PasswordSafe was originally designed by Bruce Schneier and released as a free utility application. Since then,
it has evolved considerably. The following table has links to pages detailing the release history of PasswordSafe
since the project was made open source. This can be useful for seeing
what features were added and what bugs were fixed since a given release.
29 October 2011
Password Safe 3.27 for Windows has been released and may be downloaded
from
here
(
Disk
on Key version,
U3 version).
This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below,
some bug fixes, as well as support for:
Chinese (full), Dutch (partial), French (full), German (full), Korean
(partial), Russian (full), Swedish (full), Danish (partial), Polish
(partial), and Spanish (full).
(If you're interested in supporting your language, please
let
me know.)
The
Linux Beta version has also been updated to
0.7, and is available for
Debian and
Ubuntu distributions, as well as in
source form.
Thanks to:
- Bjorne, Francois, Karlo, mniklas and pm_kan, for their
translation efforts and feedback on this release,
- The PasswordSafe testers for vetting this release,
- DK for his work and patience,
- Sauravg and pm_kan for their work on the Linux beta,
- All the users who provide feedback,
bug
reports, suggestions
and the occasional donation...
New Features for V3.27
| 3367590 |
User can now add a database name and description via the Properties diaolg. |
| 3349458 |
Allow filters to match on rules based on the password's length. |
| 3316779 |
Shift + "left mouse button 'Double-Click'" now configurable for user. The default is copy the username
to the clipboard. |
| n/a |
Preferences stored in the database are shown in blue in the Options dialogs. |
Changes to Existing Features in V3.27
| 3406549 |
Tooltip for System tray (displaying database file path) is now
limited to 40 characters (replacing text in the middle with '...' if needed). |
| 3348954 |
The passphrase is now required to change from read-only to read/write. |
Bugs fixed in V3.27
| 3411210 |
No longer crashes when unlocking with Subset Password dialog box opened. |
| 3382422 |
PasswordSafe now displays forms correctly on Netbooks. |
| 3382422 |
Toolbar now updated to reflect R/W or R-O mode when user dynamically changes mode. |
| 3380714 |
User can now save database after manually taking a backup. |
| 3380424 |
System Menu 'X' now closes the Edit/View PropertyPages when the database
is in R-O mode or the entry is protected. |
| n/a |
Filter image in Status bar is no longer replaced by 'Filter1' after changing
preferences via Manage→Options. |
| n/a |
Selecting hexadecimal passwords as the database policy no longer causes validation to fail. |
| n/a |
Correctly show database has been modified (to allow saving) if database preferences have been changed. |
30 June 2011
Password Safe 3.26 has been released and may be downloaded
from
here
(
Disk
on Key version,
U3 version).
This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below,
some bug fixes, as well as support for:
Chinese (full), Dutch (partial), French (full), German (full), Korean
(partial), Russian (full), Swedish (full), Danish (partial), Polish
(partial), and Spanish (full).
(If you're interested in supporting your language, please
let
me know.)
Thanks to:
- Bert, Bjorn, Jose, Karlo, mniklas and pm_kan, for their
translation efforts and feedback on this release,
- The PasswordSafe testers for vetting this release,
- DK for his work and patience,
- Sauravg and pm_kan for their work on the Linux beta
(released separately), and
- All the users who provide feedback,
bug
reports, suggestions
and the occasional donation...
New Features for
V3.26
| 3288341 |
Autotype has been added to the DragBar. Drag the image
to an
input area on another Window (e.g., Browser) and PasswordSafe will
begin Autotype from there. |
| 3286721 |
User can now toggle between read-only and read-write
modes
via a menu item or by double-clicking on the current R-O or R/W
indicator in the Status Bar. |
| 3203152 |
The displayed language can now be changed via the new
Manage->Change Language menu. |
| 3065111 |
Add/Edit now displays both the Application's
(PasswordSafe) and the
current database's default Autotype string (if set via
Manage->Options). |
2964804,
1855389 |
The user can specify the list of symbols valid for
password generation, and can override this for any particular
entry (except when EasyVision or Pronounceable passwords are chosen). |
1831893,
1471134 |
Added Autotype code "\s" to send "Shift+Tab" (back tab). |
| n/a |
Allow user to control copying of the password to
clipboard when
performing "Browse to URL" via an option in Options->Security.
