open-vm-tools 12.4.5 release based on build 23787635
Please refer to the Release Notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/ReleaseNotes.md
The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 12.4.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog
There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.4.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems, including:
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A Github pull request and associated issue has been handled. Please see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.
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A number of issues flagged by Coverity and ShellCheck have been addressed.
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A vmtoolsd process hang related to nested logging from an RPC Channel error has been fixed.
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For a more complete list of issues resolved in this release, see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.