Release notes | Devolutions Gateway

2026.1.2.0

· April 22, 2026

Features 1 Fixes 4

New features

1

Service - The Gateway and Agent now support automated and scheduled Agent self-updates. Administrators can query update status and configure update schedules via new API endpoints

Fixes

4

Service - Fixed a startup failure on Windows Server 2016 caused by a missing Windows Error Reporting API; the service now starts correctly on all supported Windows versions
Service - Fixed missing disk space metrics in the heartbeat response when the recording directory has not yet been created
Service - Fixed silent shadow recording failures (close code 4002) that produced no log output; warning logs are now emitted on all internal error paths
Service - Fixed systemd startup failures on RHEL/Rocky Linux and improved RPM/DEB package lifecycle handling (correct enable/restart/disable behaviour on install, upgrade, and removal)

2026.1.1.0

· April 2, 2026

Features 1 Improvements 4 Fixes 8

New features

1

Installer - Added German language support

Improvements

4

Installer - Certificates that fail validation are now shown with a warning icon instead of being silently hidden from the list
Service - Credentials stored in memory are now encrypted at rest, protecting against exposure in memory dumps
Service - Reduced log noise: a missing recording storage disk is now only reported once at warning level instead of repeatedly
Service - Session recordings now use periodic keyframes for improved seek performance during playback

Fixes

8

Installer - Fixed an issue where semi-colons in certain configuration values could cause installation failures
Service - Fixed an issue where certain service subcommands were not recognized correctly
Service - Fixed recording storage space reporting for network drives and UNC paths on Windows
Service - Fixed recording storage space reporting for network filesystems (NFS, Samba) on Linux and macOS
Service - Fixed RPM package installing web application files under incorrect directory names
Service - Fixed session recording playback failing with a "media could not be loaded" error
Service - Fixed the Debian package incorrectly declaring a minimum system library version, preventing installation on some Linux distributions
Service - Fixed video playback freezing during live session shadowing after brief recording pauses

2026.1.0.0

· February 27, 2026

Features 1 Improvements 2

New features

1

Service - Added options to use a dedicated certificate for CredSSP credential injection

Improvements

2

Service - Gateway now auto-generates a self-signed certificate for CredSSP when no TLS certificate is configured
Service - Improved real-time performance of session shadowing

2025.3.4.0

· February 10, 2026

Features 3 Improvements 2 Fixes 4

New features

3

Installer - Allow downloading keys even when the certificate isn't trusted (useful in restricted/air-gapped environments)
Service - Add credential injection support for RDCleanPath
Service - Add outbound HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxy configuration support

Improvements

2

Service - Add ARM64 Docker image support (run natively on ARM hosts)
Service - Reduce noisy logs: benign client disconnects are now logged as DEBUG instead of ERROR

Fixes

4

Installer - Fix handling of certificate passwords containing single quotes
Service - Fix certificate store resolution error logging to include clearer failure details
Service - Fix Docker image build to correctly generate a self-signed TLS certificate
Service - Fix Linux container startup to honor the TCP_PORT environment variable

2025.3.3.0

· December 5, 2025

Features 6 Improvements 4 Fixes 9

New features

6

Installer - CLI Generation Support: Supports command-line generation on release builds for automation scenarios
Installer - DVLS Public Key Download: Automatically downloads public keys from Devolutions Server
Service - AI Gateway (Experimental): Provides unified access to multiple AI providers (Mistral AI, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, Ollama, and LM Studio) through a single endpoint with centralized API key management
Service - Hub Service Auto-Updater: Supports automatic updates through the Hub Service
Service - TLS Thumbprint Anchoring: Allows TLS connections when the client provides a matching certificate thumbprint, even without traditional certificate validation
Standalone - VNC and RDP Client Updates: Updated clients with improved pixel format handling, fixed clipboard timing issues, better error messages, and updated security libraries

Improvements

4

Installer - Enhanced Reliability: Improved debouncer reliability and clearer port check result display
Installer - Updated Translations: Includes updated localizations
Service - Better Error Diagnostics: Displays full error traces for forwarding errors to aid troubleshooting
Service - Traffic Audit ID Format (Breaking): Traffic audit IDs now use ULID format instead of integers to prevent overflow issues with large datasets

