Secure Endpoint release notes - Version 8.0 hotfixes

In addition to monthly security updates, this topic describes the software changes included in all hotfixes since the release of Absolute 8.0.

To view the software changes that apply to the Secure Endpoint Agent, see the Secure Endpoint Agent release notes - Version 8.0 hotfixes.

Depending on the Absolute product licenses associated with your account, some of the following features, enhancements, and fixes may not be available to you.

March 2024 improvements and fixes

Feature/Area	Details
Anti-Malware	Previously, if duplicate records for a particular anti-malware product, such as Sophos Intercept X, were detected on a device, the agent failed to report that any anti-malware product was installed. This issue is now fixed.
End User Messaging	The warning that shows when a user clicks a URL link in an end user message has been updated. The message text now reads: You are about to open the link in a default browser. Click OK to proceed.
Factory activated devices	For new factory activated devices, the Hardware last updated report column now shows the date and time when each device’s basic hardware information was first added to the console.
File Delete	A File Delete request may have not progressed beyond the Processing status, and you couldn’t cancel the request in Action History. This issue is now fixed.
Licensing	Previously, the orange banner that shows the count of unlicensed devices included devices with an Active, Inactive, or Disabled agent status. To ensure that this count matches the number of devices shown in the Unlicensed Policy Group (License management version 1) and the Unlicensed devices report (License management version 2), the banner now only shows devices with an Active agent status.
Policy groups (version 2)	Previously, selecting all devices on the following console pages and then clicking Change policy group may have caused all devices in your account to be moved to the new policy group, not just the selected devices: History > Actions page Applications page Device Freeze Status report To fix this issue, the Change policy group action has been temporarily removed from those pages. It will be added back in a future release.

February 2024 improvements and fixes

Feature/Area	Details
Absolute APIs	The RSVP resource has been added to the version 3 API Learn more The following parameters have been added to the GET /reporting/devices-advanced and GET /reporting/devices endpoints: `rsvpStatus`: An object containing information about the supervisor password status on the device `rsvpStatus.isStrongPasswordRequired`: Whether a strong password is required when you set the supervisor password `rsvpStatus.isSupported`: Whether managing the supervisor password is supported on the device `rsvpStatus.status`: The status of the supervisor password on the device `rsvpStatus.version`: The version of the supervisor password on the device
Dashboard	If all Absolute Control licenses are in use, assigning the Reset Supervisor Password license to a policy group no longer causes the Manage Supervisor Password Dashboard to replace the existing Dashboard.
Firmware Freeze	On the Freeze dialog, additional helper text has been added under the Freeze at Firmware checkbox. Click firmware requirements to open a Knowledge Base article that lists all eligible makes and models.
Report and device group filters	Following the release of Absolute 8.0, you were unable to filter device reports and device groups by the Chassis Type field. This issue is now fixed.

