Windscribe 2.0 desktop client for Windows, Mac and Linux

Last update: Jan 3, 2023

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Overview

Windscribe 2.0 Desktop Application

This repo contains the complete source code for the Windscribe 2.0 app. This includes installer, service/helper, backend process and GUI. Please note that this is a work-in-progress, your mileage may vary.

Windows

Prerequisites

Windows 10.
Recommended 120+ GB of storage.
Install git (https://git-scm.com/downloads). When installing Git, you can stick with all the default options presented to you by the installer.
Clone the repository.
Visual Studio Community 2017 (run install_vs.bat with admin rights from /common/prepare_build_environment/windows).
Python 2.7x (run install_python.bat with admin rights from common/prepare_build_environment/windows).
Active Perl (install from https://www.activestate.com/products/perl/downloads/ or execute this code snippet).
- powershell -Command "& $([scriptblock]::Create((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://platform.activestate.com/dl/cli/w20598w01/install.ps1'))) -activate-default ActiveState/Perl-5.32"
- Alternately, you can install Strawberry Perl from https://strawberryperl.com/
CMake (run install_cmake.bat from common/prepare_build_environment/windows).
CppCheck (run install_cppcheck.bat with admin rights from common/prepare_build_environment/windows).
Verify the following entries are in your System PATH environment variable. If they are not, add them to the System PATH environment variable. Reboot.
- C:\Python27
- C:\Python27\Scripts
- C:\Perl64\site\bin (or equivalent Strawberry Perl site\bin folder)
- C:\Perl64\bin (or equivalent Strawberry Perl bin folder)
- C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
- C:\Program Files\Cppcheck

Install build script dependencies

On Windows 10, you will have to go to 'Manage App Execution Aliases' in System Settings and disable app installer for python.exe and python3.exe
python tools/bin/get-pip.py
python -m pip install -r tools/requirements.txt

Install signing certificate

Copy your PFX code signing file to installer/windows/signing/code_signing.pfx.
Edit tools/build_all.yml and enter the password for your PFX file in the password_cert field of the windows_signing_cert section.
Note that the application will still build and run without these signatures, but using the VPN without signatures will require a debug build.

Build libraries

Go to subfolder tools/deps and run the following scripts in order. Libraries will be placed in build-libs.

install_jom
install_openssl
install_qt
install_cares
install_zlib
install_curl
install_boost
install_lzo
install_openvpn
install_wireguard
install_stunnel
install_protobuf

Notes

Some libraries depends on others. Jom is installed first and speeds up further builds. Almost all of the libraries depends on openssl. Openvpn depends on LZO. Curl depends on openssl and zlib.
If you notice install or build scripts fail for seemingly no reason, try running each script from a fresh shell instance (CMD or gitbash). It appears to have something to do with a character limit on PATH or ENV variables.

Build the Windscribe 2.0 app

Go to subfolder tools and run 'build_all'. Assuming all goes well with the build, the installer will be placed in build-exe. You can run 'build_all debug' for an unsigned build. Note that an unsigned build is required to connect the VPN when building without code signing.

Mac

Prerequisites

MacOS Catalina or MacOS Big Sur (We recommend building/developing only on a native machine. VM setups are not well tested)
Recommended 120 GB of storage (Need to take a closer look at this number, we may be able to get away with as little as 80GB)
Install brew (brew.sh)
- /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Install Xcode 11.3.1 if using MacOS Catalina, or Xcode 11.7 if using Big Sur
- Note: these downloads will require successful AppleID login:
- https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_11.7/Xcode_11.7.xip
- https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_11.3.1/Xcode_11.3.1.xip
- The brew install step above will have installed the Xcode command-line tools. Make sure to run Xcode after installing it, and set the Command Line Tools in Preferences->Locations to the version of Xcode you installed.
git (https://git-scm.com/downloads). This step is optional, as git is bundled with Xcode.
- brew install git
Clone the repository.
Install Auto-Tools and 7-Zip (See below "Install Auto-Tools")
Install Wireguard build tools (brew install go)
Install CppCheck (brew install cppcheck)
Install dropDMG from: https://c-command.com/dropdmg/
- Create symlink for dropdmg
  - ln -s /Applications/DropDMG.app/Contents/Frameworks/DropDMGFramework.framework/Versions/A/dropdmg /usr/local/bin/dropdmg
- Run the DropDMG app and accept the update command-line tools prompt
- Disable auto-update
- Enable "Quit when done" in Preferences->Advanced
- Copy desktop-v2/common/prepare_build_environment/mac/DropDMG/Configurations and Layouts into ~HOME/Library/Application Support/DropDMG/Configurations and Layouts
Install cmake (3.20.1 last tested) from: https://cmake.org/download/
Install python deps:
- python tools/bin/get-pip.py
- python -m pip install -r tools/requirements.txt

