This file only lists a short summary of the changes between FileZilla versions. For a full list of changes, please read the ChangeLog file. Legend: ! Security related bugfix or otherwise critical bugfix + New feature or important bugfix - Bugfixes Platform prefixes: MSW: Microsoft Windows *nix: Unix (e.g BSD) and Unix-like systems (e.g. Linux) OS X: Apple Mac OS X 3.1.2 (2008-08-30) - Allow drive labels with more than one letter for servertype DOS - Slight speedup of transfer queue, defer redrawing of UI elements to idle time 3.1.2-rc1 (2008-08-24) + Add directory listing filter condition to match on containing path name + Implement kiosk mode in which FileZilla will not write any passwords to disk. Can be enabled through fzdefaults.xml + Add option to disable update checks to fzdefaults.xml + Vast performance improvements if handling queues and directories with thousands of files + Faster TLS/SSL handshake on data connections - Queue should no longer get mixed up if LIST command fails during recursive downloads - Fix crash if using -s commandline argument - Fix spurious transfer failures if multiple engines try to list the same directory - Loading invalid filters could crash FileZilla - User/pass authentication for SOCKS5 proxy support was not working properly - If stopping queue processing while recursively downloading directories, files added by the recursive operation will no longer reenable queue processing - MSW: Keep site manager wide enough so that all notebook tabs fit - Fix crash if server does not support resuming of large files - SFTP uploads did not fail if server ran out of diskspace - If compiled for some 64bit systems, SFTP resumes of files larger than 2^32 did not work properly 3.1.1.1 (2008-08-11) - Fix crash if a connection attempt gets aborted 3.1.1 (2008-08-10) + Save filter toggle state + MSW: Display drive labels if available - Fix crash in new socket class if using active mode FTP - Request user attention (e.g. blinking in taskbar) if an edited file changes and the program is minimized - Don't issue mdtm command on links for the automatic timezone detection on SFTP servers - Do not capture menu shortcut keys in file lists - Allow directory comparison if filters are toggled off - MSW: Sorting in site dropdown menu is now identical to sorting inside the Site Manager - OS X: If closing the file rename edit box, refresh neighboring lines to get rid of artifacts left behind by the edit control border 3.1.1-rc1 (2008-08-04) + If using "Ask for password" and "Interactive" logon types, a username is now optional in the Site Manager + New iconset: OpenCrystal + MSW: Whether icon sets should be installed or not can be seleted in the installer - Fix parsing of URLs containing port number in quickconnect bar - Fix handling of local write errors if downloading files - If closing FileZilla, the queue is now properly saved using a backup copy to prevent corruption of queue file - Slight performance improvement if opening settings dialog, language and theme pages are now populated on demand - Reply to server's shutdown notification on SSL/TLS secured downloads if connection still open - After downloading files, local file count did not update - "My Sites" in Site Manager should not be draggable - Fix entering IPv6 addresses in Site Manager - Directory cache was incoherent after renaming a directory - Several fixes to new socket class - MSW: Starting a bounding box selection (Windows calls it marquee selection) did not set focus to the file lists 3.1.0.1 (2008-07-24) ! Do not report success on SSL/TLS transfers if server did not perform orderly SSL/TLS shutdown. Previously, an attacker could cause truncated files with FileZilla thinking the transfer was successful. All versions prior to this were affected - Fix infinite loop in new socket class - Fix file descriptor/handle leak in new socket class - Fix locking error if cancelling an operation waiting for a lock held by a different engine - MSW: In rare cases, initial read event was not triggered on transfer sockets - Add missing icon in LonE theme 3.1.0 (2008-07-23) + Right-clicking filter button in toolbar toggles filters - Fix oddities in visual formatting of IPv6 addresses - MSW: Enable IPv6 support on SFTP connections - Connecting using an IPv6 address did not work on SFTP - Editing remote files did not pick up local changes if timestamp preserving was enabled 3.1.0-rc2 (2008-07-19) + Enable SOCKS5 and HTTP/1.1 proxy support for SFTP connections - Fix sorting remote file list by owner/group - *nix: Install FileZilla application icons according to the freedesktop.org Icon Theme Specification - *nix: Use the system's tinyxml library if available 3.1.0-rc1 (2008-07-17) + SOCKS5 and HTTP/1.1 proxy support + The "Open" item in local directory listing context menu will open the system's file browser if a directory is