Recent Version History

This is a list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also project history.

5.8 (not released yet)

2015-06-22

Authentication with TLS/SSL client certificates. 921
Redesigned Progress and Synchronization progress windows.
WebDAV file locking. 1315
Improvements and fixes for large font/high DPI environments:
- Scaling toolbar drop downs.
- Scaling menu and toolbar details (submenu arrows, drop down arrows, drag handles, checkmarks, radio-button marks, color palettes).
- Scaling status bars on Synchronization checklist and Find windows.
- Scaling drop down button arrows.
- Correctly scaling file icon on Properties dialog.
- Scaling application icon on About dialog.
- Scaling images in installer.
- New application icon sizes.
- New installer icon sizes.
- New desktop icon sizes for site, site folder and workspace.
- New Console, Editor, Log, Find windows icon sizes.
SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.64.
Improved transfer speed:
- with SFTP and SCP protocols when CPU is limiting factor.
- with SFTP on high latency connections. 1295
Command-line interface for converting and editing private keys. 1331
Configurable internal editor font color and default background color. 1326
Change: Using UTF-8 for strings (such as password) with SSH protocol. 1014
Using REST command to resume upload with FTP protocol. 552
Change: Script file has to be in UTF-8 encoding.
Supporting impersonated IIS environment with .NET assembly. 1334
Files can be dropped on queue list. 1281
Including all at least 80% translations into installer. Informing user when incomplete language is selected when installing.
Save All function in Internal editor. 1327
TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.2c.
Enabled IPv6 with FTP by default. 1310
Animation on Find dialog.
Displaying mod_dav executable property.
Reloading site list when opening Login dialog to open additional session. 1322
Handling ssh:// URLs and opening them in PuTTY. 1305
Optionally trimming VMS version numbers from filenames during transfer. 1312
Download/Upload and Delete command moved to Download/Upload submenu 1279 and Edit With menu moved to Edit submenu. Edit With submenu is newly available on Edit toolbar button.
Added Download/Upload in Background commands to respective menus. 1280
Keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+L and Alt+D to focus Address toolbar (Explorer interface) or open bookmarks (Commander interface). 1303 Change: Shortcut of command Clear Selection changed to Shift+Ctrl+L.
Commands to select/unselect all files with the same extension. 1286
Change: Deprecating Session.DefaultConfiguration in favor of Session.AddRawConfiguration.
New icon for Find command and dialog
About dialog lists all current and past translators.
Rotating XML logs produced for .NET assembly to optimize performance. 1287
Warning when transferring multiple files to same name. 1282
Hint user about possible reasons of SFTP code 4 error. 1285
Parameter /loglevel documented in usage.
Platform SDK is no longer required to build 64-bit drag&drop shell extension.
Increasing initial/minimal SFTP transfer packet size.
Improving layout of installer Completing page of for long translations.
Removed deprecated .NET assembly options FtpSecure.ExplicitTls and FtpSecure.ExplicitSsl.
Display parent directory in file panel even if the server does not include it in directory listing. 1298
Showing only folder, not files, on Progress window, when calculating transfer size.
Avoid flickering busy mouse cursor while calculating transfer size or collecting changes for synchronization.
Showing localized language name on description of Typical installation.
Added icon for Cancel All queue command.
Correcting labels and hints for color commands in an internal editor.
Session color can be set to black.
Not showing percentage progress for indeterminate Directory size calculation.
Preferences window opens with focused navigation tree.
When Cancel is pressed on Progress window before moving transfer to background finishes, transfer is canceled.
Disabling Proceed to Background once Cancel is pressed on Progress window.
Added icon for queue Speed command.
Desktop icons created by an installer show application description.
Not showing details about retrieving timezone information on Authentication progress window
Warning when useless command-line parameters are specified in scripting.
Using delete icon on site/site folder/workspace delete confirmation prompts.
Bug fix: Speed limit history is not relocalized when language is changed. 490
Bug fix: Not showing symlinks to directories as a difference on synchronization checklist as they are not synchronized anyway.
Bug fix: When restoring an application from minimization, progress windows did not get activated.
Bug fix: Preventing active window title flickering before opening Preferences dialog.

