix: ''Session.EnumerateRemoteFiles'' does not work correctly when the mask includes brackets and other symbols. [[bug>2177]]   * 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.   * Bug fix: Location profiles should not be used unless the session is connected.
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-===== [[6.0.1]] 6.0.1 beta ((2023-03-07)) ===== 
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-  * //Compare Directories// command is available in local file manager mode. 
-  * Installer upgraded to Inno Setup 6.2.2. 
-  * Translations updated: German and Hungarian. 
-  * Renamed //File// menu in Explorer interface to //Files// for consistency with Commander interface. 
-  * Using plural //Tabs// for consistency with other menus. 
-  * Using the same timestamp format in local and remote file panels. 
-  * Option to allow box-drawing characters to render correctly in an Internal editor. [[bug>2169]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when selecting S3 protocol in Login dialog with non-existing ''.aws/credentials'' file. [[bug>2166]] 
-  * Bug fix: Tab close button of new session was drawn as clicked, if it was opened from Login dialog popped up after the last session was closed by clicking its close button. 
-  * Bug fix: Rename tab dialog still says //"Rename session"//. 
-  * Bug fix: Generated code uses obsolete ''SessionOptions.WebdavSecure'' property instead of current ''SessionOptions.Secure''. 
-  * Bug fix: Generated code for unsecure S3 protocol does not include ''SessionOptions.Secure'' property. 
-  * Bug fix: Separation of //Tab// and //Session// menus was unintentionally not reverted for Explorer interface. 
-  * Bug fix: Wrong behaviour when trying to open a workspace that does not contain any valid session. 
-  * Bug fix: ''Ctrl+T'' opens the wrong type of tab. 
-  * Bug fix: The ''!K'' and ''!\'' custom command and PuTTY patterns were not included in syntax hint. 
-  * Bug fix: Hang when FTP directory listing contains nul character. [[bug>2167]] 
-  * Bug fix: //Parent directory// command was missing its keyboard shortcut in the menu. 
-  * Bug fix: Workspace could not be saved when the active tab was not connected or was local. 
-  * Bug fix: Some control labels were showing keyboard accelerators without keyboard intervention. 
-  * Bug fix: Pressing ''Alt'' with some combo boxes focused did not show keyboard accelerators. 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when starting with colored session. [[bug>2168]] 
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-===== [[6.0]] 6.0 beta ((2023-02-08)) ===== 
-  * Local file manager mode (two local panels). [[bug>1893]] 
-  * Windows 11 flat style graphics. 
-  * SSH core and SSH private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) upgraded to [[&url(puttychanges)|PuTTY 0.78]]. It brings the following changes: 
-    * Support for OpenSSH certificates (for user authentication keys). [[bug>1873]] [[pbug>ssh2-openssh-certkeys]] 
-    * Support for NTRU Prime post-quantum key exchange. [[pbug>ntru]] 
-    * Support for AES-GCM (in the OpenSSH style rather than RFC 5647, without hardware acceleration). [[pbug>aes-gcm]] 
-    * Support for more forms of Diffie-Hellman key exchange: new larger integer groups (such as group16 and group18), and support for using those and ECDH with GSSAPI. [[pbug>rfc8268-dh-groups]] [[pbug>gss-key-exchange-more-algs]] 
-  * Ongoing delete operation can be moved to background queue. [[bug>194]] 
-  * New DigiCert EV code signing certificate valid until February 2026 is used for signing binaries. 
-  * Showing directory size in file panel. [[bug>41]] 
-  * MSI installation package. [[bug>83]] 
-  * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1t. 
-  * Translations updated: German and Russian. 
-  * File checksum calculation support for SCP protocol and SFTP protocol via secondary shell session using shell commands like ''sha256sum''. 
-  * Tab titles are shortened to fit window width as needed. [[bug>1423]] 
-  * AWS S3 profile selection. [[bug>2057]] 
-  * Consistent behavior across protocols when renaming/moving remote files: [[bug>2120]] 
-    * Asking before overwriting existing files, both for renaming/moving. 
-    * Allowing overwriting existing files even with protocols that require deleting the existing file first and with WebDAV. 
-    * Change: In scripting and .NET assembly, moving a file over an existing file will overwrite the existing file. [[bug>2185]] 
-  * Using SFTP ''copy-data'' extension to duplicate remote files with servers that do not support ''copy-file'' extension (OpenSSH). 
-  * Allowed scrolling of background transfers queue list view while dragging a transfer. [[bug>2154]] 
-  * Tabs show tooltips with full session name, username, hostname and paths. 
-  * Displaying thanks and transitioning help toolbar message after Store installation over classic installation. 
-  * Remembering remote directory tree nodes state when switching sessions. [[bug>1057]] 
-  * Progress animations for //Duplicate// and //Move To// operations. 
-  * Download edited/opened files with up-to-date timestamps. [[bug>2122]] 
-  * Displaying current version on the New version notification. [[bug>2125]] 
-  * Support for S3 servers without TLS encryption. [[bug>1995]] 
-  * Support for redirected WebDAV downloads (even to other hosts). [[bug>1667]] 
-  * Optionally reading password from a file. [[bug>2102]] 
-  * Input files can be read from named pipes. [[bug>2118]] 
-  * ''Shift''-clicking //New Session// command opens the Login dialog in new WinSCP instance, instead of possibly opening new instance of workspace. 
-  * Option to always sort directories by name. [[bug>1024]] 
-  * Bookmark drop-down menu in Explorer interface. [[bug>2127]] 
-  * Preserving changed passwords of ad-hoc sessions in workspace. [[bug>2128]] 
-  * In file panel, file sorting by date and size is by default descending even when initiated by menu, toolbar or keyboard shortcut, consistently with sorting by clicking panel column header. 
