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Version history for FileZilla 64-bit

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Changes for v3.47.1 - v3.47.2.1

  • macOS: Potential fix for clipped text labels on a few systems
  • SFTP: Backported selected fixes from developement versions of PuTTY
  • Fixed value range for directional transfer limits
  • Fixed layout issues if changing to/from comparative search



Changes for v3.46.2 - v3.46.3

  • SFTP: Fixed handle leak on Windows
  • SFTP: Remote paths were not fully resolved on all operations



Changes for v3.46.0 - v3.46.2

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • SFTP: Fixed a regression connecting using a password-protected keyfile
  • Fixed a crash if an FTP server sends too long response lines
  • Building and running FileZilla now depends on libfilezilla >= 0.19.3 (https://lib.filezilla-project.org/), this fixes a few issues with the new speed limiting code
  • SFTP components have been updated and are now based on PuTTY 0.73



Changes for v3.44.1 - v3.44.2

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • MSW: Fixed a crash if using predefined sites through fzdefaults.xml
  • Fixes to protocol selection glitches in the Site Manager
  • Increase maximum length of response lines when using FTP



Changes for v3.43.0 - v3.44.0

  • Fixed export in context menu of Site Manager to handle multiple selected items



Changes for v3.42.1 - v3.43.0

  • Fixed vulnerabilities:
  • Filenames containing double-quotation marks were not escaped correctly when selected for opening/editing. Depending on the associated program, parts of the filename could be interpreted as commands.
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Added a second layer of authentication to the update mechanism



Changes for v3.41.2 - v3.42.0 RC 1

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Switching from using a master password to not saving passwords at all no longer requires entering the master password
  • *nix: Fixed support for internationalized domain names on systems having AI_IDN when using SFTP
  • Fixed an assertion after importing a manipulated queue file
  • When importing sites, any imported passwords are now immediately protected/deleted depending on the password protection settings
  • The ability to import Sitem Manager entries from antique FileZilla 2, last updated over a dozen years ago, has been removed



Changes for v3.41.1 - v3.41.2

  • Backport a security fix from PuTTY 0.71 affecting SFTP connections: Fix an integer overflow in the RSA key exchange preceeding host key verification



Changes for v3.40.0 - v3.41.1

  • Fix a regression introduced in 3.41.0 with slow FTP servers needlessly waiting for a bidirectional shutdown of the data connection during downloads



Changes for v3.40.0 RC 1 - v3.40.0

  • Official binaries are now linked against GnuTLS 3.6.6



Changes for v3.39.0 - v3.40.0 RC 1

  • New features:
  • Added TLS 1.3 support by linking official binaries against GnuTLS 3.6.5
  • Refactored how sites and servers are being represented internally to fix issues trigged by renaming sites in the Site Manager
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fix display of server names containing ampersands in several dialogs
  • Fix regular expression filter in the quick search panel
  • Fix a crash if files are added to the queue when there are already files for multiple different servers in the queue
  • Fix a crash applying filters when there are no selected files and the focused item is past the new file count
  • Fix a crash if emptying the queue while a directory creation item is active
  • Fix a potential crash if FileZilla is being closed the moment a delayed dialog has already been created but before it is shown.



Changes for v3.39.0-rc1 - v3.39.0

  • Fix timestamps of newly created empty files on the server if the option to preserve timestamps is set



Changes for v3.38.1 - v3.39.0-rc1

  • New features:
  • The down button on the keyboard now opens the quickconnect history dropdown menu if the quickconnect bar has the input focus
  • The down button on the keyboard now opens the search options if the quick search dialog has the input focus
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Refactored how close notifications were handled in the network code
  • Fixed saving of the 'not equal' and 'less than' conditions for size filters
  • Fixed regular expression filters not respecting the case-sensitivity checkbox in all situations
  • Restore context menu item to delete file in local file search



Changes for v3.37.1 - v3.37.4

  • MSW: Fix regression introduced in 3.37.3 with moving files locally using drag&drop
  • Fix issues with directory creation when uploading many files in parallel
  • macOS: Fix crashes if dragging more than one file
  • macOS: Opt out of Dark Mode



Changes for v3.37.0 - v3.37.1

  • Local path is no longer forgotten when leaving synchronized browsing mode



Changes for v3.36.0 - v3.37.0

  • Fix remote target path if uploading files through the search dialog



Changes for v3.35.2 - v3.36.0

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fix --site-manager command-line argument
  • Fix potential crash with malformed directory listings
  • Fix potential crash if opening/closing tabs or starting the queue while directories are being renamed or deleted
  • New features:
  • Ask for explicit confirmation prior to falling back to insecure plaintext FTP if a server refuses to use TLS
  • Warn if an FTP server refuses TLS that is known from previous connections to be capable of TLS



Changes for v3.34.0 - v3.35.2

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fix functionality of --site and --local command-line options
  • MSW: Fix local rename not updating file list
  • OS X: Fix compatibility with old CPUs not supporting SSE4



Changes for v3.32.0 - v3.33.0 RC 1

  • New features:
  • The contents of the transfer queue can now be sorted
  • SFTP: Support key files encrypted with aes256-ctr, e.g. as created by OpenSSH 7.6 and later
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • SFTP: Fix preserve timestamps menu option



Changes for v3.28.0 - v3.29.0

  • Fix activity indicators not working after the update check has been run



Changes for v3.28.0 RC 1 - v3.28.0

  • New features:
  • *nix: Official Linux binaries are now built for Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Do not disable password saving settings if fzdefaults.xml contains a kiosk mode setting of 0.



