FileCatalyst Direct

Learn more about FileCatalyst Direct by visiting https://www.filecatalyst.com/filecatalyst-direct.

NOTE: Java 1.8+ is required for all FileCatalyst products. Amazon Corretto JRE 8u362 is now bundled into all FileCatalyst product installers (Windows, macOS, Linux).

October 2024

Version 3.9.0 - Build 216

October 22, 2024

Added: 

  • Central - New communication layer using socket channels.

Fixes

  • All - Multiple security fixes.

  • All - Various UI fixes.

  • All - Issue where an unsupported locale would cause applications to fail on startup.

  • All - Issue where restarting an AWS Linux EC2 would void the FileCatalyst license.

  • Central - Issue with HotFolders losing connection to Central, requiring HotFolder restart

  • Central - Issue with detaching nodes from Central.

  • Server - Issue where renaming directories on Google Cloud Storage would rename directories into zero-byte files.

  • Server - Issue where uploading a file to Google Cloud Storage would fail if a directory with the same name exists.

  • TransferAgent - Issue with encrypt.html functionality due to invalid references.

Known Issues

  • Server - Google Cloud Storage: If a file and a folder, at the same level, have the same name, deleting one will delete the other

Compatibility Advisory:

  • Central - Central v3.9.X will be the only versions of FileCatalyst Central, compatible with older HotFolder and Server nodes, as well as future v4.0.0 nodes. Follow the standard upgrade process during upgrades to v3.9.X. Specific instructions will be provided in future for upgrades to v4.0.0.

  • HotFolder, Server - HotFolder and Server v3.9.X nodes will be the only versions compatible with older versions of FileCatalyst Central, as well as future FileCatalyst Central v4.0.0. Follow the standard upgrade process during upgrades to v3.9.X. Specific instructions will be provided in future for upgrades to v4.0.0.

June 2024

Version 3.8.10 - Build 148

June 6, 2024

Fixes

  • TransferAgent - Multiple security fixes. An upgrade is mandatory to prevent interrupted TransferAgent functionality.

Version 3.8.10 - Build 144

June 4, 2024

Fixes

  • TransferAgent - Multiple security fixes.

April 2024

Version 3.8.10 - Build 138

April 4, 2024

Fixes

  • All - Various security fixes

  • Central - Issue with obtaining all reports from Central-connected nodes

  • HotFolder - Files would be re-transferred if the cache was enabled, and the transfer was triggered within 10 seconds

  • HotFolder - "Generate on next execution" functionality, for the transfer cache, was not working through HTML admin

  • HotFolder - Generating the transfer cache would not work with single client tasks

  • HotFolder - HTML Admin prevented changes to Dynamic Files task settings, once they were enabled

  • LoadBalancer - Long transfers would be assigned a different IP, if interrupted

  • Server - Bandwidth reports would display doubled data values when the "all" user filter was specified

  • TransferAgent - TransferAgent would incorrectly import old configuration files

  • Central, HotFolder, Server - UTF-8 characters would not properly render in node HTML admins, through Central

January 2024

Version 3.8.9 - Build 90

January 29, 2024

Added
  • TransferAgent - Updated SSL Certificate.
Fixes

  • All - Multiple security fixes. An upgrade to the latest version is strongly recommended.

  • All - Various UI fixes

  • All - Chargify would submit wrong usage data

October 2023

Version 3.8.9 - Build 30

October 25, 2023

Added

  • All - Multiple security fixes.

  • All - Modernized look and feel.

  • Server - Ability to modulate read timeout for Swift3 EFS driver.

  • HotFolder - Ability to install HotFolder as a non-admin user.

  • Central - Ability to search transfer history by Task ID or Task Name, through REST.

Fixes

  • All - Various UI fixes.

  • All - Insufficient database connection pool could lead to performance degradation.

  • Central - Stale connections were holding on to locks, preventing refresh of new connections.

  • HotFolder - Removed the "Test Access Rate" button when creating a new HotFolder through the HTML admin.

  • HotFolder - Undefined task would break HTML Scheduler UI.

  • HotFolder - Time entries were incorrectly parsed when importing bandwith reports from older versions.

  • Reverse Proxy - Enabling SSL was causing the diagnostic command to fail.

  • Reverse Proxy - Reverse Proxy was improperly handling certain errors.

  • Server - Problems navigating Google cloud file system.

  • Server - Large report files may cause IO Exceptions.

  • Server - S3 transfers would only use SSE-S3 encryption.

  • Server - Disabling remote admin through HTML UI was not possible.

July 2023

Version 3.8.8 - Build 55

July 13, 2023

Fixes

  • HotFolder - Fixed issue where auto zip archives were not properly deleting.

July 2023

Version 3.8.8 - Build 52

July 10, 2023

Updates

  • All - Update Amazon Corretto to version 8.362.08.1.

  • All - Multiple security fixes.

  • All - Modernized look and feel.

  • Central - Added ability for non-admin users to change their passwords in Central.

  • HotFolder, Server - Added -WEBUI flag, provides option to start up application with web administration rather than Swing UI.

  • Hotfolder, Server, TransferAgent - Utilize proper database for reporting (rather than CSV). Ability to export to CSV retained.

Fixes

  • All - Various UI fixes

  • All - Rate Based Congestion Control was failing on very high latency lines.

  • Central - Central proxy WebUIs would incorrectly stop polling for status updates in slower networks.

  • Central - "Task Name" was missing in some Central tables.

  • HotFolder - Multi-client upload task with synchronization enabled was deleting server data, when HotFolder is inaccessible.

  • HotFolder - Hotfolder task would become unusable after restart.

  • HotFolder - Post-task email settings weren't being saved when using the web admin.

  • HotFolder - "Run Report" button would fail with an authentication failure message in the web admins.

