2.5.4 Release Notes

Release Date: December 5, 2024

Improvements

Connection Manager now offers a simplified authentication flow when authenticating to Secret Server via external browser. Users no longer need to click on a Secret Server page to launch Connection Manager. See Authenticating to Secret Server via External Browser for more information.

Connection Manager now makes it easier for users to troubleshoot distributed engine connection issues. See Troubleshooting Proxies for more information.
The Screenshot Queue Limit error message has been updated for improved clarity. See Setting the Screenshot Queue Limit for more information.
Administrators can now preconfigure multiple vaults so that users do not have to create connections themselves when opening Connection Manager for the first time. See Pre-Configuring Vault Connections on Install for more information.
Connection Manager now allows users to customize the RDP connection timeout over TCP (Windows). See Configuring RDP Connection Timeout Over TCP for more information.

When a new version of Connection Manager is available, users will see the version number of the latest version and a link to the release notes.
The About page was updated with new icon and text styling.

Fixed an issues where Connection Manager would display an "Unable to Connect" error message when disconnecting from a VPN. [603286]

Fixed an issue where users would see flickering on the Virtual Machine Manager console and Configuration Manager Console when launching a secret from Connection Manager. [560833]

Fixed an issue where Connection Manager was displaying an error after encountering an error with SSH connections. [574276]
Fixed stability issues when authenticating to Connection Manager or connecting to an RDP session. [592726]
Fixed stability issues when upgrading to version 2.5.3 from a previous version of Connection Manager. [607181]