Set up code signing for release builds

Install your Developer ID signing certificate in the Keychain.
TBD...

Build Dependencies

Open a terminal in desktop-v2/tools/deps:
Run install_openssl
Run install_qt
Run install_cares
Run install_boost
Run install_curl
Run install_lzo
Run install_openvpn
Run install_wireguard
Run install_stunnel
Run install_protobuf
Run install_gtest

Notes on building libraries:

- Some libraries depends on others. Almost all of the libraries depends on openssl. Openvpn depends on LZO.
- The install scripts put the dependencies in desktop-v2/build-libs.

Build the Windscribe 2.0 app

Open a terminal in desktop-v2/tools and run './build_all' for a signed build, or './build_all debug' for an unsigned build. Please note that a signed build requires you to have completed the 'Set up code signing' section above. Assuming all goes well with the build, the installer will be placed in desktop-v2/build-exe.

Install Auto-Tools and 7-Zip (via HomeBrew):

- brew install libtool
- brew install automake
- brew install p7zip

Linux

Prerequisites

Build process tested on Ubuntu 16.04 (gcc 5.4.0) and Ubuntu 20.04/ZorinOS 16 (gcc 9.3.0).

Install build tools:
- sudo apt install build-essential
Install git:
- sudo apt install git
Install curl binary (for downloading archives):
- sudo apt install curl
Install patchelf (for fixing rpaths during packaging):
- sudo apt install patchelf
Install fpm (for making an .rpm package):
- sudo apt-get install ruby-dev build-essential rpm && sudo gem i fpm -f
Install libpam (required for building openvpn):
- sudo apt-get install libpam0g-dev
Install golang (required for building wireguard):
- sudo apt-get install golang-go
Install autoconf (required for building protobuf):
- sudo apt-get install autoconf
Install libtool (required for building protobuf):
- sudo apt-get install libtool
Install cmake (required for building gtests):
- sudo apt-get install cmake
Install fakeroot:
- sudo apt-get install fakeroot
Install Qt platform plugin dependencies (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/linux-requirements.html#platform-plugin-dependencies):
- sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxi-dev libxrender-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-sync0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev
Clone the repository.
Install python2 (and build-system dependencies):
- sudo apt install python2
- NOTE: the following symlink will affect any pre-existing python-calling code that relies on python3
- sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python
- python tools/bin/get-pip.py
- python -m pip install -r tools/requirements.txt

Build Dependencies

Open a terminal in desktop-v2/tools/deps:
Run install_openssl
Run install_qt
Run install_cares
Run install_boost
Run install_curl
Run install_lzo
Run install_openvpn
Run install_wireguard
Run install_stunnel
Run install_protobuf
Run install_gtest

Build the Windscribe 2.0 app

Open a terminal in desktop-v2/tools and run './build_all --no-sign'. Assuming all goes well with the build, the installer will be placed in desktop-v2/build-exe.

The application installs to /usr/local/windscribe. You will find the logs in ~/.local/share/Windscribe/Windscribe2.

Comments

Close to tray feature request

Hi there.

The Windscribe app on Ubuntu doesn't have a "Close to tray" feature, so you have to keep the window opened and if you try to close it, the process will end and it won't continue in the background. Can you add it to the program?

