21.02.2020 - 5.5.3 (Linux / Raspberry Pi / FreeBSD) ------------------------------------------ Fixed Bugs - Fixed a security vulnerability Other changes - Hardened Linux/FreeBSD/RPi via FULL RELRO 18.02.2020 - 5.5.2 (Raspberry Pi) --------------------------------- Added features - Added unattended access priviledges in the security settings which can override the standart permissions if connected via unattended access - Added lock account on session end feature Fixed Bugs - Fixed wrong permissions in the backend - Minor bugfixes in the filetransfer - Fixed a wrong error message when registering an alias that is too long - Fixed an issue where the recording path could not be set - Fixed a bug that the decimal point on the numpad was not transmitted correctly - Fixed a deadlock that could occur on the backend side if text was input too fast from the frontend - Fixed a bug where the admin settings could be opened as normal user (but changes were not possible) - Fixed wrong settings page beeing displayed when opening global settings - Fixed a bug in the keyboard code - Fixed a bug where the wrong keyboard layout was used in some distros and on some loginscreens - Fixed several UI glitches - Fixed the admin link not beeing shown in the recording settings - Fixed the recording settings so that no useless config can be made - Fixed some minor glitches in the custom client - Fixed the display of the wrong error dialog in filetransfer - Fixed a bug where the wrong accept window page was re-used - Fixed onlinestates beeing shown incorrectly - Fixed a memory leak in the filetransfer - Fixed a crash/deadlock in the filetransfer - Fixed searching and typing in the filebrowser via keyboard - Fixed a bug where a network disconnect was not properly detected and took too much time - Fixed a bug that would release modifier keys after typing one character on certain configs - Fixed a memory leak in the backend - Refactored X11 code to put much less load on X Serer - Fixed primary monitor not beeing selected on session start - Refactored GTK code to prevent images from leaking 18.02.2020 - 5.5.2 (BSD) -------------------------- Added features - Privacy indicator in the statusbar to always reflect privacy status - Privacy will try to disable the screensaver to avoid failing - Added unattended access priviledges in the security settings which can override the standart permissions if connected via unattended access - Added lock account on session end feature Fixed bugs: - Fixed a memory leak in the backend - Fixed a bug in the keyboard code - Improved minor GUI details - Refactored X11 code to put much less load on X Serer - Fixed primary monitor not beeing selected on session start - Refactored GTK code to prevent images from leaking - Fixed sometimes input not beeing blocked in privacy as well as sometimes not beeing unblocked on privacy end - Fixed wrong permissions in the backend - Minor bugfixes in the filetransfer - Fixed a wrong error message when registering an alias that is too long - Fixed an issue where the recording path could not be set - Fixed a bug that the decimal point on the numpad was not transmitted correctly - Fixed a deadlock that could occur on the backend side if text was input too fast from the frontend - Privacy will attempt to re-initialize if failed - Privacy will now fail if some other tools tamper with gamma (e.g. redshift) - Fixed privacy not working on certain machines - Fixed a bug that the privacy permission was transmitted wrong - Several minor bugfixes Other Changes - Refactored privacy to match windows behaviour 17.02.2020 - 5.5.2 (Linux) -------------------------- Added features: - Added lock account on session end feature Fixed bugs: - Fixed a memory leak in the backend - Fixed privacy/input blocking crashing certain versions of i915 driver - Fixed a bug in the keyboard code - Improved minor GUI details - Refactored X11 code to put much less load on X Serer - Fixed primary monitor not beeing selected on session start - Refactored GTK code to prevent images from leaking 07.02.2020 - 5.4.5 (macOS) ---------------------------- New Features - User settings for managing keyboard shortcuts behaviour - "Host key" option which allows you to use Right Command key to control the local macOS - Added support for "Home" and "Back" buttons when connected to remotely to Android device Fixed Bugs - Connection to macOS login window fixed - Fixed crash on incoming connection which occurred in certain network configurations - Reduced number of user password requests in AnyDesk installer - Fixed issue when user is not able to reconnect after updating AnyDesk remotely - Fixed crash on macOS 10.10 Yosemite related to custom AnyDesk configurations - UI improvements 16.01.2020 - 4.1.1 (iOS) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed bugs in displaying keyboard when hardware keyboard is connected to device. - Fixed "Take screenshot" feature. Other Changes - Touchpad mode is now default mode. 14.01.2020 - 5.4.2 (macOS) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved keyboard input handling - Fixed freeze when remote side disallow clipboard permission - Fixed issue when user unable to reconnect after installing AnyDesk update - "Set password for unattended access..." leads to proper location - Fixed crash on multiple connection retry attempt - File Manager upload function fixed - "Take Screenshot" function is fixed - Accept Window updates it's content even when miniaturized into Dock 18.12.2019 - 5.4.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed some minor bugs. 13.12.2019 - 4.1.0 (iOS) ---------------------------- New Features - Local cursor in touchpad mode. - Disable auto-lock. Fixed Bugs - Fixed crashes. Other Changes - Language taken from iOS language setting 11.12.2019 - 5.4.1 (macOS) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Addressed "desk_rt_ipc_error" issue - Fixed crash on incoming chat message - Installation process has been improved - System language autodetect issue is fixed - Fixed display of client name in recent sessions list - Fixed indicator of remote displays - Fixed mouse cursor shape when using remote Windows - Now it's possible to miniaturize Accept window into Dock 10.12.2019 - 5.3.6 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash 05.12.2019 - 5.3.4 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved controls via remote control - AnyDesk is now reachable right after boot - Fixed terminating the app - Fixed long press on special keys - Fixed chinese language selection - Minor improvements and fixes 04.12.2019 - 5.4.0 (macOS) ---------------------------- New Features - Implemented screen privacy feature. Enabling privacy mode during a session will disable the monitor on the remote side so the screen contents are hidden for anyone with physical access to the remote device. Interference/computer interaction attempt from the remote side will be prevented automatically by locking the screen. - Blocking remote input. Mouse and keyboard input can now blocked for the computer being controlled - Automatic Screen lock when remote session ended Fixed Bugs - Improved application responsiveness - Fixed bug when 2 AnyDesk were opened on user login - Minor UI layout fixes - Improved color transfer - Stability improvements - Fixed crash when typing into address bar 03.12.2019 - 5.5.1 (Linux) -------------------------- Added features - Privacy indicator in the statusbar to always reflect privacy status - Privacy will try to disable the screensaver to avoid failing - Added unattended access priviledges in the security settings which can override the standart permissions if connected via unattended access Fixed Bugs - Privacy will attempt to re-initialize if failed - Privacy will now fail if some other tools tamper with gamma (e.g. redshift) - Fixed sometimes input not beeing blocked in privacy as well as sometimes not beeing unblocked on privacy end - Fixed wrong permissions in the backend - Minor bugfixes in the filetransfer - Fixed a wrong error message when registering an alias that is too long - Fixed an issue where the recording path could not be set - Fixed a bug that the decimal point on the numpad was not transmitted correctly - Fixed a deadlock that could occur on the backend side if text was input too fast from the frontend - Several minor bugfixes Other Changes - Refactored privacy to match windows behaviour 21.11.2019 - 5.4.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Implemented screen privacy feature for Windows 8 and 10. Enabling privacy mode during a session will disable the monitor on the remote side so the screen contents are hidden for anyone with physical access to the remote device. Input from the remote side will be blocked automatically during privacy mode for the default desktop. - The session player can now jump to a specific point in time of the session recording. Fixed Bugs - Switching the desktop did not restore input block state. - Added dialog in case the remote side automatically denied a printer job due to permission settings. - Fixed automatic registration of aliases in custom namespaces in case of updating an installed custom client. - On trying to register an alias that was too long it was reported that registration failed because an alias has been registered already. - The remote state of NumLock has been altered before session start. - Fixed File Manager address field not handling 'Enter'. - A couple of buttons in the File Manager could be resized to size zero. - After switching sides the File Manager did not show the remote folder contents. - The File Manager did not show the session close dialog in case the session was closed from the other side. Other Changes - The install panel's path edit now starts the installation on receiving 'Enter'. - Address Book items now offer to create a TCP tunnel. - The hotkey for entering fullscreen mode now also allows to leave fullscreen mode. - Changed the default value to enable the alternative set of permissions for Unattended Access to 'true'. By doing so the alternative set will be used directly after setting up a password for Unattended Access and using it to connect, effectively granting all permissions to the user connecting. 19.11.2019 - 5.3.2 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed initial file transfer button visibility 18.11.19 - 5.5.0 (Linux) New Features - Added VPN connection mode With this mode two PCs can be put into a private network over a secured connection - Added transmission of Android special keys 18.11.2019 - 5.1.5 (macOS) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed endless "Waiting for image" state on icoming connection from Windows 10 - Faster application start - Improved mouse and touchpad scroll handling - Minor UI layout fixes - Fixed crash on trying to connect to offline remote desktop - Improved support for older macOS versions 14.11.2019 - 5.3.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Support for multi touch events - Privacy feature settings - VPN - Automatically hide menu button - Seeking in session player - Support for dark mode Fixed Bugs - Fixed mouse scroll on Samsung DEX - Fixed clipboard file transfer - Improved network connection stability - Improved keyboard and dpad navigation - Minor improvements and fixes 05.11.2019 - 5.1.4 (macOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed an issue when Mac may not go to 'sleep' after AnyDesk session has ended unexpectedly - Fixed text corruption in 'New connection' window - Fixed incorrect 'Newer version available' message - Fixed user alias display in Chat window 31.10.2019 - 5.4.1 (Linux) Fixed Bugs Fixed privacy not working on certain machines Fixed a bug that the privacy permission was transmitted wrong 24.10.2019 - 5.4.0 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Privacy feature has been added Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug where the admin settings could be opened as normal user (but changes were not possible) - Fixed wrong settings page beeing displayed when opening global settings - Fixed a bug in the keyboard code - Fixed a bug where the wrong keyboard layout was used in some distros and on some loginscreens - Fixed several UI glitches - Fixed the admin link not beeing shown in the recording settings - Fixed the recording settings so that no useless config can be made - Fixed some minor glitches in the custom client - Fixed the display of the wrong error dialog in filetransfer - Fixed a bug where the wrong accept window page was re-used - Fixed onlinestates beeing shown incorrectly - Fixed a memory leak in the filetransfer - Fixed a crash/deadlock in the filetransfer - Fixed searching and typing in the filebrowser via keyboard - Fixed a bug where a network disconnect was not properly detected and took too much time - Fixed a bug that caused the el8 package to reference el7 - Fixed a bug that would release modifier keys after typing one character on certain configs - Fixed a bug where monitors of a secondary GPU were not accessible 24.10.2019 - 5.4.0 (BSD) -------------------------- New Features - Privacy feature has been added Fixed Bugs - Fixed some special keys not beeing transmitted correctly (e.g. PgUp/PgDown) - Fixed a bug where the admin settings could be opened as normal user (but changes were not possible) - Fixed wrong settings page beeing displayed when opening global settings - Fixed a bug in the keyboard code - Fixed a bug where the wrong keyboard layout was used in some distros and on some loginscreens - Fixed several UI glitches - Fixed the admin link not beeing shown in the recording settings - Fixed the recording settings so that no useless config can be made - Fixed some minor glitches in the custom client - Fixed the display of the wrong error dialog in filetransfer - Fixed a bug where the wrong accept window page was re-used - Fixed onlinestates beeing shown incorrectly - Fixed a memory leak in the filetransfer - Fixed a crash/deadlock in the filetransfer - Fixed searching and typing in the filebrowser via keyboard - Fixed a bug where a network disconnect was not properly detected and took too much time - Fixed a bug that would release modifier keys after typing one character on certain configs - Fixed a bug where monitors of a secondary GPU were not accessible 21.10.2019 - 5.1.3 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Incoming connections are now displayed in the AnyDesk Dock icon Fixed Bugs - Fixed an issue when user is unable to reconnect macOS Catalina and Mojave after remote restart - Fixed a deadlock when AnyDesk received incoming connection request during quiting - Fixed application crash/freeze when typing into address field - Fixed bug when New connection window appeared without recent and discovered items - Improved user interface localization - Fixed look for Chat icon - Fixed About window style and links 11.10.2019 - 4.0.0 (iOS) ------------------------ New Features - added Discovery feature to find other AnyDesk instances in the local network - possibility to connect to enterprise server - keeping active session alive up to 30 seconds - synchronising clipboard - color id - support up to 16 monitors - dark mode 09.10.2019 - 5.1.2 (macOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash on Mac OS 10.15 Catalina on keyboard shortcuts sent from iPhone - Fixed remote typing issues in 'Auto' keyboard mode - Fixed 'Update' function in the 'New version available' notifiaction - Fixed About window style 08.10.2019 - 5.1.1 (macOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash on Mac OS 10.15 Catalina for remote keyboard input 08.10.2019 - 5.1.0 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Added Discovery feature to find other AnyDesk instances in the local network. Fixed Bugs - AnyDesk no longer overrides system.max_files setting - AnyDesk now warns user when necessary permissions are not granted - Better support for Mac OS 10.15 Catalina - Fixed crash when opening About window - Fixed crash when playing recorded sessions - Fixed crash when chat is used after session is over 25.09.2019 - 5.3.