github Windscribe/Desktop-App v2.16.14

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4 months ago

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.
  • Build-a-plan shows as free account.
  • Upgrade banner may show on a Pro account.
  • OpenVPN config file path missing terminating double-quote in helper.
  • In-app update download may fail prematurely on slow networks.
  • Maximum CAPTCHA trail size too large and causing login failures.

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

Installer SHA-256 hash
Windows amd64 ecf7a5fe00be0f64456690a3eacdc7bfb0b86c8b0d209664168f4a51d5baf9b5
Windows arm64 49143220b622af030e7732d3fb7e3c3fab645d55635e4ef24743ac04b76a48e4
macOS universal 5c1a9600407d8db9da769c02e4b9d39b3344b18ab662f95dd2eeb4303c0e232a
Ubuntu amd64 3b5a805bc322e52b4bc3e6f5078660b129fff183f9a0af017ef5794c596d3e97
Ubuntu arm64 e5f518498b26f9a1821a543730d4b12502aaf12e77e2e70270dc07ade724fe24
Fedora amd64 75ddc73d135777879c71766072f39a13094ac80d7d71ec9a2d402b62a2855785
Fedora arm64 d2f95408fd6900c61fff3b303ebd7e12d0c37b2b8d2a048499d1657a5c5571ae
OpenSUSE amd64 f720845b803347f08ccf1924cdbed49574782eefa0ae55878ce300ef983bec5f
Arch Linux amd64 57aec615747f64a9c738f3b0dd80747b2eec2e33a42ce75fe91d9f4c7987a433

CLI Installer Hashes

Installer SHA-256 hash
Ubuntu CLI amd64 7e8ac55bf7fc5cf3ca919d4069519b9b8216462cacc0d776c06ebde6a7aadffc
Ubuntu CLI arm64 a068bb7b3b56e4b2718e9ad973ec13da5c8effa4a7b9f9c49ca73bc60f972684
Fedora CLI amd64 f11c690f47402ac3557be959cd69dff378c4bb8c4a4bbea46110c0623dd5f6db
Fedora CLI arm64 b68d7332d8beb72bbd92fc5659d79ceb420bd24644a7f26e1f091d1ceb7079f0
OpenSUSE CLI amd64 b22f46e6e9937eeff7b37158208fb933c829a77583d886059d38c9f1539489c3
Arch Linux CLI amd64 7c7e68b67fd6dc56dbda2476eac3e09ed66c97fa525514cf4e5769b0ab244795

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