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v0.15.5
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What's Changed

Added

  • IronRDP 0.15 (bulk compression) — RDP sessions now negotiate XCRUSH (RDP 6.1) compression in Quality/Balanced modes and MPPC-64K in Speed mode, significantly reducing bandwidth for slow connections. Compression is handled transparently by the new ironrdp-bulk crate.
  • IronRDP 0.15 (slow-path rendering) — sessions with servers that use slow-path output (XRDP, older Windows) now render correctly instead of showing blank screens. Both slow-path bitmap and pointer updates are routed through the existing rendering pipeline.
  • IronRDP 0.15 (alternate_shell/work_dir) — RemoteApp program and working_dir are now passed via the native alternate_shell/work_dir fields in the Client Info PDU, enabling CyberArk PSM and custom shell scenarios without FreeRDP.
  • IronRDP 0.15 (improved compatibility) — connection to GNOME Remote Desktop (grd) no longer fails on ServerDeactivateAll during CapabilitiesExchange; all colour depths are advertised per FreeRDP pattern (fixes Windows Server 2012+ with 24bpp); Auto-Detect Request PDUs no longer crash the session; bitmap updates exceeding buffer bounds after resize are safely skipped.
  • IronRDP 0.15 (multitransport dispatch) — MultitransportRequest and AutoDetect PDUs are now logged instead of causing unhandled-PDU errors. UDP sideband transport is not yet implemented but the session stays alive.
  • IronRDP 0.15 (clipboard file contents) — SendFileContentsRequest/SendFileContentsResponse clipboard messages are now gracefully handled (logged, not yet implemented for full file copy).
  • IronRDP 0.15 (pixel format fix) — removed manual R↔B channel swap in extract_region_data; IronRDP 0.15 fixed the pixel format pipeline so BgrA32 output now directly matches Cairo's ARGB32 (both are B-G-R-A in memory on little-endian). This eliminates a per-frame O(w×h) loop, improving 4K rendering throughput.

Fixed

  • macOS: passwords not saving to Keychain — dispatch_vault_op() incorrectly used LibSecretBackend (which shells out to secret-tool, a Linux-only utility) for the MacOsKeychain backend type. Now correctly instantiates MacOsKeychainBackend (Security.framework) on macOS. Users saw a generic "Failed to save password to vault" toast with no further details.
  • macOS: tray icon missing when launched from .app bundle — the root cause was exec() (re-exec) breaking the macOS LaunchServices "scene" registration for NSStatusItem. Replaced setup_macos_bundle_env() (which used exec() to set env vars) with configure_macos_bundle() which programmatically configures all subsystems without re-exec: i18n::locale_dir() now detects the bundle's Contents/Resources/locale path directly, icon search paths were already added programmatically in register_app_icon(), and get_extended_path() already handles PATH for child processes. CFBundleExecutable in Info.plist now points to the native rustconn binary with no wrapper or re-exec needed. Note: on macOS Sequoia 15.5, tray icon is not displayed when launched via Finder/Dock due to a GTK4 GDK macOS backend limitation (FrontBoardServices scene registration failure); works correctly when launched from terminal.
  • macOS: AWS SSM "session-manager-plugin not found" — added /usr/local/sessionmanagerplugin/bin to get_extended_path() on macOS for users who install the plugin via the official AWS installer (not Homebrew). Documented the separate installation requirement in ZERO_TRUST.md and MACOS_BUILD.md.

Changed

  • Compact mode: denser sidebar rows — vertical margins reduced from 6px to 3px per row, allowing ~60px more visible content for 10 connections
  • Compact mode: slimmer sidebar bottom toolbar — button min-height reduced from default to 22px with tighter padding
  • Compact mode: smaller search/filter bar — search entry min-height reduced to 26px with slightly smaller font
  • Compact mode: popover menu item padding — all popover menus (hamburger, context, tab) use less vertical padding per item, significantly reducing menu height on small screens
  • Compact mode: smaller protocol filter buttons — denser filter pills matching overall compact density
  • Compact mode: denser RDP/VNC/SPICE toolbar — embedded session toolbar (Copy, Paste, Autotype, Ctrl+Alt+Del) uses reduced margins and button height in compact mode, giving more vertical space to the remote desktop viewport
  • Compact mode enabled by default on macOS — new installations on macOS start with compact interface active; existing users keep their saved preference
  • Hamburger menu restructured into submenus — "Tools" (Snippets, Clusters, Templates, Variables, Password Generator, Wake On LAN, SSH Tunnels) and "Sessions" (Active Sessions, History, Statistics, Recordings) are now submenus; Import/Export/Copy/Paste merged into a single "File" section. Top-level menu reduced from 24 items to ~14, dramatically reducing vertical height on macOS

Dependencies

  • Upgraded: ironrdp 0.14→0.15, ironrdp-tokio 0.8→0.9, ironrdp-connector 0.8→0.9, ironrdp-session 0.8→0.9, ironrdp-cliprdr 0.5→0.6, ironrdp-rdpdr 0.5→0.6, ironrdp-rdpsnd 0.7→0.8, ironrdp-dvc 0.5→0.6, ironrdp-displaycontrol 0.5→0.6, ironrdp-graphics 0.7→0.8, ironrdp-pdu 0.7→0.8, ironrdp-core 0.1→0.2, ironrdp-svc 0.6→0.7. New transitive: ironrdp-bulk 0.1.
  • Updated: inotify 0.11.1→0.11.2, ironrdp-tls 0.2.0→0.2.1, rustls-native-certs 0.8.3→0.8.4, unicode-segmentation 1.13.2→1.13.3

Installation

Flatpak (Recommended)

flatpak install flathub io.github.totoshko88.RustConn

Snap

sudo snap install rustconn

Debian/Ubuntu (.deb from this release)

sudo dpkg -i rustconn_0.15.5_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora (.rpm from this release)

sudo dnf install rustconn-0.15.5-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm

AppImage

chmod +x RustConn-0.15.5-x86_64.AppImage
./RustConn-0.15.5-x86_64.AppImage

macOS (Homebrew)

brew tap totoshko88/rustconn
brew install rustconn
open $(brew --prefix)/opt/rustconn/RustConn.app

All dependencies (GTK4, libadwaita, VTE, Adwaita icons) are installed automatically.
Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later.

OBS Repositories

Packages available at: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:totoshko88:rustconn/rustconn

# Debian 13 (Trixie)
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/Debian_13/ /' \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rustconn.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/Debian_13/Release.key \
  | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/rustconn.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update && sudo apt install rustconn

# Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble)
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/xUbuntu_24.04/ /' \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rustconn.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/xUbuntu_24.04/Release.key \
  | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/rustconn.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update && sudo apt install rustconn

# Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute)
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/xUbuntu_26.04/ /' \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rustconn.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/xUbuntu_26.04/Release.key \
  | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/rustconn.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update && sudo apt install rustconn

# Fedora 44
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/Fedora_44/home:totoshko88:rustconn.repo
sudo dnf install rustconn

# Fedora 43
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/Fedora_43/home:totoshko88:rustconn.repo
sudo dnf install rustconn

# openSUSE Tumbleweed
sudo zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ rustconn
sudo zypper ref && sudo zypper in rustconn

# openSUSE Leap 16.0
sudo zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/totoshko88:/rustconn/openSUSE_Leap_16.0/ rustconn
sudo zypper ref && sudo zypper in rustconn

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S rustconn

FreeBSD (Ports)

pkg install rustconn

Full installation guide: https://github.com/totoshko88/RustConn/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md

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