--- locale: "en" updated_at: "2026-08-10T09:29:10.241Z" canonical: "https://www.isdecisions.com/en/fileaudit/docs/support/changelog" --- # Changelog New features, improvements, fixes, version history. ## 6.7 Beta ### New - Updated user interface to align with the latest IS Decisions visual identity, including refreshed colors and various display improvements. - New service warning to notify lack of disk space when using SQLite database. ### Improvements - Adjusted Cloud trial management and license information display. The Cloud audit view did not work as expected. ### Bugfixes - Access denied when trying to open the console with a non-administrator user configured with all permissions allowed except Settings, which was denied. - FileAudit service not starting on a new installation if the maintenance task could not be created. - Drop-down list not resetting to "No operation" if scheduled maintenance could not be created. - Warning message displayed during database cleanup when using MySQL. - Error handling during performance counter initialization. - Error displayed in the group's filter sections when the machine is in a workgroup. - Unnoticed configuration error that could prevent the logoff script from running. - Error when generating a report with a configured filter from a remote console. - Changing the database path on the server where the FileAudit service is installed caused an error in the console. - In some circumstances, logoff did not work in the predefined script 3Alerts-LogoffAndDisable. - In some circumstances, logoff did not work in the predefined script LogoffAndDisable-UserAndComputer. - Logo configuration being reset unexpectedly. - SQL error when filtering alert history by access type. - MySQL ODBC Connector 9.x not being detected properly. - In Cloud reports with an archived database, events from non-cloud audited paths were displayed when no filter was selected. - Unable to modify an alert name. - Unhandled exception when printing a report if print spooler is not running. - When adding a new script using the Browse button, the script could be saved without a name. - An unnamed alert could be created when an execution script was added. - Incorrect error message displayed during a major upgrade when using a MySQL database. - Alerts created using the button in the configuration wizard did not use the same path format as alerts created manually, causing alerts to fail when the network was unavailable. ## 6.6 ### New - Support for x64 architectures – the service now runs as a 64-bit process. - Display of archived databases in a dedicated list. - New report filter to switch between archived and production databases. - Predefined scripts to automate alert responses. ### Improvements - Permission change reports now consume less memory. - Support for long file paths. - Logging of the cluster name (if available) in the AccessEventAnalyzer. - Report generation performance by using a new query that excludes OldSD and NewSD in all reports except permission and owner changes. - Memory is now released for report data when refreshing a report in the console. - Refactored archiving and migration logic to use event blocks based on time rather than database event IDs. - Additional log entries during the database archiving process. - Enhanced logging during OAuth2 authentication. - Additional log entries during maintenance processes. ### Changes - Removed: Option to deploy all permission changes at once from within the report. - Removed: Cloud debug and informational log entries. ### Bugfixes - Archiving using SQL Server with Windows Authentication indicates success even if it was a fail. - Configured path state incorrectly changed to "Not Configured" if the remote server was unreachable during a maintenance task. - Maintenance task doesn't ignore manually configured paths. - Under certain conditions, some data could remain in the database after archiving. - Granular archiving failed when source and destination SQL Server databases contained identical records. - Infinite loop when disconnecting from FileAudit Cloud. - Events not displayed in real time for reports using the new improved query excluding OldSd and NewSd. - Memory leak when translating OldSD and NewSD for permission change detection. - Maximum packet size exceeded when streaming WCF messages. - Lock protection on streaming access events after direct database access failure in the console. - Duplicate script names appearing in the list of executable scripts. - Error message in alert configuration after open and cancel scripts settings without doing any changes. - "To" date and time selection was not greyed out when set to "Last Event". - Memory leak during scheduled maintenance. - After the trial period ends, the service continued to connect to the cloud and triggered service events. - Error while checking for @ONEDRIVE during the FileAudit maintenance task. - Memory leak during report generation using streaming. ## 6.5 ### New - New alert history report. - Ability to export and schedule the new Alert history report. - Automation for audit configuration maintenance. - OAuth2 authentication for email notifications. ### Improvements - Database Manager view becomes Maintenance view. - Faster loading speed for FileAudit reports. - MSP web communication errors. ### Bugfixes - Archiving process doesn't remove source access events data if the snapshots archiving fails. - Reset Layout doesn't work with the group box in the Advanced permissions report. - Connecting to SQL server database without permissions doesn't generate an error message. - Setting SQL server database with no server name is allowed generating an error message. - Database migration from SQL Server to MySQL database never ends. - The permission report can be incomplete if a file cannot be accessed. - Database version not detected properly. - Database information is not loaded when changing the database. - Tab to get next field in "Add new script" dialog goes in disorder. - No French translating on Impersonation accounts view. - Favorites setting is not keept after closing the console. - Only the first path is displayed on a PDF export of the "File and folder properties" report. - Unhandled exception is generated with a Token's permission change event. - Error when opening "Change permission" report on a remote console. ## 6.4 ### New - Ability to audit changes to NTFS permissions. - New report "Permission changes" including "old" and "new" permissions. - Ability to migrate and archive the production database on demand. - Ability to schedule the archiving of the database. ### Improvements - New dynamic variable with the new path location of a moved file or folder for the single alerts. - Performance scan of the NTFS audit configuration for diagnostics. - Added translated fields in the RAW data format for the scheduled reports "Simple Permissions" and "Advanced Permissions". ### Bugfixes - At service start-up an exception can be triggered when accessing the events analyze queues dictionary. - Error login with the impersonation account when connecting to an audited server if the account belongs to the Protected Users group in Active Directory. - Japanese characters