Windscribe/Desktop-App v2.25.5

v2.25.5-alpha

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Improved

• Security of the OpenVPN daemon on macOS and Linux.
• App removes servers from the locations list with the force_disconnect flag set.
• Hosts file handling for IKEv2 connections, so the app now retries when another program has the file locked on Windows.
• App only allows one running instance per machine. If another signed-in user is already running it, the app now explains why.

Fixed

• Auto-Connect not triggering when a Hyper-V virtual adapter is the active network interface on Windows.
• AmneziaWG connections never completing when the config contains large I1-I5 packets on Windows.
• OpenVPN connections failing on some Windows 11 insider builds because the app could not detect the management port.
• OpenVPN-based protocols failing to connect on PCs where Windows cannot rename network adapters with netsh.
• IKEv2 connections repeatedly showing a false "Read-Only File" hosts file prompt on Windows.
• Split tunneled traffic being blocked by the firewall on a secondary network interface on macOS.
• Split tunneled IPs going out through the primary interface instead of their original interface on Linux.

Updated

• The embedded API certificate bundle so it no longer trusts the compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates.
• ctrld to 1.5.8.
• cURL to 8.23.0.
• Minimum macOS version to 14.4.

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