selected + New iconset: LonE + 2 new file exists actions 3.1.0-beta2 (2008-07-12) - Filecount in statusbar no longer count upwards if deleting files - MSW: Call WSAStartup, fixes WSANOTINITIALISED problem - MSW: Use closesocket(fd) instead of close(fd), the latter caused uploads to hang at the end - MSW: Fix socket hang after changing event handler. Use a better way to resend events 3.1.0-beta1 (2008-07-10) + IPv6 support + Add option to reopen file if trying to edit a file already being edited - Fix SFTP file descriptor leak on some transfer failures - Fix crash if remote directory gets cleared between opening context menu and selecting view/edit item 3.0.11.1 (2008-07-05) - Show number of filtered files in status bars if directory appears empty - Support for international domain names was accidentally commented out - Add missing path separator in remote filename on file exists dialog - Fix shrinking panes if using widescreen or blackboard styles - MSW: If showing file changed notification dialog after editing a file, program could become unresponsive in some cases - MSW: Fix visual problems with right-to-left languages introduced with the flicker corrections in 3.0.11 - MSW: Main component can no longer be unselected in the installer 3.0.11 (2008-06-15) - MSW: Reduce flicker if resizing main window - Improve compatibility with Cygwin's SSH server. Use Site Manager to select server type - Correct position of queue size in statusbar 3.0.11-rc1 (2008-06-09) + File list status bars showing number of (selected) files and directories along with total filesize + MSW: Installer improvements. The installer now remembers the installation options. + The update wizard now shows a list of changes in the new version - Fix sorting issues of file lists - Reduce CPU load if deleting or uploading many files - MSW: Prefix search in file lists did not work with all characters - OS X: SFTP didn't work if full bundle path contained spaces - OS X: Fix odd dialog sizes 3.0.10 (2008-05-20) - Precompiled binaries available from filezilla-project.org now link against GnuTLS 2.2.5 due to security vulnerabilities in previous GnuTLS versions, see http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html 3.0.10-rc2 (2008-05-15) - MSW: Performance improvements. Windows is inherently flawed since it does not cache directory contents. 3.0.10-rc1 (2008-05-14) + Commandline arguments, see manpage for details + Columns in file lists can be reordered or hidden by right-clicking the column header + Added some useful links to help menu - Don't send redundant MKD commands to server if multiple transfers want to create the same directory multiple times - Fix sizing problems with some interface layouts 3.0.9.3 (2008-05-06) + Fix rare race condition in IO thread leading to data loss. Was possible to lose up to 3*65536 bytes at the beginning of a download. - *NIX: Renaming local files did not change local filelist - OS X: Deleting non-empty local directories did not work in all cases - MSW: Program could become unresponsive if update available dialog appears while a menu was opened - MSW: Update wizard should use correct download location on Vista to save installation files - Fix possible duplication of queue items on shutdown - Cap input length of speedlimit edit controls - Fix crash if getting disconnected while remote directory creating dialog was open - Quickconnect bar did not handle URLs with trailing paths - Update menu and toolbar state after clearing private data - NIX: Filetype column was empty on some filetypes 3.0.9.2 (2008-04-18) - Fix rare crash if closing FileZilla - *nix: Fix problems with drag&drop operation starting from local directory tree- Filetype display and ascii/binary detection did not work on VMS servers - Requeue did not work properly for edited files - Fix state of comparison button if comparison could not be started - Fix crash if changing filters while comparison mode is active - Fix ghost item appearing if applying filters after exiting comparison mode - Compatibility fix with broken servers sending PWD reply with single quotation marks - *nix: Display drop highlight in file lists 3.0.9.1 (2008-04-07) - Reset keyboard search prefix in file lists on directory and selection changes 3.0.9-rc1 (2008-03-31) + Automatic resume on some types of transfer failures + Improve main statusbar + Icon to display selected transfer mode on FTP connections + Icon to show current certificate and cipher on FTP(E)S connections + Icon to show key exchange and encryption algorithms on SFTP connections + Remember last selected item in Site Manager + Various improvements to main menu - New menu and toolbar state update system to reduce CPU usage and increase responsiveness - Fix refresh problem with local directory tree - Fix unreadable text with some color schemes - Submit operating system version on update