Changelog — ClumsyNetWatch

2026-09-16

v1.0.0 Latest Stable 2026-09-16

Release

● 1.0.0 Stable - first non-RC release; no functional changes from 0.9.5 RC2 beyond the items below — this build marks the feature set as complete and supported

Security

● Credential manager passwords encrypted with DPAPI - preferences.json no longer contains plaintext SSH/RDP passwords; values are protected per Windows user and cannot be read by another account or on another machine

● One-time migration of plaintext credentials - passwords saved by 0.9.x builds are read once, re-encrypted, and the plaintext field is dropped on the first save

Updates

● Update checker compares release labels - latest.json now carries a label field; same-version RC-to-stable transitions are detected correctly

Telemetry

● Telemetry reported a hard-coded 0.9.0 version - opt-in telemetry now reports the real app version; nothing else about what is sent has changed

Polish

● Stale version strings in About and EULA - About window update status and the bundled EULA.txt no longer show an older RC version

2026-05-17

v0.9.5 RC2 2026-05-17

● In-app Send Feedback, Report Bug, and Feature Request - new Feedback and Bug buttons in the title bar open a submission dialog; successful submissions return a ClumsyOps FB reference number shown directly in the dialog

● Optional basic diagnostics with user reports - opt-in checkbox includes app version, OS, runtime, and scan host count — no IP addresses, hostnames, or scan data are sent; a preview of what will be included is shown before the user ticks the box

● Machine fingerprint hashed before submission - device identity is SHA-256 hashed client-side before leaving the machine; raw identifiers are never transmitted

● All reporting is user-triggered only — no silent telemetry added - no background or automatic reporting; existing opt-in anonymous telemetry is unchanged; feedback submission requires explicit user action every time

2026-05-12

v0.9.5 RC1 2026-05-12

● Windows installer (Inno Setup) - new Setup.exe ships alongside the portable exe; installs to AppData\ClumsyNetWatch with Start Menu shortcut, optional desktop icon, and a proper uninstall entry in Windows Settings — no admin required

● Dual download on product and software pages - website now shows both Installer and Direct Run download buttons side by side; latest.json updated to carry both URLs and sha256 hashes

● Remove fragile in-app auto-download - replaced silent-fail exe-copy mechanism with a direct link to the downloads page; update banner and About window both now open the browser

● Check failure now shows correct error state - a failed update check previously showed 'You are up to date' instead of an error; now correctly shows 'Could not check for updates' with a Try Again button

2026-05-12

v0.9.2 RC2 2026-05-12

● Remove fragile in-app auto-download - replaced silent-fail exe-copy mechanism with a direct link to the downloads page; update banner and About window both now open the browser so the user always gets the real file

● Check failure now shows correct error state - a failed update check previously showed 'You are up to date' instead of an error; now correctly shows 'Could not check for updates' with a Try Again button

● BuildAndShip UTF-8 BOM and recursive SSH fix - latest.json was being written with a UTF-8 BOM causing Invoke-RestMethod to return a raw string instead of a parsed object; fixed SaveFile to use no-BOM encoding. Also fixed Ssh/Scp helper functions that were recursing into themselves due to PowerShell case-insensitive function lookup

2026-05-11

v0.9.2 RC1 2026-05-11

● Sign-Release.ps1 encoding fix - em-dash character caused a PowerShell parse error when MSBuild invoked the signing script, leaving every previous build unsigned; replaced with ASCII hyphen so signing now runs correctly on every publish

● BuildAndShip pre-flight checks - script now verifies new version is strictly higher than current, checks for uncommitted changes, and confirms server is reachable before spending time on a build

● BuildAndShip post-ship verification - after every ship, script fetches latest.json from the live URL and confirms version and sha256 match the build, then checks the exe URL returns HTTP 200

● BuildAndShip -DryRun mode - pass -DryRun to build and compute sha256 without uploading anything or tagging git; useful for testing the build before committing to a release