-  * Allowed opening all sites in a folder in PuTTY. [[bug>2079]] 
-  * Allowing environment variables in custom INI file path. [[bug>2105]] 
-  * Private key pattern ''!K'' in PuTTY command-line and custom commands. [[bug>2107]] 
-  * Automatically reconnect when FTP server fails to open data connection with ''426'' code, if it previously worked. [[bug>2110]] 
-  * Cleaning up temporary WinSCP PuTTY sessions. 
-  * Clearing environment variables ''BLOCK_SIZE'' and ''LS_BLOCK_SIZE''. [[bug>2129]] 
-  * Added import from KiTTY directly to the Import dialog. [[bug>1551]] 
-  * Warn when user selects too verbose logging level that degrades performance. [[bug>2155]] 
-  * Contents of About dialog can be copied to the clipboard using ''Ctrl+C''. 
-  * Blocking Windows Rich Edit formatting keyboard shortcuts in Internal editor. [[bug>2108]] 
-  * WebDAV/HTTP core upgraded to neon 0.32.5. 
-  * PNG code upgraded to PngComponents 1.9.0. 
-  * When switching tabs, prevent visibly scrolling the panels when focusing the last selected file. 
-  * Removed the "compression" indicator from the status bar. 
-  * Added GSSAPI key exchange algorithms to ''/info''. 
-  * Allowed normal behavior of double-click on a file even when resolving of symlinks is disabled. [[bug>2037]] 
-  * Change: ''SessionOptions.WebdavSecure'' renamed to ''SessionOptions.Secure'' (and applies to S3 protocol too). 
-  * ''Session.ExecutablePath'' returns detected or actual executable path when not set. [[bug>2055]] 
-  * Change: Keyboard shortcut for //Command Line// command changed to ''Shift+Ctrl+M'' (''Shift+Ctrl+N'' previously). 
-  * Do not overwrite existing local file when FTP download fails to start. [[bug>2132]] 
-  * Preventing construction of .NET assembly internal collection classes, what avoids them being unnecessarily registered for COM. 
-  * Hidden configuration option to increase maximal number of background transfers at the same time. [[bug>2117]] 
-  * Not animating taskbar button, when items are queued, but processing is disabled 
-  * Removed gap in initial toolbar layout. 
-  * Better formatting of feature list on Interface page of Preferences dialog. 
-  * Optimizing adjusting to updated system font. [[bug>2149]] 
-  * Consistency with loading icons synchronously and on the background. [[bug>2161]] 
-  * Added new ''ap-southeast-4'' AWS region. 
-  * Selecting the best language with each installation. [[bug>2160]] 
-  * Workaround for using ''/ini=nul'' on systems when reading ''nul'' file fails. [[bug>2163]] 
-  * Support for FTP ''CSID'' command. 
-  * Not logging supported SFTP extensions included directly in ''SSH_FXP_VERSION'' response as unknown. 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when trying to switch session tabs while previous switch did not complete yet. 
-  * Bug fix: When importing from FileZilla with KiTTY selected as SSH terminal, host keys were imported from KiTTY instead of FileZilla/PuTTY. 
-  * Bug fix: Incorrect escaping of values in single-quoted patterns in custom commands. 
-  * Bug fix: Configuration does not load when using ''/rawconfig'' command-line switch and read-only configuration sections. 
-  * Bug fix: When file rename fails, wrong part of filename might be selected in the inline filename editor. 
-  * Bug fix: Mouse cursor flickers while retrieving remote file properties. 
-  * Bug fix: Using any keyboard shortcut with ''Alt'' key shows menu keyboard accelerators permanently. 
-  * Bug fix: Session tabs cannot be dragged when the user has mouse buttons swapped. 
-  * Bug fix: The //"Keep temporary copies of remote files in deterministic paths"// option applied when duplicating remote files via a local temporary copy and with custom commands, breaking their functionality. [[bug>2140]] 
-  * Bug fix: S3 credentials checkbox on Login dialog had wrong tab order. 
-  * Bug fix: Turned-off keepaliaves are not propagated to PuTTY. [[bug>2141]] 
-  * Bug fix: With password storing administratively disabled, the ''/rawsettings'' switch cannot be used to set passwords. [[bug>2142]] 
-  * Bug fix: Focus was lost after checking for updates. 
-  * Bug fix: Failure on startup fatal error. 
-  * Bug fix: Error when uploading file sized just below 32 kB boundary to FTP server over TLS 1.3. [[bug>2019]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when doing agent forwarding with Pageant 0.74 or older. [[bug>2162]] 
-  * Bug fix: Pressing ''Tab'' during incremental search on Login dialog never look into collapsed folders when more than one visible node matched the search. 
-  * Bug fix: File on local network share treated as folder when uploading. [[bug>2056]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when parsing FTP checksum response misses the actual response. 
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-===== [[5.21.8]] 5.21.8 ((2023-04-11)) ===== 
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-  * Back-propagated fixes from 6.0 beta release: 
-    * Translations updated: German, Hungarian and Russian. 
-    * TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1t. 
-    * Updated links to online help. 
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-===== [[5.21.7]] 5.21.7 ((2023-01-23)) ===== 
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-  * Improvements to official //Batch Rename// extension: 
-    * Made GUI refresh optional to allow standalone execution. 
-    * Not failing when specific file do not require any rename. 
-    * Bug fix: Rename fails when the filename contain file mask special characters. [[bug>2157]] 
-  * Bug fix: Failure when system settings change after new version message box was displayed. [[bug>2148]] 
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