2.9.0 Release Notes

Date: July 27, 2026

Features

Improved the bulk launch experience for secrets that require ticket-based approval. Bulk launch of MFA-protected secrets is not yet supported. [696555]
Users are now notified with a "Vault access token expired" dialog when their RDP session is disconnected due to a web services session timeout. [669403]
Connection Manager now hardens credential security by ensuring passwords and sensitive data are no longer exposed as plain text in memory dumps.

Improved the RDP Proxy Site dialog window selection for Proxy Site on Windows. [689490]
Improved INFO level event logging. Sessions cancelled by the user are not logged as errors with full stack trace. [687701]

Administrators can pre-seed trusted SSH host fingerprints so that end users are not prompted to accept an unknown host key. See Pre-Trusting SSH Host Fingerprints for more information. [723914]
Administrators can pre-approve or explicitly deny Secret Server URLs for the external launcher so that end users are not shown the URL approval dialog. See Pre-Approving Secret Server URLs for more information.

Customer can launch non-proxied RDP sessions on MacOS using AD accounts. [633747]
Connection Manager now supports copying and pasting files within RDP sessions on MacOS. [684814]

Fixed an issue where Connection Manager versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.3 would fail to launch and freeze after authentication. [730606]

Fixed an issue where Connection Manager would display a "Invalid Window handle" error message. [704230]
Fixed an issue where session recording produced a blank/black screen when launching complex batch file launchers through Connection Manager. [707153]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager displayed a "The method or operation is not implemented" error when launching an RDP session using a "Map Secret" credential. [717855]
Fixed an issue where session recording would fail with a "Process is not suitable for session recording" error. [721144]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager displayed a "Not enough quota is available to process this command" error when reconnecting an RDP session. [722872]

Fixed instability issues when connecting with RDP on Connection Manager versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.3. [729266]
Fixed an issue where mapped proxy RDP connections would close when pressing Ctrl + C & Command + C multiple times. [702256]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager would not connect to an AD user with an email for Windows Account secret. [705840]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager would display an XML error instead of updated prompt. [666279]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager exhibited unintended behavior when the system language was set to Latvian. [709409]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager would crash after performing a file transfer in an RDP session. [709814]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager versions 2.8.0 and 2.8.3 failed to connect via proxy when using an SSH tunnel with Secret Server Cloud. [729845]
Fixed an issue that caused Connection Manager to malfunction after upgrading to version 2.8.3. [730077]
Fixed an issue where session recording failed for certain customers due to an outdated media processing library. [668260]
Fixed an issue where Connection Manager could become stuck with lost focus and remain unusable until a force restart. [687033]