Changes for v3.27.1 - v3.28.0 RC 1

  • New features:
  • Add "Close once" as queue completion action
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed crash if FileZilla is forced to close, e.g. when the system is shutting down, while there are open dialogs
  • If the transfer queue asks for a password and the password dialog is canceled the queue processing is now stopped
  • OS X, *nix: Improve detection of invalid character encodings in local filenames
  • Fix potential crash expanding directory tree items while changing selections



Changes for v3.27.0.1 - v3.27.1

  • Fixed vulnerabilities:
  • Change client identification string if connecting with SFTP due to OpenSSH disregarding the supported ciphers announced by the client, resulting in less secure algorithms being chosen by OpenSSH.
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • MSW: Improve handling of NTFS reparse points
  • MSW: If running the installer with /S, previous versions where not uninstalled prior to the new version being installed
  • MSW: The installer can be run with /quiet for a semi-silent installation
  • OS X, *nix: Potential fix for a rare crash if changing local directories while the local directory list is being updated and vice versa.



Changes for v3.26.2 - v3.27.0.1

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • MSW: Add misssing file to .zip binary package
  • MSW: Fix toolchain issues breaking the shell extension
  • SFTP components have been updated and are now based on PuTTY 0.70



Changes for v3.26.1 - v3.26.2

  • Fixed crash if using master passwords and decrypting very long passwords



Changes for v3.26.0 - v3.26.1

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed crash if changing password settings and the Site Manager contains subdirectories
  • *nix: Fixed saving of sites having more than one site-specific bookmark



Changes for v3.25.2 - v3.26.0

  • When changing or removing the master password, update protected credentials of server items in the transfer queue
  • Fix display of remember checkbox when showing the password entry dialog for sites that have no username set and are using the "Ask" logon type
  • Some icons were missing in the Windows .zip binary archive



Changes for v3.25.0 - v3.25.2

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • SFTP components have been updated and are now based on PuTTY 0.69
  • Fixed potential stall during the final listing operation when finishing a queue which contained uploads



Changes for v3.24.1 - v3.25.0

  • New features:
  • OS X: The minimum required OS X version is now 10.9
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • OS X: Disable App Nap during transfers and other operations
  • OS X: Downloaded updates are now stored in the Downloads directory
  • OS X: Fix initial toolbar state on startup if it was hidden when FileZilla was last closed
  • Fix reconnect delay logic which broke in 3.25.0-beta1
  • Fix piecewise creation of remote paths using FTP which broke in 3.25.0-beta1



Changes for v3.24.0 - v3.24.1

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed rendering icons in the remote directory tree when DPI scaling is enabled on Windows Vista and some Windows 7 machines
  • SFTP components have been updated and are now based on PuTTY 0.68
  • Updated builtin pugixml to version 1.8



Changes for v3.23.0.2 - v3.24.0

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed a possible crash if sending FTP commands fails during a directory listing operation
  • *nix: Fixed a scrolling issue in the message log if wxWidgets is built against GTK3



Changes for v3.22.2.2 - v3.23.0.2

  • Key file paths entered in the Site Manager are now saved to corresponding server entries in the transfer queue
  • MSW: Work around a bug in wxWidgets causing bad icons in the remote directory tree due to wxImageList::GetBitmap errorneously stripping the alpha channel from images
  • Allow relative paths and environment variables in the "Cache directory" setting.



Changes for v3.22.0 - v3.22.1

  • OS X: Work around a nasty bug in XCode where programs explicitly compiled for older versions of OS X were silently pulling in features exclusive to the new version, resulting in crashes at runtime
  • Fixed a potential crash when using SFTP



Changes for v3.20.1 - v3.21.0

  • Fixed vulnerabilities:
  • Fixed a string format vulnerability introduced in 3.20.0-rc1 when listing directories using SFTP
  • New features:
  • SFTP: Added support for AES-GCM ciphers as implemented in OpenSSH
  • OS X: Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab can now be used to switch forward and backward between opened tabs
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Reduced time between TCP keepalive packets to 15 minutes on supporting platforms
  • Fixed saving of directory listing filters with an attribute condition



Changes for v3.20.0 - v3.20.1

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed rename file exists action on downloads
  • Fixed possible crash if disabling log abbreviation
  • Official binaries now link against a patched version of GnuTLS so that a better error message can be printed on broken servers that send malformed certificate chains



Changes for v3.18.0 - v3.19.0

  • New features:
  • Building FileZilla now depends on libfilezilla >= 0.5.3 (https://lib.filezilla-project.org/).
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed context menu in search dialog if not connected to server
  • OS X, *nix: Fix displayed text in file list status bar if selecting a single item in the file list out of multiple already selected items