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Discovered clients showed state offline on remote user image change. - System settings were accessible after installation without the need of entering credentials. - Fixed crash during update of Discovery tooltips. - Edit fields no longer make error sounds on pressing Enter, Escape and Tab. - Fixed display of focused state for listview items in list mode. - Quitting from the system tray was not possible. - Fixed crash related to scrolling in file transfer panel Other Changes - Updated translations. - Allowed to type into the address field directly after main window startup. - Added support for Android special keys: F5/Home/Pos1 -> Android Home F6/Backspace -> Android Back F7 -> Android Volume Down F8 -> Android Volume Up F9/Escape -> Android Power F10 -> Android Menu End -> Android DPAD Center 19.09.2019 - 5.1.2 (Raspberry Pi) -------------------------- New Features: - Added an emulated titlebar for the loginscreen to move and minimize the accept window - Added remote reboot support - Added more options to the command line interface - Improved logging - Added a rendering Method to utilize DISPMANX on RPi 2/3 to ensure faster rendering - Added renderer for RPi 4 to ensure faster rendering Fixed Bugs: - Fixed a bug that switched the red and blue color on session start - Fixed several UI bugs - Fixed that a Custom Client could make outgoing connections when it was not supposed to - Fixed a memory leak in the filetransfer - Fixed searching by typing in the filebrowser - Fixed a bug that prevented from selecting a different audio device - Several minor bugfixes 09.09.2019 - 5.2.2 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Added plugin for HTC devices. 06.09.2019 - 5.3.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed the URL handler. Session requests from inside MyAnyDesk should work again. Other Changes - The URL handler now accepts any number of leading slashes directly before the ID (they will be ignored). 30.08.2019 - 5.3.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash on opening the security settings. - Fixed a crash on cancelling a delete operation in the File Manager. 27.08.2019 - 5.3.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Added new set of permissions used during unattended access. Those permissions have to be enabled explicitly first and will override the default permissions only in case a session has been started using a password or token (unattended access). Fixed Bugs - TCP reverse rules where not saved correctly. - Keyboard input to VirtualBox wasn't handled during translate mode or when connecting from Android. - Fixed tag grouping for non-latin characters. - Fixed cursor behaviour for systems using DPI per monitor. - Fixed close button of tabs in the accept window. - Discovery did not start after installation. - Fixed a bug occuring during connecting to Windows Terminal Server resulting in an unresponsive service. - According to the traces installation succeeded though the installer wasn't even started. - Improved stability. Other Changes - Discovery now (re-)starts when a network connection becomes available. - Extended Color ID feature to the search popup. - Extended information included in the app's title. - Extended information included in session tab titles. - The UI setting for session comments is now disabled in case the feature is not available. - Improved scam warning. 22.08.2019 - 5.2.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Improved navigation with remote and keyboard. - Improved speed on some devices. - Added color id for speed dial items. - Added online state to discovered items. Fixed Bugs - Fixed some remote image artifacts. - Fixed issue with incoming connections waiting for image. - Minor improvements and fixes. 16.08.2019 - 5.1.2 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features: - Added an emulated titlebar for the loginscreen to move and minimize the accept window - Added remote reboot support - Added more options to the command line interface - Improved logging Fixed Bugs: - Fixed a bug that switched the red and blue color on session start - Fixed several UI bugs - Fixed that a Custom Client could make outgoing connections when it was not supposed to - Fixed a memory leak in the filetransfer - Fixed searching by typing in the filebrowser - Fixed a bug that prevented from selecting a different audio device 05.08.2019 - 5.1.6 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Added plugin for Savortex devices. Fixed Bugs - Fixed vulnerability in session playback that could lead to files getting overwritten. 15.07.2019 - 5.2.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - AnyDesk did not open in foreground in case it was downloaded and started using MS Edge. 12.07.2019 - 5.2.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed selection box tool. - Fixed crash on click on restart button in miscellaneous settings. - Fixed 'Change License Key...' button in the about panel. - The File Manager downloaded the same file twice in some cases. - Fixed handling of AltGr+a. This selected all text before and broke AltGr+a on polish keyboards. - Fixed blocker for incoming connections. - Fixed address not being shown correctly or incompletely in discovered clients. - The Address Book accepted malformed addresses and could not delete them anymore. - Fixed wrong address book being removed from the manage address books dialog while trying to delete a different one. - Fixed address action 'Drop Link' for qualified addresses (AnyDeskID/domain/account). - Fixed command line parsing of qualified addresses. - Fixed broken traces. - Fixed some tooltips. - Minor fixes. Other Changes - Discovered clients can be searched for now by using user name, Alias, client ID, machine name and operating system. - Improved display of search results. - Discovery items can now be added to the Address Book using their context menu. - Checkboxes and radio buttons can now be toggled using 'Space'. 11.07.2019 - 5.1.4 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed missing pie menu for RTL languages. - Fixed crashes due to invalid translations in some languages. - Minor improvements and fixes. 27.06.2019 - 5.1.2 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash due to invalid format in ukrainian translation. - Fixed crash when stopping service. - Fixed password dialog for unattended access. - Fixed wrong user name in discovered items. - Minor improvements and fixes. 13.06.2019 - 5.1.1 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a memory leak in the X11 code - Fixed a bug that would not install the service after package upgrade - Fixed a bug with file permissions in package 13.06.2019 - 5.1.1 (Raspberry Pi) --------------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a memory leak in the X11 code - Fixed a bug with file permissions in package 13.06.2019 - 5.1.1 (FreeBSD) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a memory leak in the X11 code 12.06.2019 - 5.1.0 (Raspberry Pi) --------------------------------- New Features - File transfer - TCP tunneling - Added Addressbook - Added Input Blocker - Settings for discovery added - Added minimize button to Accept Window in loginscreens - Added correct file attributes transmission for filetransfer - Performance optimizations using modern SIMD instruction sets - Auto-discovery (partly - discoverable only) - Added more permissions to security settings - Added new permission interface to backend - Added connect to loginscreen features to rpm distros (systemd only) - Added protocol handler for anydesk:// links - Added Session Commenting - Added Session Recording and Playback - Added new permission interface in accept window - Changing the permissions from the remote side is now forbidden (users cannot click in the relevant parts of the accept window anymore from the remote side). - Added restart button on language change in the settings - Added connect to login screen feature for APT based distributions (only for X11) - Added privacy settings to be on-par with the Windows port - Changed default path of the chatlog to Documents folder - Changed default path for the screenshots to Pictures folder - Changed default path for file downloads to Downloads folder - Added chatlog and screenshot path settings - Added choose alias panel. The user can now choose an alias like in the Windows port. - Added popup menu to adress (Copy invitation, Copy adress, claim alias, etc) - Added gksu and polkit functionality to enable the global settings - Added bring to top on chat option Fixed Bugs - Fixed slow renderings on some machines due to too many buffer swaps - Fixed a crash in the frontend on shutdown - Fixed X11 related calls - Several bugfixes in the filetransfer - Multiple minor bugfixes - Fixed a bug with capslock in the keyboard - Fixed chat window - Fixed crash on corrupted environ file in /proc - Recording can now be prohibited by a permission - Recording can be rewound - Fixed config files handling and permissions - Fixed glitchy ghost pointer (now it's less glitchy) - Fixed incorrecly disabled mouse pointer - Fixed address book tags behavior - Fixed speed dial search - Fixed several crashes - GUI visual appearance improvements - Fixed a bug that caused AnyDesk to grab the focus and disable window movement, etc - Fixed many keyboard problems - Fixed the keyboard acting weird after login - Fixed AnyDesk displaying the wrong recording settings - Fixed AnyDesk showing a forbidden cursor even when input is allowed - Fixed some minor graphical glitches in the GUI - Fixed that sometimes input was not possible on certain login screens - Fixed a bug that caused anydesk to show a white screen after fast user switching - Fixed the update link - Moved the system informations into the session tab as button - Fixed the icon not showing up on when using the debian package - Fixed the Action Menu beeing sensitive even if the session was not yet established - Fixed the passwort save box beeing sensitive even if storing the password is forbidden - Fixed that a nonsense message was displayed when connecting to an unsupported display server (e.g. Wayland). - Fixed several bugs related to systemd - Made TCP Holepunching better for systems running kernel >= 3.9 - Fixed the statusbar for active sessions - Fixed a bug that spawned the global settings in a manner that passwords would be written to the wrong config file. Thus it was not possible to change the unattended PW in some cases - Fixed a bug that crashed AnyDesk when entering an invalid ID - Fixed connect via command line - Fixed a bug that assigned a new ID when starting a local service after global was installed - Fixed a bug in the TreeView that could lead to undefined behaviour - Fixed file transfer issue with files containing spaces in the filename - Fixed a bug that could crash AnyDesk during a file transfer is some special characters were in the filename - Fixed an issue that prevented the switch sides feature from working - Fixed a bug that could crash the tray icon - Fixed a bug that could crash the audio settings - Fixed the settings window not updating correctly - Removed unneccessary dependencies from the debian package - Fixed the command line interface - Fixed a bug that prevented the custom logo from beeing shown - Fixed the tray icon not autostarting in global mode - Fixed connections to Windows Terminal Server. - Fixed a problem which could lead to a crash of AnyDesk after running for several days. - Fixed a crash when revoking control permissions. - Fixed a problem that caused sending actions to the first connection - Fixed some issues with the keyboard - Fixed to send hotkeys like alt+f2 to other Linuxes - Fixed that AnyDesk was left in fullscreen mode when the connection was closed - Several minor bugfixes Other Changes - Updated icons - Updated packaging - Updated supported versions 12.06.2019 - 5.1.0 (FreeBSD) ---------------------------- New Features - File transfer - TCP tunneling - Added Addressbook - Added Input Blocker - Settings for discovery added - Added minimize button to Accept Window in loginscreens - Added correct file attributes transmission for filetransfer - Performance optimizations using modern SIMD instruction sets - Auto-discovery (partly - discoverable only) - Added more permissions to security settings - Added new permission interface to backend - Added connect to loginscreen features to rpm distros (systemd only) - Added protocol handler for anydesk:// links - Added Session Commenting - Added Session Recording and Playback - Added new permission interface in accept window - Changing the permissions from the remote side is now forbidden (users cannot click in the relevant parts of the accept window anymore from the remote side). - Added restart button on language change in the settings - Added connect to login screen feature for APT based distributions (only for X11) - Added privacy settings to be on-par with the Windows port - Changed default path of the chatlog to Documents folder - Changed default path for the screenshots to Pictures folder - Changed default path for file downloads to Downloads folder - Added chatlog and screenshot path settings - Added choose alias panel. The user can now choose an alias like in the Windows port. - Added popup menu to adress (Copy invitation, Copy adress, claim alias, etc) - Added gksu and polkit functionality to enable the global settings - Added bring to top on chat option Fixed Bugs - Fixed slow renderings on some machines