2026-05-11

v0.9.1 RC2 2026-05-11

● In-app auto-update — downloads and installs the new version directly inside the app; progress bar, Restart to Update button; no browser required

● Port-level change detection — Changed badge now shows exactly which ports opened or closed (e.g. +22, -80) since the last scan

● Live ping monitor — right-click any host → Ping Monitor to open a real-time latency chart; polls every 2 s, shows min/max/avg/loss over 60 samples with timeout markers

● PDF export — Export → Print / Export as PDF generates a printable report via Windows print dialog; select Microsoft Print to PDF to save as file

● What’s New dialog — shown on first launch after an update; summarises all RC2 features

● Check for Updates in About — About window now has a dedicated Check for Updates button with inline download progress and one-click install

2026-04-23

v0.9.0 RC1 2026-04-23

● Custom credential manager in Preferences for user-defined username/password pairs

● Per-device SSH credentials with username@IP launch and clipboard password assist

● Per-device RDP credentials loaded into Windows Credential Manager before launch

● Post-scan network statistics panel with summaries, vendor/device charts, top ports, and security overview

● Multiple subnet scanning via comma-separated targets with overlap deduplication

● Accepted default credentials now display with masked passwords only

● Default credential checker now skips endpoints that do not return a real 401 Basic auth challenge

● Fixed broken RDP /v: launch argument that caused silent failures

● Fixed crashes when Donate, update banner, or Open in Browser could not find a browser handler

● Fixed crash on RDP launch failure by surfacing a clear error dialog

● Fixed HTML export crashes on null host fields

2026-04-20

v0.1.5 Beta 3 2026-04-20

● TLS certificate inspection — subject, issuer, expiry date, and SANs displayed per HTTPS port; automatic expired/expiring-soon warnings

● SMB2 OS fingerprinting — identifies exact Windows version via SMB dialect negotiation on port 445

● SNMP sysDescr probe — pulls full system description from routers, switches, and managed devices over UDP 161

● HTTP Server header grabbing — shows actual server software (Apache, nginx, IIS) instead of raw status line

● Security risk flags — automatic per-host analysis: Telnet open, FTP open, expired TLS cert, cert expiring soon, HTTP without HTTPS, SNMP default community; colored warning badge on host row

● Device labels and notes — right-click any host to set a custom name and free-text notes; persisted across sessions and searchable

● System tray — minimize to tray on close; double-click to restore; Exit from tray right-click menu

● Auto-Rescan — set rescan interval (Off / 5 min / 15 min / 30 min) from the tray icon or Preferences

● Windows change notifications — balloon notification when new devices join or leave while running in the tray

● Preferences window — startup behavior, notification threshold, auto-rescan interval, and privacy toggle all in one place

● Opt-in anonymous telemetry — first-run consent dialog explains exactly what is collected; disable anytime in Preferences

● In-app update checker — blue banner appears when a newer GitHub release is available

● Global crash handler — unhandled exceptions now show a friendly recovery dialog instead of silently crashing

● Full Scan fixed — was finding nothing due to socket exhaustion from 65k simultaneous TCP connections per host; now capped at 200 concurrent connections

● OpenPorts race condition fix — port results written from concurrent tasks are now thread-safe

● Balloon notification threshold now enforced correctly

● About window expanded with license info, links panel, website, help, bug report, and donate

2026-04-19

v0.1.0 Beta 2 2026-04-19

● Service banner grabbing on open ports (SSH, FTP, SMTP, HTTP)

● Export as HTML branded report and JSON

● Import saved JSON scans back into history

● Custom port profiles — save named port lists

● Auto-detect Windows system theme on startup

● Embedded IEEE MAC vendor database — fully offline, no extra files

● Hide Offline hosts checkbox in host panel

● Fixed ComboBox, ContextMenu, and button visibility in dark mode

● Self-signed code signing — removes Unknown Publisher UAC warning