availability check - Fix connection problems with some SFTP servers introduced in 3.0.8 - *nix: Fix message catalog install directory 3.0.8.1 (2008-03-17) - Fix infinite loop in local directory tree 3.0.8 (2008-03-13) - *nix: No longer follows symbolic links if deleting local directories - Fix crash if dropping a file on a fill item in directory comparison mode - Handle DEL key in queue and local directory tree - Handle F2 key in local directory tree 3.0.8-rc1 (2008-03-07) + Add interface for SFTP public key authentication + Add option to bypass proxy settings to sitemanager and quickconnect bar + Automatic timezone detection for SFTP listings + Preserving file timestamp on SFTP transfers + If using Site Manager, display site name in window title during connection - Tell user in message log to use interactive logon type if SFTP server sends multiple prompts - Fix performance issue with local file listings, most noticeable if browsing network shares - Reduce initial window size on very small display resolutions like 800x600 or below 3.0.7.1 (2008-02-19) - Fix connections timing out shortly after sending keep alive command - Update remote file list if renaming files - *nix: Fix tab key in Site Manager not working 3.0.7 (2008-02-14) - Timeouts were not working at all on FTP connections since 3.0.4-rc1 - OS X: Application bundle can now be renamed 3.0.7-rc1 (2008-02-10) + Ability to select different toolbar icon sizes if theme supports it + Local listings can be filtered by file attributes (Windows) or permissions (other) + Option to enable timestamps in message log - Transfer queue pane did not remember its size correctly - Fix infinite loop if dragging root node in Site Manager - *nix: Fix segault if copying directory listing filters - Keyboard navigation in file lists fixed - MSW: Ctrl + Space not working - *nix: Ctrl + A not selecting all files - OS X: File changed notification can no longer get stuck behind main window - Disable download in remote context menu if local directory is not writable - Prevent opening multiple confirmation dialogs if closing FileZilla - Speed up loading time of the more complex dialogs - Fix cache problem if renaming files - If preserving file timestamps, use MDTM command if downloading files where the directory listing does not have enough precision 3.0.6 (2008-01-30) - If deleting or renaming a directory in SFTP, invalidate current working directories - Allow downloading of files starting with a dash using SFTP - MSW: /S installer argument works again - Improve queue on broken servers with a connection limit 3.0.6-rc1 (2008-01-24) + Site Manager improvements: + Remember dialog size + Site Manager will remember which folders are expanded or collapsed + Sites can be moved and copied using Drag & Drop + F2 key can be used to rename sites in Site Manager + Add context menu for local directory tree + *nix: Basic man pages - Do not allow empty names for filters and filter sets - custom file associations did not work if system associations were inherited - MSW: Fix Reboot/shutdown queue completion actions 3.0.5.2 (2008-01-12) - Fix local tree refresh causing unwanted directory changes. - Fix crash in path cache - Fix update check - Remove error message if locales aren't installed or FileZilla has not been translated into the default system language 3.0.5.1 (2008-01-11) - Fix crash if entering custom command 3.0.5 (2008-01-10) - Fix freeze if deleting remote directories - Compatibility with HP NonStop servers - MSW: Uninstaller did not remove defaultfilters.xml - Improve visual feedback for some drag&drop operations - Fix sort order in sitemanager dropdown menu - Fix size of file changed dialog - "Apply to current queue only" in file exists dialog did not work properly - Cached directory listings expire after 30 minutes 3.0.5-rc1 (2007-12-31) + Directory listing comparison + Ability to open and edit local files + Add option to use default system language. Note: Language selection will be reset to default if updating to this version. + New artwork for send and recv indicators - Fix crash with keepalive timer - *nix: Use proper locale initialization, happened too late in FZ's startup sequence in previous versions. - Fix issue with proxies in combination with nonstandard ports - Fix timezone offset detection if user has specified a custom offset - MSW: Cancel remote renaming of files if listing changes - Fix prefix search in file listings not working with all keys - Internal engine state could get confused on failed transfers - Fix visual refresh problem in queue - Fix several glitches with right-to-left languages - Write errors during downloads are now critical, as they usually require user interaction (e.g. disk full) - Calculate proper filesize on VMS servers - Remote directory tree did not display all known directories - Don't display error messages if some