due to too many buffer swaps - Fixed a crash in the frontend on shutdown - Fixed X11 related calls - Several bugfixes in the filetransfer - Multiple minor bugfixes - Fixed a bug with capslock in the keyboard - Fixed chat window - Fixed crash on corrupted environ file in /proc - Recording can now be prohibited by a permission - Recording can be rewound - Fixed config files handling and permissions - Fixed incorrecly disabled mouse pointer - Fixed address book tags behavior - Fixed speed dial search - Fixed several crashes - GUI visual appearance improvements - Performance improvements - Fixed a bug that caused AnyDesk to grab the focus and disable window movement, etc - Fixed many keyboard problems - Fixed AnyDesk displaying the wrong recording settings - Fixed AnyDesk showing a forbidden cursor even when input is allowed - Fixed some minor graphical glitches in the GUI - Fixed that sometimes input was not possible on certain login screens - Fixed a bug that caused anydesk to show a white screen after fast user switching - Fixed the update link - Moved the system informations into the session tab as button - Fixed the icon not showing up on when using the debian package - Fixed the Action Menu beeing sensitive even if the session was not yet established - Fixed the passwort save box beeing sensitive even if storing the password is forbidden - Fixed that a nonsense message was displayed when connecting to an unsupported display server (e.g. Wayland). - Fixed several bugs related to systemd - Fixed the statusbar for active sessions - Fixed a bug that spawned the global settings in a manner that passwords would be written to the wrong config file. Thus it was not possible to change the unattended PW in some cases - Fixed a bug that crashed AnyDesk when entering an invalid ID - Fixed connect via command line - Fixed a bug that assigned a new ID when starting a local service after global was installed - Fixed a bug in the TreeView that could lead to undefined behaviour - Fixed file transfer issue with files containing spaces in the filename - Fixed a bug that could crash AnyDesk during a file transfer is some special characters were in the filename - Fixed an issue that prevented the switch sides feature from working - Fixed a bug that could crash the tray icon - Fixed a bug that could crash the audio settings - Fixed the settings window not updating correctly - Removed unneccessary dependencies from the debian package - Fixed the command line interface - Fixed a bug that prevented the custom logo from beeing shown - Fixed the tray icon not autostarting in global mode - Fixed connections to Windows Terminal Server. - Fixed a problem which could lead to a crash of AnyDesk after running for several days. - Fixed a crash when revoking control permissions. - Fixed a problem that caused sending actions to the first connection - Fixed some issues with the keyboard< - Fixed that AnyDesk was left in fullscreen mode when the connection was closed - Several minor bugfixes 11.06.2019 - 5.1.0 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Added Input Blocker - Settings for discovery added - Added minimize button to Accept Window in loginscreens - Added correct file attributes transmission for filetransfer - Performance optimizations using modern SIMD instruction sets Fixed Bugs - Fixed slow renderings on some machines due to too many buffer swaps - Fixed a crash in the frontend on shutdown - Fixed X11 related calls - Several bugfixes in the filetransfer - Multiple minor bugfixes - Fixed a bug with capslock in the keyboard Other Changes - Updated packaging - Updated supported versions 07.06.2019 - 5.2.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Some controls did not respond to mouse clicks when the mouse was moved between mouse down and up. - The listview showed a chat log button even when there was no chat log. - The discovery section disappeared in some situations. 06.06.2019 - 5.2.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Custom clients supporting only incoming session requests now use a minimal layout. Other Changes - Switch Sides is no longer supported for custom clients that cannot do both, connect and accept. - Extended command line interface. - Improved performance. 06.06.2019 - 5.1.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Unattended access. - Kickout feature. - Improved speed. Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash in incoming connections. - Minor improvements and fixes. 27.05.2019 - 5.1.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash when AnyDesk could not find a preview image. Other Changes - Changed images for welcome panel. 23.05.2019 - 5.1.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed broken mouse handling in the search popup. - Fixed lost keyboard focus when switching from the File Manager to a monitor. - Fixed fullscreen mode on session start. - Fixed a crash during rights elevation. - Fixed discovery online states. - Added missing TCP permission setting. - Minor fixes Other Changes - Added a selection box tool. - Selected items will now scroll into the visible area automatically. - D3D fullscreen can now be minimized. - Changed TCP default permission to true. 14.05.2019 - 5.1.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Added TCP-Forwarding for running sessions. Fixed Bugs - Capture settings did not show any setting. - The Whiteboard did not work on Windows XP and on Windows 7 when Aero was disabled. - The request elevation feature did not work after switching sides. - When AnyDesk was running in the background for some time and the main window was started, it did not respond for several seconds under certain conditions. The main window should now react instantly to user input. - After installation no discovered clients where shown. - Fixed Discovery working only for simultaneously running clients of the same type. Now all instances of AnyDesk should be able to use Discovery simultaneously, for example when using vanilla and custom client at the same time. - The screenshot menu item was not available. - Fixed crash on popup close. - Fixed crash when pressing 'Retry' after session end. - Fixed crash in case AnyDesk could not get a cursor. - Fixed GDI fullscreen being resizable. - Fixed fullscreen mode when connecting to multi-monitor setups. - On incoming session request the screensaver did not turn off. AnyDesk now stops the system from turning it on during an active session or session request. - On incoming session request sleeping monitors did not turn on. AnyDesk now stops the system from turning them off during an active session or session request. - Improved performance by temporarily removing some tooltips. - Fixed drag operations started after closing an addresses context menu. - Fixed address items being clickable only in certain areas. - Fixed file transfer button in search popup. - Fixed bug that caused new entries to be added to the wrong Address Book. - Fixed synchronization of printer settings when using multiple instances of AnyDesk. - Minor fixes. Other Changes - The Address Book deletion confirmation dialog now lists the Address Books to be deleted. - On incoming chat messages AnyDesk's toolbar and Windows' taskbar will now flash. - Moved connection trace to system folder. - Updated localizations. 24.04.2019 - 5.0.0 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - File transfer - TCP tunneling - Auto-discovery (partly - discoverable only) Fixed Bugs - Fixed chat window - Fixed crash on corrupted environ file in /proc - Recording can now be prohibited by a permission - Recording can be rewound - Fixed config files handling and permissions - Fixed glitchy ghost pointer (now it's less glitchy) - Fixed incorrecly disabled mouse pointer - Fixed address book tags behavior - Fixed speed dial search - Fixed several crashes - GUI visual appearance improvements - Performance improvements - Minor fixes - Other fixes Other Changes - Updated icons 12.04.2019 - 5.0.5 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - The loopback (monitor) audio device could not be selected as an audio source after selecting a specific device once. - Fixed a crash which could occur when going in or out of fullscreen mode in D3D render mode. - Fixed a bug which could lead to image corruption when going in or out of fullscreen mode. - Improved behaviour of fullscreen mode when the user switches to another application than AnyDesk and back to AnyDesk. - Fixed a bug where the installer would crash when started twice. - Under certain conditions, Drag&Drop was started when it was not supposed to start. This should not happen anymore. - AnyDesk prevented the screensaver to engage when the Accept Window was open. This behaviour was changed so the screensaver is only prevented while an incoming session is active. - Fixed a crash which could occur under rare conditions when using the whiteboard feature in Windows Server. - Using the Address Book could cause AnyDesk to stop responding in rare situations. - The Address Book now remembers the selected items during actions. - Fixed a bug that caused the Address Book to not update anymore when the option 'Open Address Book on startup' was enabled. - Improved stability. Other Changes - Implemented a progress display for the installer. - Updated polish translation. - Updated the Welcome tab. 08.04.2019 - 5.0.4 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Generic stability improvements. - Fixed default audio recording setting. 05.04.2019 - 5.0.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash which could occur when AnyDesk was terminated. - Fixed a rare crash on Windows 8.1 which occured when AnyDesk was started. - Fixed popup placement when there is not enough screen space available. - Fixed some high-DPI issues. - Fixed scrolling in Windows 8. - Added scrollbar to the address book selection menu. - Updated translations for Chinese, Portuguese, French and Russian. 04.04.2019 - 5.0.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a few minor bugs in the Address Book. - No sessions can be created from the command line in case it is disabled in the client generator. - Other minor bug fixes. Other Changes - Auto-Discovery is now only enabled when AnyDesk is installed. Otherwise, the user has to start it manually. - Added a context menu to Address Book. 02.04.2019 - 5.0.2 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Improved remote control speed. - Showing pointer when remote control is possible and also on pointer move. - Added default permissions for incoming connections in settings. - Added settings for discovery. - Minor improvements. Fixed Bugs - Fixed configuration for interactive access. - Fixed gesture detection lockups. - Improved stability. - Minor bugfixes. 29.03.2019 - 5.0.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - User interface improvements - Fixed a bug which could cause AnyDesk not to respond or crash in very rare cases. - Fixed connection trace which sometimes was not stored correctly when AnyDesk was not installed. 27.03.2019 - 5.0.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - New user interface design in browser style. - Improved Address Book with Drag&Drop and better handling. - Implemented remote printing feature for Windows 7, 8 and 10. - Implemented auto discovery feature to find other AnyDesk instances in the local network. - Added colour id to identify every participant in the network with a unique colour. Fixed Bugs - Fixed follow remote mouse cursor causing crashes and freezes. - Fixed the command line parameter "--fullscreen". - Added missing "Follow remote cursor" option in fullscreen mode. - Improved stability. Other Changes - Updated localizations 21.03.2019 - 5.0.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Improved user interface. - Showing a tutorial on first start. - Auto discovery of other AnyDesk instances in local network. - Toggle full screen mode. - Minor improvements. Fixed Bugs - Fixed OpenGL bug that could lead to graphic rendering errors. - Fixed crash in file transfer. - Fixed own addres card visibility issue with custom client. - Fixed deleting wrong speed dial items. - Minor bugfixes. 09.01.2019 - 4.3.4 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Remote control of more Samsung devices. - Improved address validation. - Minor improvements. Fixed Bugs - Improved stability. - Minor bugfixes. 09.01.2019 - 4.3.4 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Remote control of more Samsung devices. - Improved address validation. - Minor improvements. Fixed Bugs - Improved stability. - Minor bugfixes. 19.12.2018 - 4.3.2 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Remote control of Samsung devices. - Improved hole punching for direct connections. - New proxy settings. - New privacy settings. - Improved mouse wheel scrolling. Fixed Bugs - Fixed missing/locked pie menu. - Minor bugfixes. 14.12.2018 - 4.3.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Added a setting for Windows Terminal Servers to dis-/allow the remote user to see the list of currently logged in users when asked for where to connect to. - New command line parameter "--file-transfer" to start a file session from the command line. - Added a feature which allows to terminate running sessions from inside AnyDesk. This allows users to start sessions when the session limit of the licence is exceeded by freeing sessions. - Windows Terminal Server: Added a dialog which allows to choose a user. - AnyDesk now connects using port 6568 in addition to the standard ports 80 and 443. - Support for perfect forward secrecy when communicating with the server. New Features in my.anydesk.com - A password for custom AnyDesk clients can now be preset in my.anydesk.com - Implemented auto-add feature which allows preconfiguring a custom AnyDesk client so it gets added to a specific address book on first installation. Fixed Bugs - In some cases, AnyDesk would display the unknown mouse cursor ("?") in cases where it could have displayed the actual mouse cursor instead. The unknown mouse cursor is used in cases when there is no mouse attached to the device and AnyDesk can not obtain a mouse cursor icon or force the system to display a mouse cursor. - Fixed problems which could occur when the horizontal resolution was not divisible by 16. - Fixed a crash related to the cursor. - Fixed a crash during registration of the first incoming session. - Custom Client: For an incoming file transfer session AnyDesk did not check if file transfer was set to disallowed by an override. As a result file transfer was still possible. - Custom Client: In the security settings AnyDesk did not show if the file transfer permission is overridden. - Fixed a rare crash when using two main windows during installation. - Fixed sorting using the list view header in the address book. - Fixed filtering in the address book. - Fixed cursor having a question mark if no mouse was plugged in, but a cursor was available. - Fixed follow remote mouse cursor causing crashes and freezes. 