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5.7.4

2015-06-17

Translations completed: French and Ukrainian.
TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1o.
Not using directory include masks recursively when finding files. 1329
Recognizing UTF-8 encoded localized German month names in FTP LIST command results. 1328
Bug fix: Relative path of find results is shown incorrectly when finding from root folder. 1330
Bug fix: Failure when switching sessions with session log window opened. 1333
Bug fix: Session and log file information on Log window is not updated when switching session.
Bug fix: Reference to parent WebDAV directory shows incorrectly when a name of the current folder includes special characters. 1335
Bug fix: History of some inputs is not saved. 1336
Bug fix: Incorrect behavior when retrying connection after listing of initial remote directory fails.
Bug fix: When panel drive/path comboxes box do not cover whole toolbar height, the change Drive/Directory command do not work.

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5.7.1

2015-03-25

Translations added: Croatian, Finnish, Korean and Polish.
Upgraded private key tools (PuTTYgen and Pageant) to 0.64.
TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1m.
Not requiring confirmation when canceling an operation.
Import of Base64-encoded passwords from FileZilla.
Progress window uses Skip button instead of Cancel when calculating transfer size. 1296
Workaround for ProFTPD/mod_sftp bug in SSH_FXP_REALPATH handling with SFTP version 6. 1289
Not asking for master password repeatedly when opening Generate URL dialog. Not asking at all unless user chooses to include password into URL.
More space for information about translators.
Bug fix: Back-propagated SSH security fixes from PuTTY 0.64. private-key-not-wiped-2 diffie-hellman-range-check
Bug fix: Failure when working with stored sites when a temporary hidden site for interprocess communication is not properly removed.
Bug fix: Overwrite confirmation prompt displays name of source file instead of target file, when file name changes, with SFTP, SCP and WebDAV protocols. 1290
Bug fix: Transfer was not resumed after moving the transfer to the background when source and target file name differs with FTP protocol.
Bug fix: Failure when trying to open another externally initiated session while externally initiated session is opening.
Bug fix: It is not possible to configure certificate accepting with WebDAV protocol in .NET assembly. 1284
Bug fix: User and group name is not decoded properly from UTF-8 encoding with SFTP version 3 and older. 1288
Bug fix: When calculating size of files to transfer is canceled, not using the incomplete results to estimate transfer progress.
Bug fix: When local custom command is applied to a remote folder, it is unconditionally uploaded back after the command finishes. 1294
Bug fix: Calculation of transfer size could not be moved to background.

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5.6.5 RC

2015-01-13

Local custom commands can optionally be executed with remote file paths.
TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1k. Fixing several security defects.
Change: Session.CalculateFileChecksum method returns a byte array instead of a string to match .NET framework cryptography functions.
Never doing transfer via temporary file when overwriting a file known to be owned by another user. 1260
Never automatically refresh a file panel while menu is opened or file is being dragged. 1262
Loading files ownership before showing Properties when connected to Bitvise SFTP server.
Meaningful error message when a cipher or a key-exchange algorithm is not verified.
Using term “Sleep” instead of “Suspend” as used by Windows Vista and newer.
Bug fix: Location profile folders are duplicated. 1259
Bug fix: Command could be invoked while keeping session up to date. 1263
Bug fix: Wrong syntax of SHA-1 cipher name in checksum command help.
Bug fix: Default configuration was recreated after user chose to cleanup configuration during uninstallation.
Bug fix: Failure in scripting one some rare prompts. 1264
Bug fix: Failure when file panel autorefresh is triggered while directory is being read. 1265
Bug fix: Could not connect to FTP server over a proxy with Force IP address for passive mode connections set to On. 1266

