Windscribe/Desktop-App v2.17.9

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Added

• Post-quantum server API integration.
• Advanced parameters for overriding the API, assets, and checkip domains used in wsnet.

Improved

• Icons on the favourites tab to be the country flag.
• Advanced parameter handling.
• wsnet to use bearer token in all server API calls.
• Audio library to reduce binary size.
• Locations list in CLI to show more information.
• Native window colours in accordance with OS theme.
• Filesystem organization/packaging per FHS on Linux.
• Highlight colours used in log viewer.
• Locations UI tweaks (highlight location under mouse, changed location icon).
• Text in macOS installer DMG is a bit blurry.
• Qt library dependency now served from vcpkg.

Fixed

• An issue where the account status bottom-bar widget was sometimes not displayed.
• Memory usage for flags. You should see a dramatic drop in app memory usage when it is launched.
• On certain screen scales the "Get more data" button is too large and overlaps the data counter.
• Unexpected scroll in the preferences screen when sending a debug log.
• Incorrect scroll position in preferences.
• Custom DNS preferences behaviour when user attempts to set Upstream 2 without first setting Upstream 1.
• Playing a sound may capture the audio device, preventing Windows from sleeping.
• Regression in the in-app updater on macOS for versions 2.17.2-2.17.4.
• Resize bar may be cut off when update banner is shown.
• Incorrect URL for the 'connection mode' help link in preferences.
• libcurl loading openssl.cnf from untrusted path.
• Potential crash when operating with empty port map.
• Some wsnet failover behaviour.
• Installer alert border on Windows and macOS.
• Missing tray icon on macOS.
• Missing xcb plugin on Linux.
• Missing window decorators for advanced parameter/log viewer screens in Wayland.
• Missing dependency for openSUSE.
• Rendering issues on X11 (non-wayland) environments.
• Last opened locations tab is not remembered.
• Alert window cut off when showing an update error.
• App no longer debug logging to the system debugger/stdout.
• Erroneous 'failed to set network category' error message from Windows helper.
• DNS may leak on Linux distros using resolvectl to determine the system DNS.
• wsnet not triggering failover on some invalid payloads.
• French translation of 'Release' update channel.
• Pings may be invalidated while connected.
• A crash in the audio dependencies when building on Windows.
• Rendering issues on X11 (non-wayland) environments.
• Potential DNS leak when using ctrld (custom DNS setting) on Linux.

Updated

• OpenVPN DCO driver to v1.3.3.
• ctrld to 1.4.6.

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