06.12.2018 - 4.3.0 beta (Android) --------------------------------- New Features - Improved hole punching for direct connections. - New proxy settings. - New privacy settings. Fixed Bugs - Fixed missing pie menu. - Minor bugfixes. 09.11.2018 - 4.0.1 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features: - Added more permissions to security settings - Added new permission interface to backend - Added connect to loginscreen features to rpm distros (systemd only) - Added protocol handler for anydesk:// links Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug that caused AnyDesk to grab the focus and disable window movement, etc - Fixed many keyboard problems - Fixed the keyboard acting weird after login - Fixed AnyDesk displaying the wrong recording settings - Fixed AnyDesk showing a forbidden cursor even when input is allowed - Fixed some minor graphical glitches in the GUI - Fixed that sometimes input was not possible on certain login screens - Fixed a bug that caused anydesk to show a white screen after fast user switching - Fixed the update link - Moved the system informations into the session tab as button - Fixed the icon not showing up on when using the debian package 12.10.2018 - 4.3.0 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Added file manager session type. Fixed Bugs - Fixed screenshots. They are saved on the Desktop. - Fixed deletion of speed dial items. 22.08.2018 - 4.2.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Added a setting to disallow direct connections (hole punching). Default is allowed. Fixed Bugs - Fixed auto-reconnect in the remote restart feature. - Fixed a rare crash which could occur in incoming sessions. - In some situations (for example virtual machines), no image was displayed by the ddraw view. In this case, AnyDesk uses gdi now and displays an image. - The standard distribution of AnyDesk did not start when a previously installed MSI version of AnyDesk was not uninstalled correctly. 14.08.2018 - 4.0.0 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features: - Added Addressbook - Added Session Commenting - Added Session Recording and Playback - Added new permission interface in accept window - Changing the permissions from the remote side is now forbidden (users cannot click in the relevant parts of the accept window anymore from the remote side). - Added restart button on language change in the settings Fixed Bugs - Fixed the Action Menu beeing sensitive even if the session was not yet established - Fixed the passwort save box beeing sensitive even if storing the password is forbidden - Fixed that a nonsense message was displayed when connecting to an unsupported display server (e.g. Wayland). - Fixed several bugs related to systemd - Made TCP Holepunching better for systems running kernel >= 3.9 - Fixed session breakdown on Ubuntu >= 18.04 when using "sudo su" in terminal 30.07.2018 - 2.9.9 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed the statusbar for active sessions 26.07.2018 - 2.9.8 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug that spawned the global settings in a manner that passwords would be written to the wrong config file. Thus it was not possible to change the unattended PW in some cases - Fixed a bug that crashed AnyDesk when entering an invalid ID - Fixed connect via command line - Fixed a bug that assigned a new ID when starting a local service after global was installed - Fixed global settings not showing on Linux Mint 18.07.2018 - 4.2.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - An alias could not be registered in case '@ad' was not appended. Other Changes - On successful alias registration a hint is shown, that the user has to take care of his alias and ID on his/her own. 17.07.2018 - 4.2.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash which could occur after one minute when there is no mouse attached to the system. - Fixed packets being dumped which should only be dumped in debug mode. - Fixed a rare crash which occured immediately after starting AnyDesk. 17.07.2018 - 2.9.7 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Added connect to login screen feature for APT based distributions (only for X11) - Added privacy settings to be on-par with the Windows port - Changed default path of the chatlog to Documents folder - Changed default path for the screenshots to Pictures folder - Changed default path for file downloads to Downloads folder - Added chatlog and screenshot path settings - Added choose alias panel. The user can now choose an alias like in the Windows port. - Added popup menu to adress (Copy invitation, Copy adress, claim alias, etc) - Added gksu and polkit functionality to enable the global settings - Added bring to top on chat option Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug in the TreeView that could lead to undefined behaviour - Fixed reading the /proc directory for Ubuntu based distributions - Fixed service file for Ubuntu based distributions - Fixed file transfer issue with files containing spaces in the filename - Fixed a bug that could crash AnyDesk during a file transfer is some special characters were in the filename - Fixed an issue that prevented the switch sides feature from working - Fixed a bug that could crash the tray icon - Fixed a bug that could crash the audio settings - Fixed the settings window not updating correctly - Removed unneccessary dependencies from the debian package - Fixed the command line interface - Fixed a bug that prevented the custom logo from beeing shown - Fixed the tray icon not autostarting in global mode 13.07.2018 - 4.2.0 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Implemented custom context menu for AnyDesk ID (claim alias, show alias/show id, copy address). - Implemented claim alias feature for macOS, where the user can choose an alias. Fixed Bugs - During a session, the hotkeys of macOS are disabled locally so they can be transmitted to the remote side. - In incoming file transfer sessions, the file display on the remote side was not refreshed when the folder contents changed. The file manager view should refresh now automatically. - Fixed a bug in incoming file transfer sessions which did not allow to go to folders with a name which contained a space character. - The Command+C shortcut now works on the AnyDesk ID. - AnyDesk now prevents macOS from going to sleep mode when there is an active session. - Fixed a bug in the request elevation feature. 11.07.2018 - 4.2.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Clipboard file transfer can now be disabled in the security settings. - The preview image can now be disabled in the privacy settings. - Most of the edits now support 'Ctrl'+'A'. - The session comment section can now be disabled where it appears. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash in D3D render mode. - Fixed a crash related to the 'Follow remote mouse cursor' feature. - Fixed a bug which made it possible to set up a password which did not meet the password safety requirements of AnyDesk for unattended access. - Fixed a race condition that could occur during requesting an alias. - When pasting a file after disabling the clipboard, the file copy operation got stuck. The file copy operation is cancelled now when clipboard sync is disabled. - Fixed a rare bug which made AnyDesk crash immediately on startup. 09.07.2018 - 4.2.2 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved stability. 02.07.2018 - 4.2.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Favourites can be set in speed dial. - Search filter for speed dial. - Custom Alias can be registered once in the settings. - Showing alias and ID in speed dial menu and own address field Fixed Bugs - Fixed error when terminating an incoming connection. - Audio permissions are only requested when this feature is enabled in the settings. - Minor bugfixes. 14.06.2018 - 4.1.0 (macOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - In some cases, the installation did not work at the first attempt. This should now always succeed on the first entry of the admin password. - The clipoard did not work when connecting to macOS. The clipboard should now work in any case, including clipboard file transfer. Please click the file button at the top of the AnyDesk window in order to receive files from the clipboard on macOS. - Improved stability - Removed the warning that the file is downloaded from the internet. 14.06.2018 - 2.9.6 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed connections to Windows Terminal Server. - Fixed a problem which could lead to a crash of AnyDesk after running for several days. - Fixed a crash when revoking control permissions. Other Changes - Updated Logo/Design. 12.06.2018 - 4.1.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Made the session comment section multiline again. - The disclaimer did not show up again, when it was rejected the last time AnyDesk started and has not been changed in the meantime. - File transfer sessions no longer transmit hotkeys. - Fixed DLL preloading vulnerability in Windows 7 SP1. Thanks go to Kushal Arvind Shah of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs for reporting this vulnerability to us. 11.06.2018 - 4.1.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Showing online states in speed dial. - Showing AnyDesk connection state. Fixed Bugs - Fixed pointer position on incoming connections. - Improved battery drain. - Improved stability. 28.05.2018 - 4.1.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug in the security panel which made it impossible to set a password. - Fixed navigation to the drive selection view in file transfer mode. 28.05.2018 - 4.1.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug which made it impossible to go up two folders in succession in file transfer mode. - Fixed caps lock in translation keyboard mode. 16.05.2018 - 4.1.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- This is an important security release, please update as soon as possible. Security Fixes - Prevented DLL preloading vulnerability in Windows 7 SP1. Thanks go to Kushal Arvind Shah of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs for reporting this vulnerability to us. - Updated OpenSSL library to the latest version. Fixed Bugs - Fixed monitor reactivation when the monitor is in sleep mode and there is an incoming connection. - Fixed manual update link when auto-update is disabled. - Fixed a bug that prevented further connections to a computer, if a previous connection to that computer failed. - Fixed keyboard problems that occurred in conjunction with the right shift button. Other Changes - If a disclaimer has been set up, it will be shown on every change even if AnyDesk is installed already. - Most of the edits in AnyDesk now support context menu operations (paste, cut, clear, undo). - AnyDesk will no longer follow the remote cursor when the local user changed the tab himself. - Improved address book update performance. 16.05.2018 - 4.0.4 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed automatic language selection. - Fixed black screen on some devices. - Improved stability. 09.05.2018 - 4.0.2 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Completely exit app when exit via back button when no connection active. Fixed Bugs - Changing user picture now immediately takes effect. - Improved connection to terminal server. - Improved reconnect on network change. - Fixed keyboard action in password dialog. - Improved double click. - Improved stability. 11.04.2018 - 4.0.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - SAS for Windows 8 and upwards was broken due to an extension handling Terminal Server. - On Terminal Server switching to advanced view may have resulted in a crash. 10.04.2018 - 4.0.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Extended support for Terminal Server: On connecting to a terminal server the user can choose now if to connect to the console session or a specific user. As an alternative a fully specified address can be used to directly connect to a a specific user. - Added file manager session type. The file manager can also be used during a normal session. - Session recording and playback. Enable this option under "privacy" in the options tab. - Optional auto-locking of the Windows session on AnyDesk session end. - Follow mouse cursor feature: When activated, the monitor selection follows the remote mouse cursor. - Auto-Update - The user can now choose an alias. - Client Generator: Updates can now be disabled. Fixed Bugs - Directly after startup the main window did not show it was active. - The min/max/close buttons of top-level windows show the correct hover state now. - Fixed permissions in scam warn mode when authenticated with password. - Fixed a bug in command line parsing when AnyDesk was started from a command prompt. - Fixed a bug which made it impossible to connect to an IP/Hostname using the command line. - Fixed a crash in the service when there were too many sessions or network cards. The number of AnyDesk sessions is only limited by system memory now. - Fixed a crash on session start when using D3D. - Added a workaround in case Windows Update broke AnyDesk audio settings. - Fixed a crash on HDD monitor failure. Instead the HDD monitor will be disabled only. - If AnyDesk was not installed, it might not get a connection due to a race condition. - On remote restart it was possible to doubly reconnect resulting in session termination. - In some cases the screensaver was permanently disabled by AnyDesk. Other Changes - Modernized the design of AnyDesk. - Updated localizations - The link in the about panel that opened the folders containing trace and config files before, now creates and opens a folder on the desktop containing copies of the trace files. This makes it easier for the user to send the correct files to our customer support, especially in case multiple variants of AnyDesk are used in parallel. - The AnyDesk ID in the main window is now selectable. - Sending a SAS (Ctrl+Alt+Del) is now disallowed in case input is disallowed. - Adjusting remote resolution is now disallowed in case input is disallowed. 10.04.2018 - 4.0.0 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Address Book - Session recording and playback - Connect to the login screen - Full unattended access Fixed Bugs - Improved stability 28.03.2018 - 4.0.