Thank you for developing this app.

opened by PS-Professional 20
Fix minimize bug on ubuntu

Hi dear windscribe developers thanks for new gui app for linux

this app has a bug and that is that we can't minimize this app to system tray. it should always be open and when we want to just close the app, it ask us if we want to close windscribe and then it completely quit and stopped the app. we have a similar "start minimized" section in settings but I don't know what is it!

It was great if when we click on close arrow in the app, it just minimized the app to tray and if we want to quit the app we do it by right click on tray icon and press "Exit"

best regards

opened by par3ae 10
Windscribe stops and disables firewalld

Why does Windscribe stop and disable the firewalld during installation?

I'm running Fedora 36 KDE. According to Fedora docs considering the benefits of firewalld, I don't think Windscribe completly nuking it is a good thing.

I have had connection problems (the exclamation mark saying "limited connectivity") after installing the Windscribe rpm and I couldn't connect to internet without enabling Windscribe first.

Since then I've manually enabled firewalld again and everything has been okay, and Windscribe does still work (surprisingly).

So it is really necessary to stop and disable firewalld?

I think this issues might be related as well: https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/issues/2 https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/issues/56

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windscribe/comments/k0s4r8/windscribe_ruins_opensuse_install/

opened by MasterKia 7

GUI broken on wayland

On wayland the GUI has is quite unusable, some buttons do not work (eg close, minimize), parts of the gui freeze, very difficult to drag the window.

Investigating I have noticed that on my system it uses xwayland.

So I tried launching it with QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland, it shows:

QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland /opt/windscribe/Windscribe
[{gmt_time}      0.000] [qt.qpa.plugin]	Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
[{gmt_time}      0.000] [default]	This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: xcb.

zsh: IOT instruction (core dumped)  QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland /opt/windscribe/Windscribe

Other QT apps like dolphin work fine for me and natively under wayland.

opened by Nuc1eoN 7

annoying pop-up failing update message that shows up anytime app is started

How to disable this message ? Couldn't find any useful option in the settings dialogs.

"Windscribe could not check for update due to an invalid platform config. You may want to try manually updating your installation."

Thanks/

opened by tdeseez 6
[Request] Official build for Opensuse

There is literally no official VPN app for Opensuse apart from NordVPN, yikes!

Opensuse has been around as long as Ubuntu and us users have to go by using openvpn from every other major VPN provider.

Its also supports .rpm builds. So, please build an official app for Opensuse, if its only for the Tumbleweed version its good enough!

opened by mystic-githuber 6

This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. on Ubuntu

trying to run the linux version windscribe_2.5.11_amd64.deb on Ubuntu Budgie 22.04 but its having a problem with Qt

y@budgie-vbox:~$ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland /usr/local/windscribe/Windscribe
[{gmt_time}      0.003] []	 Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory)
[{gmt_time}      0.031] [qt.qpa.plugin]	 Could not load the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in "" even though it was found.
[{gmt_time}      0.032] [default]	 This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: wayland-egl, wayland, xcb.

Aborted (core dumped)

reinstalling doesn't help. anything I can do ?

opened by katchy3132 5

.rpm package: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.

Hi there,

I installed windscribe_2.5.12_x86_64.rpm from the website on a Fedora-37-Xfce-x86_64 machine and tried to run the GUI app. but encountered some errors and ended up fixing it by installing the missing shared libraries.

here is my walk-through:

first i tried to run the GUI app executable

/usr/local/windscribe/Windscribe

returned this error

[{gmt_time}      0.002] [qt.qpa.plugin]	 Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
[{gmt_time}      0.002] [default]	 This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: wayland-egl, wayland, xcb.

