What’s New in This Release: 5.5.81

New Features and Enhancements:

1. Windows Server 2025 Support: Added support for Windows Server 2025 in both Admin Console and User Console, ensuring the platform runs seamlessly on the latest operating systems for future-proof deployments.
2. Advanced Deduping Enhancements: Supports evidences discovered in nested paths and allows administrators to configure search patterns directly in the Admin Console. 
3. Excel Extractor moved to OpenXML: Excel Extractor now uses OpenXML instead of OLE DB, improving stability, memory handling, and performance when processing large or complex Excel files during normalization.
4. Faster User Console Service Operations: Startup and shutdown processes for the User Console Service have been optimized, reducing downtime during deployments, maintenance, and service restarts for a smoother user experience.
5. User Console Disconnection Alert: Provides proactive alerts when the User Console loses connectivity with the Admin Console, improving transparency and user experience by immediately informing users about connectivity issues.
6. Qualys Asset Import Performance Optimization: Introduces a new concurrent processing flow while maintaining backward compatibility with existing V2 API implementations. Processes multiple API requests in parallel within configured rate limits, maintains data integrity through proper synchronization mechanisms.
7. Configurable Session Limits: Administrators can now set limits on the number of concurrent logon sessions per user account, improving security and preventing misuse or denial-of-service scenarios.
8. Third-Party Component Upgrades: Key components have been updated to enhance performance, security, and compliance with modern standards.

• Apache Tomcat → 9.0.113
• PostgreSQL → 14.20
• OpenJDK → 1.8.0_472

Resolved Issues:

• Fixed issue where deletions in Mashup data sources were not reflected in User Console reports for Oracle environments.
• Reduced default session timeout to 30 minutes to improve security and minimize idle exposure.
• Updated jquery and related libraries to the latest versions to address security vulnerabilities.
• Resolved issue preventing newly added Viewer users from accessing previously shared public reports.
• Corrected regression that caused failures during the data publishing process.
• Eliminated error "Error retrieving metadata" during configuration or startup for User Console, ensuring smoother setup.
• Enhanced publish step performance for multi-inventory normalization, reducing processing time.
• Fixed missing DLL (HtmlAgilityPack.dll) issue that caused upgrade failures for long-time users.
• Ensured full catalog reset executes properly when initiated from Admin Console for accurate system refresh.

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