This is
a database option i.e., you can have different setting for different
databases. |
| n/a |
Support importing of TXT, CSV files and XML exported
from KeePass
V1 and KeePass V2 XML files. Note that KeePass V2's export in the V1
format is does not conform to their own format as specified by their
V1 product and can not be imported. Please review our Help file for
the settings in KeePass required during their export. |
Changes to
Existing Features in V3.26
| n/a |
New image on start-up dialog - courtesy of user
Prinz_Eugen. |
| n/a |
Polish installation texts added thanks to Michal Niklas. |
| n/a |
An entry's password expiry date is set or cleared
directly rather than using
the Set and Clear buttons after changing values. |
| n/a |
The default password generation policy is now for 12
character
passwords that include symbol characters (previous default was 8, no
symbols). |
| n/a |
Unknown database header fields and unknown entry fields
are no
longer exported when a database is exported to XML as there is no
mechanism to re-check them during import. Exporting to XML and then
importing to a new database can be used to remove these unknown
fields. |
| n/a |
Date time fields, when exported to XML, now are in the
W3C dateTime
standard format instead of PasswordSafe's. This release can import
XML files with date time fields in either of these forms. The next
release will only be able to process the W3C standard. |
| n/a |
Fully support importing of TXT files exported from
KeePass V1
including the Group Tree structure, URL and date time fields. Please
review the online help for more details. |
Bugs fixed in
V3.26
| 3325116 |
Users can no longer select an entry via the System Tray
icon's Recent Entry menu if the display has not been restored after
minimize or unlock. |
3306357,
3062632,
2888026 |
User preference changes are now correctly
saved. This includes allowing user to change database preferences when
the database is read-only.
|
| 3303018 |
Filters with quotes in their name are now correctly
exported, imported
and displayed in the Manage Filters dialog. |
| 3301904 |
Export XML, export Text and the export of filters
functions
now process file names and paths containing non-Latin characters. In
addition, missing directories in the specified path are created as
neeeded. |
| 3234204 |
PasswordSafe no longer exits if the command flag is set
to "-s <databasename>". |
| 3088187 |
The correct entry in List View is now used for Autotype
when
using the keyboard to select the entry when PasswordSafe first opens.
|
| n/a |
Controls in Edit are now disabled if entry is protected. |
| n/a |
Compare databases now correctly compares the 'Protect'
and password policy 'symbols'
fields of entries. |
18 March 2011
Password Safe 3.25 has been released and may be downloaded
from
here
(
Disk
on Key version,
U3 version).
This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below,
some bug fixes, as well as support for:
Chinese
(full), Dutch (partial), French (full), German (full), Korean
(partial), Russian (full), Swedish (full), Danish (partial), Polish
(partial), and Spanish (full).
(If you're interested in supporting your language, please
let
me know.)
Thanks to:
- Bert,
Bjorn, Francois, Fred, freedoctor, Jose, Karlo, Kees, pm_kan, poserpro
and Seunggyun for their translation efforts and feedback on this
release,
- The PasswordSafe testers for vetting this release,
- DK for his work and patience,
- Sauravg and pm_kan for their work on the Linux beta
(released separately),
- All the users who provide feedback,
bug
reports, suggestions
and the occasional donation...
New Features for V3.25
| n/a |
Dutch installation instructions thank to Kees, and a
first
(incomplete) Dutch translation of the application thank to Bert, Kees
and Fred. |
| n/a |
Korean texts in the application and installer program
thanks to
Seunggyun. |
| n/a |
Poserpro has provided Traditional Chinese texts for the
installer
program. |
| n/a |
New View menu option: Show entries with Expiry. This is
useful for
displaying entries with passwords that are expired or about to expire. |
Changes to Existing Features in V3.25
3171962
|
The password expiration warning mechanism now checks
for
expiration daily. The display of expired and almost-expired entries
has been redesigned, allowing users to update the entry directly. When
an expired password is changed, the expiry date will be cleared unless
there is a recurring password expiry interval, in which case a new
expiry date will be calculated.
|
3131945
|
Double-clicking on the system tray icon when
PasswordSafe is not minimized now brings it to front, instead of
minimizing. |
3131935
|
Rename of an entry or group in the Tree View can now
only be
performed via the Rename shortcut (default value F2), using the Edit
menu or the right-click context menu. Edit in place by double clicking
the entry is no longer allowed as, most of the time, this was not the
desired action. |
| n/a |
Filtered views are now updated when an entry's edited,
e.g., if an
entry is edited such that it no longer satisfies the filter's
criteria, it will be removed from the display. |
| n/a |
The Russian online help has been totally rewritten and
updated,
thanks to pm_kan. |
| n/a |
pm_kan has updated the Russian texts |
| n/a |
The Spanish texts have been updated thanks to Jose. |
| n/a |
The Spanish texts have been updated thanks to Jose. |
| n/a |
Karlo has updated the German texts. |
| n/a |
Francois has updated the French texts. |
| n/a |
Bjorne has updated the Swedish version. |
| n/a |
freedoctor has updated the Chinese texts. |
Bugs fixed in V3.25
3194472
|
Fix new group creation location. When a Group is selected, then
selecting 'Add Group' from the Edit menu or from the context menu
displayed by
right clicking on that Group, the new group will be a child of the
selected group.
However, when using the context menu displayed on right clicking on
'white space'
below the last entry/group displayed, the group will be created at the
topmost level.
|
3165889
|
No longer crashes if search starts with Shift-Enter
(search backwards). |
3148701
|
Windows installer will now refuse to install on Win2K,
referring user to last supported version on that OS (3.18). |
| 3115760 |
Window view is now saved and restored if the user uses
the Windows
"Show Desktop" feature. |
n/a
|
No longer crashes when doing an Undo after a Merge. |
| n/a |
Ensure Undo/Redo honour the changes to the display of
the original change. |
