Duo Desktop - Release Notes

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Duo Desktop for Linux

Version 4.1.0 - November 7, 2024

• Fixed an issue where the app's files were not being installed as the root user on Debian-based systems.

• Added support for virtual machine detection.

• Added detection for Qualys.

• Minor security improvements.

Version 4.0.0 - May 16, 2024

• Duo Desktop security agent detection is now supported on Linux.

Version 3.0.0 - April 25, 2024

• Duo Desktop device registration is now supported on Linux.

Version 2.2.0 - March 6, 2024

• Fixed an issue where the app was improperly using an inotify resource.
• Fixed an issue preventing the app from closing old log files.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 2.1.0 - January 11, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 2.0.0 - October 31, 2023

• Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 1.0.0 - September 7, 2023

• GA release.
• This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Duo Desktop for macOS

Version 7.0.0.0 - October 15, 2024

• Duo Desktop authentication is now generally available.
• Fixed an issue where POST requests to the app started to fail in Safari 18. This could cause issues with the registration process or prevent Duo Passport from functioning properly.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.13.0.0 - September 10, 2024

• Fixed firewall detection on macOS Sequoia.
• Added support for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
• Added translations to Duo Desktop authentication.
• Last release with macOS 10.15 support.

Version 6.12.0.0 - August 6, 2024

• Adds support for Duo Desktop authentication.

Version 6.11.0.0 - July 9, 2024

• Minor improvements and bugfixes.

Version 6.10.0.0 - June 14, 2024

• Fixed an issue where authentications could fail on devices that don't have the Secure Enclave.

Version 6.9.0.0 - June 12, 2024

• Fixed an issue that could cause an existing registration to become invalid and result in authentication failures.
• Fixed an issue where authentications could fail in certain network conditions.

Version 6.8.0.0 - June 4, 2024

• Improved logging when registering devices.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.7.0.0 - May 7, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.6.0.0 - April 2, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.5.0.0 - March 5, 2024

• Added collection of information related to the expiration of the application's certificate.

Version 6.4.0.0 - February 6, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.3.0.0 - January 9, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.2.0.0 - December 5, 2023

• Fixed an issue that would prevent the app from automatically launching after being updated or when logging in.
• Significantly improved the performance of certain security agent checks.

Version 6.0.0.0 - October 31, 2023

• Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.6.0.0 - October 19, 2023

• Fixed an issue that would cause the app to crash on macOS 10.15.
• This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.5.0.0 - October 10, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.4.0.0 - September 6, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.0.0 - August 1, 2023

• Added improvements to support script.
• Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.

Version 5.1.0.0 - July 5, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.0.0.0 - June 13, 2023

• Added support for Automatic Registration. Learn more about device registration.

Versions Before 5.0.0.0

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.

macOS Public Beta Releases

Version 7.0.1.0 - October 28, 2024

• Expanded language support in the app to include Indonesian, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Polish, Korean, Thai, Hindi, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

• Fixed an issue where Microsoft Defender for Endpoint would be detected despite missing a valid license key.

• Added detection for Qualys, Sophos Home, and Forcepoint ONE.

• The app can now properly detect whether it is running in a virtual machine on Macs with Apple silicon.

• The user experience for managing the app's communication certificate has been updated. On a fresh install, users will be presented with a new interface to generate a certificate after the installer exits. In addition, when the certificate is close to expiration, a message will be shown in the app to indicate renewal is required. Please note that admins who have disabled certificate management will be exempt from these changes.

Version 6.13.2.0 - October 14, 2024

• Fixed an issue where POST requests to the app started to fail in Safari 18. This could cause issues with the registration process or prevent Duo Passport from functioning properly.

Version 6.13.1.0 - October 1, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.12.2.0 - September 5, 2024

• Fixed an issue with firewall detection on macOS Sequoia when "block all" mode is enabled.

Version 6.12.1.0 - August 26, 2024

• Added translations to Duo Desktop authentication.
• Added support for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
• Fixed firewall detection on macOS Sequoia 15 Beta.

Version 6.11.1.0 - July 22, 2024

• Minor improvements and bugfixes.

Version 6.10.1.0 - June 25, 2024

• Minor improvements and bugfixes.

Version 6.7.1.0 - May 29, 2024

• Improved logging when registering devices.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.6.1.0 - April 30, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.5.3.0 - March 15, 2024

• Fixed an issue that could prevent authentications from completing in the traditional Duo Prompt.

Version 6.5.2.0 - March 14, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.4.1.0 - February 22, 2024

• Added collection of information related to the expiration of certificates.

Version 6.3.1.0 - January 23, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.2.1.0 - December 12, 2023

• Minor security enhancements.

