Windscribe/Desktop-App v2.16.11

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Added

• New app UI design.
• Bundled backgrounds and sound notifications.
• Look & Feel tab in preferences.
• Two stage login and CAPTCHA.
• A new firewall mode Always On+.
• Advanced parameter for configuring the VPN adapter network category as public on Windows (ws-use-public-network-category).
• Advanced parameter to suppress pings (ws-no-pings).
• Flag resources for new locations.

Improved

• Installer icon on Windows and macOS.
• Preferences import/export to include advanced parameters.
• Inconsistent (English) spelling.
• App logs to output GUI and engine settings in JSON format.
• Chinese translation from GitHub user YerongAI.
• Russian translation.
• Build instructions.
• WireGuard® support on adverse networks by forcing a handshake after interface configuration.

Fixed

• Best Location is chosen incorrectly.
• CLI-only client waits forever to connect without internet connectivity.
• CLI-only client may not display a useful error.
• Some blocking CLI commands may consume more CPU than intended.
• Existing local DNS ignored when using custom DNS on Windows.
• Reconnection after waking from sleep may fail if split tunneling on macOS.
• Split tunnel rule precedence after waking from sleep on Linux.
• Internet connectivity detection when using PPPoE on Windows.
• Linux app aborting due to exception in boost library.
• 400 'header or cookie too large' for Cloudflare API endpoints.
• App firewall blocking Sidecar/Continuity features on macOS.
• Docked window is sometimes in the wrong position on macOS.
• Misleading log error message on Windows.
• wsnet sometimes not detecting OS default DNS server when using DHCP during app start on macOS.

Updated

• c-ares to 1.34.5.
• ctrld to 1.4.4.
• wireguard-go to 0.0.20250515 on macOS and Linux.

GUI Installer Hashes

CLI Installer Hashes