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Citrix Receiver Changelog

What's new in Citrix Receiver 12.9.1

Jun 1, 2018
  • A new security certificate was recently released to further enhance the security of Citrix Receiver. However, this certificate disables Receiver Auto-Update functionality. This release includes the Receiver Auto Update Tool to restore Receiver Auto-Update functionality.

New in Citrix Receiver 12.8.1 (Jan 26, 2018)

  • Maintenance release to address customer reported issues.

New in Citrix Receiver 12.8.0 (Jan 5, 2018)

  • MAJOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HDX 3D PRO EXPERIENCE:
  • Citrix Receiver for Mac is now on par with Citrix Receiver for Windows in terms of performance with HDX 3D Pro. The performance improvements are attributed to the changes in threading architecture, fine-tuning of the Thinwire graphics pipeline for heavy graphics workloads, especially for HDX 3D Pro, and CPU usage optimization. Improvements can be seen across all XenApp and XenDesktop sessions.
  • HDX INSIGHT IMPROVEMENT:
  • HDX Insight is the integration of NetScaler Network Inspector and Performance Manager with Director. It captures data about ICA traffic and provides a dashboard view of real time and historical details. This release incorporates an uncompressed HDX Insight virtual channel (NSAP) exclusively dedicated to sending data points. The NetScaler device between the server and the most recent version of Citrix Receiver for Windows or Mac extracts the data points. The device then forwards the data to the HDX Insight tool.
  • ENHANCEMENT TO ADAPTIVE TRANSPORT:
  • In earlier releases, when HDXoverUDP is set to Preferred, data transport over EDT is used when possible, with fallback to TCP.
  • Starting with this release and with session reliability enabled, EDT and TCP are attempted in parallel during initial connection, session reliability reconnection, and auto client reconnect. This enhancement reduces connection times when EDT is preferred but TCP needs to be used because the required underlying UDP transport is unavailable.
  • By default, after fallback to TCP, adaptive transport continues to seek EDT every 5 minutes.
  • KEYBOARD LAYOUT SYNCHRONIZATION:
  • Starting with this release, Citrix Receiver for Mac provides dynamic synchronization of the keyboard layout from the client to the VDA in a session. This enables users to switch among preferred keyboard layouts on the client device, providing a consistent user experience when, for example, switching the keyboard layout from English to Spanish. When users switch layouts, they briefly see a message while the synchronization is in progress. They can then continue working with the new keyboard layout.
  • ENHANCED CLIENT IME EXPERIENCE:
  • Starting with this release, Citrix Receiver for Mac provides a better user experience with regards to client IME input. This feature is dependent on the keyboard layout synchronization feature.
  • Using this feature, users can see two improvements in client IME input:
  • The candidate window with the list of composing characters always appears beside the insertion point rather than in the previous left-bottom corner location;
  • The composed characters shown in the VDA are marked so that users do not confuse them with the determined characters.
  • ENHANCEMENT TO SUPPORT MOUSE CURSOR MOVEMENT DURING SCREEN SHARING:
  • When launching applications like GoToMeeting or WebEx in an ICA seamless session, the presenter can now give control to the attendee and see the mouse cursor when the attendee is moving the mouse.

New in Citrix Receiver 12.7.0 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • FIXES:
  • Launching a VDA using a smart card might not work when using NetScaler. Citrix Viewer becomes unresponsive and must be restarted. [#RFMAC-445]
  • When logging on to XenApp Essentials and using two-factor authentication, the prompt for the security code might not appear. [#RFMAC-976]
  • The USB redirection config file might not be saved correctly when updating Citrix Receiver for Mac. [#RFMAC-981]
  • Published applications might not redirect internal URLs. [#RFMAC-982]
  • Citrix Viewer might become unresponsive. [#RFMAC-1050]
  • Using swipe gestures on a Mac running High Sierra might cause graphical glitches. [#RFMAC-1073]

New in Citrix Receiver 12.6.0 (Jun 28, 2017)

