Community Release v1.79.0 — 26 bug fixes, 3-platform builds

[robertpopa22]

mRemoteNG v1.79.0 — Community Edition

Download: https://github.com/robertpopa22/mRemoteNG/releases/tag/v1.79.0

Builds available for x64, x86, and ARM64 (portable ZIP).

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What is this?

A community-maintained release based on v1.78.2-dev with 26 bug fixes, 81 pre-existing test failures resolved, and 28 new tests added. All fixes have individual PRs open on this repo (#3105–#3130) ready for upstream review.

Highlights

Security

• LDAP query sanitizer for imported hosts (P0-LDAP-sanitizer-and-importer-guardrails #3105)
• ProcessStart argument hardening for external tools (P0P5-ProcessStart-hardening-and-external-tools-escaping #3109)
• XML entity protection during config recovery ("fix-startup-xml-recovery-811" #3125)

Stability

• Close-tab crash race condition fixed (P5-3069-close-panel-race-fix #3106)
• Tab close crash under window resize fixed (Fix-tab-close-race-under-resize-2166 #3129)
• Empty panel close after last tab (Fix-empty-panel-close-after-last-tab-2160 #3126)
• Main window close-cancel now actually cancels (Fix-main-close-cancel-behavior-with-open-panels #3124)
• RDP SmartSize RCW disconnect crash fixed ("fix-rdp-smartsize-rcw-disconnect-2510" #3119)

RDP

• SmartSize no longer causes focus loss (fix-rdp-smartsize-focus-loss-2735 #3116)
• Fullscreen toggle guard for redirect keys (fix-rdp-fullscreen-toggle-guard-redirectkeys-847 #3117)
• Refocus after exiting fullscreen (fix-rdp-refocus-after-fullscreen-exit-1650 #3118)

Connections & Credentials

• 1Password parser and fallback fix (P5-3092-onepassword-parser-and-fallback-fix #3107)
• Default external credential provider fix (P5-2972-default-external-provider-fix #3108)
• SqlClient SNI runtime for SQL connections ("P5-3005-explicit-SqlClient-SNI-runtime-references" #3110)
• SQL schema compatibility for older databases (sql-schema-compatibility-hardening-empty-outdated-tblCons #3111)
• Master password autolock on minimize/idle (Add-master-password-autolock-on-minimize-idle-1649 #3122)
• Password required before disabling protection (Require-current-password-before-disabling-Password-protect-2673 #3121)

PuTTY

• Provider failure no longer crashes startup (Handle_PuTTY_provider_failures_during_startup_load_822 #3114)
• CJK session name decoding fixed (Harden-PuTTY-session-name-decoding-CJK-2785 #3115)

UI

• Config panel splitter width persists after minimize ("fix-config-panel-splitter-width-reset-after-minimize-850" #3112)
• Tab drag autoscroll on overflow (Fix-document-tab-drag-autoscroll-on-overflow-2161 #3127)
• Config connections panel focus (Fix-Config-Connections-restored-panel-focus-override-2171 #3128)
• Inheritance label width no longer truncates (fix-inheritance-property-labels-cut-off-2155 #3130)
• PROTOCOL token for external tools (Add-PROTOCOL-external-tool-token #3123)

Infrastructure

• Startup path fallback for missing directories (fix-startup-path-fallback-1969 #3113)
• Settings path logging for troubleshooting (codex/pr16 settings path observability 2987 #3120)

Test Suite

• 2176 tests, all passing
• 81 pre-existing upstream test failures fixed
• 28 new coverage tests added
• .NET 10, 3-architecture CI (x86, x64, ARM64)

Full PR List

PR	Issue	Fix
#3105	—	LDAP sanitizer and importer guardrails
#3106	#3069	Close panel race fix
#3107	#3092	1Password parser and fallback fix
#3108	#2972	Default external provider fix
#3109	—	ProcessStart hardening and escaping
#3110	#3005	SqlClient SNI runtime references
#3111	#1916	SQL schema compatibility hardening
#3112	#850	Config panel splitter width reset
#3113	#1969	Startup path fallback
#3114	#822	PuTTY provider failure handling
#3115	#2785	PuTTY CJK session name decoding
#3116	#2735	RDP SmartSize focus loss fix
#3117	#847	RDP fullscreen toggle guard
#3118	#1650	RDP refocus after fullscreen exit
#3119	#2510	RDP SmartSize RCW disconnect fix
#3120	#2987	Settings path logging
#3121	#2673	Require password before disabling protection
#3122	#1649	Master password autolock on minimize/idle
#3123	#1634	PROTOCOL external tool token
#3124	#2270	Main close cancel behavior
#3125	#811	Startup XML recovery
#3126	#2160	Empty panel close after last tab
#3127	#2161	Tab drag autoscroll on overflow
#3128	#2171	Config connections panel focus
#3129	#2166	Tab close race under resize
#3130	#2155	Inheritance label width fix

All PRs target v1.78.2-dev and are ready for review and merge.

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Fork: https://github.com/robertpopa22/mRemoteNG
Branch: codex/release-1.79-bootstrap
Release: https://github.com/robertpopa22/mRemoteNG/releases/tag/v1.79.0

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