Fixes

9

Installer - Debug Error Removal: Removed an annoying null reference exception that appeared in debug mode
Installer - High DPI Display: Fixed UI display issues at high scaling factors
Installer - Hyperlink Corrections: Corrected broken hyperlinks in the installer interface
Installer - Public Key Action: Fixed the public key action to properly use the downloaded file
Installer - Server Core Compatibility: Fixed crashes when running on Windows Server Core
Installer - UI Visual Fixes: Fixed visual issues caused by tab stop configuration
Service - RDP Proxy Compatibility: Fixed an issue that prevented Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) from working with the RDP proxy (for proxy-based credentials injection)
Service - Systemd Integration: Improved systemd unit file installation on Linux distributions, particularly fixing issues on RHEL-based systems
Standalone - Configuration Error Handling: Fixed TypeScript errors that occurred with invalid configuration

2025.3.2.0

· October 10, 2025

Improvements 5

Improvements

5

Service - Better support for recordings when using RDP built-in seamless reconnection feature
Service - Configuration warnings now distinguish between missing and explicitly disabled TlsVerifyStrict
Service - Listener binding now auto-retries on transient errors (e.g., "address already in use") to reduce startup failures
Service - Startup logs for listener initialization are clearer
Standalone - Fixed VNC connections to servers using "None" authentication

2025.3.0.0

· September 24, 2025

Features 3 Improvements 8 Fixes 1

New features

3

Service - Devolutions Gateway now records and expose traffic transferred over JMUX tunnels for auditing and usage insights
Standalone - Added an MVP for self-contained session URLs so sessions can be launched or shared via a single link
Standalone - SSH and Telnet web clients now support clipboard copy/paste

Improvements

8

Optimized binary size to reduce download and footprint
Service - WebM video player now autoplays for smoother playback
Standalone - Added a color format selector for VNC sessions to balance bandwidth and image quality
Standalone - Clipboard features are disabled in non-secure contexts to protect data
Standalone - Improved error handling across remote desktop clients for clearer, more actionable messages
Standalone - Introduced manual clipboard mode for RDP, VNC, and ARD with Send Clipboard and Save Clipboard buttons; auto mode is toggleable and supported only on Blink-based browsers (e.g., Chrome)
Standalone - Replaced TightLow/High with a granular JPEG Quality control for finer tuning of performance vs. clarity
Standalone - The web app shows a fallback screen with guidance when an unsupported browser is detected

Fixes

1

Standalone - Fixed user domain parsing for UPN-formatted usernames during sign-in

2025.2.3.0

· July 17, 2025

Features 2 Improvements 3 Fixes 5

New features

2

Service - Introduce TlsVerifyStrict option for enhanced TLS certificate validation, now enabled by default in new installs
Service - Write startup errors to a boot.stacktrace file to simplify troubleshooting during initialization

Improvements

3

Service - Automatically detect proxy settings from environment variables for HTTP requests
Service - Default TlsVerifyStrict to false when the key is missing, preserving compatibility with legacy certificates
Service - Display the full path to the configuration file during initialization for easier debugging

Fixes

5

Standalone - Avoid errors when writing to the clipboard without window focus
Standalone - Fix display scaling after server-initiated resize in VNC client
Standalone - Fix fullscreen handling issues in the ARD client during and after session start
Standalone - Prevent clipboard sync loop when receiving updates from the remote server
Standalone - Reduce excessive scroll speed during remote sessions in VNC client

2025.2.2.0

· July 8, 2025

Features 1 Improvements 5 Fixes 4

New features

1

Standalone - Support dynamic resizing for RDP and VNC sessions (UltraVNC)

Improvements

5

Service - Fail-fast on improper certificate for TLS (make sure the auth extended key usage and the subject alternative name are set)
Service - Improvements for network interface scanning by DVLS in the future
Standalone - Hide slider in fullscreen mode
Standalone - Incorrect desktop size when a predefined resolution is selected
Standalone - Prevent undesirable scrolling when the web client is focused

Fixes

4

Service - Fix a crash when using default port for HTTP (80) or HTTPS (443) listener (internal URL)
Standalone - Fix a bug in VNC client where ZLIB encoding was not disabled even when unchecked from the list
Standalone - Fix keyboard input for Firefox in VNC and RDP web clients
Standalone - When in fullscreen mode, the session toolbar was not appearing when the cursor was moved to the top of the screen

