Fortra Appliance

October 2026

Version 3.3.0, build 6

October 16, 2026

Enhancements

• Added a shared OVA package for VMware and Nutanix deployments.

• Reduced background UI requests and memory usage when retrieving filtered logs.

• Added the clear command to the local setup console.

• Updated authentication and UI dependencies to address identified security vulnerabilities.

• Removed build credentials and residual builder state from delivered appliance images.

• Strengthened console password handling so previous passwords no longer work after password rotation following an upgrade.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could prevent existing console passwords from being preserved during upgrades, including when using supported custom password database locations.

• Fixed a startup failure that could close the setup console after login.

• Improved initial network configuration availability while networking and Kubernetes are unavailable. Background configuration and certificate updates resume when those services are ready.

• Fixed an issue that could require saved static network settings to be reapplied manually after a reboot.

• Fixed offline startup configuration so storage and HTTPS gateway components use bundled images.

• Fixed HTTPS forwarding issues caused by gateway pod address changes after a reboot.

• Fixed application installation failures caused by missing or outdated saved network configuration artifacts when external ingress is not required. Applications requiring ingress now use live gateway readiness checks.

• Improved installation failure reporting and fixed an issue where failed rollouts could incorrectly report that workloads were ready.

September 2026

Version 3.2.1, build 74

September 25, 2026

Enhancements

• Resolved issues that could prevent initial appliance setup from completing in environments without DHCP or Internet access.

Fixes

• Saved static network settings are now retained during appliance startup, preventing fallback to the default network configuration.

Version 3.2.0, build 68

September 16, 2026

Enhancements

• Authenticated local administrators can now change their password from the account menu without accessing the virtual machine console.

• Updated all instances of "Fortra Managed Appliance" and "FMA" to "Fortra Appliance" and "FA" in the UI.

• Network configuration now supports valid IPv4 management addresses, including globally routable addresses, while rejecting addresses that conflict with reserved internal networks.

• Single-node appliances now provide a planned management address change workflow that safely applies the new address, preserves application data, and restarts the appliance when required.

• Server certificates are automatically reconciled after a management IP address or hostname change so they reflect the active appliance endpoints.

• A support-guided recovery-shell command is now available from authenticated local or serial fmasetup console sessions. The workflow requires an explicit risk acknowledgment before providing full base OS recovery access.

Fixes

• Fixed intermittent and misleading "Needs attention" and "Not configured" status indicators in Control Center for registered managed appliances.

• Fixed an API timeout error when generating support bundles from the Fortra Appliance UI.

• Fixed an issue that prevented Fortra Agent service accounts from updating aggregate configuration in managed mode.

• Fixed an issue where the Applications page initially displayed empty application details and missing package upload controls in air-gapped mode.

• Fixed UI rendering and state update issues when updating applications in air-gapped mode.

• Fixed an issue where multiple license files could not be uploaded and applied consecutively from the Applications settings page without leaving the page.

August 2026

Version 3.1.2, build 54

August 26, 2026

Enhancements

• Secured communication between appliance nodes in a cluster using WireGuard encryption, improving the protection and reliability of distributed workloads.

• Improved package management recovery to help queued package operations resume reliably after an appliance leadership change.

• Improved support diagnostics to help administrators investigate appliance issues more effectively.

• Improved appliance startup and certificate recovery after configuration changes.

• Strengthened validation of locally installed package archives to reject unsafe, malformed, or ambiguous package content.

• Strengthened validation of appliance cluster network configuration to help prevent unsupported or unsafe networking changes.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could prevent management access from recovering correctly when static IP-based networking is enabled.

• Fixed cases where management certificates could fail to recover correctly after an IP address change or appliance restart.

• Fixed upgrade and rollback scenarios that could leave appliance networking or cluster services in an inconsistent state.

• Fixed conditions that could delay or prevent queued package operations from resuming after appliance leadership changes.

• Improved preservation of appliance disk layout in delivered virtual appliance images.

Version 3.1.1

August 11, 2026

Enhancements

• Improved appliance upgrades to preserve network configuration, system identity, administrative access settings, and other essential configuration.

• Added automatic restart handling after a successful appliance upgrade. Administrators can disable automatic restart when a manually scheduled restart is preferred.

• Improved recovery when an appliance IP address changes.

• Improved reliability when restoring service after network or firewall configuration changes.

• Improved status reporting for managed appliances and Control Center connectivity.

• Added diagnostic bundle support for FA appliance troubleshooting, including appliance deployments used as DSPM OnNetwork scanner nodes.

• Added Syslog forwarding for audit and system events using configured logging destinations.

• Improved air-gapped application uploads. Upload progress remains visible after navigating away, and interrupted uploads can be resumed safely.

• Improved application deployment status reporting so active operations are no longer shown as completed before they finish.

• Improved application package cleanup and storage management.

• Strengthened protection of appliance sign-in credentials by requiring secure connections for production authentication.

• Locked bootstrap account settings after initial setup and added UI guidance to prevent unsupported post-bootstrap changes.

• Reduced appliance console access while retaining a limited, authenticated password-recovery workflow.

• Further restricted external access to internal appliance services.

• Removed unnecessary remote-management components from delivered appliance images.

Fixes

• Fixed upgrade failures and configuration loss associated with DHCP-based appliances.

• Fixed upgrade interruptions that could leave an appliance waiting for a restart.

• Fixed an issue that could cause a "502 Bad Gateway" response during web interface sign-in.

• Fixed login availability issues caused by internal network access rules.

• Improved reliability when restoring service after network or firewall configuration changes.

• Fixed storage changes that could inadvertently remove or reduce existing application storage allocations.

• Added capacity checks to prevent storage growth that the appliance cannot safely accommodate.

• Fixed application upload progress and recovery behavior.

• Fixed misleading deployment and execution statuses.

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