Aborted (core dumped)

then i did some research and ran it again with `QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1`

export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
/usr/local/windscribe/Windscribe

and got this error

[{gmt_time}      0.000] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 checking directory path "/usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms" ...
[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 looking at "/usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-egl.so"
[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.loader]	 Found metadata in lib /usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-egl.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "wayland-egl"
        ]
    },
    "archlevel": 1,
    "className": "QWaylandEglPlatformIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 393984
}


[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 Got keys from plugin meta data QList("wayland-egl")
[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 looking at "/usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-generic.so"
[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.loader]	 Found metadata in lib /usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqwayland-generic.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "wayland"
        ]
    },
    "archlevel": 1,
    "className": "QWaylandIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 393984
}


[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 Got keys from plugin meta data QList("wayland")
[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 looking at "/usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so"
[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.loader]	 Found metadata in lib /usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so, metadata=
{
    "IID": "org.qt-project.Qt.QPA.QPlatformIntegrationFactoryInterface.5.3",
    "MetaData": {
        "Keys": [
            "xcb"
        ]
    },
    "archlevel": 1,
    "className": "QXcbIntegrationPlugin",
    "debug": false,
    "version": 393984
}


[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 Got keys from plugin meta data QList("xcb")
[{gmt_time}      0.001] [qt.core.plugin.factoryloader]	 checking directory path "/usr/local/windscribe/platforms" ...
[{gmt_time}      0.002] [qt.core.library]	 "/usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so" cannot load: Cannot load library /usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so: (libxkbcommon-x11.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[{gmt_time}      0.002] [qt.core.plugin.loader]	 QLibraryPrivate::loadPlugin failed on "/usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so" : "Cannot load library /usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so: (libxkbcommon-x11.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)"
[{gmt_time}      0.002] [qt.qpa.plugin]	 Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
[{gmt_time}      0.002] [default]	 This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: wayland-egl, wayland, xcb.

Aborted (core dumped)

located libqxcb.so

locate libqxcb.so

and found

/usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so

then i looked for missing dependencies

ldd /usr/local/windscribe/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so | grep "not found"

and found this list

libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 => not found
libxcb-icccm.so.4 => not found
libxcb-image.so.0 => not found
libxcb-keysyms.so.1 => not found
libxcb-render-util.so.0 => not found
libxcb-icccm.so.4 => not found
libxcb-image.so.0 => not found
libxcb-keysyms.so.1 => not found
libxcb-render-util.so.0 => not found
libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 => not found

finally installed the libraries and the GUI app started working perfectly

sudo dnf install libxkbcommon-x11 xcb-util-cursor xcb-util-wm xcb-util-keysyms xcb-util-image

opened by sepsh 4

Please add a silent switch to the uninstaller.exe executable file.
Currently, when you launch the uninstaller from the command line, there is no way to prevent the ugly GUI from showing on the screen. The install.exe file for Windscribe already has a silent switch, which is, -silent. But the uninstall.exe file does not. Will the developers eventually add a silent switch to the uninstall.exe file?

The reason I am asking for this is because I am currently creating an app manifest (that installs WindscribeVPN) for the Scoop package manager. I want the install, and uninstall process to be completely silent. Or else it will ruin the user experience for anyone else who tries to use my app manifest to install WindscribeVPN.

This is the command I used:

Start-Process "C:\Users\krist\scoop\apps\windscribevpn-np\2.4.11\Windscribe\uninstall.exe" -WindowStyle 'Hidden' -Verb 'RunAs' -ArgumentList '/SILENT' -Wait

This is the result of that command:
opened by Zliced13 4

windscribe-cli: wrong library location

on macOS, windscribe-cli won't start (both for v2.3.16 DMG from the website and v2.4.1 from GithHub) because the directory for the protobuf library is wrong.

 % otool -L windscribe-cli
windscribe-cli:
	/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit (compatibility version 45.0.0, current version 1894.60.100)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation (compatibility version 150.0.0, current version 1677.104.0)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1069.24.0)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 59306.140.5)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework/Versions/A/SystemConfiguration (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1061.141.1)
	/Users/aaa/Documents/client-desktop/build-libs/protobuf/lib/libprotobuf.28.dylib (compatibility version 29.0.0, current version 29.3.0)
	@rpath/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui (compatibility version 5.12.0, current version 5.12.11)
	@rpath/QtNetwork.framework/Versions/5/QtNetwork (compatibility version 5.12.0, current version 5.12.11)
	@rpath/QtCore.framework/Versions/5/QtCore (compatibility version 5.12.0, current version 5.12.11)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/DiskArbitration.framework/Versions/A/DiskArbitration (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 275.0.0)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/Versions/A/AGL (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 902.1.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1281.100.1)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 52.0.0)
	/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation (compatibility version 300.0.0, current version 1677.104.0)
	/usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 228.0.0)

instead of /Users/aaa/Documents/client-desktop/build-libs/protobuf/lib/libprotobuf.28.dylib this should probably be @executable_path/../Frameworks/libprotobuf.28.dylib as it is for the Windscribe executable.