2025.2.1.0

· June 16, 2025

Features 3 Fixes 1

New features

3

Service - Optional support for session tokens to be reused in a limited way (useful for RDP built-in auto-reconnect)
Service - Support port wildcards for JMUX sessions
Standalone - The wheel speed factor can now be adjusted during the VNC and ARD sessions

Fixes

1

Service - Fix terminal recording player CSS issue causing the recording to not show up

2025.2.0.0

· June 5, 2025

Features 1 Improvements 2

New features

1

Service - Support for proxy-based credentials injection for RDP (PAM module integration is incoming)

Improvements

2

Standalone - Fix a typo in ARD connection form
Standalone - Wheel speed factor setting for VNC and ARD clients

2025.1.6.0

· June 2, 2025

Fixes 1

2025.1.5.0

· May 23, 2025

Features 3 Improvements 4 Fixes 1

New features

3

Standalone - New settings for ARD: Resolution Quality, Quality Mode
Standalone - New settings for RDP: Unicode mode, dynamic display (Display Control)
Standalone - New Settings for VNC: Codec selection, Enable/disable cursor pseudo-encoding (control whether the server will blend the cursor or not)

Improvements

4

Service - Caching of system store certificates for better performance
Service - Cross-file seeking for recording player
Service - Extend net scanner capabilities
Service - Improve system store certificate selection

Fixes

1

Service - properly order system certificates

2025.1.4.0

· March 20, 2025

Features 1 Improvements 1 Fixes 1

New features

1

Service - Add --config-path command-line option to specify a custom configuration path without relying on environment variables

Improvements

1

Service - Improve debug logs for recording path canonicalization

Fixes

1

Service - Reopen the system certificate store for each HTTPS request, eliminating the need to restart the service when renewing the certificate

2025.1.3.0

· March 7, 2025

Improvements 2 Fixes 2

Improvements

2

Installer (Windows) - Ensure NetworkService has proper file permissions
Service (Linux) - Extended support to Ubuntu 18.04 and RHEL 8 (previously Ubuntu 20.04 and RHEL 9)

Fixes

2

Service - Fix a bug where the shadowing player was sometimes failing because of high frame rate
Service - Fix WebSocket connection hanging at the end of communication

2025.1.2.0

· February 24, 2025

Fixes 3

Fixes

3

Addressed a problem where recordings would end, but the associated streaming task would continue running
Changed the service name back to "devolutions-gateway" on Linux for consistency with previous releases
Fixed an issue that would display an "Unknown error" message at the end of recording playback

2025.1.1.0

· February 5, 2025

Features 1 Improvements 4

New features

1

Support for session shadowing

Improvements

4

Add a replay button when recording playback is terminated
Implement WebSocket keep-alive logic
Mute recording player by default to allow autoplay in web browsers
RPM package for RHEL/Rocky Linux

2024.3.6.0

· December 6, 2024

Features 2 Improvements 2 Fixes 3

New features

2

Service - Crash resistance has been enhanced using a persistent job queue stored in a SQLite database file
Service - Support for recording mass deletions

Improvements

2

Service - Disallow SCOPE tokens missing the jti claim (effectively dropping support for DVLS v2022.1.9 and prior)
Service - Various log records were improved to help with diagnosing issues

Fixes

3

Service - Improved support for .cast files containing two slices with the same timestamp
Service - Proper detection of remaining disk space for custom recording paths on Windows
Service - The recording policy was not properly set for RDP via the web

2024.3.3.0

· October 4, 2024

Improvements 2 Fixes 1

Improvements

2

Service - In the recording player, start the recording immediately when the tab is opened
Service - Prevent recording files from being deleted or modified while the recording is running

Fixes

1

Service - Add backpressure to the Devolutions Gateway Tunnels, ensuring there is no unbounded memory consumption

2024.3.2.0

· August 27, 2024

Improvements 3

Improvements

3

Service - Accept with a warning subject name for system-provided certificates even if it does not match the configured hostname
Service - Print more details in the error when the requested KDC domain does not match the authorized domain
Service - Signficant enhancement in throughput for Devolutions Gateway Tunnel (requires updated RDM version for optimal performance)

2024.3.1.0

· August 9, 2024

Improvements 2 Fixes 2

Improvements

2

Service - Remux WebM files when video recording ends. This fixes video playback stopping a few seconds before the actual end of the recording
Standalone Web Application - Add tooltip ellipsis for long netscan service names