in the header slogan are not displayed in the reports. - The event analyze queue sometimes freezes if the impersonation fails. ## 6.3 ### New - Detection of the access event "move" on an audited server. - Filter alerts, reports, and scheduled reports with the new access type "move". - New predefined report for the access event "move". - Ability to export reports in .xlsx format. ### Improvements - New dynamic variable with the top local folders for the mass alert notification. - Ability to exclude accounts in the scan options for cloud access audit. ### Bugfixes - In some circumstances the database is not updated when the service starts. - The access audit fails if the audited path name contains special characters with accents. - Files with a path longer than 260 characters generate a PathTooLong exception. - Changes in the parameter to define the days to keep snapshots is not refreshed correctly in the view. - Unhandled exception exporting reports with more than 65000 lines in XLS format. - Renaming a scheduled access event report is not possible. - Mass alert doesn't work for cloud access events. - When UseFullPathForCloudProviders advanced settings is enabled the file name contains slash and not backslash as usual. - TopFolders dynamic variable can display the same path because it is case sensitive. - Changes in scan options are not displayed properly. - In audit paths report, the filtering of paths doesn't work. - In Windows servers report, the filtering of servers doesn't work. - Diagnostic process loses the connection with FileAudit service if the "Log System Information" take more than 2 minutes to be retrieved. - A console when remotely connected to the service, uses the local SQLite database if exists, when it should use the remote service SQLite database. - Unhandled exception when accessing to audit paths report for an user with only audit permissions. - Changes in the permissions of FileAudit are not saved. - Snapshots tile should be denied for a user with only audit permission. - Filtering on a group with more than 1000 members with a SQLite database is generating an error. - Under some specific circumstances file deletions are displayed as read events. - The system cannot find the file specified error (2) while scanning permissions. - Cloud Audit view is disabled after a subscription. - The TruncatePath advanced settings doesn't work in the snapshot generation. - Memory not disposed properly when scanning folders and files. - Unhandled exception checking the object access audit policy generates a service warning every half hour. - Changes in the access type or object type filters are not saved in the alerts. - A false rename access event could be registered under certain circumstances. - Unhandled exception displaying advanced permissions report. ## 6.2 ### New - SQLite database as default database. - Ability to exclude events from not configured paths. - Ability to select your favourite reports in the dashboard. - New filters for simple/advanced permissions and file and folders properties reports. - New scheduled reports, simple/advanced permissions and file and folder properties, related to scheduled snapshots. - Ability to audit rename access events. ### Improvements - Subscription to Cloud providers, by using an external browser. ### Bugfixes - Unhanded exception when selecting to display the auto filter row option on the grid view of the permission reports. - The access event scan can be blocked if there is a snapshot running at the same time. - Unhanded exception getting the snapshot list just after removing one of them. - In the file/user views some icons can be removed. - Unhanded exception when clicking in top files/users in Statistics view. - Snapshot generation can get stuck in running state if there are some scan warnings. - In access reports the status icons are not according with the text. - Deadlock scanning events under certain conditions. - The service tries to connected to the Cloud provider when it shouldn't be. - Unhanded exception by clicking on the top 5 files but outside the bar and the text in the user view. - Activating the audit from the servers view can lost the IP address of the configured server. - The monitoring of the server stays disabled when disabling and enabling the audit on the servers view. - Scripts with commands which need privilege elevation cannot be executed as a no default administrators in the servers. - In the users view the filter doesn't work properly according to the date and hours selected. - Alerts are not triggered when the process filter is used. - Memory leak scanning AD groups. - Events scanned several times when RecordID needs to be truncated to be registered in a MS Access database. - On a Turkish platform, OneDrive auditing cannot be enabled. ## 6.1 ### New - Ability to scan file/folder permissions and properties, on demand or scheduled. - New reports to analyse file/folder properties, basic permissions and advanced permissions. - New predefined reports for access events. - Supports SQLite database. ### Improvements - Excluded hours from Alerts to allow configuration ranges between two different days. - Advanced setting UseFullPathForCloudProviders to allow to display in the path file the owner of the resource. ### Bugfixes - Changes in the alert execution tab are not updated in other alerts using the same script. - Alert script execution doesn't work if there is an impersonation account and no working directory in the script settings. - Scheduling Denied access report doesn't keep predefined filters. - Communication error loading statistics view in a remote console. - Client IP addresses are shown in top 5 sources, of statistics view, instead of client names. - Access Evolution graph doesn't load all the figures if there are more than 500000 events. - Access denied when exporting from All Access view using a remote console with just Audit permission. - The MySQL 8.0 drivers ODBC are not supported. - In the view audited servers, a server is displayed as audit inactive, when the object access is disabled but it has been configured manually. - Disable the audit, in the server view, doesn't work when the advanced object access policy has been configured manually. - The servers view is not updated after opening the server details popup, due to a change in the object access policy check. - Unhandled exception thrown when loading statistics view. - Unhandled exception when clicking on the numbers of statistics view. - Web shortcuts in the Help menu do not work in some cases. - The console may hang when displaying the audited servers and there is much file access activity. ## 6.0 ### New - Ability to audit accesses on files stored by OneDrive, Box, Dropbox and Google Drive. - New accesses on files stored by OneDrive, Box, Dropbox and Google Drive (Copy, Rename, Move, Shared etc...). - New Cloud Audit view in the console. - Ability to start a process when an alert is triggered. - New Subscription licenses. - Ability to remove service events in console Warnings view. ### Improvements - Windows Servers and Windows Paths views. - Event Details view. - Sync process of Active Directory group members. - Console Statistics view.