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Session recording and replay. - Picture in picture mode on Android 8.0 and later. - Using Android wallpaper for speed dial items. - Improved speed. Fixed Bugs - Improved video mode selection (fixes black screen on some devices). - Fixed speed dial thumbnails. - Fixed security settings. - Fixed dialogs. - Fixed clipboard synchronization. - Improved stability. 27.02.2018 - 3.7.2 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved stability. - Fixed black screen issue. 12.02.2018 - 3.7.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Support for Stylus Pen - Support for Samsung DEX Station Fixed Bugs - Improved stability - Minor bugfixes 18.01.2018 - 2.9.7 (macOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a problem that made it impossible for AnyDesk to run on any other CPU than a Core-i 10.01.2018 - 3.7.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Security change: fixed a bug where the permissions could be reset during the session. - In some cases, the AnyDesk main window was not rendered correctly in Windows 10 (showing transparent areas). 04.12.2017 - 3.6.2 (Android) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved stability 24.11.2017 - 3.6.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Incoming connections on Android >= 5.0 - Create shortcuts on home screen. - Rename speed dial items. - Select user image from gallery, file browser, or camera. - Upload of non-local files. - Support for audio transmission. Fixed Bugs - Improved input via touch, soft keyboard, external mouse, and external keyboard. - Fixed issue on Samsung devices (right mouse button closes app). - Fixed memory leaks. - Improved stability 17.11.2017 - 3.6.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash when terminating AnyDesk using the tray icon while sessions were running. - Under rare conditions, connecting to Windows 10 showed no image/a black image. - Clipboard permission works again. - Disallowed to change the license key if settings are disabled. - Fixed SAS (Ctrl+Alt+Del) which did not work under some conditions on Windows Vista and upwards. - On some Windows 10 systems, AnyDesk did not work when the monitor was rotated. On these systems, AnyDesk should now transmit the monitor content normally. - Fixed two rarely occuring crashes on address book close. 17.10.2017 - 3.6.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Trying to add an address from the speed dial to an address book with a license of type free or lite opened a dialog instead of the address book. - Fixed screensaver settings on AnyDesk session close. This was broken due to a bug in Windows. - Fixed session comment dialog which could appear twice. - Fixed strange behaviour of custom version occuring in case a custom MSI version is installed. This broke the clipboard for example. Other Changes - Made license key removal more explicit and added option 'Change license key' to the main menu. 14.09.2017 - 2.9.5 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a problem that caused sending actions to the first connection - Fixed some issues with the keyboard - Fixed to send hotkeys like alt+f2 to other Linuxes - Fixed that AnyDesk was left in fullscreen mode when the connection was closed - Several minor bugfixes 05.09.2017 - 3.6.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Important security update, fixed dll injection vulnerability. Thanks to 0x09AL for reporting this. 01.09.2017 - 3.6.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Transmission of system information can now be blocked. Older versions of AnyDesk will show useless information in this case. - Added a setting to disable the chat log. - Added a setting to choose the path to the chat log. - Added a setting to show the address book on startup. - Added a setting to allow the accept window to go to foreground on chat message received. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash on opening the chat log on the backend side after a session request has been canceled. - Fixed a crash on address book request failure, for example when trying to add an already contained address. - Fixed a bug leading to an empty list of address books in the dialog shown on trying to add an address from the speed dial to the address book when the address book has not been opened before. - Fixed online states of speed dial entries on startup. - Fixed strange button behavior in the accept window. - Fixed some dpi and other graphical issues. Other Changes - Improved connect mechanism when using a proxy. - On scam warning all standard permissions are set to disallowed now (regardless of settings). - The user-defined name of an address is now italicized. 18.08.2017 - 2.9.6 (MacOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed some issues regarding the remote restart. - Fixed some issues regarding the elevation. - Several minor bug fixes. 03.08.2017 - 3.5.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - The remote restart feature now even works when AnyDesk is not installed. Please note: You will need to request elevation from the remote user before using the restart feature in this case. - Custom AnyDesk: Text and title of ID and Connect Group (Main Window) can now be customized. - Custom AnyDesk: Before frontend startup a disclaimer can be shown now, which can be customized in logo, title, text, background color and the text on the accept and cancel buttons. It is shown only, if AnyDesk is not installed and the text contains non-whitespaces. All other settings are optional. - Custom AnyDesk: Added support for environment variables in paths. Fixed Bugs - In the D3D fullscreen menu the keyboard mode has always been set to 'translate'. - The invitation link in the main window has not been shown anymore after switching to advanced view and back. - Fixed crash on opening the chat log in the backend after session close. - Fixed crash when the session info panel was closed before the remote data was displayed. - Fixed custom logo layout in the main window's advanced view. - Fixed the connection panel's password edit showing clear text when disabled. 31.07.2017 - 2.9.5 (macOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash when user tried to make a new connection. 21.07.2017 - 2.9.4 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Improved the notification mechanism of the Chat so the User will get better notifications of a chat message Fixed Bugs - Fixed weird behaviour of the chat window on some desktop environments (e.g. XFCE4) - Fixed a small issue where files were not transmitted correctly 16.07.2017 - 2.9.4 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Request elevation dialog - Remote restart dialog Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash when Mac entered sleep mode. 13.07.2017 - 3.4.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed dpi of comment session dialog. - Fixed that the comment session dialog can be shown although the licence is of type Lite. - Fixed a crash related to the comment session dialog. - Fixed that the character right of '9' on the standard hungarian keyboard layout has not been recognized before. 11.07.2017 - 3.4.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Sessions can now be commented on close. The comment can then be looked up on my.anydesk.com. If you don't want to comment, just clear the comment field. You will need a licence in order to use this new feature. Please get an evaluation licence on http://anydesk.com/trial-licence. - Address Book: AnyDesk now supports multiple address books. They can be added (up to a certain limit) and deleted. The number of available address books depends on your licence. - Status bars now also show the remote user name. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash on connecting due to monitor detection failure. - Address Book: Fixed tag validation on rename. - After elevation the backend user name in the chat was SYSTEM. Other Changes - Fixed and updated interfaces of installer, uninstaller, updater and global settings windows. 06.07.2017 - 3.3.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Important security update. Please update if you have version 3.3.1. - Fixed a crash when using the drop to desktop feature. 26.06.2017 - 3.3.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash on connecting due to monitor detection failure. - Fixed ACL denying access although the list is empty. 23.06.2017 - 3.3.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Address book: The name of an address can be set now on adding it to the address book. - Address book: Tags can now be renamed and removed from the tag tree view directly (on the left). Right click on a tag to choose. - Address book: Added commands 'Expand All' and 'Collapse All' to the tag tree view. Right click on a tag or the tag tree view itself to choose. - Address Book: If a user action fails an error info dialog will be shown now. - When adding an address from the speed dial to the address book, a dialog will be shown now. - When connecting to a multi monitor system, AnyDesk now automatically switches to the primary monitor. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash after installing AnyDesk on Windows XP. - Address book: Fixed selected tags view layout (on top). - Fixed service crash after installation due to invalid install parameters. - Fixed a crash on closing a session using OpenGL. - Using the mirror driver the backend detected more monitors than physically available, in case a software for virtual monitor creation is installed. Other Changes - Address Book: The list view now auto-sizes its columns. - Most text edits now select their content on getting keyboard focus. 16.06.2017 - 2.9.3 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash when using the backend filetransfer 16.06.2017 - 2.9.3 (macOS) ------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed several minor issues - Fixed crash after connecting - Fixed a crash in the backend 30.05.2017 - 3.2.5 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash after remote restart. - Fixed a bug in feature availability indicator in menu. - Fixed a bug in the address book that did not allow to add an item from the speed dial to the address book directly after startup. 29.05.2017 - 2.9.2 (macOS) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed several crashes in the frontend - Fixed the original view mode scrolling - Fixed a bug in the speed dial thumbnails 17.05.2017 - 3.2.4 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug which allowed two dialogs to be shown at the same time. - Fixed remote cursor rendering at the edges of the view. - Fixed a bug which let elevation fail when Windows denied access to the AnyDesk executable. - Fixed a bug which led to the service shutting down automatically on elevating its backend, in case AnyDesk has not been installed on that side and the main window there has been closed before elevation. - Fixed the action menu showing elevation was available although the backend has been elevated already. - Fixed a race condition in the address book which made it unusable in some situations. - Fixed a bug in feature availability indicator in menu. Other Changes - Added a hint in the elevation dialog that the remote user usually has to accept an elevation request. 16.05.2017 - 3.2.1 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Added touchpad input mode. Fixed Bugs - Fixed triple click input. - Fixed cursor rendering near borders. - Fixed soft keyboard input on some devices (Due to a software bug in the Samsung keyboard, installing a non-Samsung keyboard might be necessary on some devices). - Minor improvements. 12.05.2017 - 2.9.1 (FreeBSD) ---------------------------- New Features - Added advanced view for the speed dial - Added online states for speed dial items - Added speed dial favorite function - Redesign of the GUI - Redesign of the chat - Added single accept window with tabs - Added chat recorder to write chat logs to disk - Added new filetransfer to the backend to allow multiple filetransfers at the same time - Added supress hotkeys to transmit e.g. Alt-Tab or Alt-F4 instead of executing it on the own side - Added the remote reboot menu to reboot Windows machines - Added the "show remote cursor" feature - Added the Split Menu in BSD - BSD now recognized a remote resolution change - Added the "Adapt remote resolution" option - Added gathering remote System informations - Added pointing mode - Implemented the input forbidden mouse cursor - Improved security by implementing the input blocker (remote user cannot control the backend, also local users mouse has priority over remote users mouse) - Added proxy support - Added the switch sides option - Added bidirectional file transfer - AnyDesk now has a proper CLI Interface - Added update information box - Added Audio support for BSD (PulseAudio only, libpulse is needed) - Implemented multi process architecture - Implemented new event structure (performance) - Added new keyboard layout (1:1 mapping, translation mode, automatic) - Reworked GUI - Reworked settings dialog - Reworked accept window - Added about dialog - Reworked license registration - Ability to place shortcuts to remote computers on the desktop - Added support for transfering the wallpaper instead of a screenshot to speed dial for some desktop environments (MATE, Gnome3, Unity, Cinnamon) - Updated OpenSSL to newest version Other Changes - Improved password security check. Raised minimal password length to 8 characters. - Changed default interactive access setting: the accept Window will now only pop up if the AnyDesk window is currently open. Unattended access with a password is still possible at any time. Fixed Bugs - Fixed several minor bugs - Fixed a bug in the audio code that could crash the backend - Fixed a bug that stopped the image transmission because of a custom message sent by QT application that caused the capture compontent to stop - Fixed several deadlocks - Fixed a bug that could spam X11 and cause a complete X11 hangup - Fixed a race condition that could crash the backend - Fixed a bug that crashed the service when receiving SIGPIPE - Fixed a bug that could cause an empty accept window to appear - Fixed a bug that could deadlock the accept window - Fixed a bug that could cause the timer to crash - Fixed a bug in the PulseAudio code that could lead to a backend crash - Fixed a bug in the Filetransfer where folders were not transmitted - Fixed a bug where libpulse and libpulse-simple could not be found on some systems - Prevent audio loopback when connected to self - Fixed cursor image corruption - Fixed X11 deadlocking due to a bug in libxcb - Fixed username retrieval - Fixed a bug in the switch sides code - Fixed a bug where wallpapers did not get transmitted - Improved application startup - Fixed bugs in the input injector - Fixed possible deadlock - Fixed image corruption which occured with certain versions of x11 - Fixed a bug on headless machines in BSD - Fixed a bug that caused a fuzzy mouse cursor - Fixed a bug in the IPC - Fixed a bug where a connection got rejected even if the frontend is opened - Fixed a bug in the switch sides feature - Fixed a bug that could cause the backend to crash upon quitting - Fixed a bug that could fuzz out the main window - Fixed a bug causing a massive lag in the keyboard translation - Fixed deadlocks - Fixed bug in chat - Fixed bug in license registration - Fixed bug that caused no direct connection - Several minor bugfixes 11.05.2017 - 2.9.1 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed several minor bugs - Fixed a bug that caused custom clients to crash 09.05.2017 - 3.2.