Fixes

2

Service - Fix a bug preventing a session from running when the recording enforcing option is set. This option is not enabled by Devolutions Server for previous versions of Devolutions Gateway, so the bug does not actually manifest, but the recording policy is not enforced up until this version
Service - Fix a recording loading bug in recording player page

2024.3.0.0

· July 26, 2024

Improvements 2 Fixes 2

Improvements

2

Service - Support for .cast terminal recording files
Service - Support for enforcing recording policy by automatically killing non-recorded sessions

Fixes

2

Service - Preserve Devolutions Gateway access URI base in recording player
Service - Properly scale recording player with the size of the window

2024.2.3.0

· June 19, 2024

Features 1 Improvements 1 Fixes 1

New features

1

Service - Recording web player

Improvements

1

Installer - Improved configuration checks at installation in order to help troubleshooting common problems immediately

Fixes

1

Service - Automatically disable IP restriction rules for ngrok TCP listeners when the subscription plan does not support them

2024.2.1.0

· May 23, 2024

Fixes 1

2024.2.0.0

· May 22, 2024

Features 1 Improvements 4 Fixes 8

New features

1

Standalone Web Application - support for ssh encrypted keys

Improvements

4

Service - consolidate JRL file update by writing new JRL into a temporary file, and swap on success
Service - do not show error traces caused by browser behavior
Service - keep HTTP connections open for 10 minutes to improve performance of the web application
Standalone Web Application - add tooltip to menu warning icon when session is closed

Fixes

8

PowerShell - fix reading .pem files from PowerShell runspace
Standalone Web Application - connect session button stays grayed out intermittently
Standalone Web Application - fix force network rescan button
Standalone Web Application - fix misaligned "Fill form" buttons when the hostname is too long
Standalone Web Application - fix netscan result duplicates
Standalone Web Application - format the error backtrace to show line breaks
Standalone Web Application - menu icon does not update on error for RDP, ARD, VNC
Standalone Web Application - tooltip for the selected protocol is always set to RDP

2024.1.6.0

· May 7, 2024

Features 5 Improvements 1 Fixes 2

New features

5

Analytics to better understand how the Standalone Web Application is used (only applies to the Web Application)
Network scanning in Standalone Web Application
Recording management and diagnostics API (used via DVLS or Hub)
Support for SSH key authentication in Standalone Web Application
WebM player for remote desktop recordings

Improvements

1

Greatly improve performance for ARD protocol in Standalone Web Application

Fixes

2

Gracefully return an error status when the service fails on startup
Install the Devolutions Gateway service as NetworkService (breaking)

2024.1.5.0

· April 8, 2024

Improvements 1

Improvements

1

Prevent possible prompt for firewall access in Windows installer

2024.1.3.0

· March 14, 2024

Features 2 Improvements 3 Fixes 2

New features

2

Check if a new version is available in the standalone web application
Support for client-side rendered hardware-accelerated cursors in VNC web client

Improvements

3

Improve the error catching for VNC and ARD web clients
Show error backtrace for VNC, ARD and RDP web clients
Version number at the bottom of the standalone web application menu

Fixes

2

Fix connection not shut down properly in VNC web client
Properly write ARP InstallLocation on fresh installs

2024.1.2.0

· March 5, 2024

Features 2 Improvements 4 Fixes 1

New features

2

Network scanning capabilities
Standalone mode with web application

Improvements

4

Better support for ngrok free plan
Improve logs (better status code for unreachable KDC server, upgrade Windows store resolve error log, etc)
New Windows installer with more configuration options (ngrok, etc)
Support for non-PEM, binary certificate and key files

Fixes

1

Spurious warning when using a wildcard certificate

2023.3.0.0

· October 31, 2023

Features 2 Improvements 3

New features

2

Support for PFX files natively (as opposed to extracting the certificate chain and private key using the PowerShell module)
Support for Windows Certificate Store

Improvements

3

Add (Get|Set|Reset)-DGatewayConfigPath cmdlets in PowerShell module
Support for configuring ngrok tunnel configuration in PowerShell module
Support for configuring verbosity profile in PowerShell module

2023.2.4.0

· October 24, 2023

Features 1 Improvements 2 Fixes 2

New features

1

New VerbosityProfile option to control log verbosity

Improvements

2

Add support for more X.509 cert PEM labels ("X509 CERTIFICATE" and "TRUSTED CERTIFICATE")
Improve logs quality