  • HotFolder - Downloads would write temporary file names to reports when temp file names were enabled.

  • HotFolder - File Filter Test functionality, for Excludes, was not working.

  • HotFolder - Mystery task would appear in HotFolder Swing UI, on new deployments, breaking HTML scheduler.

  • Server - S3 transfers would not honor the encryption setting applied the bucket.

  • Server - Added "Upload" dialog to support uploading remote certificate.

  • Server - Temp file deletion thread was setting an incorrect start delay, after the configuration is applied.

  • TransferAgent - TransferAgent Express would break, when attempting to transfer files over networks that have large amounts of latency

  • Reverse Proxy - Diagnostics would fail to generate when evoked from the command line.

  • HotFolder, Server - Multi-client upload task with synchronization enabled was deleting server data, when hotfolder is inaccessible.

February 2023

Version 3.8.7 - Build 27

February 16, 2023

Updates

  • TransferAgent - Updated SSL Certificate

January 2023

Version 3.8.7 - Build 24

January 19, 2023

Updates

  • All - Multiple security fixes.

  • All - Modernized look and feel.

  • Central, Server - Added OAuth support for email authentication.

Fixes

  • All - Various UI fixes.

  • HotFolder - Upgrading HotFolder does not add TLSv1.3 to the config file.

  • HotFolder - "Move to Sent" functionality would delete the HF location, if destination is outside HF.

  • HotFolder - Hotfolder Connect functionality, through Swing Admin, when running as a service.

  • LoadBalancer - LoadBalancer would not properly cycle through sites that were down.

  • LoadBalancer - LoadBalancer sticky sessions were not using the same ID for check site and transfer operations, in Single Client mode.

  • Central - Alarm history was being redundantly generated with no retention limits.

  • Central, HotFolder - Backwards compatibility issue between Central and HotFolder.

October 2022

Version 3.8.6 - Build 43

October 26, 2022

Updates

  • All - Update Amazon Corretto to version 8.332.08.1.

  • All - Multiple security fixes.

  • All - Modernized look and feel.

  • Server - TLS 1.3 support.

  • Server - HTML Remote Admin now allows the creation of self-signed certificates for testing and demo purposes.

  • HotFolder - MD5s now included in HotFolder data reports.

  • Server, HotFolder, TransferAgent - Labs: New Rate-based Congestion Control Algorithm.

  • Server, HotFolder, Central - Ability to enforce strong password policy.

  • Central, LoadBalancer - LoadBalancer now has built in sticky sessions, where a multiclient task execution will utilize the same server.

Fixes

  • All - Various UI fixes.

  • Central - FileDetails CSV export has Null in Task ID and Name columns.

  • Central - FileDetails CSV export has swapped Task ID and Name column values.

  • Server - Issue with diagnostic generation on shutdown.

  • HotFolder - Thread leak causing HotFolder to hang.

  • HotFolder - No task logging, after first execution.

  • TransferAgent - TransferAgent would incorrectly reset connections when receiving multiple transfer requests.

  • Server, TransferAgent - SessionID is not relevant to the FileCatalyst TransferAgent.

April 2022

Version 3.8.5 - Build 78

April 8, 2022

Updates

  • All - Update Amazon Corretto to version 1.8.0_282.

  • All - Multiple security fixes.

  • Central - Ability to generate a CSV for Central report data.

  • Central - New report in Central provides data transferred per Node.

  • HotFolder - Bandwidth blackout cancellation.

  • Load Balancer - Origin Affinity for Load balancer.

  • Reverse Proxy - Run time Diagnostics generation.

  • Server - New upload SSL certificate button for Server HTML admin.

  • Server - Support for authenticating against an OpenID service (Beta feature, support limited to certain UIs).

  • Server, HotFolder - Checksum now included in select Server and HotFolder CSV reports.

  • Server, HotFolder - New Read/Write speed test tool for testing I/O speeds.

Fixes

  • TransferAgent - Weblink page intermittently getting Connection Refused.

  • Server - Error when downloading from Weblink using SSL.

  • Server - Renaming an Amazon S3 folder creates a 0B file instead.

  • HotFolder - Intermittent hang on startup, with CPU spiking to 100%.

October 2021

Version 3.8.4 - Build 48

October 22, 2021

Updates

  • All - Modernized look and feel.

  • Server - Usability enhancements to the Logs page in the HTML Admins.

  • Server - Performance improvements.

  • HotFolder,TransferAgent - Client applications no longer require license key to enable reporting.

Fixes

  • All - XML REST API calls return a 500 Internal Server Error.

  • All - Various usability improvements.

  • All - Multiple security fixes.

  • TransferAgent - About dialog not displaying information.

  • TransferAgent - Email Weblink page not loading.

  • TransferAgent - Install on Mac showing failure despite successful installation.

  • TransferAgent - TA Express page does not detect TA is running when running Localhost Fallback Proxy.

  • TransferAgent - Addressed issue where TransferAgent would not properly queue transfers.

  • Server - Upgrading S3 authentication method to enable compatibility with newer buckets.

  • Server - Connection limit email reporting incorrect value.

  • Server - Unable to Browse on an EFS.

  • Server - Fixed an issue where we were not writing bandwidth reports.

  • Server - License information not being displayed.

  • Server - Native HTTP Upload page not loading.

  • Server - Help button on Weblink page disappears on page refresh.

  • Server - File Ownership is not being applied with auto-zip.

  • Server - Corrected Server shutdown process.

  • HotFolder - HotFolder incorrectly identifying itself for licenses purposes, erroneously limiting functionality.

  • HotFolder - Serialization error when setting task to Always on.

  • HotFolder - Fixed an issue where we were failing to write transfers to logs on rescans.

  • Central - Search on filepath produces an SQL error.

 

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