munki/munki v7.2.0b2

Munki 7.2.0 Beta 2

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This is a beta build of Munki 7.2.0, a feature-add and bug-fix release of the Munki tools.

Build info

• This release was built with Xcode 26.5 (17F42) on macOS 26.4 (25E246) via a GitHub Actions workflow here: https://github.com/macadmins/munki-builds. It has been signed and notarized by MacAdmins Open Source.

• Distribution package version: 7.2.0.5762

  • Components:
    • com.googlecode.munki.core 7.2.0.5755
    • com.googlecode.munki.admin 7.2.0.5755
    • com.googlecode.munki.app 7.2.0.5762
    • com.googlecode.munki.app_usage 7.2.0.5755
    • com.googlecode.munki.launchd 7.0.0.5320
    • com.googlecode.munki.pythonlibs 6.7.0.5293
    • com.googlecode.munki.libs 5.5

Bug fixes:

• Percent-encode '+' character in all requests for Munki resources; this makes some web servers happier. 427a926
• MSC.app: Fix for an issue where you are repeatedly prompted to install available Apple updates when attempting to quit ec7a61c
• MSC.app: Fix positioning/layout of status info on item detail pages. Addresses #1357 Thanks to @chrisgrande and @robertryansqub. 2e4e3e1

Changes:

• When failing to retrive the primary manifest, instead of exiting immediately, continue to run any existing Munki postflight script. Addresses #1353 Thanks to @BigMacAdmin. 81721f3
• A fix for a potential security issue: this change prevents embedding external URLs inside munki:// URLs. Thanks to @kevinmcox. ttps://github.com/munki/munki/commit/b015b45d419f21f5315b565627ee8234ef46210b

New feature:

• Optional (admin-managed) user preference for "allowed notification time windows".
  See https://github.com/munki/munki/wiki/Allowed-notification-windows for details on this new feature.

Changes and fixes since 7.2.0 Beta 1:

• managedsoftwareupdate: Changes to status/progress info messages for more consistent/predictable progress info: 17838ce
• Swedish translation for prefs window. Thanks to @MagerValp. #1361
• Danish translation for prefs window. Thanks to @ttv-kglakademi-dk. #1362
• Japanese translation for prefs window. Thanks to @arubdesu and Koji Arita. #1363
• manifestutil: A fix for a reference to a non-existent subcommand. Thanks to @jc0b. #1365
• Many enhancements/changes to the Hour Selector control in the preferences window to improve Accessibility: Contrast improvements, support for keyboard navigation, and other Accessibility support. Thanks to @vmiller for raising an issue. d6f2a8c 42fe62b d2a2d4c 48a6f56 5372cb7

A complete list of changes between 7.1.2 and 7.2.0b2 is here: v7.1.2...v7.2.0b2

Localization help needed:

• For the new "allowed notification time windows" preference, the text label for "Restrict update notifications to selected hours" needs to be translated/localized. Help still needed for the following languages:
• German
• Spanish
• Finnish
• French
• Italian
• Norwegian Bokmal
• Dutch
• Russian