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5.6.3 beta

2014-11-13

Improved GUI responsiveness (with SFTP, SCP and FTP protocols). 1237
Sites can be mass-modified using /batchsettings command-line parameter. 1236
Use default transfer mode for edited files, except when using Notepad. 1239
Added method Session.AddRawConfiguration to configure any global configuration option. 876
Optionally logging even sensitive information (such as passwords).
Consistently logging transferred bytes for every transferred file.
Improving protection from undesired modifications of local files when handling URLs from browser while relieving restriction on combining URLs on command line with some switches, such as /log, /xmllog and /defaults.
The failonnomatch option applies also to ls and lls command. 1172
Replaced -explicittls command-line parameter and switch of open command with -explicit and deprecated -explicitssl.
Change: lls by default only displays a notification that no matching file is found, instead of failing.
Differentiating unknown private key format and non-existing/non-readable private key file errors.
Bug fix: Session cannot be opened when Session.AddRawSettings is used. 1234
Bug fix: Failure when connecting to WebDAV server not supporting persistent connections. 1235
Bug fix: Keepalives were turned off when overriding site settings with raw settings
Bug fix: Parameter /rawconfig was not documented in usage.
Bug fix: The Use default system editor button is misplaced on (ad-hoc) Editor dialog.
Bug fix: Synchronization checklist window could be resized too small not to fit Custom button.
Bug fix: The last file upload before creating a remote directory is not reported with .NET assembly. 1238
Bug fix: Progress bar not appearing on task bar when main window is not visible. 1240
Bug fix: Overwrite confirmation was required when changing case of site name.
Bug fix: Failure when copying multiple files checksum results to clipboard. 1243
Bug fix: Large sizes are displayed incorrectly. 1244

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5.6.1 beta

2014-07-22

SFTP version 6 supported: 96
- Hardlinks can be created.
- Optimized directory reading and file downloading.
Allowed stored sites, including their names and initial directories, to preserve Unicode characters. 1189
Workaround for Vandyke VShell incorrect announcement of checksum calculation support. 1190
Workaround for Bitvise WinSSHD lack of SFTP extensions announcement. 1191
Workaround for incorrect SFTP link argument in ProFTPD/mod_sftp.
Support for proprietary OpenSSH extension hardlink@openssh.com for creating hardlinks. 1192
Open command can open directories.
WinSCP can register to handle WinSCP-specific WebDAV URL addresses (winscp-http:// and winscp-https://).
Improved stack trace reporting for internal errors.
No showing suggestion to delete file in error when overwriting file on non-interactive displays.
Workaround for FTP servers that do not enclose path in response to PWD command in quotes. 1193
Bug fix: Failure when opening SCP session. 1187
Bug fix: Missing help link for Note page of Advanced Site Settings dialog.
Bug fix: Failure when processing results of upload in .NET assembly when a directory was created with explicitly set permissions as the first operation. 1188
Bug fix: Wrong formatting of some error messages on log view of Keep remote directory up to date dialog with Continue on error option enabled.
Bug fix: Modified edited/opened remote files are incorrectly uploaded using an active session, instead of their original session. 1194