  • When sharing screens using WebEx, a black window might appear on the shared screen.
  • After screen sharing is stopped when using WebEx, the application might not appear in the foreground of the desktop.
  • On macOS Sierra, the Shift-Insert keystroke pair might not work.
  • After minimizing WebEx, the application might display incorrectly when attempting to view it again.
  • When launching an application with Citrix Receiver using Google Chrome, the “Starting Application…” window might not appear.
  • When running a virtual machine, XenDesktop sessions might appear as a black screen.
  • After an application has launched, the loading popup still appears. Clicking Cancel in the popup causes Citrix Receiver to exit unexpectedly.
  • When using server-to-client URL redirection, URLs containing a "one-time access token" may launch with the token already expired.
  • Apps and desktops might not launch when using Safari on macOS Sierra 10.12.6 public beta or macOS High Sierra Developer Preview builds.

New in Citrix Receiver 12.5.0 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • Fixes:
  • When using smart cards to log on to a Remote Desktop Client, occasionally a “No Certificates found on card” error appears.
  • Store detection fails when the server responds by using a non-UTF-8 response.
  • When starting a SAML application, an “Invalid Request” error might occur.
  • ReceiverHelper might exit unexpectedly. The issue occurs when CEIPRegistry.json contains an invalid JSON.
  • Launching a published application from Launchpad or Finder when logged out of Citrix Receiver fails and the following error message appears: “Cannot connect. Unable to communicate with Authentication Manager service.”

New in Citrix Receiver 12.4.0 (Jan 20, 2017)

  • New enlightened data transport (EDT) layer:
  • IT administrators can evaluate a new HDX data transport layer designed for challenging long-haul WAN and Internet connections. This alternative to TCP delivers a superior user experience while maintaining high server scalability and efficient use of bandwidth. This new transport layer above UDP improves data throughput for all ICA virtual channels including Thinwire display remoting, file transfer (Client Drive Mapping), printing, multimedia redirection and others.
  • Citrix Receiver for Mac reads the EDT settings as set in the default.ica file and applies it accordingly.
  • To disable EDT, run the following command in Terminal: defaults write com.citrix.receiver.nomas HDXOverUDPAllowed -bool NO

New in Citrix Receiver 12.3 (Sep 22, 2016)

  • What's new:
  • Support for macOS Sierra
  • Background applications alert
  • Configuring session reliability and auto client reconnect policy
  • Fixed issues:
  • If the Citrix Receiver for Mac is configured to use a proxy server, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connections can fail. [#640652]

New in Citrix Receiver 12.2 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • WHAT'S NEW, FIXED OR UPDATED:
  • Generic USB redirection
  • Session reliability and auto client reconnect enhancements
  • Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
  • Support improvements:
  • Always-on logging
  • Improved diagnostic gathering during session crashes
  • Security enhancements:
  • Improved security configuration user interface
  • Native OS X API support for smartcard authentication to NetScaler
  • TLS connections

New in Citrix Receiver 12.1.100 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • What's new, fixed or updated:
  • Resolved an issue where a session would crash when launching an app or desktop whose name started with an '@' character. [LC4296]
  • Fixed a problem where IPV6 connections to NetScaler Gateway would fail. [LC4512]
  • Resolved a problem when a Receiver for Mac session failed when connecting through a Cisco ASA 9.32 SSL VPN. [LC3887]
  • Fixed an issue where sessions would disconnect resulting in an error message indicating that "The remote SSL peer sent a bad MAC Alert." [LC4367]
  • Fixed an issue where attempting to enter a single Japanese or Simplified Chinese character would result in no character being displayed in the session desktop. [603635]

New in Citrix Receiver 12.1.0 (Jan 3, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • El Capitan support for split screen
  • Smart card authentication to NetScaler Gateway:
  • This feature enables Citrix Receiver to access apps and desktops through NetScaler Gateway using smart card authentication. See Requirements for smart card authentication (http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/receiver/mac/12/mac-config-smartcard-authentication.html) for more information about this feature.
  • Auto-client reconnect and session reliability improvements:
  • This improvements enable better interoperability with CloudBridge and NetScaler Gateway. A session can reconnect using auto-client reconnect and session reliability regardless of the connection path. The specific improvements for this release are as follows:
  • Improved connection messages tells your users that the state of their connection and informs them of when they've lost a connection and what do to.
  • A countdown timer (in minutes/seconds) now illustrates how long before a session times out. A session is terminated when the countdown timer expires. By default, the timeout value is set to 2 minutes. You can change the default value in the TransportReconnectMaxRetrySeconds ICA file setting.