local directories are not accessible during auto-completion in local view header or if if they are parent of an accessible directory in the local tree view. 3.0.4 (2007-11-26) - Linux: Fix empty challenge text if using interactive login 3.0.4-rc1 (2007-11-20) + Implement FTP Proxy support. Note that using a properly configured NAT router is recommended instead. + Implement FTP keep alive for those connecting to improperly configured servers - Fix crashes if deleting files in directories with more than 200 entries - Compatility improvements with VMS and z/VM servers - Now requires GnuTLS 2.0.4 which fixes a problem with servers using compression. - Changing list of ASCII files or increasing number of concurrent transfers had no effect until restart of FileZilla 3.0.3 (2007-11-06) + Install some default filters if filters.xml missing in user's settings directory - OS X: Fix remote file viewing/editing - Additional fixes for SFTP servers with nonstandard filename encodings 3.0.3-rc1 (2007-10-31) + Automatic server timezone detection. Custom offset in the Site Manager may need to be adjusted. FTP only. + Option to preserve file timestamps on downloads (all protocols) + Option to preserve file timestamps on uploads on FTP servers supporting the MFMT command + Add transfer type (ascii/binary/auto) selection to transfer menu - Shorten very long filenames on file exists dialog - Attempt at working around broken routers and firewalls disconnecting the control connection of the transfer session on transfers - Deleting directories containing lots of files should be faster now - Disallow settings/site import from files located in the settings storage directory - Fix nullpointer dereference on non-UTF8 enabled SFTP servers - *nix: Fix button height inconsistencies on dialogs with certain artwork (e.g. Ubuntu 7.10) 3.0.2.1 (2007-10-17) - Fix issue with message log not working properly 3.0.2 (2007-10-17) + MSW: Added /user=all and /user=current options to installer + Experimental support for z/VM servers - Fix typo in option handling code. Due to this, settings for date/time formatting have been reset. - Fix performance problem if FileZilla gets started with message log hidden - Work around possible race conditions in SFTP input thread leading to crashes - MSW: Fix issue with installer where reboot after uninstalling previous version disrupted installation. Fix will only work if uninstalling 3.0.2 or greater. - OS X: Use new icon 3.0.2-rc1 (2007-10-10) + Remote file viewing / editing + Display current server in window title - Don't remember incorrect password on SFTP connections with ASK logontype - MSW: Fix drag&drop to explorer in case of case-mismatch between requested and reported path. - *nix: Fix Makefiles so SFTP properly supports files > 2GB - Ascii filetype setting for extensionless files and dotfiles had negated effect - Fix error message if using multiple running instances save the settings at the same time - Fix parsing of very new files in directory listings if server is in a timezone ahead of the client - Fix range of timezone offset setting - Fix problems with remote path combobox if reconnecting after a disconnect - Display confirmation dialog if deleting file from remote directory tree context menu - Refresh remote directory listing after refreshing a single file - On very first startup, center FileZilla on screen 3.0.1 (2007-09-19) - Fix parsing of settings or site XML data containing double, leading or trailing whitespace. - MSW: Work around flaw in the combo box implementation used by the view headers 3.0.1-rc1 (2007-09-15) + Settings to configure size, date and time formatting + Message log and queue visibility will be remembered + Custom action to perform after queue completion + Add some confirmation dialogs - MSW: Fix file truncation if using speed limits - MSW: Fix slow startup on systems with floppy drives, disconnected network drivers and so on triggered by design flaw in Windows. - Fix misplaced settings dialog - Fix problems with remembering pane size - Properly refresh local directory if downloading into newly created subdirectories - Fix issues with language set to Japanese 3.0.0 (2007-09-08) + New application icon - Fix support for servers sending directory listing in yet another exotic format - Fix prefix search in list controls on wxGTK - Work around problem with wxSpinCtrl in site manager on wxGTK - Fix assertion on wxGTK if listing extensionless files 3.0.0-rc3 (2007-08-31) ! Fix buffer overflow if directory lisiting filters were enabled, causing FileZilla to crash. + Backspace key can be used to goes to parent directory in file lists - Fix file selection by entering filename prefix - Restore correct window size if FileZilla gets closed while minimized - Disable "Create directory" entry in remote filelist context menu while disconnected - Improve compatibility