Netsweeper is pleased to announce the Netsweeper 5.20 WAgent EA release. This release includes bug fixes and improvements for all Workstation Agent platforms, including support for the newer 'M' Arm chips for MacOS devices as well as support for online events with Chrome's Mv3 Manifest. Additional improvements include a new Install-Time load order for MacOS and an Arm64 MSI for Windows.
We have also generated a branded sample MobileConfig for MacOS devices which can be downloaded and modified for your specific deployment through this document by using the 'Netsweeper Workstation Agent 5.20.55.55 MacOS WAgent MobileConfig' link in the downloads section of this changelog.
If you have any questions or concerns about planning an upgrade to this release, please contact Netsweeper Technical Support support@netsweeper.com.
Downloads
WAgent Windows Arm64 5.20.55.55.msi
WAgent MacOS 5.20.55.55 mac.pkg
WAgent MacOS Arm64 5.20.55.55.msi
WAgent MacOS MobleConfig Download
Changelog 5.20
| Issue Type | Ticket | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Bug | WA-50 | We did not validate that the WAgent WebAdmin API call started with either an OK: or ERROR: message. |
| Improvement | WA-51 | Updated the WAgent help text in the WebAdmin to include newly added arguments. |
| Bug | WA-52 | The Group Prefix lookup did not use our internal function to get the proper Client name and could errantly lookup Groups in the 'root' Organization instead of the Org that the logged in user belonged to. |
| New Feature | WA-57 | Added the ability to run the Workstation Agent for each interface and/or default route on Windows and MacOS workstations. |
| Improvement | WA-58 | Our WAgent MSI now includes an arm64 windows WAgent version. |
| Improvement | WA-59 | Our MacOS Workstation Agent now includes support for 'M only' ARM processors. |
| Improvement | WA-61 | Added support for 'online' chrome events by forwarding online events to the Mv3 service worker via an offscreen document. |
| Bug | WA-62 | WAgent MSI did not use the standard method to install the service, resulting in an issue where the service would not automatically start. |
| Improvement | WA-64 | we have updated our 'Install-time load order' for MacOS due to 'launchctl setenv' being deprecated. |
| Bug | WA-66 | Resolved an issue where MacOS managed-preferences MDM configs were being ignored. |
| Improvement | WA-69 | Generated a branded sample wagent.mobileconfig for the MacOS WAgent. |
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