New in Citrix Receiver 11.9.15 (May 5, 2015)

  • Support for Transport Layer Security (TLS). Receiver for Mac now supports TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 protocols, in addition to TLS 1.0. When enabled, TLS provides secure communication between the server and client.

New in Citrix Receiver 11.8.2 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • Gatekeeper settings don't prevent you from uninstalling Receiver.
  • Sessions no longer become unresponsive when a font fails to load.
  • The desktop toolbar Home button can now show the desktop image, if it's available.
  • Displaying tooltips no longer changes the order of stacked windows on your desktop.
  • Sessions no longer become unresponsive after opening a folder with a large number of similarly named subfolders.

New in Citrix Receiver 11.8.0 (Jul 4, 2013)

  • XenDesktop 7 support - Receiver supports the many enhancements provided by XenDesktop 7 including support for IPv6 connections. No configuration of this feature is required.
  • Desktop restart - Users can restart virtual desktops in Citrix StoreFront if they stall or become corrupted. You configure this feature in XenDesktop.
  • H.264 decoding - HDX 3D Pro graphics from XenDesktop 7 servers can be displayed. This provides better performance of rich and professional graphics applications on WANs and in public clouds. No configuration of this feature is required.
  • HDX Insight support - HDX Insight is the integration of EdgeSight network analysis and EdgeSight performance management with Director. With this support now in Receiver, XenDesktop administrators can check performance metrics related to the health of this component. No configuration of this feature is required.
  • Windows shortcuts - Support for Windows logo key shortcuts is built into the Keyboard menu. This allows Mac users to send Windows shortcuts to their remote desktops and applications.
  • StoreFront 2.0 support – Receiver supports the many enhancements provided by StoreFront 2.0 including support for IPv6 connections.

New in Citrix Receiver 11.7.2 (May 27, 2013)

  • Fixes an issue where Receiver fails to install if the users home directory is on an external drive. [#368281]
  • Fixes an issue where Receiver either takes a long time to reconnect or fails to reconnect to a session when Session Reliability is enabled. [#365034]
  • Fixes an issue where Receiver attempts to reconnect to a disconnected session until the user manually cancels the process. This issue occurs because Receiver fails to honor the number of retries specified in the Auto Client Reconnect policy setting on the server. [#365170]
  • Fixes an issue where Receiver fails to remove the /Users//Library/Application Support/ShareFile directory, causing data synchronization to fail when Receiver is reinstalled. [#357886]
  • Fixes an issue where the desktop tool bar appears underneath the Apple menu bar when reconnecting to a desktop. [#365029]
  • Fixes an issue where users are unable to copy and paste graph data between a published version of Excel and either a local version of Excel or another published version of Excel running on a different server. [#353161]
  • Fixes an issue where Receiver tries to run the initial configuration wizard, in error, when users attempt to configure their account by clicking on a URL created using the Setup URL Generator. [#360195]
  • Fixes an issue where Receiver quits unexpectedly if the Computer Name: field in Sharing preferences is blank. [#363545]
  • Fixes an issue where an error message is displayed if a user closes the logon dialog when launching applications or desktops. [#363616]
  • Fixes an issue where Receiver stops responding when a user enters a server URL during initial configuration if certain properties, such as Common Name, are not present in the server certificate. [#360195]
  • Fixes an issue where the user-agent string, required by NetScaler, is not set correctly during initial Receiver configuration. [#364574]