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a regression which impaired AnyDesk's performance severely when connected to a Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 computer. Please update! - Fixed a bug which caused the auto-reconnect feature after a remote restart to fail when the global settings dialog was opened previously. - Fixed a crash when using the "Retry" button in the remote desktop access denied dialog. - Improved stability. Other Changes - Improved feature availability indicator in menu. 05.05.2017 - 3.2.2 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug which could lead to the service not starting timely after installing AnyDesk. - Fixed a crash which occured when closing the address book and terminating AnyDesk. - Fixed a crash by using ddraw as fallback for d3d when the graphics driver is not installed correctly and causes an exception during initialization. - Tags are validated now in the address book. Other Changes - Improved focus behaviour of controls. 05.05.2017 - 2.8.0 (Mac) ------------------------ New Features - Implemented online state indicator in the speed dial. - Incoming sessions are now displayed in tabs instead of a window for each session. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug which could lead to additional data at the end of links when copied over the clipboard. - Improved session tab behaviour when multiple sessions are open at the same time. - Improved stability. Other Changes - Implemented notification when a new version is available. 03.05.2017 - 3.2.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed crash on adding an address to the address book. - Fixed elevation with credentials in case AnyDesk has been started from a user folder. - Fixed a crash which could occur when terminating a session with an open address book or multiple monitors. - Fixed character keyboard input which was not working for certain programs (GTK, QT) when connected from a mobile device. Other Changes - Improved prompt shown in the password dialog when connecting. - Controls now show if focused. 27.04.2017 - 3.2.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - The address book now remembers the last used view type (list/tiles). - The address book now offers sorting options. - The address book now opens the tag dialog immediately after an address has been added. - The accept window will no longer auto-close tabs when chat messages have been sent/received. - Sessions can now be accepted via 'Enter' and dismissed via 'Esc'. - Added session status messages to chat. - The session time is now shown during a session and after disconnect. - The remote user client ID is now shown during a session (additionally to its alias). - Your fingerprint can now be seen in the about panel. - The password for unattended access is now controlled via a dialog. You have to enter your password twice to check for misspellings. - Added language auto-selection (will select system language). Fixed Bugs - Fixed WoA. - Fixed elevation with credentials. - The direct connection icon in the backend was greyed out although there was a direct connection. - The drop link feature dropped an invalid link (name instead of address). - After disconnect it was no longer possible to mark/copy chat messages. - Fixed a crash that could occur on sending chat messages. - Some chat messages have not been recorded. - Fixed some minor bugs in the chat. - Fixed wrong message shown in the frontend on session request rejected. - Fixed some bugs with keyboard focus. - Fixed a bug with auto-selection of tabs in accept window. - Sometimes the address book did not show online states on opening it the first time. - Fixed some bugs with tag selection in the address book. - Fixed a crash that could occur when closing the main window with the address book opened. - Fixed filtering of recent connections. - Fixed recent connection being removed from favorites on name change. - In some cases a wrong text has been shown on connection request. - Fixed various minor bugs. Other Changes - The accept/dismiss buttons are now disabled for a short time when entering a new session state to prevent accidentally clicking them. - The accept window is now only always on top when there are not yet accepted sessions left. And it will be back on top on session request. - The accept window will now auto-select an incoming session tab in some situations. - Added bottom right resize corner. - Fixed some dpi issues. - Added some localization. 11.04.2017 - 3.2.0 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Added support for multi window mode on Android 7 and Samsung devices. - The soft keyboard now pops up automatically when input fields are selected. - Implemented clipboard text synchronization. - Implemented new options. Fixed Bugs - Improved support for external keyboards over USB and Bluetooth. - Fixed file transfer of empty files. - Fixed black screen issue. - Fixed crashes on some devices when showing remote cursor. 29.03.2017 - 2.9.0 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Added advanced view for the speed dial - Added online states for speed dial items - Added speed dial favorite function - Redesign of the GUI - Redesign of the chat - Added single accept window with tabs - Added chat recorder to write chat logs to disk - Added new filetransfer to the backend to allow multiple filetransfers at the same time - Added supress hotkeys to transmit e.g. Alt-Tab or Alt-F4 instead of executing it on the own side Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug in the audio code that could crash the backend - Fixed a bug that stopped the image transmission because of a custom message sent by QT application that caused the capture compontent to stop - Fixed several deadlocks - Fixed a bug that could spam X11 and cause a complete X11 hangup - Fixed a race condition that could crash the backend - Fixed a bug that crashed the service when receiving SIGPIPE - Fixed a bug that could cause an empty accept window to appear - Fixed a bug that could deadlock the accept window - Fixed a bug that could cause the timer to crash 27.02.2017 - 2.7.3 (Android) ---------------------------- New Features - Implemented clipboard file transfer. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a problem which could cause the keyboard not to work on some devices. - Fixed an issue which could cause a black screen after pausing and resuming. - Fixed a problem which could cause a all settings to be lost on some devices (e.g. loss of the connection history). - Improved usability. - Improved stability. 03.02.2017 - 2.7.1 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - macOS now has a Filetransfer similar to that in Linux - GUI enhancements Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug regarding the mousecursor on retina displays - Fixed a huge memory leak that lead to full usage of system memory when connecting to the Mac - Fixed issues with the custom client 03.02.2017 - 2.7.1 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug that made it possible to access the settings in the custom client even when the settings were disabled - Fixed a bug in the PulseAudio code that could lead to a backend crash - Fixed a bug in the Filetransfer where folders were not transmitted 05.01.2017 - 3.1.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved stability - Fixed some bugs in the chat Other Changes - Signed the exe and msi files with two certificates. 29.12.2016 - 3.1.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Reworked the chat in the client. - Added an option to disable remote restart in the security settings. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug in DeskRT which caused it to be slow on certain monitor resolutions indivisible by 16 (for example 1366x768). Responsiveness should be much higher now in these cases. - In some cases, the view mode settings for remote computers were not restored correctly for future sessions. - Fixed a crash which could occur when connecting to AnyDesk while it was terminating. - Fixed a bug which could lead to the system info feature not being available. - Improved stability. - Minor user interface layout fixes. 13.12.2016 - 3.0.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Added edge scrolling feature for the original view mode. Use this when the remote image is much larger than the local monitor. 09.12.2016 - 2.6.1 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Added the remote reboot menu to reboot Windows machines - Added the "show remote cursor" feature - Added the Split Menu in Linux - Linux now recognized a remote resolution change - Added the "Adapt remote resolution" option - Added gathering remote System informations Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug where libpulse and libpulse-simple could not be found on some systems - Prevent audio loopback when connected to self - Fixed several minor bugs 01.12.2016 - 3.0.0 Beta (Windows) --------------------------------- New Features - Implemented an address book feature which allows online management of computers. The address book will allow you to tag and sort items into groups. You will need a licence in order to use this new feature. Please get an evaluation licence on http://anydesk.com/trial-licence. - Improved the speed dial with an advanced mode. - The speed dial now filters the previous connections on user input. - The speed dial and address book now show the online state of computers. Red: Offline, Green: Online, Grey: Unknown - Implemented favourites in the speed dial. These will also affect the Windows jump list. - The accept window now shows the incoming remote sessions in tabs instead of seperate windows. - The accept window will now stay open until it is closed by the user so supporters can leave a chat message after giving remote support. - Improved the chat view. - Session settings are now saved and restored when connecting to the same remote computer again. - The custom client (exe and msi file) can now embed the licence key for easy deployment. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a clipboard file copy bug when the user connected to a freshly started Windows machine onto the logon screen and then logged on a user. Other Changes - New user interface design. - Updated the localizations. Security Fixes - Added quotes to the path of the service. 28.10.2016 - 2.6.1 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash which could occur when using the remote restart feature. - The AnyDesk loader did not start in some cases when the user data directory was on a network share. - Fixed a clipboard file copy bug when the user connected to a freshly started Windows machine onto the logon screen and then logged on user. Other Changes - Disabled remote restart feature after switching sides. 21.10.2016 - 2.6.1 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Implemented customisation support for my.anydesk.com for macOS Fixed Bugs - Enable/disable audio works now - Receive connection window constraints were fixed 14.10.2016 - 2.6.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Implemented Access Control List feature. This makes it possible to restrict access to machines based on the alias. Wildcards are supported, for example "*@company", "pc-?@ad" and so on. Restrictions based solely on the numerical id are also supported. You can find the feature in the Security Panel of the AnyDesk settings. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug where the file transfer and probably the text clipboard did not work on Windows 7 when UAC was disabled and AnyDesk was not installed. - Fixed a regression which could lead to being unable to control the remote machine after activating a privileged window in the task bar when AnyDesk was not installed. - Fixed a bug which could cause severe image lag after using the "switch sides" or "request elevation" features or doing a fast user switch of a remote controlled Windows session. Other Changes - The remote users input is now temporarily disabled when typing on the local keyboard. In previous versions, only moving the mouse disabled remote input. 14.10.2016 - 2.6.0 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Added a setting which prevents AnyDesk from auto-starting when the user logs in. You can also set AnyDesk to start with a minimized window. Fixed Bugs - Improved the reliability of the clipboard. - Fixed a bug in the interactive access settings which displayed the wrong logon type. 14.10.2016 - 2.6.0 (All Versions) --------------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved reliability of the direct connection process. - Improved clipboard stability. 21.09.2016 - 2.5.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Implemented remote restart feature. The connection will automatically be restored once the remote machine finished restarting. - Added a confirmation dialog for the switch sides feature. - The coloured user pointer can now be disabled in the security settings. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug which could lead to a wrong aspect ratio image or no image at all when connecting to a multi monitor system until the first resize of the session window. - Fixed image corruption which could occur when the mirror driver was used. - Fixed some inconsistencies in the remote capabilities for the request elevation and the switch sides feature when connecting between different platforms. - Improved stability. Other Changes - The uninstaller (anydesk --remove) now accepts the --silent flag. 21.09.2016 - 2.5.0 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Implemented audio playback on the mac. - Implemented hard drive activity monitor. Fixed Bugs - Fixed the clipboard. It works now both for copying and pasting (text data). Other Changes - Improved the GUI. 21.09.2016 - 2.5.0 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Added pointing mode Fixed Bugs - Fixed cursor image corruption - Fixed X11 deadlocking due to a bug in libxcb - Fixed username retrieval - Fixed a bug in the switch sides code - Fixed a bug where wallpapers did not get transmitted - Improved application startup - Fixed bugs in the input injector - Fixed possible deadlock - Fixed image corruption which occured with certain versions of x11. 