Okta Privileged Access release notes (Archive)
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Device Tools
The binaries for device tools are compatible with both Okta Privileged Access and Advanced Server Access.
Release: 1.83.1
Deployment date: July 24, 2024
Release summary
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You can now manage secrets through the Okta Privileged Access client CLI. |
Server agent | Sometimes, when the Account Lifecycle option on the project was disabled, existing server sessions were removed. |
Client Server agent |
The sudo command bundle feature is now available in production. After the feature is enabled, users will have a new access method in the CLI to get sudo-level access. |
Release: 1.82.0
Deployment date: June 20, 2024
Notification
FreeBSD is no longer supported in Okta Privileged Access.
Features and enhancements
Client | Listing a secrets folder using CLI resulted in an error. |
Gateway | In some instances, the Okta Privileged Access gateway processes failed to function correctly and restarted when the target server timed out. |
Release: 1.81.1
Deployment date: June 05, 2024
Features and enhancements
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Release: 1.80.1
Deployment date: March 27, 2024
Announcements
Beginning in July 2024, Advanced Server Access will remove support for the following end-of-life operating systems:
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Windows 2012
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Windows 2012 R2
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CentOS 7 and 8
Features and enhancements
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Implemented security updates and enhancements.
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OpenSSH on Windows has been updated to version 9.6p1.
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Added support for Debian 12 (Bookworm) for Advanced Server Access server agent, client, URL Handler, and non-AD Joined user gateway.
Release: 1.79.2
Deployment date: February 28, 2024
Enhancements
Gateway | RDP-enabled Gateway's RDP engine now supports legacy cryptographic algorithms (MD4, MD5, RC4) required for RDP licensing. |
Client, Server agent, Gateway | Amazon Linux 2023 in now supported in Okta Privileged Access client and server agent. |
Fixes
Client |
Shift and control keys didn't work correctly when using MacFreeRDP. |
Release: 1.78.1
Deployment date: February 07, 2024
Enhancements
Client |
Linux command-line tool (sft) now automatically encrypts tokens in state.json using D-Bus SecretService if detected. |
Fixes
Server agent |
Sometimes, users couldn't log in to non-vaulted accounts because of a deadlock in SSH sessions. |
Release: 1.77.0
Deployment date: January 18, 2024
Notice
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Enhancement
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Release: 1.76.3
Deployment date: December 20, 2023
Fixes
Client | Sometimes, when attempting to authenticate a client using the Connect button, the authentication token would expire, requiring re-enrollment. This issue was observed with regularly used clients. |
Release: 1.76.2
Deployment date: December 06, 2023
Enhancements
Client | The ScaleFT.exe file displayed an incorrect product version. |
Release: 1.76.0
Deployment date: November 29, 2023
Enhancements
Client |
When the macOS client updates the state.json file, it encrypts tokens with a key stored in the user's Keychain. |
Platform
Release: 2024.07.2
Release summary
The sudo command bundle feature is now available in preview. This feature enables admins to grant granular permissions to users without giving them full root access.
Release: 2024.06.0
Deployment date: June 05, 2024
Features and enhancements
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You can now enforce MFA in a security policy that Okta Privileged Access users must complete to access secrets. See Security policy.
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You can now use checkout to restrict access to a privileged account to one user at a time for a specific duration. See Checkout.
Release: 2024.03.1
Deployment date: March 13, 2024
Enhancements
Platform | The sft secrets describe and sft secrets describe-folder commands now display additional metadata information. |
Release: 2024.02.0
Deployment date: February 07, 2024
Platform |
You can now enable IP-session binding for web and client sessions within a team. If an IP change is detected, the client or web session is revoked. |
Release: 2023.11.1
Deployment date: November 29, 2023
Announcements
Okta Privileged Access is now generally available.