with SFTP servers using exotic listing formats - MSW: Fix locales not working - *nix: Fix queue scrolling 3.0.0-rc2 (2007-08-25) + Remember Window size and position + Remember sort column and order of file lists + Additional icon set by Brian Lukis + Added .desktop file on *nix systems + If server is crippled and doesn't allow more than one connection (based on Sitemanager preference), primary browsing connection can be used by the transfer queue - Fix SSL transfers hanging if using speed limits - Compile fixes and compatibility improvements for various platforms - The usual assortment of small bugfixes, see changelog for details 3.0.0-rc1 (2007-08-11) ! Fix remotely triggered memory corruption if connection gets terminated during TLS handshake. + MSW: Add choice between "All Users" and "Current User" to installer + MSW: Add Desktop and My Documents links to directory tree + MSW: Ability to list shares on Network computers + Column withs in all list views will be saved + Refresh local file list after a successful file transfer + Add context menu to remote directory tree + Make Site Manager resizable - Don't leave empty files behind on failed downloads - Fix retry and cache logic if transfer command fails with 5yz reply - Limit number of simultaneous connections did not work properly - Refresh listing after chmod - Fix upload of empty files over TLS connections Beta 11 (2007-07-20): + Improved queue + Import and export dialogs including import of Sitemanager data from legacy FZ 2.x + Tab key can be used to switch between panes + F6 toggles between quickconnect bar and local/remote path edit fields + Location of settings directory can be specified in fzdefaults.xml - Engine state could get mixed up if transfers failed - Transfer of empty files could incorrectly time out - Fix directory cache coherency if removing/renaming directories - Work around lack of thread-safety in wxWidgets causing random misbehaviour - Properly disconnect idle transfer engines after 30 seconds - Update selections if changing sort order of file lists - Various minor fixes Beta 10 (2007-06-03): + Fix bug that made Beta 9 unusable Beta 9 (2007-06-01): + Add "View hidden files" option to server menu + Add dialog to clear private data + Performance improvements of message log + Avoid sending unnecessary TYPE commands - Updated TinyXML component, fixes problems with filenames containing ampersands or other special XML entities. - MSW: Fix deadlock in sftp component - Don't retry connecting if user cancels new/changed hostkey notification Beta 8 (2007-05-09): ! Fix data corruption on FTPS uploads + Implement speed limits + Last used local directory will be remembered + New option for the sorting of the filelists. Directories can be kept on top or sorted inline. + MSW: Display warning if detecting a system with a networking bug confirmed by Microsoft + Right-clicking the Sitemanager button in the toolbar displays a popup menu with the sites for quick access. On Windows, a dropdown arrow got added. - Directorylisting-parser fixes, including support for Microware OS-9 - MSW: Small SFTP transfer speed improvement - *nix: Autocompletion did not work properly on GTK based systems - MSW: Uninstalling FileZilla should no longer leave registry keys behind - lots of small bugfixes Beta 7 (2007-03-27): + New optionspage to change layout of file and directory panes + Loading of predefined Sitemanager entries from fzdefaults.xml + UTF-8 support for SFTP, merged in upstream changes from PuTTY. - Ascii file FTP transfers should now work properly on non-Windows systems - Fix SFTP transfers of filenames containing the following characters: [ ] \ * ? - lots of small bugfixes and performance improvements Beta 6 (2007-02-19): + Vastly improved drag and drop support, including + MSW: Shell extension to allow dragging of files from FileZilla into Explorer + CTRL+A will select all files in currently focused file list + Display warning if trying to connect to SFTP server using FTP protocol - Fix timing issue in socket event handling, fixes transfers not starting on some systems - Cosmetic fixes under non-Windows platforms. Beta 5 (2007-01-11): ! Fix format string vulnerabilities + Partial drag and drop support. - Lots of small bugfixes Beta 4 (2006-12-14): - Fix bug that made Beta 3 unusable Beta 3 (2006-12-13): - FTP over TLS/SSL support - Major performance improvements - Automatic connection attempt retries - Improved compatibility with legacy systems and other exotic servers - Lots of small bugfixes Beta 2 (2006-10-15): - Fix timeouts - "Update available" notification did not go away after updating - Upload progress for SFTP transfers did advance too fast - Filters did not apply properly - UNC paths can now be browsed locally - Directory listings can now be sorted by timestamp and permissions Beta 1 (2006-10-05): - First beta