
Data Platform Blog — pr_flexera (Flexera Software)
What’s New in This Release: 5.5.81
New Features and Enhancements:
- 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.
- Advanced Deduping Enhancements: Supports evidences discovered in nested paths and allows administrators to configure search patterns directly in the Admin Console.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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