File Agent Release Notes
Overview Copied
This page provides information about the latest File Agent release, including new features and resolved issues.
For a detailed overview of the Geneos 7.x.x release, including key highlights for other components, see Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
File Agent 7.4.2 Copied
Released: 26 June 2025
This release updates the File Agent to version 7.4.2. It contains the new features and bug fixes previously introduced in withdrawn Geneos release versions 7.4.0 and 7.4.1.
Issues fixed Copied
These are the issues we have fixed in this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12651 | Reverted the Boost C++ Libraries from version 1.88.0 to version 1.70.0 due to an observed increase in memory consumption. |
File Agent 7.4.0 Copied
Release Withdrawn
Geneos versions 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 have been withdrawn and are no longer available for download due to a discovered memory leak.
We recommend upgrading to Geneos version 7.4.2. For more information on the components packaged with this release, refer to the Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
Released: 29 May 2025
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12554 | Updated the Boost C++ Libraries to version 1.88.0 to address the security vulnerability CVE-2016-9840 (BDSA-2016-1107). |
File Agent 7.3.1 Copied
Released: 24 April 2025
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| UTL-1285 | OpenSSL in Geneos is now upgraded from version 1.1.1w to version 3.4.1, applicable to aix_64, darwin_64, linux_64 [generic], and windows_64 systems. For generic Linux systems, the Kerberos implementation has been transitioned from Heimdal Kerberos to MIT Kerberos. |
File Agent 7.2.0 Copied
Released: 30 January 2025
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
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| COL-12312 | Fix Analyser 2 has been validated with AArch64 architecture. For a complete list of supported Netprobe plugins, see Geneos Compatibilities. |
| COL-12422 | The Linux OS tag has been added to ARM deliverable filenames. The file extension for 64-bit Linux executables has been changed from arm_64 to linux_64, regardless of the underlying architecture. This change affects the following components:
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