January 2024 improvements and fixes

Feature/Area	Details
Absolute APIs	The following parameter has been added to the GET /reporting/devices-advanced and GET /reporting/devices endpoints: `rnrIvantiSAC`: An object containing information about the Application Resilience policy for Ivanti Secure Access Client
Application Resilience	Application Resilience policies, which collect information about the functional status of third-party applications installed on your Windows devices, now support Ivanti Secure Access Client. Learn more
Applications	When viewing the device list for an application in the Applications area, policy group names now display correctly in the dialog that opens when you click a device’s row. Note that this issue only affected accounts with Absolute Resilience licenses. The Applications feature now uses an updated method to normalize The process employed by Absolute to provide more accurate reporting of the applications installed on your devices. Specifically, publisher names are normalized to make them consistent across applications, and application names are normalized to make them consistent across versions. application names and publishers. In some cases, the values that you see in reports, or in the public API, may have changed slightly. Note that custom reports that use an application filter have also been updated, so you should review these reports to ensure that the results still reflect the original intent of the report.
Chromebook support	Previously, a pop-up appeared when geolocation data was collected. If your Chromebook devices are running ChromeOS 109 or higher, the pop-up no longer appears. If your devices are running ChromeOS version 88 to 108, the pop-up still appears when geolocation data is collected. Previously, when an unfreeze code was used to unfreeze a device while the device was offline, the Secure Endpoint Console did not show the updated Freeze status when the device came back online. This issue is now fixed. The 8.0 release introduced new local and public IPv6 fields in preparation for communications over IPv6. These fields contained no data. Now, the local IPv6 fields may be populated depending on your network configuration.
Dashboard	The Application Resilience and Repairs and Reinstalls widgets have been improved to reduce loading time. Although this change reduces the chance of being unable to load the widgets, a timeout may still occur if there is a large amount of data to load.
Device Details	After submitting a device action from a device’s Device Details page, the following error may have occurred when you clicked the X icon to close the Device Details page: 404 Resource not found This issue is now fixed.
Device groups	When adding filters to a smart group, or searching for devices to add to a static group, the Agent status is Active filter is now applied by default. When viewing the list of devices in a smart group, the OS > Name column showed No data for all devices. This issue is now fixed.
Firmware Freeze (New!)	On-demand Freeze requests now include a new option, Freeze at Firmware, which freezes a device at both the OS level and the firmware level. This option offers an additional layer of protection by ensuring bad actors can't circumvent a Freeze by re-imaging the device or booting into an alternate virtual machine. Learn more Firmware frozen devices can't connect to the internet. To unfreeze a device that is frozen by a Firmware Freeze, you must enter the device's unfreeze code A 4 to 8 digit passcode that a user can enter on a frozen device to unfreeze it. locally. Remove Freeze requests are not supported.
Freeze	To unfreeze a Windows device using its unfreeze code: You no longer need to press ESC before entering the unfreeze code. If your keyboard has a numeric pad, you can now use it to enter the unfreeze code. After entering the unfreeze code, you now need to press Enter to submit it. Learn more You can no longer remotely connect to a frozen Mac device using SSH. On Windows ARM-based devices, the Freeze message was not displayed correctly and you couldn’t unfreeze the device using its unfreeze code. This issue is now fixed on Windows 11 devices on ARM64. All other versions are not supported.
Full agent installer	Additional security improvements have been added to the full agent installer for Windows to ensure that the installer is tamper-proof.
Manage Supervisor Password (New!)	You can now submit a request to remotely create, change, or remove the supervisor password on the firmware of supported Lenovo devices. Learn more For the list of Lenovo Thinkpad models that support this feature, go to https://community.absolute.com/s/article/Remote-Supervisor-Password. Depending on the Absolute licenses assigned to your account, this feature may not be available.
Navigation	After navigating between pages in the console using the navigation bar, clicking your browser’s Back button may cause the following error, in some rare cases: 404 Resource not found This issue is now fixed.
OS support	The Secure Endpoint Agent is now supported on devices running the Windows 11 SE operating system. Note that due to restrictions imposed on this operating system by Microsoft, the following features are not supported: Application Resilience: applications that require PowerShell for health checks Custom Data: data points that use PowerShell scripts Reach Scripts: all PowerShell scripts
Reports	Following the release of Absolute 8.0, the Local IPv6 address and Public IPv6 address columns were automatically added to an exported report if the Local IP address and Public IP address columns were included. Now, the Local IPv6 address and Public IPv6 address columns only appear if they have been explicitly added to the report.
Web Usage	Web usage information is now successfully detected on a Windows device when the Chrome browser is installed in the C:\Users directory instead of the C:\Program Files (x86) directory.

December 2023 improvements and fixes

Feature/Area	Details
Applications	If you had recently downgraded your license from Absolute Resilience to Absolute Control or Absolute Visibility, a runtime error may have occurred when you tried to view an application's device list on the Applications page. This issue is now fixed.
Authentication	Following the release of Absolute 8.0, some users were unable to log in to the Secure Endpoint Console. This issue is now fixed.
Exporting reports	Following the release of Absolute 8.0, if you filtered the History > Events page by an event property and then exported the report, the report may not have contained any data. This issue is now fixed.