New in Citrix Receiver 11.7 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • Single authentication to the Access Gateway:
  • Use of a single session for both VPN and clientless access so that a Receiver user logs on once for both types of access and consumes only one license.
  • Automatic routing of ICA traffic through the Access Gateway ICA proxy for optimal user experience.
  • Automatic start-up of a VPN tunnel when a user logs on. This feature requires that you disable the Single Sign-On with Windows setting on the Access Gateway.
  • Improved logon and logoff operations:
  • Users are prompted to log on to Receiver only when a logon is required. Actions that require a log on include starting an app from Receiver or the Finder, using the Refresh Apps command, viewing or searching for apps, or adding an account. A user is logged on only to the account associated with the requested resource.
  • Users remain logged on until choosing to log off or exit Receiver, roam from the internal network to an external network, or delete passwords.
  • A VPN tunnel is established only if needed. Internal users are logged on to StoreFront.
  • Usability improvements, including:
  • The Request button is removed. Users can now simply click to add an app and, if a request for permission to add the app is required, a dialog box appears.
  • Error messages are clearer.
  • All Receiver User interface (UI) images are retina display compliant.
  • Upgraded FIPS support. Receiver supports certificates with a public key of 2,048-bit RSA and a SHA256 signature hash algorithm.
  • Support for ShareFile StorageZones. Receiver provides support for ShareFile StorageZones. StorageZones enable you to optimize ShareFile performance by locating data storage close to users and also allow you to control storage for compliance purposes. For more information about StorageZones, see the Sharefile documentation in eDocs.

New in Citrix Receiver 11.5 (May 28, 2012)

  • New features and enhancements:
  • CloudGateway Express Interoperability. Enables existing XenApp and XenDesktop customers to deliver all their Windows apps and desktops to any device using a unified StoreFront with self-service.
  • CloudGateway Enterprise Interoperability. Enables enterprises to aggregate, control, and deliver all of their Windows, web and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to any user on any device.
  • Pass-through authentication to AppController. When used with Receiver Storefront 1.1, once logged on to Citrix Receiver, users can access Web and SaaS applications through AppController without needing to authenticate again. No Receiver-specific administration is needed to use pass-through authentication support.
  • Flexible installation methods. You can install Receiver for Mac from Receiver for Web and Web Interface or you can use Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) tools like Casper Suite.
  • Self-service. Citrix Receiver displays all the resources that you make available to users. Users can browse the list or search for the resources they require and subscribe with a single click. Enabled using one-click configuration and CloudGateway.
  • One-click configuration. Opening a service record after installing Citrix Receiver activates self-service access to CloudGateway-published resources. You can publish a service record on a web site or email it to multiple users.
  • Auto-provisioned applications. Receiver automatically adds administrator-designated applications when users first authenticate. Requires CloudGateway StoreFront.
  • Receiver for all devices. User experience is consistent across Receiver platforms and devices.
  • Follow-me subscriptions. Users' selected applications follow them across devices. Requires CloudGateway StoreFront.
  • Workspace control. Provides users with the ability to roam. They can disconnect quickly from all running applications and desktops and reconnect to them. Workspace control enables users to move between user devices and gain access to all of their desktops or open applications when they log on.
  • Fixed:
  • Graphics in a shadowed session are corrupted when initiating shadowing from a published Access Management Console. [#0048222]
  • UTF8 characters in filenames are missing or displayed incorrectly when viewed using client drive mapping. [# 0008606, # 0010954, # 0035966]
  • When session reliability is disabled, sessions take a long period of time (up to 9 minutes) to timeout if the network connection is lost. [# 0031797]
  • Sessions disconnect and reconnect intermittently when session reliability is enabled. [#0027128]
  • Printing fails due to a printer driver crash. [#0298902]

New in Citrix Receiver 11.4.3 (Apr 10, 2012)

  • Store Configuration:
  • If you configure both internal and external URLs for a single store, and the internal URL is unavailable when a user tries to connect, Receiver displays an “Unable to connect error message” instead of attempting to connect using the external URL.
  • Application and Desktop Launch:
  • When launching a desktop at a percentage of full screen size, the window is reduced by the percentage configured, not opened at that percentage.
  • When launching applications and desktops from a Web browser, those applications and desktops often appear behind the original browser window.
  • When launching an application in seamless mode and making that application full-screen, part of the application window appears underneath the Menu bar and Dock.
  • Printing:
  • If you configure the Auto-create client printers policy setting to create only the default client printer, automatically, no client printers are created.
  • If you configure the Auto-create client printers policy setting to create all client printers on the user device, automatically, none of those printers is set as the default client printer