Wickr Enterprise - Release Notes

• fixed Desktop

  • [P0] Fixes a crash on older ( 1.15.7 ) versions of OS X
  • [P1] Resolved an issue causing calls to fail on either desktop client when rejoining in some cases.
  • [P2] When a group convo name is changed it is now accurately reflected in the call banner for the group.
  • [P2] Resolved an issue allowing some users to be able to join calls unmuted even in a force muted call.
  • [P2] Resolved an issue causing errors sending messages when a user toggled appearance settings and navigated back to chat.
  • [P3] Taskbar icon should now correctly show the Wickr Enterprise logo.

• fixed Android

  • [P1] Fixed an Android 12 specific crash that could happen in specific situations when a user clicked “Tap to Join”
  • [P1] Resolved an issue causing some links to not correctly show previews.
  • [P2] Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur during global search.
  • [P2] Changes to more accurately represent expiration time of messages.
  • [P2] Corrected resend message behavior for messages that failed only partially to send.
  • [P3] Resolved an issue causing images to take up extraneous space on the search screen.
  • [P3] The contact names of users are now correctly updated on all platform dashboards when edited from android.

• fixed iOS

  • [P0] Addresses an issue where calls could continue to ring despite being answered on a secondary device.
  • [P0] An issue causing iOS devices to loop back to the sign-in screen when re-entering ADFS SSO credentials has been resolved.
  • [P1] Improvements to when the Connection Banner is shown.
  • [P1] Resolves a crash that could occur after an administrator toggled Force Open Access in the Admin Console.
  • [P1] Fixes an issue related to automatic logouts with ADFS accounts.
  • [P1] Fixes an issue specifically with iOS 15.0.x that could cause excess lag when sending video files.
  • [P2] Full names and avatars should now be displayed correctly for out of network users.
  • [P2] Fixed an issue where calling banner was not shown correctly in specific circumstances.
  • [P2] Wording on “Check Wickr App” screen has been changed for clarification.
  • [P2] Resend and Edit Message options in the menu for failed messages have been changed to show only in the correct circumstances.
  • [P3] Resolves an issue that could cause video files to play on loop in the background after first viewing.
  • [P3] Further clarified wording around missed calls.

• fixed Admin & Backend

  • [P0] Addresses CVE-2021-44832

• fixed Calling

  • [P0] Connection status algorithm improvements.
  • [P1] Fixes a client side crash.
  • [P1] Fixes a server side crash by adding additional checks.
  • [P1] Bug causing choppy audio playback on Bluetooth devices with Mac clients resolved.

• known Known Issues

  • [Admin Console] Administrators are able to reset users without a temporary password, causing issues with desktop clients.
  • [Desktop] When Unlock Messages is toggled on @ icon notifiers are not always shown correctly when mentioned in chats.
  • [Linux] An invalid logo can be shown in message notifications.

• fixed Admin & Backend

  • [P0] Addresses CVE-2021-45046

• security Additional Upgrade Steps

This release requires deleting existing Elasticsearch data volumes to be rebuilt with the newer version. The following commands will do so. It may be necessary to combine into a single line before running.

sudo bash -c 'docker stop elasticsearch; DATADIR=$(docker volume inspect es_data -f "{{ .Mountpoint }}");
test -z "$DATADIR" && exit; rm -rf "${DATADIR}/nodes"; docker start elasticsearch; docker restart directory;
echo "Successfully restarted elasticsearch and directory"'

Please reach out to support@wickr.com with any questions.

• fixed Admin & Backend

  • [P0] Addresses CVE-2021-44228

• known Known Issues

  • [All Clients] This release will fail to load the Directory on all Enterprise clients. This includes Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

• added Desktop

  • Users can now edit their own sent messages.
  • Users can now select a specific application window to share instead of their whole desktop.

• added Android

  • Users can now edit their own sent messages.
  • Added a participants list to the video conference UI to make it easier to see who is on your call.
  • If you’re the host of a call, you can now mute all other users from the participants list.
  • Design changes to the overall calling experience to accommodate these new features
  • Audio output is now defaulted to speakerphone when no external headphone device is present.

• added iOS

  • Users can now edit their own sent messages.
  • Added a participants list to the video conference UI to make it easier to see who is on your call.
  • If you’re the host of a call, you can now mute all other users from the participants list.
  • Design changes to the overall calling experience to accommodate these new features
  • Audio output is now defaulted to speakerphone when no external headphone device is present.

• fixed Desktop

  • [P1] Resolved an issue that caused the microphone to stall for up to one minute when starting a call.
  • [P1] Fixed a bug causing video of a user to still be shown when disabled by that user immediately after joining a call.
  • [P1] Fixed an issue causing loss of audio between certain users on certain calls.
  • [P1] Resolved issues with connection status on active calls.
  • [P1] Fixed a bug causing improper font rendering on some messages.
  • [P1] Fixes to support language and region selections, specifically French.
  • [P2] Fixed a client crash that was possible when recieving a corrupt account from the server.
  • [P2] Fixes to support language and region selections, specifically Russian.
  • [P3] Copy has been changed to read “Direct Messages” instead of “conversations” within the welcome message.

• fixed Android

  • [P1] Fixed a bug causing the app to freeze when swiped closed and open from a notification on the lock screen.
  • [P1] WickrPro users are now listed correctly in the Contacts list.
  • [P1] Fixed a bug causing the app the become unresponsive when trying to change a password after an admin alters complexity rules.
  • [P2] Resolved an issue causing multiple link previews from a singular message to show out of order.
  • [P2] Fixed an issue around selecting multiple messages for copy/delete.
  • [P3] Fixed issues with crash reporting from the invite button on the Contacts screen.

• fixed iOS

  • [P0] Download files now correctly respect file size limitations.
  • [P1] Fixed a password related issue blocking some users from logging into some SSO networks.
  • [P1] Fixed an issue causing the search UI to perform incorrectly when navigating back from Show All.
  • [P1] Fixed an edge case crash around messages with very low ttl.
  • [P1] The application can now correctly handle large files during upload and download.

• fixed Admin & Backend

  • [P0] Fix crash when incorrect parameters are supplied.

• known Known Issues

  • [iOS] An application crash can occur when a user refreshes connection after administration enables or disables Force WOA from the admin panel.
  • [Mobile] When MRK is switched to disabled in a security group users it is not correctly presented as a recovery option to users to previously had one when the feature was enabled.