Windscribe/Desktop-App v2.12.7

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Added

• MAC spoofing in Linux.
• Support for in-app updates from many immutable Linux distros.
• Flags for new and upcoming locations.
• Link to our website for further information about the Circumvent Censorship feature in preferences.
• Additional curl logs for failed server API requests in wsnet.

Improved

• UDP/TCP/Stealth/WStunnel protocol performance on Windows by using the OpenVPN DCO kernel driver as their default driver.
• Behavior when querying the SSID on Windows 11 24H2 and Location services is off.
• Behavior when querying the SSID on macOS 15.
• Description for packet size, clarifying that it doesn't do anything for TCP-based protocols.
• Error message when update download fails.
• The failover algorithm in wsnet to prevent it from 'sticking' to one domain.
• Split tunneling behavior on Linux by doing a self-test at service start.

Fixed

• Docked Windows app does not detect change in taskbar size and adjust position when displayed.
• App update may fail to stop and remove OpenVPN/Wireguard daemons on Windows.
• Debug log may fail to send.
• Double blinking cursors on custom config credentials prompt.
• Custom config authorization data not deleted when custom config directory cleared.
• Latency endpoint duplicate requests.
• Imported JSON values may be incorrect.
• Additional JSON & GUI input validation errors.
• Proxy validation to only allow an IP address. Prior proxy configurations using a hostname will no longer function.
• Proxy gateway sometimes sends invalid headers.
• Memory leaks in wsnet.
• UDP protocol on Windows may fail to connect when Circumvent Censorship is enabled.
• "Secure Hotspot" feature not being disabled properly when using IKEv2 on Windows.
• Installer ignoring username/password command-line arguments on Windows.
• Emergency connect fails to connect due to incompatibility with OpenVPN DCO driver on Windows.
• macOS installer may mangle the 'windscribe' user if it's a regular user.
• Always-on firewall may not be enabled after reboot on macOS.
• Installer window in wrong position during in-app update on macOS.
• Unexpected permission prompt during upgrade on macOS.
• Custom DNS may be bound to wrong interface due to firewall state cache on macOS.
• Potential app crash on macOS when App Internal DNS setting is 'OS Default'.
• Potential app crash when installing helper on macOS.
• Memory leaks in IPC and other macOS-specific code.
• Linux helper may get stuck when disconnecting on Raspberry Pi with split tunneling enabled.
• openSUSE CLI install script not starting the helper service.
• Auto-rotate MAC not working when disconnecting and reconnecting to the same network on Linux.
• Linux helper service may not be restarted after update.
• Debian package dependencies for Debian Trixie.
• Possible delay when setting firewall rules on Linux.
• Update not working in Fedora Silverblue while connected.

Updated

• Windows OpenVPN DCO driver to v1.2.1.
• German translations provided by GitHub user Evonos.
• Spanish translations provided by GitHub user IceString3.
• Russian translations in installer.
• c-ares in wsnet to the latest version 1.33.1, increased timeouts for DNS requests.

Known Issues:

• Windows: the Circumvent Censorship feature does nothing when using the TCP protocol due to a missing feature in the OpenVPN DCO driver. If you require use of the the TCP protocol and the Circumvent Censorship feature, you can add ws-use-openvpn-wintun to the Advanced Parameters setting to force the use of the wintun driver.

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