New features$$$Aspera #106 - Added support for Linux on the ARM 64-bit architecture.$$$$$$Aspera #2740 - Added support to configure TLS v1.3 as the minimum version enabled for TLS connections.$$$$$$Aspera #2899 - Added new statistics to the Node API endpoint for async with metrics that are related to the source scan progress.$$$$$$Aspera #2952 - Added support to specify a remote log location and debug level in async and ascp for transfers that use WebSockets or aspshell.$$$$$$Aspera #3129 - Added support to configure in aspera.conf a minimum version for ascp and async to allow transfers from.$$$$$$Breaking changes$$$In this version; the Redis update might impact HA Redis cluster deployments bound to an external IP address. If authentication is not configured; Redis rejects connections to the external IP. Although configuring authentication is recommended for security; you can alternatively set protected-mode no in the Redis configuration if the IP addresses are accessible only by other cluster nodes.$$$$$$Issues fixed in this release$$$Aspera #2371 - Fixed an issue where updating an access key with partial contents for the storage_class object can reset other keys that are previously set in the same object.$$$$$$Aspera #2946 - Fixed an issue where the setting transfers_share_request is not observed in HSTS clusters.$$$$$$Aspera #2965 - Fixed an issue where transfers might fail when using Object Storage if the object name contains special characters in the key name.$$$$$$Aspera #2996 - Fixed an issue where a transfer that is submitted to the Node API /ops/transfers endpoint might say in Waiting status indefinitely if the job times out before ascp starts.$$$$$$Aspera #2997 - Fixed an issue where an ascp upload that uses stdio-tar might hang if any files that are in the file set is skipped.$$$$$$Aspera #3028 - Fixed an issue where transferring a directory with a very large number of files can cause a crash in ascp.$$$$$$Aspera #3032 - Fixed an issue that caused transfers using the trapd service to fail to start on Microsoft Windows.$$$$$$Aspera #3095 - Fixed an issue where Watchfolders that uses multi-session might result in a transfer hanging.$$$$$$Aspera #3107 - Fixed an issue where the information that was reported by the Node API for a transfer that uses HTTP Fallback mode can be incorrect and incomplete.$$$$$$Aspera #3119 - Fixed an issue where a message Invalid transport parameter can be incorrectly logged in a Watchfolder in Pull mode.$$$$$$Aspera #3134 - Fixed an issue where transferring a directory with a very large number of files can cause a crash in ascp.$$$$$$Aspera #3137 - Fixed an issue where ascp4 transfers that use --delete-before on Microsoft Windows does not work as expected in some cases.$$$$$$Aspera #3141 - Fixed an issue where files with the .asp-meta extension and other special extensions were not filtered by using the /files/page Node API endpoint.$$$$$$Aspera #3145 - Fixed an issue where resuming very large files can cause UDP timeout errors and the transfer to fail.$$$$$$Aspera #3251 - Improved the scan performance in async when running on Microsoft Windows that uses a UNC path as the source.$$$$$$Aspera #3276 - Fixed an issue where the error message is unclear in async when using --create-dir and the directory fails to be created.$$$$$$Aspera #3305 - Fixed an issue where transfers that use WebSockets as the transport fail to start through IBM Aspera Proxy configure in forward proxy mode.$$$$$$Other changes$$$Aspera #2421 - The aclean tool was deprecated in HSTS/HSTE 4.4.4 and removed in the 4.4.5 release.$$$$$$Aspera #2572 - The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) was discontinued in HSTS/HSTE 4.4.4. Support and documentation were removed in the 4.4.5 release. An alternative workflow is available using IBM Aspera faspio Gateway.$$$$$$Aspera #3217 - The DSA SSH keys that are bundled are deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the product.