5.6 beta

2014-07-11

WebDAV support, both for GUI and automation (scripting and .NET assembly). 160
Ongoing foreground transfer can be moved to background transfer queue. 1170
Improved working with session URL:
- When clipboard contains session URL, Paste command on a main window opens the session specified by the URL. When save extension is used, Save session as site dialog opens instead. 663
- Added Paste Session URL command on Login dialog with Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut.
- When session URL is typed into Host name box on Login dialog, it is parsed when the box loses keyboard focus.
- New dialog for session URL generation. It also obsoletes previous File > File Names > Copy URL to Clipboard command.
Note field for site. 353
Improved display of files sizes in panels:
- Displaying file sizes in panels always in KB’s by default. 1124
- Applying file panel size format to Transferred indicator on queue list. 1124
- Reverted to JEDEC size units (KB, MB, GB) instead of IEC units (KiB, MiB, GiB). 1123
Improved informing about updates:
- Updates information dialog shows change list.
- Pending updates information is optionally shown on startup.
- Updates information balloon encourages to click it to display change list.
- Toolbar button always checks for updates, instead of showing cached data, when available.
- Distinguishing new version information on notification balloon.
Improvements to scripting, command-line and .NET assembly:
- Remote file can be opened for editing in a standalone internal editor using /edit command-line parameter. 14
- Change: When executing script file or script commands provided on command-line, default batch mode is abort and overwrite confirmations are turned off.
- Change: Enabling batch mode in scripting automatically limits reconnect time to 120 seconds, if it is not limited yet. 1173
- Change: When host key does not match fingerprint specified on command line or in script, user is not prompted to verify the host key and connection is abandoned with meaningful error message. 1186
- Session.Close method in .NET assembly.
- Speed limit in .NET assembly. 1019
- Passphrase can be provided on command line/in scripting and .NET assembly. 816
- Added switch -neweronly to put and get scripting commands to enable New and updated files only option. 666
- Optionally failing command when file mask matches no files. 1172
- Updated in-application command-line help page with missing parameters and to match online help page.
- Bug fix: Session.SynchronizeDirectories could not be called via IDispatch. 1136
- Detect and report that session is closed unexpectedly instead of reporting XML log reading error in .NET assembly. 1137
- Warning when starting configured transfer settings or synchronization options in script are not factory defaults.
- For negative (system) WinSCP exit codes, the .NET assembly presents the code also in hexadecimal format as is common for system error codes.
Support for long local paths. 821
Option not to abort Keep remote directory up to date on errors. 720
Support for copy-file SFTP extension to duplicate remote files.
Customizable background color of Internal editor. 480
IDE upgraded to Embarcadero C++ Builder XE6.
ECDH ciphers supported with TLS.
Optionally opening new sessions in separate window by default. 1000
Command to auto-detect proxy for session settings. 1147
Hidden files are hidden by default.
When internal exception occurs, stack trace is included into error message (and error report subsequently).
Replaced Symbolic link option when creating/editing list with Hard link option to avoid confusion when the option is disabled when hard links are not supported.
Not sizing message box buttons to width of the widest button.
With FTP protocol, transfer settings do not mention removing EOF mark, as this is not supported.
All top level windows (particularly when main window is not shown) have title icon, taskbar button and “WinSCP” suffix in title.
Separated hidden and filtered files indicator to separate status bar panels that can be clicked to show hidden files or modify filter respectively.
Site-specific transfer settings preset can be added from Login dialog.
Using continuous “Synchronizing” in Synchronize progress window title.
Automatically replacing forbidden slash in name of site imported from FileZilla. 1111
Updated hint for Paste command to indicate it can also paste path and session URL.
Command Server/Protocol Information moved to Session menu and session tab context menu.
Warning when trying to edit large files in an internal editor. 1120
After site import, selecting the first imported site in site tree on Login dialog.
Close buttons on progress windows cancel operation.
When collecting synchronization list for directory fails, allow skipping an error and continuing. 1132
Close session tab on middle mouse click. 1133
Using Yes/No buttons on “Cancel …” prompts instead of ambiguous OK/Cancel buttons.
Translating common Linux-PAM keyboard-interactive “Password:” prompt. 1135
Showing queue status information balloons also when application in minimized.
Information-only notification balloons distinguish main information.
Session option Chokes on WinSCP’s SSH-2 ‘winadj’ requests made configurable. 1139
Improved drive list updating:
- Preventing stale network drives from slowing or completely halting main window opening.
- Bug fix: CD/DVD label was not shown on Windows Vista and newer.
- Bug fix: CD/DVD label was not updated when media was changed.
Showing background transfer queue list toolbar by default
Widening default Explorer interface window to fit all background transfer queue list columns.
Removed useless trailing accelerator appendixes from toolbar button labels (typical for East Asian languages).
Indicating when reading directory with SFTP protocol takes long because of resolving symbolic links. 1149
Setup explains that application restart is needed to replace Drag&drop shell extension. 1150
Using “<none>” instead of “<root>” on Save session as site dialog to indicate that site is not stored in folder.
Moved Delete local files to recycle bin checkbox in Preferences to Panels > Local page
Presenting Directory size calculation progress as indeterminate on progress bar of Progress window.
When saving current session as site, duplicating current session and opening current session in PuTTY, considering even username and password entered during authentication.
Showing status for valid FTP over TLS certificates on Server and Protocol information dialog.
Showing at least untranslated certificate error description from OpenSSL library for rare FTP over TLS certificate errors.
Caching FTP certificates per site.
Requiring FTP certificate revalidation when rejection reason changes.
Showing notification balloon when error is suspended by Continue on error option.
Not saving tunnel password if password saving is not explicitly confirmed.
Offering saving a site when leaving site editor. 1174
Offering saving site when closing Login dialog while editing. 1175
Improved verification of FTP TLS/SSL certificates against system Trusted Root Certification Authorities. 1063
Use MLSD command for directory listing affects also use of MLST command. 1181
Consistently using Target remote path label on Duplicate and Move dialogs to indicate that the box includes also target file name, not only target directory.
Using an actual file name on Duplicate and Move dialogs instead of *.* when transferring a single file only. 1182
Widened Duplicate and Move dialogs.
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F for Filter command. 929
Beep when work finishes applies also to emptying background transfer queue. 697
Drop down arrow added to Encoding drop down menu on Internal editor toolbar.
Workaround for ProFTPD/mod_sftp bug in SFTP space-available packet. 1184
Using Reverses Order of Symlink Command Arguments workaround for ProFTPD/mod_sftp. 1185
Bug fix: If an INI file name is exactly winscp.ini, an INI file path on Preferences dialog is shown incorrectly.
Bug fix: Tunnel password saving confirmation was repeatedly required when saving edited site, when there was no main session password.
Bug fix: Not printing “Reading remote directory” while opening session, when directory is not actually read (in scripting particularly).
Bug fix: Not including @ in logged masked URL when there is no username/password in the URL.
Bug fix: Potential failure when resolving folder attributes for local folder tree display.
Bug fix: Error was silently ignored when synchronizing local file timestamp failed.
Bug fix: Failure when starting in a restricted environment (such as Microsoft Azure WebSite/WebJob). 1215