opened by reneeotten 4

Windscribe preventing Internet access - Latest Update 2.3.16 or whatever

Yesterday, I updated my Windscribe to 3.1.6. Then, when I got home, I could not access the internet. When I uninstalled Windscribe, I magically had internet again. I don't know what is going on here but unless you know the problem I'm going to switch to Nord for the times being. Sorry, I did refer three friends to you guys though! Love you still!

opened by KITKATKILLER67 4
Mirror repos to Codeberg
Please consider mirroring repos to Codeberg because:

Codeberg is libre, free, open-source, privacy-friendly, non-profit, really fast

GitHub has bloated interface with captcha & GitHub is privacy-invasive, Microsoft-owned, proprietary, vendor-lock-in, Tor-hostile

People on Codeberg like me can contribute to the project

GitHub take down our repos

Here are some sources for you: https://codeberg.org/HexagonCDN/Mirror_to_Codeberg
opened by throwaway-d 0
Tray icon theme

Hi Using ZorinOS 16.2. Is there a colour other than white for the system tray icon? I've looked within preferences for a way to change to any other colour, but have been unsuccessful.

Hopefully I haven't been blind to an obvious setting.

opened by anfokaboom 2
Can't move main dialog around desktop

Hi Using ZorinOS 16.2 (Ubuntu 20.04 fork). WS client is installed and functioning as expected, however, I am unable to move the dialog. It will allow me to interact with dialog functions, close to the tray and restore, just not move anywhere.

Occurs in both the Van Gogh (lol) and Alpha GUIs.

opened by anfokaboom 2
Problem in connection

Hello Many people in Iran have this problem The program will connect But after a few seconds this error comes The program is connected But there is cut https://easyupload.io/j6oni6 "We've detected that your network settings may interfere with Windscribe. Please disconnect and send us a Debug Log, by going into Preferences and clicking the "Send Log" button."

I already sent this notice through the program

opened by mehdifirefox 4
[Feature] Split Tunnel with regex or mask...

Hi

Ability to add hostname like "*google.com" to Split tunneling, so all subdomain of google.com would be excluded.

And Even further, possibility to add ".us" or ".de" so we can exclude all domains specified to our country because usually those domains are not restricted.

Thanks

opened by HamidZaeri 0

Releases(v2.4.11)

v2.4.11(Jun 30, 2022)

See common/changelog.txt for details on what is new and fixed.
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Windscribe_2.4.11.dmg(18.22 MB)
Windscribe_2.4.11.exe(18.16 MB)
windscribe_2.4.11_amd64.deb(21.83 MB)
windscribe_2.4.11_x86_64.rpm(29.68 MB)
v2.4.1(Feb 3, 2022)
2.4.1 (18/01/2022)

Combined the engine and gui into a single process.

MacOS: migrated from DropDMG to opensource dmgbuild CLI utility.

MacOS: fixed rare MAC spoofing failure.

Windows: maintain same offset in docked mode.

Windows: connection notification bug fixed.

Do not use pointer cursor on non clickable areas.

Added ControlD to App Internal DNS list.

Show 10gbps badge next to 10gbps capable datacenters.

Show location loads.

Fixed custom plan displays as pro in preferences.

Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Windscribe_2.4.1_beta.dmg(18.25 MB)
Windscribe_2.4.1_beta.exe(18.27 MB)
windscribe_2.4.1_beta_amd64.deb(21.46 MB)
windscribe_2.4.1_beta_x86_64.rpm(29.10 MB)
v2.3.15(Dec 23, 2021)
2.03.15 (17/12/2021)

Reconnect loop on Mac Monterey fixed. #603

Fedora - slow connect time via WG on app launch. #619

Added DNS-leak protection regardless of the firewall state and utility systemd-resolved/resolvconf. #608

2.03.14 (10/12/2021)

Added 'ws-' prefix to windscribe advanced parameters and added 'ws-' ignoring by openvpn. #616

Reconnect loop on Mac fixed. #603

Remove IKEv2 from Linux. #583

Keep the firewall state on update if autoconnect option is enabled. #615

2.03.13 (08/12/2021)

Set udp as default protocol in engine on Linux. #583

Added application changes for auto-update platform detection fix. #553

Disabled wireguard for windows 7 32-bit. #565

Auto-connect feature fixed on Mac. #603

Preferences being reset on upgrade to build 12. #605

Updated the method for detecting systemd-resolved utility. #608

Added a dependency on the autoconnect state for the initial firewall state. #611

Added hash verification, removed installer signatures and public key on Linux, and added internal build channel override. #538

Fixed MAC spoofing failure. #537

2.03.12 (22/11/2021)

Autoupdate download issue fixed. #531

Change proxy gateway "Connect To" text to "IP". #564

Log installer debug output to file. #560

Code signing on linux. #538

Log failure to create the IPC named pipe on Windows. #547

Prevent duplicate launches of the app in Linux. #559

Updated wstunnel binary to v4. #491

Launch on startup / auto-connect flags fixed. #558

Network whitelist feature added for Linux. #558

"Always On" firewall on reboot fixed. #558

Segfault on Linux (ZorinOS) fixed. #568

MAC Spoofing not functional on Big Sur fixed. #537

Require elevated privilege to accept insecure custom config dir. #465

Auto update authentication failure. #566

Removed log with user's ip. #575

Made dark mode default sensible based on older versions of windows not having window themes. #395

App kills itself after running for a while - fixes. #571

IKEv2 RasDial AuthNotify error 13801 on Windows 7. #576

GUI crash. #574

Fixed superuser validation on Mac and Linux. #542

Edit account details hide auth hash. #584

Windows 7 installation error fixed. #588

AuthHelper support DLLs signed. #598

Wireguard fix for Windows 7. #565

Removed all "Failed..." logs from Linux debian install script and typo fix..

Make udp default connection on Linux. #583

2.03.11 (15/10/2021)

Updated system tray icons on Windows and Linux. #395

Fixed GUI lock. #522

Fixed incorrect external IP. #536

Hide all non-functional preferences in Linux build. #533

Make IP blurring more blurry in MacOS. #534

Improved tunnel test algorithm on Windows. #539

Added "View Licenses" button to Debug Preferences menu. #543

No API connectivity - Fedora / certificate store issue fixed. #527

Linux RPM package. #532

Fedora WG support. #529

Linux firewall failure. #526

Fixed named pipe security flaw on Windows. #546

Add silent install flag to installer (Windows). #481

Updated dependencies/libraries. #552

OpenSSL: updated to 1.1.1L

C-Ares: updated to 1.17.2

Curl: updated to 7.79.1

OpenVPN: updated to 2.5.4

Stunnel: updated to 5.60

Linux auto updater functionality (debian and rpm packages). #531

Fixed "Cannot open file ':/svg/flags/.svg'" in log. #554

Mac install helper issue fixed. #551, #479

Temporarily disabled locations tray menu for Linux. #528

2.03.10 (21/09/2021)

Improve task kill process for windscribeopenvpn. #517

Clean flag for Windows. #499

Fix stealth protocol not working for some users. #457

Delay tunnel test start for 3s when using OpenVPN+Wintun. #516

Prevent loss of engine log during engine recovery. #474

2.03.09 (15/09/2021)

Linux firewall, wireguard, dns, resolvconf fixes. #511, #515, #519, #523

Fixed assert in engine server API.#514

The local DNS server while connected doesn't work. #512

MacOS hard crash fixed. #518

2.03.06 (01/09/2021)

Always fetch ovpn server credentials and configs together. #482

Reinstallation of tap/wintun drivers (Windows). #504

Firewall implementation added (Linux). #511

2.03.05 (24/08/2021)