Fixes

2

Proper timeout for HTTP listeners
Shutdown streams gracefully at the end of the forwarding

2023.2.3.0

· August 17, 2023

Features 1 Fixes 2

New features

1

RecordingPath and Ngrok options are now stable and officially supported

Fixes

2

Returning error 500 when listing recordings but recording folder is missing
TLS forward route (notably required for LDAPS)

2023.2.2.0

· June 28, 2023

Improvements 1 Fixes 1

Improvements

1

Minor adjustments in built-in ngrok agent configuration. Notably, durations in configuration file are now specified in seconds using a JSON integer instead of a string in the humanized duration format. This only affect ngrok configuration (still in preview)

Fixes

1

Fixes occasional payload truncation. In some cases, the payload sent by the client is truncated. This can cause the target server to reset the connection due to a protocol error. This bug is known to be triggered by the RDM built-in SSH client

2023.2.1.0

· June 12, 2023

Fixes 2

Fixes

2

Properly ignore case for hostnames and schemes (e.g.: DEVOLUTIONS.LOC and devolutions.loc are considered the same for all intents and purpose)
Properly use token from request path when authenticating KDC proxy requests

2023.2.0.0

· May 31, 2023

Features 6 Improvements 1

New features

6

Built-in Ngrok tunnelling (preview)
Recording capablities
Support for "Devolutions Gateway Tunnel" sessions
Support for LDAP / LDAPS sessions
Support for load balancing via DVLS (heartbeat route)
Support for sessions via Remote PowerShell Web Client

Improvements

1

Gracefully handle service shutdown

2023.1.3.0

· March 20, 2023

Features 2 Improvements 2 Fixes 1

New features

2

WebSocket to TCP endpoint
WebSocket to TLS endpoint

Improvements

2

Log rotation is now size-based
When setting up a TLS-enabled listener, certification chain is sorted from leaf to root regardless of the actual order in the provided file

Fixes

1

When Windows installer fails, rollback config folder to its initial state

2023.1.1.0

· February 25, 2023

Improvements 1

Improvements

1

Better TLS leaf certificate public key extracting

2023.1.0.0

· February 15, 2023

Features 1 Improvements 1

New features

1

Support for clean path PDU extension for RDP. Required in order to use RDP web client

Improvements

1

Show *.cer files when browsing for certificate files in installer

2022.3.4.0

· January 18, 2023

Improvements 1 Fixes 3

Improvements

1

Telnet protocol default port detection

Fixes

3

Ensure default config on install before applying "Configure now"
Properly display password placeholder characters in install summary
Properly set access URI host when using "Configure now" option

2022.3.3.0

· December 13, 2022

Improvements 1 Fixes 2

Improvements

1

Better defaults on fresh installation (TCP port to 8181, file extensions…)

Fixes

2

Fix /jet/health route when poking from a web browser
Start the Gateway service at install time if the service startup type is "Automatic"

2022.3.2.0

· November 28, 2022

Features 1 Improvements 3

New features

1

Enable configuration of Devolutions Gateway via installer UI on Windows

Improvements

3

Install service as "Local Service" again (fewer permissions)
Listen for IPv6 requests by default
Support for full TLS certificate chain

2022.3.1.0

· October 17, 2022

Features 5 Improvements 1 Fixes 1

New features

5

Subscriber API
Support for configuration pushing using a new HTTP endpoint
Support for forced session termination using a new HTTP endpoint
Support for KDC proxy
Support for maximum session lifetime enforcing

Improvements

1

Tighter token restrictions (improved security)

Fixes

1

Revert MSI service installation as "Local Service" introduced in v2022.1.1.0

2022.2.2.0

· June 20, 2022

Features 1 Improvements 2

New features

1

Official support for ARD, VNC, SCP, SFTP, PowerShell via WinRM, PowerShell via SSH

Improvements

2

Health route logs have been downgraded to debug level
Log files are now rotated on a daily basis

2022.1.1.0

· March 10, 2022

Features 1 Improvements 3

New features

1

Initial KDC proxy implementation

Improvements

3

Diagnostics/configuration endpoint now also returns Gateway's version
New diagnostics/clock endpoint to troubleshoot clock drift
Windows installer (MSI) now installs Gateway service as "Local Service" (fewer permissions)