Changes for v3.15.0.2 - v3.16.0

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Small fix for remembering queue completion actions
  • 2016-02-22 - FileZilla Client 3.16.0-rc1 released
  • New features:
  • Make notification bubble on queue completion configurable though the queue's context menu
  • Selected queue completion action is now remembered, excluding the system shutdown/sleep actions.
  • Added new servertype to the Site Manager for servers using MS-DOS style paths with forward slashes as separators
  • Building FileZilla now depends on libfilezilla >= 0.4.0 (https://lib.filezilla-project.org/).
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixes for network configuration wizard leading to incorrect test result
  • MSW: Installer now removes leftover files from improperly uninstalled previous versions



Changes for v3.15.0.1 - v3.15.0.2

  • MSW: Binaries are now also signed using a SHA256 signature and certificate.
  • OS X: Move location of COPYING file containing the GPL to a different location in the bundle. On some systems OS X cannot verify the bundle with the file at the old location
  • Restore focused item if changing directory listing sort order
  • Fix restoring the column widths of the failed transfers tab in the queue when starting FileZilla
  • MSW: Double-clicking a divider between a list header in the queue now adjust the sizes in the other tabs just as dragging the width would



Changes for v3.15.0 - v3.15.0.1

  • Fix for search dialog not displaying the results from the last visited directory of a search



Changes for v3.14.1 - v3.15.0

  • MSW: Display notification bubble if FileZilla isn't in the forgeground and all active transfers have finished.



Changes for v3.14.0 - v3.14.1

  • New features:
  • For third-party builds, add configure flag to allow using system ciphers for FTP over TLS. Display a warning if an insecure cipher is negotiated as result of using system ciphers.
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed loading of the directory comparison flag for bookmakrs in the Site Manager
  • Changing the interface layout and icon theme no longer results in an inconsistent UI state
  • Some SFTP servers send additional information on errors. This information is now shown in the message log
  • If the local file cannot be opened on SFTP transfers FileZilla no longer automatically retries
  • Updated SFTP components from PuTTY



Changes for v3.14.0 RC2 - v3.14.0

  • When connecting using SFTP, show an error message instead of silently failing when encountering an insecure cipher



Changes for v3.14.0 RC1 - v3.14.0 RC2

  • Removing selected queue items is now faster
  • Reduced memory usage of queue
  • When connecting to hostnames with multiple IPs, reset timeout if trying the next address



Changes for v3.13.0 - v3.13.1

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fix SFTP component crashing on some combinations of encryption and key exchange algorithm
  • Fixed Ctrl+Shift+I shortcut to toggle filters
  • OS X: Fixed Ctrl+, shortcut to open settings dialog
  • Optimizations to reduce memory footprint
  • Build system fixes



Changes for v3.11.0.2 - v3.13.0

  • New features:
  • Display home directory instead of root directory if the last used directory does not exist
  • Larger initial size of main window if there is no stored size
  • Slightly increased size of page selection box in settings dialog
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fix assertion in directory listing parser
  • Fix drag&drop of remote files which broke in 3.13.0-rc1



Changes for v3.11.0.1 - v3.11.0.2

  • Fixed a potential crash if a connection gets remotely closed in the same moment a new connection is to be opened
  • Improved compatibility with servers sending pre-epoch timestamps
  • Fixed pt_BR translation



Changes for v3.11.0 - v3.11.0.1

  • Reject Diffie-Hellman Groups smaller than 1024 bits when using FTP over TLS to protect against the Logjam attack



Changes for v3.11.0 RC 1 - v3.11.0

  • Ensure the title bar is at least partially inside the screen boundary when restoring a saved window position
  • Fixed crash if opening a wrapped dialog without having restarted FileZilla after having change language to Chinese or Japanese



Changes for v3.10.3 - v3.11.0 RC 1

  • New features:
  • Implemented new date/time handling to solve issues with DST conversion
  • *nix: Official Linux binaries are now built for Debian Jessie
  • In passive mode transfer, the source IP of the data connection is now bound to the same source IP as the control connection
  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Requeueing of folder items no longer prints an error message
  • Fix disabling of timeouts
  • MSW: Fix the returned error level of the installer
  • Fix a crash if disconnecting during transfers
  • Official binaries now link against GnuTLS to 3.4.1
  • Official binaries now link against SQLite to 3.8.10.1



Changes for v3.10.3 RC 1 - v3.10.3

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Fixed crash if changing number of simultaneous transfers while transferring files
  • Fixed local filelist statusbar regression introduced in 3.10.3-beta2



Changes for v3.10.3 Beta 2 - v3.10.3 RC 1

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • If saving passwords is disabled, don't ask for the password again after connecting via the quickconnect bar and then starting a download via drag&drop.
  • Small performance improvements



Changes for v3.10.3 Beta 1 - v3.10.3 Beta 2

  • Bugfixes and minor changes:
  • Minimum timeout value is now 10 seconds, up from 5 seconds to prevent timeouts uploading to servers with slow storage
  • Fixed an assert with invalid file sizes
  • Small performance improvements



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