5.5.6 (hotfix)

2014-10-16

Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.6.2 beta release:
- TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1j. Fixing several security defects.
- Bug fix: When opening a session from command-line in scripting failure is randomly reported. 1210
- Bug fix: Cannot retrieve file from current folder of FTP server in scripting. 1222
- SSL 3.0 disabled by default, to protect from SSL vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE).

5.5.5 (hotfix)

2014-08-21

Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.6 - 5.6.2 beta releases:
- TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1i. Fixing several moderate severity security defects.
- Workaround for ProFTPD/mod_sftp bug in SFTP space-available packet. 1184
- Using Reverses Order of Symlink Command Arguments workaround for ProFTPD/mod_sftp. 1185
- Workaround for Vandyke VShell incorrect announcement of checksum calculation support. 1190
- Improved detection if user shall be offered external editor auto configuration.
- Showing error details when logging to a file fails. 1198
- Bug fix: If an INI file name is exactly winscp.ini, an INI file path on Preferences dialog is shown incorrectly.
- Bug fix: Failure when processing results of upload in .NET assembly when a directory was created with explicitly set permissions as the first operation. 1188
- Bug fix: Keyboard accelerators to mask boxes on Edit file mask dialog were not working.
- Bug fix: Not possible to select/enter file name with Unicode characters in filename input boxes. 1195
- Bug fix: Wrong “Timeout detected” message when FTP control connection is closed while transferring a file. 1197
- Bug fix: Cannot retrieve file from root folder of FTP server. 1199
- Bug fix: Mouse cursor of file list/directory tree splitter is not adjusted when Show directory tree left of file list preference option is enabled. 1200