Version 6.1.1.0 - November 16, 2023

• Fixed an issue that would prevent the app from automatically launching after being updated or when logging in.
• Significantly improved the performance of certain security agent checks.

Version 5.6.2.0 - October 26, 2023

• Fixed an issue that prevented the app from launching automatically on reboot.

Version 5.6.1.0 - October 23, 2023

• Fixed an issue that could cause authentications to fail due to a certificate loading error.
• This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.3.0 - September 28, 2023

• Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.2.0 - September 22, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.2.0 - August 21, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.2.1.0 - July 21, 2023

• Added improvements to support script.
• Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.

Version 5.0.1.0 - June 15, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Versions Before 5.0.1.0

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.

Duo Desktop for Windows 10 and 11

Version 7.0.0 - October 15, 2024

• Duo Desktop authentication is now generally available.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash if an incoming request was prematurely terminated.
• All temporary installer executables are now signed.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.13.0 - September 10, 2024

• Updated Intune device identifier detection to support new identifier location.
• Added translations to Duo Desktop authentication.
• Added additional logging if the app crashes.

Version 6.12.0 - August 6, 2024

• Adds support for Duo Desktop authentication.
• Improved the performance of health checks.

Version 6.11.0 - July 9, 2024

• Minor improvements and bugfixes.

Version 6.8.0 - June 4, 2024

• Fixed an issue preventing active security agents to be captured when running the support tool.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.7.0 - May 7, 2024

• Internal changes to support future compatibility with Windows Server.

Version 6.6.0 - April 2, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.5.0 - March 5, 2024

• Session Logouts are now reported when the application is closed.
• Added collection of information related to registration and health reporting performance.

Version 6.4.0 - February 6, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.3.0 - January 9, 2024

• Added option to allow the Intune ID search preference to be changed.

Version 6.2.0 - December 5, 2023

• Fixed an issue that would cause automatic updates to the app to get delayed if the system was in sleep or hibernate mode.

Version 6.1.0 - November 4, 2023

• Updating to this release enables the automatic launch setting for all users regardless of the previous state of the setting. This resolves an issue where the setting became disabled in Duo Desktop 6.0.0. Users who had previously disabled this setting and wish to keep it disabled will need to go into Duo Desktop's preferences and disable it again.

Version 6.0.0 - October 31, 2023

• Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.5.0 - October 10, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.
• This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.0 - September 6, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.0 - August 1, 2023

• Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.
• Fixed an issue that would cause a device to be identified as a virtual machine when certain Windows security features were enabled.

Version 5.2.0 - July 13, 2023

• Resolves an issue in version 5.2.0 (CVE-2023-20229 Cisco Security Advisory) where a vulnerability in the CryptoService function of the Duo Device Health Application for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to conduct directory traversal attacks and overwrite arbitrary files on an affected system.

Version 5.1.0 - July 5, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.0.0 - June 13, 2023

• Added support for Automatic Registration. Learn more about device registration.

Versions Before 5.0.0

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.

Windows Public Beta Releases

Version 7.0.1 - October 28, 2024

• Expanded language support in the app to include Indonesian, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Polish, Korean, Thai, Hindi, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

• Added detection for Qualys, Sophos Home, and Forcepoint ONE.

• Fixed an issue where Windows Defender's version was not being reported.

Version 6.13.1 - October 1, 2024

• Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash if an incoming request was prematurely terminated.
• All temporary installer executables are now signed.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.12.1 - August 26, 2024

• Added translations to Duo Desktop authentication.
• Added additional logging if the app crashes.

Version 6.11.1 - July 22, 2024

• Updated Intune device identifier detection to support new identifier location.
• Minor performance improvements.

Version 6.10.1 - June 25, 2024

• Minor improvements and bugfixes.

Version 6.7.1 - May 29, 2024

• Fixed an issue preventing active security agents to be captured when running the support tool.
• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.6.1 - April 30, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.5.3 - March 15, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.5.2 - March 14, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.4.1 - February 22, 2024

• Session Logouts are now reported when the application is closed.
• Added collection of information related to registration and health reporting performance.

Version 6.3.1 - January 23, 2024

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.2.1 - December 12, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 6.1.1 - November 16, 2023

• Fixed an issue that would cause automatic updates to the app to get delayed if the system was in sleep or hibernate mode.

Version 5.6.1 - October 23, 2023

• Fixed an issue that could cause health checks to fail when running inside certain virtual environments.
• Minor security enhancements.
• This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.3 - September 28, 2023

• Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.2 - September 22, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.2 - August 21, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.2.1 - July 21, 2023

• Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.

Version 5.0.1 - June 15, 2023

• Minor improvements and enhancements.

Versions Before 5.0.1

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.