23.08.2016 - 2.3.7 (Linux) -------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug on headless machines in Linux 23.08.2016 - 2.3.6 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Implemented the input forbidden mouse cursor Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug that caused a fuzzy mouse cursor - Fixed a bug in the IPC - Fixed a bug where a connection got rejected even if the frontend is opened - Fixed a bug in the switch sides feature 18.08.2016 - 2.3.5 (Linux) -------------------------- New Features - Improved security by implementing the input blocker (remote user cannot control the backend, also local users mouse has priority over remote users mouse) - Added proxy support - Added the switch sides option - Added bidirectional file transfer - AnyDesk now has a proper CLI Interface - Added update information box Other Changes - Improved password security check. Raised minimal password length to 8 characters. - Changed default interactive access setting: the accept Window will now only pop up if the AnyDesk window is currently open. Unattended access with a password is still possible at any time. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug that could cause the backend to crash upon quitting - Fixed a bug that could fuzz out the main window 04.08.2016 - 2.3.5 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed image capture when connecting to outdated Windows 7 versions. - Fixed a bug in the license registration dialog. Other Changes - Long IDs are now displayed in groups of 3 digits. 22.07.2016 - 2.3.4 (Windows) ---------------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed image problems with 16-bit/fast rendering method. - Fixed a few more high DPI issues. - Fixed protocol compatibility with the Enterprise server. - Fixed a crash that could occur when the system info tab was opened a second time. - The system info tab could be opened before authentication, which resulted in a crash. 20.07.2016 - 2.3.3 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Added a system information tab, that shows information about the remote computer. - The path where screenshots are stored can now be changed. - It is now possible to change the audio devices to use for playback and transmission. Other Changes - Improved password security check. Raised minimal password length to 8 characters. - Changed default interactive access setting: the accept Window will now only pop up if the AnyDesk window is currently open. Unattended access with a password is still possible at any time. Fixed Bugs - Fixed some high DPI bugs (borders on maximized Window, ...). - Fixed a bug where removing an entry from the speed dial could result in other entries connecting to the wrong computer. - After switching sides with a custom version that only allows incoming connections, the display Window now becomes resizable. 05.07.2016 - 2.3.3 (macOS) -------------------------- New Features - Added proxy support. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash on some systems when the options window was opened. - Fixed a bug which could delay the session start until the remote image changed once. - If AnyDesk is started from the dmg file, it no longer registers as an startup app. - Reworked the chat; added colours. - The main window of AnyDesk now gets closed when the "X" button is pressed. This also closes all sessions. - Several minor bugfixes. 29.06.2016 - 2.3.2 (Mac OS X) ----------------------------- This is the beta release of AnyDesk for Mac OS X. New Features - Implemented status bar icon. Please quit AnyDesk using the Dock or the status bar icon. - AnyDesk now starts automatically when a user logs on. - Reworked the connection dialogs. - Fixed the request elevation menu entry. - Completed the chat feature. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug in the keyboard translation. - Fixed a bug in the detection of the network state. AnyDesk now reconnects when the network connection is down and comes back up. 16.06.2016 - 2.3.1 (Mac OS X) ----------------------------- Initial alpha release of AnyDesk for Mac OS X. 20.05.2016 - 2.3.1 (Linux/BSD) ------------------------------ New Features - Added Audio support for Linux (PulseAudio only, libpulse is needed) - Added structures for customized Linux Client (Enterprise only) Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug causing a massive lag in the keyboard translation - Several minor bugfixes 09.05.2016 - 2.3.0 (Linux/BSD) ------------------------------ New Features - Implemented multi process architecture - Implemented new event structure (performance) - Added new keyboard layout (1:1 mapping, translation mode, automatic) - Reworked GUI - Reworked settings dialog - Reworked accept window - Added about dialog - Reworked license registration - Ability to place shortcuts to remote computers on the desktop - Added support for transfering the wallpaper instead of a screenshot to speed dial for some desktop environments (MATE, Gnome3, Unity, Cinnamon) - Updated OpenSSL to newest version Fixed Bugs - Fixed package breaking Kubuntu Desktop (workaround for bug in qapt-deb-installer) - Fixed deadlocks - Fixed bug in chat - Fixed bug in license registration - Fixed bug that caused no direct connection - Several minor bugfixes 29.04.2016 - 2.3.0 (Windows) ---------------------------- New Features - Reworked the main menu into several menus. Fixed Bugs - Mouse jitter could cause AnyDesk to falsely display the user pointer and disallow remote mouse input for some time. Small local mouse moves are now ignored. - Fixed customer module displaying UAC dialog on Windows XP when it was not needed. - Fixed termination of portable AnyDesk using the tray menu. - The clipboard was not functioning correctly when AnyDesk was not installed but started as Admin user. - AnyDesk should now run on Windows PE. - It is now possible to use the & sign in the user name. - When AnyDesks looses the keyboard focus, the keys are now released at the remote site in order to prevent stuck keys. - Further improved GUI with high DPI settings. - Improved the reliability of the direct connection mechanism. 23.03.2016 - 2.2.2 ------------------ New Features - Improved the request elevation feature. It is now possible to transmit credentials for an admin user in case the remote user has limited user rights and does not now the admin credentials. Furthermore, the feature now supports switching the user (fast user switch) after elevation has been successfull. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug in the automatic remote keyboard layout detection. - Fixed a rare bug which could lead to AnyDesk being unable to reconnect after a while. - Improved the clipboard mechanism. This should solve problems with the clipboard. 03.03.2016 - 2.2.1 ------------------ Fixed Bugs - Fixed a deadlock which could occur when the backend started. This could lead to being unable to connect to a machine ("Waiting for connection") until the machine was restarted. - Fixed a bug where mouse input was falsely denied for certain areas of the screen. 25.02.2016 - 2.2.0 ------------------ Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash which occured when the monitor was switched several times in Win 8/10. - Fixed a bug which could cause AnyDesk to transmit inefficiently (low fps) when the remote machine was running Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. This also could lead to a slowdown of the target machine. - The remote cursor was not rendered correctly when the Direct Draw render mode was selected. The Direct Draw renderer now draws the remote cursor as intended. - A black image was shown instead of the remote screen in certain cases when "Use fast render method" was selected in the view options. The image is rendered normally now if this mode is selected. - If a 16 bpp mode is selected, the Direct Draw renderer now tests if a 32 bpp mode is supported before falling back to the gdi renderer when the lower mode is not supported by the hardware. The d3d renderer now supports 16 bpp colour depth as well and uses the same fallback mechanism. - In some cases, AnyDesk did not transmit any image (black image) when the screen was rotated in Windows 7 with Aero enabled. - The base64 password feature for anydesk: links did not work with all configurations. Fixed. - The forbidden cursor is displayed correctly again. - The grey tray icon indicating that the AnyDesk service is not running is displayed correctly again. - Under certain conditions, connections to a machine failed with "desk_rt_ipc_error". This occured when AnyDesk was not installed. Added a workaround for these machines. - AnyDesk now uses the monitor which is currently displaying the AnyDesk window when going to fullscreen mode. - AnyDesk is now scaled correctly with high dpi settings. - AnyDesk now correctly terminates the session when it is stopped during fullscreen mode. New Features - AnyDesk now supports keyboard translation. If your keyboard layout is different from the keyboard layout of the remote user, AnyDesk can translate the keys. This enables you to type special characters on your keyboard regardless if the remote keyboard supports them. You can disable this feature in the main menu in case you want raw key to be transmitted. This is useful for example for playing games which depend on the hardware key code. - Select "Auto-Adjust resolution" from the main menu during a session in order to change the remote screen resolution to fit the dimensions of your local AnyDesk window. You can use this feature as often as needed, for example after you maximized the AnyDesk window. After the session ends, the remote resolution is restored to the original mode. - Added privacy tab to user settings. You can now decide what to broadcast, your windows user name or a custom one, your windows account image, a custom one or none. 17.12.2015 - 2.1.2 ------------------ Fixed Bugs - Proxy connections did not succeed when there was no password for the proxy. Fixed. - Fixed another bug which could cause the proxy connection to fail. - Fixed a crash which occured when using the mouse wheel on certain dialogs. - Fixed the original view mode when the open gl renderer was selected. - Fixed a bug where the monitor could not be switched in fullscreen mode. New Features - After a change of access direction, the direction can now be switched back from the accept window. - anydesk: links now support passwords. To pass a password for a connection, use the following scheme: "anydesk:address@ad:cGFzc3dvcmQ=". The password has to be in base64 encoding. - new parameter --auto-close: This indicates to AnyDesk that it should auto-quit the frontend window when there are no more sessions. - new config option for customized AnyDesk: It is now possible to disable the different tabs in the settings dialog using the client generator of the web console. 21.10.2015 - 2.1.1 ------------------ Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to move the mouse in remote desktop protocol sessions. - The state of scroll lock, caps lock and num lock gets now restored when the last session ends. - Performance optimization for the d3d renderer in original view mode. - Improved menu bar in fullscreen mode of the ddraw renderer (used in windows xp). The menu bar disappeared in certain cases. It stays always on top now and is automatically hidden after two seconds. Put the mouse cursor on the screen edge to display it again. - AnyDesk would not start if there was a misconfiguration with the user app data folder. Instead, an error message box was displayed. AnyDesk uses the local app data folder as a fallback now. - Terminating AnyDesk now requires admin privileges. New Features - Zoom text size in chat with mouse wheel and +/- 18.09.2015 - 2.1.0 ------------------ Fixed Bugs - The user picture is now correctly loaded in Windows 8 and 10. - Improved behaviour of AnyDesk when Windows enters/leaves hybernate and suspend power modes. New Features - New feature "request elevation". This feature can be used to obtain the rights required to control all programs while a session is running by asking the remote user. 21.08.2015 - 2.0.1 ------------------ Fixed Bugs - In some cases, unicode text was not correctly transmitted over the clipboard. This lead to the text being put on the clipboard as "???????". AnyDesk now always sends unicode text, if available. - Under certain conditions, the clipboard synchronization stayed engaged if it was disabled in the settings tab or the accept window. - Fixed the remote mouse cursor position in original view mode. New Features - New performance option for rendering ("Use fast render method"). Set the checkbox as follows: Checked: Always uses 16 bits per pixel for uploading (decreases required memory bandwidth). Use this setting to speed up rendering on slow machines. Indeterminate (default behaviour): Use the 16 bit render mode on single processor systems. Unchecked: Never use 16 bits per pixel mode. Uncheck if you have a single processor machine but the image quality is too low. - Added translation to Korean. - Added "Waiting for first frame" dialog which is displayed as soon as the network connection is established. - Added a new command line option --get-status to get the connection status and improved the behaviour on errors of the command line interface. - The tray icon now displays information about session count and service status. 01.07.2015 - 2.0.0 ------------------ AnyDesk is now officially out of beta. New Features - Windows 10 compatibility Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash at session start if the clipboard permissions were changed before session start. - Fixed a crash at session start which could occur with some unicode user names when mouse input was forbidden. - The clipboard did not work when connecting to the Logon screen and logging in a new user. - Sometimes the forbidden cursor was displayed during the whole session when connecting into a Windows session which was created via RDP. This should not happen any more. - Some settings from the security tab were not correctly applied. All default user permissions from the security tab are now applied for sessions. - If the alias is too long for display, a smaller font is used. - Fixed a rare crash when the mouse cursor had an invalid pixel format. - The "Show remote cursor" feature displayed the mouse cursor in an incorrect position for all monitors except the first monitor. The cursor is displayed now correctly. - Updated translations AnyDesk Beta ============ 01.06.2015 - Beta 1.4.1 ----------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug which lead to "Connection established" being displayed forever and no image being shown when connecting to Windows 7 machines. This bug only occured when the pc was not restarted for at least 24 days. - Fixed a bug which could lead to a second zone security warning when AnyDesk was started as admin. AnyDesk did not work in this case until the second zone dialog was accepted. - When starting the portable version as admin and pressing "+", a cycle could be created which lead to a crash. 