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Windows Roaming Client
RC Release Channels
Beta
19 March 3/19 - Windows Roaming Client v2.0.3 Beta
A new version of the Windows RC is now available via the Beta channel. This version can be downloaded from the dashboard Deployments → Roaming Clients → Install.
For more details on Release Channels and the current versions available for both Beta and Production channels, check out our help docs.
Bug Fixes 🪲
- Static IP Issue:Addressing the persistent issue where workstations with static IPs suddenly lose network access. This fix ensures that machines operate without interruption, restoring reliable connectivity.
- VPN Connection and Local Domain Resolution: Users connecting to a VPN from offsite can now resolve local domains instantly without delay. Previously, a validation issue caused the roaming client to rely on backup resolvers, delaying resolution by up to an hour. This fix ensures seamless remote work by processing local domain queries immediately upon VPN connection.
- Improved Error Handling for Local Domain Resolution: We have enhanced the reliability of our resolution process for local domains by ensuring that the RC no longer errors out when cycling through additional local resolvers. With this update, the RC will smoothly transition to subsequent local resolvers without triggering connection closure errors, improving the local domain resolutions.
- Improved Network Switching for DNS Fallback: Addressed the issue where the Windows Roaming Client was not correctly setting the fallback DNS when switching networks. This enhancement ensures that upon network change, the correct fallback DNS is applied without needing a manual restart of the agent, streamlining DNS resolution as users transition between different network environments.
- Improved Restoration of DNS Settings: Resolved an issue with restoring DNS settings when releasing or shutting down a network interface. Updates now correctly differentiate between Wi-Fi profiles and hardware level settings, ensuring DNS settings are accurately restored at the hardware level. Enhancements also improve the restoration of DHCP and static settings for wired connections.
- Network Backup Settings Synchronization: Resolved synchronization issues between memory and registry backups in network settings, ensuring accurate restoration of values to prevent device connectivity failures. Enhanced backup mechanisms now consistently update and maintain accuracy during DNS resolution takeover and proxy initiation.
- Enhanced Device Sleep Handling for Windows 11: Improved handling of device sleep state in Windows 11, particularly addressing issues with Modern sleep mode. The agent is now aware of the sleep state to prevent actions that might not be feasible, such as resetting network settings, restarting the process due to failed pings, and performing network changes while devices are asleep. Additionally, startup after sleep is delayed by 2 seconds to ensure all interfaces have re-established connectivity.
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Web App
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12 March 3/12 - NEW Roaming Client Management
Kicking off a series of enhancements that will be made through the year, we've completely overhauled our Roaming Client management experience. Every aspect of the Roaming Client is able to be searched, sorted, and filtered within the dashboard. The Internet is inherently dynamic, so administering your roaming clients should reflect that.
Moreover, for our multi-tenant MSP customers, you can now administer all your roaming clients at the parent level. No more having to drill into each sub-organization to ascertain the state of your deployments, it's all conveniently under a new Deployments tab in the parent level menu.
To get you accustomed to the new experience, we've introduced guided tours within the product. You'll see this pop up in the lower left hand corner of your dashboard the first time you log in with the new experience turned on. If you need to revisit the tour, click on the help icon in the lower right hand corner of the screen and select "Guided Tours" to find the Roaming Client tour once more.
Oh, and one more thing! To free up some space on your screen, there is now a button at the top of the menu bar to collapse the menu bar and widen the viewport.
As always, we welcome your feedback on the new experience. Please reach out to your Customer Success representative and tell us how we did!
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Web App
API
3/11 March 11 - APP/API v25.10.0
Watch this space, we have a brand new Roaming Client management experience launching on March 12th at 9:45am Eastern Time.
Today's APP/API deployment has a bunch of under the hood changes to support the aforementioned new experience. Beyond the scope of that, the following changes have been made to the APP/API:
Enhancements ⚙️
- AD Sync ToolResolved an issue in the Ad Sync Tool where not all Active Directory groups appeared in the DNSFilter portal after sync completion, despite being listed in the tool. This update ensures full visibility of synchronized groups in the portal.
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Web App
API
3/4 March 4 - APP/API v25.09.01
Minor quality of life improvements were delivered as a part of today's APP/API deployment. Under the hood improvements continued with this deployment as well, ahead of an exciting application update coming very soon.
Bug Fixes
🪲- Scheduled Reports- an issue where existing scheduled reports could not be edited has been resolved.
- Super Admin Org Restrictions- Resolved an issue where Super Admin users erroneously saw organization restrictions inherited from previous access levels in the UI. Super Admins will now see "All Organizations" correctly reflecting their unrestricted access.
- Insights Reporting- Resolved an issue where users were unable to group data by "Application" in the Insights section.
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iOS Roaming Client
RC Release Channels
3/3 March 3 - iOS Roaming Client v1.3.1
This release focused on quality of life improvements in the iOS Roaming Client. Automatic updates will be pushed to existing clients in the field over the next 7 days.
Improvements
- Updated application icon to match current DNSFilter branding.
- Check-in interval changed to 5 minutes, a change necessitated by an upcoming dashboard enhancement pursuant to roaming client state.
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API
2/25 February 25 - APP/API v25.08.0
Numerous under the hood improvements to get ready for the big March release. In the interim, the following has been completed as part of this deployment:
Bug Fix
- Addressed an issue where duplicate email addresses were appearing in scheduled reports, causing multiple unnecessary emails to be sent. This enhancement prevents duplication and ensures a smooth experience when scheduling and managing reports by keeping email entries under the maximum limit.
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2/18 February 18 - APP/API v25.07.0
We've made a number of changes this release that will address some quality-of-life concerns in the product.
Enhancements
- Collections Page- Key changes include the introduction of new APIs that suppress deleted AD records and incorporate pagination to minimize data load. The page now operates on a 'load on demand' basis, improving efficiency by loading only selected contents when navigating the AD tree. Users should note that searches will be confined to loaded content.
- Domain Report- The Domain Report interface in the DNSFilter dashboard has been enhanced to streamline report handling and improve automation capabilities. We now include the current domain categories directly in the report submission, providing better context and reducing manual processing efforts for our Security Intelligence team members. Users will find additional dropdown options for both the “Categories” and “Security Threats” sections, allowing users to propose new categories or specify security threat types more accurately.
- Local Domains- Enhancements have been made to support local domain addresses containing underscores within the dashboard. Although RFC 1035 doesn't permit underscores in public URLs, our update accommodates internal hostnames and captive portals that may include them, such as cppd_vip.domain.xyz.
Bug Fixes
- We've restored the DNSFilter Favicon in the browser.
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2/11 February 11 - APP/API v25.06.0
More under the hood changes for something really cool coming in March. Aside from that, the following fixes were made in this release:
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where users were unable to change pages in the Deployments --> Users section of the dashboard.
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2/4 February 4 - APP/API v25.05.0
Notable changes to the functionality of our API have been made, specifically due to an uptick in abuse against specific endpoints.
New Functionality
- API Rate Limiting - we are now enforcing a limit on the number of requests that can be made by a single user against the API. This is set very high at the moment to stop the egregious abuse seen by an integration by a 3rd party. We will look to set more sensible limits in the future, to ensure everyone has a great experience with using our API.
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1/28 January 28 - APP/API v25.04.0
We made a number of under-the-hood changes to the APP/API that will not be visible until a future release (hint hint, we've got some new cool stuff coming that we think you're going to love!)
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the navigation bar would not collapse the sub-menu when clicking outside of the menu.
- Fixed an issue where some Roaming Clients were identifying their policy source as "subnet" instead of their respectively assigned policy sources, as subnets are specific to the Relay type of deployment.
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