Fixed resolution changes causes app crash. #445

Reconnect after hosts file repaired. #454

Fixed small openVPN connection delay on Windows. #505

Fixed macos privilege escalation vulnerabilities. #471

Fixed blank message box displayed when custom config cannot be opened. #508

Fixed click event on Upgrade button bleeds through to Preferences screen. #483

Fixed incorrect network statistics when disconnecting ikev2. #478

2.03.04 (9/08/2021)

Connect Info scaling issue on Mac fixed. #472

Added CFBundleShortVersionString to Mac plist. #461

Fixed system icon issues on Big Sur. #463

Added "Start minimized" option. #477

Incorrect bandwidth used notification on MacOS fixed. #478

Custom config UI not re-rendered - fixed. #484

Custom configs don't get sorted by latency - fixed. #486

Click event on Upgrade button bleeds through to the Preferences screen - fixed. #483

Hosts file not writable - show correct error to user. #454

Accelerated the openvpn connection on Windows. #494

Injected verify-x509-name into OpenVPN config. #492

ChangeIcs.exe will not run on x64 (possible issues Vpn Sharing feature) - fixed. #500

Mac OS message boxes do not display spaces after periods - fixed. #501

2.03.03 (21/05/2021)

The invalid custom DNS message return to the connect screen bug fixed.

Added shadows for some texts and controls.

Removed all gradient overlays for the custom backgrounds.

2.03.02 (17/05/2021)

The custom DNS UI scaling issue is fixed.

The position and transparency of the custom background is fixed.

2.03.01 (14/05/2021)

Prevent deactivate main windows when log viewer dialog is opened what led to crash. #439

Installer errors out with silly error if firewall is ON while disconnected - fixed. #441

A crash on OS X Sierra (10.12) fixed. #446

Custom DNS server support. #124

Ability to upload custom background images. #394

Added ability to blur IP with the mouse double click. #469

2.02.10 (31/03/2021)

The detection of the authorization error for IKEv2 made more specific. #398

Reduced logs and ping_long_custom_configs.txt size. #434

The description on the emergency connection screen has been updated.

2.02.9 (22/03/2021)

Removed some more log spam and log errors. #414

Large post data send bug fixed. #427

Log merge speed increased (for large files 5-10 times). #427

Cut out the part of the log if the count of lines exceeds 100k (keep 10% begin and 90% end of log). #427

Added Export Log button. #429

Do not close sockets for applications that do not use a VPN. #426

Set "TCP socket termination" option ON by default.

Linked option "TCP socket termination" with closing sockets in split tunneling. #426

Hotspot fix for openVPN, disable hotspot for WireGuard. #432

2.02.8 (12/03/2021)

Updated remoteid for IKEv2 profiles on Mac. #420

Inclusive split routing issue on Mac - should be fixed. #398

Removed useless(spam) messages from log (GUI side). #414

Prevented keypress navigation to other locations from config-only mode.

Fixed auto-hide of docked app on showing external OS dialogs. #396

Fixed negative remaining bytes issue. #370

Open newsfeed to the first unread message, if any. #371

2.02.5 (03/03/2021)

Windscribe beta installer fails on macOS standard accounts - fixed. #369

Detect legacy OS version, download legacy installer (Windows/Mac). #3 and #6

Remove the helper from version 1 when installing 2.0 (Mac). #5

Launch update installer at the same screen position as app (Windows/Mac). #7 and #8

Auto-update the application (Mac) - fixes.

Trackpad scrolling on Big Sur is wonky - fixes. #342

Removed account tab from preferences in external config mode. #365

Improvements to preferences and combobox menus. #118 -> Increased scroll bar widths. -> Fixed trackpad sensitivities on Mac and Windows. -> Fixed [Escape] key press navigations.

