1.7.0 Release Notes

Release Date: November 9, 2021

Product Enhancements

SSH Grouping

  • Users can now create one or more groups of active SSH sessions using a new toolbar icon or by using the Create SSH Group option in right-click context menus. By creating an SSH group, a user can send a command or series of commands in bulk to all active sessions in the group. See Using SSH Session Groups.

General

  • The way Connection Manager takes screen shots of active connections has been optimized for efficient resource usage.
  • Users can now drag the left edge of a secret’s Properties panel to enlarge the panel.
  • Users can now view helpful information about Secrets in pop-up windows by mousing over different parts of a Secret in the main Secrets view.
  • On Secret Details screens, users can now manually refresh the display of the secret’s information by clicking a Refresh button. The information is refreshed simultaneously in the Properties, Shared With Me, and Favorites panels.

  • Using the column picker, you can now add a Heartbeat column to the main Secrets view to display heartbeat results returned by Secret Server.

    The heartbeat value represents a point in time; it is not automatically updated in real time. The user must manually refresh the page yo see the most current value.

  • Every password field and Private Key Passphrase field now offers the user an option to show the hidden password characters if you have View permissions. Depending upon permissions in Secret Server, you might be able to copy the password using the Copy icon, without having View permissions.
  • WLOG output can now be viewed in Connection Manager debug logs for macOS.
  • We added more command line arguments to the Connection Manager documentation and we clarified related content such as which arguments should be used for installation and which should be used for startup.
  • We added information to the Connection Manager documentation identifying default folders for macOS.
  • We updated and clarified the content in the Connection Manager documentation on Global Configuration options and their related behaviors.
  • For secrets protected by both Checkout Required and Enter Comment workflows, users can input their comment text and then simply click the “Enter Comment” button to automatically check out the secret.

Bug Fixes

  • We fixed an issue where RDP screen shots came out black when taken in full screen mode.
  • We fixed an issue where auto-sizing was not working as expected.
  • We fixed an issue where only the first machine was displayed in a secret's Machine field list, rather than the machine connected to when launching from Secret Server.
  • We fixed an issue where Connection Manager's Map Secret feature was throwing no authentication method for .ppk (private key) files.
  • We fixed an issue that arose when a user using two monitors opened an RDP connection in full screen mode on one monitor, and that monitor's active session screenshot display was black.
  • We fixed an issue in the user interface that was preventing some users from connecting to the last Secret Server connection listed in the left navigation panel.

macOS Bug Fixes

  • We fixed an issue where a user reconnecting to Secret Server received the error message, "Object reference not set to an instance of an object," followed by Connection Manager crashing.
  • We fixed an issue where Connection Manager was crashing after a PuTTY paste with the error message, "Object referenced not set to an instance of an object."
  • We fixed an issue where Connection Manager was crashing when a user performed a copy and paste in an SSH session.
  • We fixed an issue where macOS (Big Sur v.11.5) was getting stuck when attempting to connect to Secret Server via Connection Manager.

Known Issues and Workarounds

  • Connection Manager "Local Login" allows users to log in with their username, but if they try to log in with their UPN, the login fails.
  • Connection Manager does not generated a token when the URL for a web login ends on a /.