22.05.2015 - Beta 1.4.0 ----------------------- New Features - Implemented a feature for switching sides during an ongoing screen sharing session. - When the remote session changes (for example with fast user switching), AnyDesk automatically restores the connection. - When connecting using the command line, you can specify a password now using the stdin pipe. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug which could cause a client to appear online some time directly after shutting down a workstation. Shutdown events now terminate the connection immediately. - Overall stability improvements. 27.04.2015 - Beta 1.3.2 ----------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug with the user permissions which could lead to the user being unable to control the remote machine or use sound/clipboard. 24.04.2015 - Beta 1.3.1 ----------------------- Fixed Bugs - In rare cases, the mouse position was transmitted with an offset. The mouse position should now always be correct. - In certain cases, the text mouse cursor could appear invisible over black background. The mouse cursor is rendered correctly now, with inverted colours. - Controlling AnyDesk's accept window through AnyDesk is not possible anymore. - Pressing the install button twice could lead to the installation process failing. Fixed. New Features - AnyDesk is now dpi aware. - Implemented an arrow which is drawn at the remote users mouse position if input is disabled. If clicked, a beacon is shown. This feature can be used to point the user to something without directly interacting during remote support or presentations. 08.04.2015 - Beta 1.3.0 ----------------------- Fixed Bugs - Improved the network code. This adds to the overall performance and fixes some random connection freezes which occured in rare cases. - Windows 8: When no mouse was attached to the machine being controlled, the mouse cursor was missing. Provided a workaround which enables the mouse cursor during the AnyDesk session. - Fixed a bug in the d3d renderer on multi monitor systems which caused the display to turn grey when the AnyDesk window reached a certain size. - If the user changed the permissions (e.g. audio allowed) before the session started, the state was invalid which caused all permissions to be in the state disallowed. Permissions can be changed before the session starts now. - The forbidden cursor is now shown correctly if this feature is disabled using the permission settings. - Ongoing file transfers are canceled now when the session is terminated. Improved efficiency of file transfer. - Fixed a bug which caused copying files over the clipboard not to function correctly. - Fixed a crash which could occur when terminating the frontend. - Improved the switch to fullscreen mode for the d3d renderer. New Features - Implemented original view mode. - Added a retry button in the client offline dialog. - Added Open GL render mode from the linux port. Please check if this speeds up display or serves as a workaround for d3d render bugs. - The accept window is now minimized when the user accepts a connection request manually. 10.02.2015 - Beta 1.2.3 ----------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a bug that caused the mouse cursor to disappear. - Fixed the SSL configuration so that fewer SSL ciphers are accepted. 26.01.2015 - Beta 1.2.2 ----------------------- New Features - Added interactive access modes. AnyDesk can now be configured to accept no connection requests. - Improved mouse behaviour when the cursor leaves the AnyDesk window while a mouse key is pressed. - If the remote desktop becomes inaccessible due to insufficient rights, a message is displayed. - Using the mirror driver can now be forced for non-server-systems which are too slow without mirror driver. - It is now possible to add firewall exceptions for AnyDesk by using the hostname "relay-*.anydesk.com". Fixed Bugs - Fixed IPC error in the portable version when the path of the executable contains unicode characters. - Fixed crash when double-clicking on a tab in the options dialog. - The portable version now automatically is able to control system processes when started on systems with UAC disabled. - Improved process startup handling to prevent IPC errors. - Connections to AnyDesk could result in desk_rt_ipc_error when AnyDesk was started from a network drive. - On some systems with unusual system path configuration AnyDesk did not start at all. Fixed. - In some circumstances AnyDesk did not quit correctly while the renderer was busy. - Fixed graphics glitches which occured when coming from a secure desktop with access denied. - Sometimes, switching the monitor could cause graphics problems. 22.12.2014 - Beta 1.2.1 ----------------------- New Features - Added an option to show the AnyDesk number instead of the Alias in the connection tab. - New option to hide the own task bar when AnyDesk is maximized. This saves additional screen space. - Registering a licence is now possible from the command line (e.g. from scripts). - AnyDesk now sets its exit code. This is useful for diagnosing errors in scripts. Fixed Bugs - The installation and the update process should be more reliable now. In some cases, AnyDesk could not be deinstalled or updated because a hanging process could not be terminated. This would lead to not being able to connect to the machine any more after attempting to update. - AnyDesk can now be installed if windows is running in safe mode. - Fixed handling of service misconfigurations so the user gets a more helpful error message. - Improved stability when clicking on the speed dial while a server connection is in progress. - Fixed a painting glitch in the title bar. 18.12.2014 - Beta 1.2.0 ----------------------- New Features - Chatting is now possible before authentication. - Implemented a session tab menu. - Implemented an url handler for AnyDesk (anydesk:machine@ad). - The items in the speed dial can be renamed now. - Improved the password strength calculation. - Added license registration dialog. - Implemented mirror driver support for Windows XP and Windows Server. Fixed Bugs - Filetransfer does not block the image data any more (AnyDesk remains usable while a file is copied). - Connecting to a workstation which is being shut down now works also on Windows XP. - Improved stability when closing sessions and during fullscreen transition. - Under certain conditions the mouse cursor was hidden after session start. Fixed. - Fixed a bug which caused the icon of AnyDesk not to diplay correctly. - Some rare conditions could lead to AnyDesk not being able to establish a connection to another user. A workaround has been implemented. 26.11.2014 - Beta 1.1.7 ----------------------- New Features - Settings can now be removed completely during uninstallation - All incoming connections are now logged with date and time and can be viewed in the about tab. - Implemented Windows Jump List support - Clear menu for speed dial - Implemented Hotkeys: Press ctrl+alt+shift+ 1..9: tab selection. return: toggle fullscreen c: open chat menu S: toggle sound transmission I: toggle input state P: save screenshot M: show mouse cursor F3: view mode shrink F4: view mode stretch del: Send SAS sequence (press ctrl+alt+del on controlled machine) - Double click on monitor tab goes to full screen mode Fixed Bugs - Fixed missing fullscreen menu for Windows XP and ddraw render mode. - Improved stability - Standby is disabled now properly during sessions - The own AnyDesk id can now be copied from the id label through an AnyDesk session - On slow/laggy connections, the mouse key events could get intermingled. This would cause unintended mouse dragging and hanging mouse keys. - Fixed Ctrl+Alt+Del (SAS) sequence in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Better handling of misconfigurations of the service. - AnyDesk now runs in safe mode with network if started manually. - Connecting to a workstation which was being shut down resulted in desk_rt_ipc_error. Connecting is possible now. The shutdown is canceled. 17.10.2014 - Beta 1.1.6 ----------------------- New Features - Implemented NAT traversal with UPnP. - Improved the command line interface. The password can be set now using the command line and the AnyDesk alias and ID can be obtained. The installation process can now be started in the background from the command line. Fixed Bugs - Improved the connection mechanism. - Under certain conditions, unconventional graphic drivers could lead to AnyDesk not transmitting any image at all. In these cases, a slower but more reliable fallback mechanism for capturing the image is used. 07.10.2014 - Beta 1.1.5 ----------------------- New Features - The port that is used for external connections can now be configured. Fixed Bugs - The reconnect mechanism now retries the bootstrap servers, when the current server is down. - AnyDesk now tries its dedicated listen port when connecting externally. - AnyDesk now works correctly when running as the Guest user. - Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to connect too soon after startup. - Fixed a problem with file copy & paste on Windows XP. 03.09.2014 - Beta 1.1.4 ----------------------- New Features - Updated translations - Added Estonian translation. Many thanks to Lauri S\E4de! Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash which mostly occured when AnyDesk was teminated and restarted while a session was open. All newly started AnyDesk instances would crash then. - Corrected language name of Chinese. - Fixed a bug which caused the control process to crash at startup. File transfer did not work in this case. - Fixed a crash of the frontend in ddraw mode (Windows XP) which occured when the screen saver engaged. 15.08.2014 - Beta 1.1.3 ----------------------- New Features - Extended mouse buttons and horizontal wheel states are transmitted now. Fixed Bugs - When AnyDesk lost the network connection, it could happen in some conditions that it could not reconnect to the server and remained offline until the machine was restarted. - The file transfer now updates file date and time correctly. - Implemented correct behaviour with swapped mouse buttons (left handed mouse). - Fixed a bug which caused an missplaced uac dialog at system start if the service start was delayed. This state is now signaled by a grey systray icon instead of the red one. As soon as the service is started, the tray icon is updated. 05.08.2014 - Beta 1.1.2 ----------------------- New Features - When a user logged in using a password, the accept window is minimized automatically. Fixed Bugs - Fixed chat log. - Fixed a crash in the frontend on Windows XP. - Fixed a bug which caused AnyDesk to crash immediately after startup when it was started from a folder with special characters. 29.07.2014 - Beta 1.1.1 ----------------------- Fixed Bugs - Fixed a crash when switching to fullscreen mode (when the remote system has multiple monitors). 25.07.2014 - Beta 1.1.0 ----------------------- New Features - Experimental HTTPS proxy support (please contact us if you encounter any problems) - Support for proxy authentication (Basic + Digest, NTLM is not supported yet) - Support for the Web Proxy Autodiscovery protocol (WPAD) - Text chat. - Drop any saved connection from the speed dial to a quick link on your desktop folder. - Connect via command line. Usage: "anydesk.exe alias@ad" - A warning is shown if AnyDesk has insufficient rights (because it is not installed or running as normal user) to control privileged applications Fixed Bugs - New AnyDesk network connect mechanism (this should fix some reconnect issues) - Sometimes the mouse cursor was missing at session start. - When AnyDesk was not running with system privileges, a user could activate a privileged window using the task bar. This caused a lock-in, and no further actions were possible. - Fixed crash which could occur during the fullscreen switch - Fixed a crash which could occur when the move/size-helper was enabled - AnyDesk now runs better on windows xp when the user is restricted. - The tray icon is re-created when the explorer restarts - Fixed a bug at the startup of the control process. This could lead to copy paste (text and files) malfunctioning. - Connecting to Windows XP machines could result in desk_rt_ipc_error. This should not happen anymore. - A problem in Windows XP with GDI+ which could lead to a crash directly after connecting. Provided workaround. - If there is not enough system ram available, a message is shown instead of crashing. - Fixed a crash which could occur sometimes at session termination (message callback was not cleaned up). 18.06.2014 - Beta 1.0.3 ----------------------- New Features - Authentication data can now be stored on connect. This won't store the password, but will request a security token from the destination computer that will be used on the next login. The feature can be disabled in the options tab. All tokens can be cleared there as well. - The fingerprint of the remote side certificate can now be examined by looking at the lock icons tooltip in the status bar. Fixed Bugs - Fixed a rare crash in the service process. - Fixed a problem with the translation fallback for Spanish, Italian and Bulgarian. Some strings were emtpy. Known Issues - AnyDesk must be installed to work on Windows Server, which isn't officially supported yet. 05.06.2014 - Beta 1.0.2 ----------------------- New Features - Mouse and keyboard input can now blocked from the frontend for the machine being controlled. Fixed Bugs - When there was a new version, the download immediately started in the browser, when the frontend was started. Now, AnyDesk waits for the user to click, as expected. - Fixed a problem when terminating the backend process. Known Issues - AnyDesk must be installed to work on Windows Server, which isn't officially supported yet. 03.06.2014 - Beta 1.0.1 ----------------------- Fixed Bugs - Switching to fullscreen mode could lead to a crash when the remote mouse cursor was displayed. - Multiple sessions could interfere with each other and crash the backend process. - Sometimes the backend process crashed when terminating a session. - The frontend process could crash in some circumstances on establishing a connection. 21.05.2014 - Beta 1.0.0 ----------------------- Initial release.