Fixed rare crash on Mac when using comboboxes and tooltips. #118

Improvements to location window. #118 -> Tab transitions: animations and logging -> Added navigation to search tab when you start typing -> Improved key-press navigation and cursor integration -> Fixed footer size -> Fixed view offset that happens at the bottom of the each list -> Fixed error messages and connection prevention for bad vpn configs -> Fixed drag-scrolling to bottom and top of list -> Fixed scaling issues on 125% and 175% -> Other minor bug fixes

Fixed latency display always as bars on some screens. #372

Fixed OVPN custom config issues with protocol names. #374

Fixed custom config error message. #375

Added SIGTERM signal processing for Mac. #379

Fixed incorrect timestamps in service log. #378

Finish all active connections on app start(Mac). #380

The program hangs on the welcome screen on Mac when installed in the folder with spaces - fixed. #383

Custom config does not change DNS server on MacOS - fixed. #384

Fixed WireGuard on wake connect issue. #385

Fixed Cmd+Q shortcut confirmation regression on Mac. #11

2.02.4 (16/02/2021)

Autoupdate from older versions of the program (prior 2.02 build 1) fixed.

2.02.3 (16/02/2021)

Updated text on external config mode window. #365

Removed sensitive info from logs. #366

App locks up when the file explorer is shown - fixed. #353

List of locations fixes. #118

Search animations on text change

touchpad scrolling slow to stop on Mac by tap

Added searchbox clearing on tab change and locations drawer hiding

Fixed location expanding animation bug (big lists and bottom items)

Fixed size of locations tab-area in search tab

Fixed ultra-sensitive touchpad on some Windows machines

Fixed locations search for nicknames

Fixed locations ribbon UI regression. #341

PingTest grows debug log - fixed. #362

Added workaround for openvpn error "write_wintun(): head/tail value is over capacity". #368

Check correctness of IP/CIDR combination in GUI. #363

Updated "esc" button in the installer. #354

2.02.2 (10/02/2021)

Improved domain name validation in GUI preferences. #333

Fixed GUI and DPI scaling issues for API resolution in GUI preferences. #326

Fixed network level split routing defaults to /32 bug. #337

Removed initialization timeout in GUI. #339

Fixed Mac UI bug with static ips and custom configs ribbon. #341

Recreate DNS-resolver when network state changes (app fails over to direct IP API when started with no Internet access). #122

Fixed Hyper-V host network bridge detection. #334

Fixed the auto-update algorithm on Windows (sometimes update fails with "removing unsigned installer" error). #321

Fixed OVPN pipe-related deadlock issue. #335

Refetch WG config after logout. #345

Improved service logging, log merging and improved readability in GUI internal viewer. #346

Added year to logs. #350

WindscribeLogViewer - standalone log viewer app made for internal debug purposes. #352

Fixed custom configs OVPN protocol detection. #355

Localhost blocked in inclusive Split Routing mode, issue fixed. #167

Added split tunneling for the inclusive mode for hostnames (Windows). #238

Inclusive split tunneling breaks BattleNet agent - fixed. #344

Fixed default cipher problem with OVPN custom configs. #356

Disabled TAP custom configs on Mac. #356

Gui crash on Mac when opening or closing laptop lid - fixed. #318

Fix reconnect on external IKEv2 failure, fix DNS server list size issue. #359

Locations list refactored, location search tab added. #118

Hide "Connection settings" in external config mode. #361

Fixed EXE selection for a WoW64 GUI process. #353

Updated split tunneling driver for support Win7. #180

2.02.1 (12/01/2021)

Split tunneling driver updated for support Win7/Win8. #338, #180

Implemented show flags preference. #314

Fixed WireGuard custom config issues. #319

Added support for Unicode SSIDs. #323

Formated WireGuard output to be readable. #325

Updated edit account link. #327

Attempt to fix not displaying the static ip device name.

"Service error 29" removed from service. #330.

Prevent blank manual IP in API resolution. 326

Fixed Win32 service WireGuard issues and added crashdump support for the service. #324

By default use udp protocol for custom OVPN configs. #331

Fixed blinking cursor on BlockableQLineEdit not in focus. #322

Clicking on a premium location should open browser. #238

Fixed favourites not saved on shutdown. #336

Show static ip as sublocation name. #332

Refactored TAP-adapter detection for split tunneling (Windows). Split tunneling gets disabled with WG should be fixed. #320

Extended tray menu to show Static IPs, Custom Configs and favorites. #119

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