New features$$$Aspera #1477 - Added the capability in async to restart a failed ascp process when using multiple transfer threads.$$$$$$Aspera #2720 - Added the option to libpvcl_cloud to disable the Glacier class option in Amazon S3.$$$$$$Issues fixed in this release$$$Aspera #134 - Fix potential crash in ascp4 transfers.$$$$$$Aspera #2342 - Enforce strict order for deletions before any transfers start when using --delete-before in async.$$$$$$Aspera #2766 - Resolved an issue that when using growing files with a slow reader; the growing file stops sending before the file stopped growing.$$$$$$Aspera #2767 - Fixed an issue where libpvcl_cloud fails to create objects that contain special characters in their paths.$$$$$$Aspera #2821 - Fixed an issue where Lua scripts are not being activated.$$$$$$Aspera #2908 - Restored signing and notarization on the MacOS installer for both Intel and ARM v8 architectures.$$$$$$Aspera #2973 - Fixed an issue where libpvcl_cloud does not work with access keys while server-side-encryption is set to NONE.

New features$$$Aspera #492 - Added support for Growing Files to work with a Cloud Storage destination.$$$$$$Aspera #769 - Updated cryptographic library and FIPS module to use the latest validated module from OpenSSL 3.$$$$$$Aspera #854 - Added support to specify and pass the unit sizes -K; -M; or -G to the --support-resume async option. For example; to specify megabytes use --support-resume=xxxM instead of using separate -K; -M; and -G units.$$$$$$Aspera #1443 - Added support for requiring strong passwords for Node API access as the default option. It is enabled by default when creating Node API users as well.$$$$$$Aspera #1751 - Improved file browsing cache so that when a ascp transfer occurs the browsing cache for the directory is updated instead of being invalidated$$$$$$Aspera #1905 - Added statistics in the log files for storage I/O performance when using pvcl_cloud storage modules; such as Cloud Object Storage.$$$$$$Aspera #1943 - Improved pvcl_cloud logging to generate more data for all logging modes (info and debug).$$$$$$Breaking changes$$$Aspera #2001 - On Windows; the port files directory defaults to stronger permissions; allowing only Administrator users to create port files for monitoring transfers with the Desktop GUI.

