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New Features

• A new option was defined for the overwrite_rule configuration to allow the file to be skipped and not transferred when destination already has a file with the same name. [client-side][sync] [#4709]
• The bundled OpenSSL libraries in Windows, Generic Linux, and OS X, were updated to version 1.1.1d. [#5348]

Defect Fixes

• SFTPPlus can now successfully push large files over SFTP even if the remote SFTP server is not accepting large file chunks. This affected large file transfers to servers such as Microsoft's OpenSSH For Windows Server. [sftp][client-side] [#5367]

Deprecations and Removals

• Support for Debian Linux 9 on X86_64 was removed. Please use the generic Linux package on any Debian Linux version. [#5373]

You can check the full release notes here.

New Features

• You can now configure a redirection URL for any requests made to the Let's Encrypt resource HTTP service that do not match ACME validation requests. This can be used to combine the functionality of the HTTP to HTTPS redirection service with that of the Let's Encrypt client validator. [#5352-1]
• A new HTTP redirect service is available to help redirect HTTP requests to an HTTPS file transfer service. [server-side][http] [#5352]
• The FTP/FTPS client will ignore the IP address returned by the server's PASV command and will always use the same IP address for both the control and data channels. [client-side][ftp][ftps] [#5362]

Defect Fixes

• Let's Encrypt resource will now highlight in the Local Manager that a restart is required after changing the address and port configuration. [server-side] [#5352]
• When upgrading, the existing Windows service is no longer reset and the configured Windows service account is kept between installations. This defect was introduced in SFTPPlus 3.50.0. [windows] [#5358]

You can check the full release notes here.

New Features

• It is now possible to configure HTTP POST event handlers and HTTP authentication methods with multiple URLs which will act as a fallback. [#1788]
• You can now configure file transfers to ignore source files older than a certain time. [client-side] [#5081]
• SFTP and SCP protocols now support the hmac-sha2-512 MAC algorithm. [sftp][scp] [#5313-1]
• SFTP and SCP protocols now support diffie-hellman-group14-sha256, diffie-hellman-group15-sha512, diffie-hellman-group16-sha512, diffie-hellman-group18-sha512, and diffie-hellman-group18-sha512 key exchange algorithms as required by RFC-8268. [sftp][scp] [#5313]
• You can now configure a retention period for the archived files of a transfer. Older files from the archive folder will be automatically removed by SFTPPlus. [client-side] [#5314]
• The SFTPPlus globbing expressions now support defining multiple patterns in a logical disjunction expression OR using the vertical bar character |. [#5316]
• Remote SSH server's fingerprint can now also be defined as SHA1, SHA256, an SSH public key, or an X.509 SSL/TLS certificate. MD5 fingerprints are still supported. [client-side][sftp] [#5327-1]
• Alpine Linux 3.10 on X86_64 is now a supported platform. [#5282]
• The bundled OpenSSL libraries in Windows, Generic Linux, and OS X, were updated to version 1.1.1c. [#5286]

Defect Fixes

• The ignore_create_permissions configuration option will now also ignore setting attributes when a file is created. In previous versions, attributes were ignored only for folders. [server-side][sftp] [#1741]
• The HTTP CONNECT proxy now works with HTTP endpoints. In previous versions, it was only working with HTTPS endpoints. [#1788]
• Transfers with a WebDAV location as source no longer fail when the WebDAV server returns a "302 FOUND" response. The response is now ignored and considered a transient error. [client-side][webdav][sharepoint] [#5300], [#5309]
• File dispatcher event handler can now handle events with more than 2 associated paths. In previous versions, only the first and the last paths for an event were handled. [#5317-1]

Deprecations and Removals

• The ssh_server_fingerprint configuration option was replaced by a new ssh_server_identity option in new configurations. The ssh_server_fingerprint option is still accepted for backward compatibility with older configurations. [client-side][sftp] [#5327]
• Support for Alpine Linux 3.7 on X86_64 was removed. [#5282]
• Support for Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS on X86_64 was removed. Please try the generic Linux package if you still use this version of Ubuntu Linux. [#5312]

You can check the full release notes here.

New Features

• The embedded Let's Encrypt client now has the option to debug the HTTP ACME protocol. [#5287]
• It is now possible to install multiple SFTPPlus instances on the same Windows operating system, all operating and active at the same time. [#5291]

Defect Fixes

• The embedded Let's Encrypt client can now successfully request certificates. A defect was introduced in 3.48.0, which was preventing requesting new certificates. [lets-encrypt] [#5287]

You can check the full release notes here.