Release Notes: IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server;$$$High-Speed Transfer Endpoint; and Desktop Client; 4.4.3$$$Product Released: September 26; 2023.$$$Release Notes Updated: September 26; 2023.$$$This release of IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server (HSTS); High-Speed Transfer Endpoint (HSTE);$$$and Desktop Client provides the new features; fixes; and other changes that are listed in the following$$$sections. In particular; the Breaking Changes section provides important information about modifications$$$to the product that might require you to adjust your workflow; configuration; or usage. Additional sections$$$cover system requirements and known problems.$$$New features$$$Added support to Watchfolders for using multi-session mode for transfers in parallel. (Aspera #20)$$$Added a new configuration option db_cert_file to specify the certificate that is used to enable and$$$verify TLS connections to the configured Redis server. (Aspera #807)$$$Added support for specifying URIs as source and destinations in async. (Aspera #991)$$$Added support to async to use local Basic and Bearer tokens. (Aspera #992)$$$Added support for reporting HTTP fallback transfers activity through the Node API. (Aspera #1133)$$$SSH Pull watchfolder to work without a token. (Aspera #1191)$$$Added support for newer algorithms that allow the transfer tools to connect as clients to servers with a$$$hardened SSH configuration. (Aspera #1484)$$$Added support for specifying a replacement character in asperatrapd if object names contain XML$$$control characters. (Aspera #1550)$$$Added additional settings to the pvcl_cloud library to control how it connects to Cloud Object Storage$$$servers. (Aspera #1691)$$$Added support to async to use Node user bearer tokens for transfer authorization. (Aspera #1726)$$$Issues fixed in this release$$$Aspera #69 - Fixed an issue where transfers that are returned by /ops/transfers using iteration$$$tokens might return inconsistent or duplicate results.$$$Aspera #838 - Fixed an issue where access keys might not be updated to modify the credentials if the$$$previous credentials had expired.$$$Aspera #850 - Fixed an issue where configuration setting in aspera.conf associated with a Local Group$$$in a domain environment would not be applied.$$$Aspera #887 - Reduced the default verbosity of the log messages generated by the pvcl_cloud library.$$$Aspera #1120 - Fixed a potential memory leak in ascp when running in persistent mode.$$$Aspera #1204 - Fixed an issue where the expiration of tokens that are issued by the Cloud Object Storage$$$service might not be properly managed when using the pvcl_cloud library.$$$Aspera #1347 - Reduced the default verbosity of the log messages generated by the asperarund process.$$$Aspera #1354 - Fixed an issue where async jobs might be terminated if a file is removed from the source$$$system while it is being processed for synchronization.$$$Aspera #1386 - Fixed an issue where async would repeatedly assign the same paths to transfer$$$processes that had terminated with an error.$$$Release Notes: IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server; High-Speed Transfer Endpoint; and Desktop Client;$$$4.4.3 1$$$Aspera #1391 - Fixed a performance regression when downloading from Cloud Object Storage using$$$asperatrapd.$$$Aspera #1423 - Updated and resolved the problem that prevented asperanginx from starting correctly in$$$4.4.2.$$$Aspera #1528 - Fixed an issue where it is not possible to register or use an entitlement license when$$$deployed on Microsoft Windows in 4.4.2.$$$Aspera #1534 - Fixed an issue where asperarund sometimes does not stop asperawatchd or$$$asperawatchfolderd processes.$$$Aspera #1544 - Fixed a resource leak in asperanoded when activity_logging is enabled and there$$$are no access keys.$$$Aspera #1547 - Fixed an issue where a PUT request to update an access key would be rejected if the$$$payload contained an id field with the same access key ID.$$$Aspera #1577 - Fixed an issue where transfers token generated through a request to the /file

Release Notes: IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server;$$$High-Speed Transfer Endpoint; and Desktop Client; 4.4.2$$$Product Released: May 2; 2023.$$$Release Notes Updated: May 2; 2023.$$$This release of IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server (HSTS); High-Speed Transfer Endpoint (HSTE);$$$and Desktop Client provides the new features; fixes; and other changes that are listed in the following$$$sections. In particular; the Breaking Changes section provides important information about modifications$$$to the product that might require you to adjust your workflow; configuration; or usage. Additional sections$$$cover system requirements and known problems.$$$NEW FEATURES$$$Added support in async for storing the preserved ACL contents in the async database. (Aspera #25)$$$Added support for authenticating to Redis by using ACL user identifiers and storing them securely in$$$askms. (Aspera #388)$$$Added support for preserving Object Lock and Legal Hold metadata for AWS S3 objects when$$$transferring from an AWS S3 source to an AWS S3 destination. (Aspera #413)$$$Added support for a new option in async to perform deletes before new or updated files are transferred to$$$the destination. (Aspera #514)$$$Added support for timestamp; uid; and gid preservation for growing files through Watch Folders. (Aspera$$$#546)$$$Added support for additional parameters for growing files through Watch Folders like ssh fingerprint; read$$$block size; connect timeout; ... (Aspera #617)$$$Added support for automatically storing and updating the ID of the primary asperanoded node in a HA$$$redis deployment. (Aspera #633)$$$BREAKING CHANGES$$$If you are upgrading from a previous release; the following changes in this release might require you to$$$adjust your workflow; configuration; or usage.$$$Aspera #940 - The default for _transfer_in_bandwidth_flow_min_rate_cap and$$$_transfer_out_bandwidth_flow_min_rate_cap has changed from Unlimited to 0 to prevent$$$setting a minimum rate that conflicts with the vlink configured rate.$$$Aspera #1056 - The --log-io functionality in asperanoded has been remove

Please refer below URL for release notes:$$$$$$https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/asdc/4.4?topic=release-notes