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.
25 December 2012
New releases for both Windows (3.30) and Linux (0.9Beta). Thanks to Matt, shivka7, suthakar123, nsaipraveen, sauravg and pm_kan for their
help in this release, and to pm_kan, Karlo, Bjorne and mniklas for updating the Russian, German, Swedish and Polish translations.
New Features for V3.30
| 689 |
It's now possible to change the r/w state of a database when
unlocking it. Thanks to Jeff for the suggestion. |
Changes to Existing Features in V3.30
None
Bugs fixed in V3.30
| 1066 |
Default changed: 'Browse to URL' does not copy password to
clipboard by default. Although convenient, this is a security issue if
the user isn't expecting it. Also show correct screen in Security
Options help. |
| 1065 |
Don't hide notes in Add/Edit dialog box when changing field focus
if user chose not to. |
| 1063 |
Intermediate backups also work correctly when relative path to
database is specified on command line. Thanks to Matt for tracking
this down. |
| 3556730 |
In Add/Edit dialog, clicking Apply no longer disables the OK
button. An asterisk (*) is displayed in the title bar when the entry's
modified and Apply's not clicked upon. Thanks to shivak7 for the fix.
|
| 3539347 |
An empty diamond icon is now updated to a full one when an
entry is dragged into it. Thanks to nsaipraveen for the fix.
|
| 3537861 |
An off-by-one issue with expiration dates has been fixed by
suthakar123. |
| 353 |
Easy-to-read option now respected in Generate Password screen. |
| n/a |
Update ListView immediately when an entry's field has been changed. |
21 August 2012
A long due update to the Linux version has been release, 0.8 Beta. The
packages are built for Debian 6.05 and Ubuntu 12.04, both on 32 bit architectures.
(64 bit versions compile and work, but have not yet been packaged due to resource constraints.)
Thanks to sauravg, mniklas and pm_kan for their help on this version.
This release fixes quite a bit of the issues reported for 0.7, as well as implementing some of the newer features of the Windows version, notable named password policies.
21 June 2012
Password Safe 3.29 for Windows has been released and may be downloaded
from
here.
This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below,
some bug fixes, as well as full or partial support for:
Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.
(If you're interested in supporting your language, please
let
me know.)
Thanks to:
- Andreas, Butchtik, pm_kan, Francois, mniklas, Bjorne, and Karlo for their translation efforts and feedback on this release,
- The PasswordSafe testers for vetting this release,
- DK for his work and patience,
- All the users who provide feedback,
bug
reports, suggestions
and the occasional donation...
New Features for V3.29
| 3519484 |
Empty Groups are now persistent (previously a group with no
entries would 'disappear' if the database was locked or closed). |
| 3510481 |
The Last Modified and Password Modified date/times are
initially set to show the entry's creation time, instead of being blank. |
| n/a |
When comparing databases, you can now display of the details of the
entries' differences in the results dialog by right-click -> compare
selected entries. |
| n/a |
You can now cancel a long running Compare, Merge or Synchronize
database operation. Note: You should check the operation's report file
to see if the operation was indeed cancelled. If not, you can undo it
as all operations).
|
| n/a |
Portuguese (Brazil) installation instructions added, thanks to Andreas. |
Changes to Existing Features in V3.29
None
Bugs fixed in V3.29
| 3525995 |
Find now only highlights/select the found entry. |
| 3523117 |
Password Expiration Date now correctly set when using intervals. |
| 3521158 |
Paste into the Notes field (Add or Edit entry) is now always in plain text. |
| 3518734 |
When generating passwords (Ctrl-P), the user is no longer prompted to save changes
when pressing Esc if they have selected a Named Password Policy but not generated
a password. |
| 3518732 |
Custom special symbol set now handled correctly in Generate Password dialog box. |
| 3518389 |
All date/time fields in the List view are now displayed using the user's
"short date" format as specified via the Windows Control Panel "Region and Language" tab. |
| 3515692 |
Fixed crash with Generate Password switching to default policy with > 1 named policy. |
| 3514819 |
Add Group now works again. |
| 3510590 |
Password History is now correctly repaired if found in error during
the automatic Validate on database open. |
| 3508891 |
Editing an entry's Notes using an external editor no longer adds blank lines
and fully supports non-Latin characters. |
| 3498625 |
Test selected password policy now reflects any edits done to the policy. |
| 3495473 |
Notes Word Wrap during edit now works again. |
22 February 2012
Password Safe 3.28 for Windows has been released and may be downloaded
from
here.
This release has a couple of nice new features, as described below,
some bug fixes, as well as full or partial support for:
Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.
(If you're interested in supporting your language, please
let
me know.)
Thanks to:
- Bert, Bjorne, Buchtik, Karlo, 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,
- All the users who provide feedback,
bug
reports, suggestions
and the occasional donation...
New Features for V3.28
| 3468289 |
The passwords in the Password History and in the List view now
displayed with the specified Password Font. In addition, you can now zoom
in and out of the Notes field, for easy reading of texts. |
| 3455436 |
The password history can now be deleted for all existing entries
in a database at once (optionally including Protected Entries). |
| 3421963 |
Multiple Password Policies can now be defined, managed and
selected in entries to generate passwords. |
| n/a |
Partial support for Czech has been added, thanks to butchtik. |
Changes to Existing Features in V3.28
| 3445820 |
The Edit menu item and entry right-click context menu item "Copy Run Command to
Clipboard" will now substitute any variables within the command. This can
be disabled by holding down the Ctrl key when selecting these menu
items. (Note that the standard menu shortcut can't be used to disable, as
the Ctrl key may be used to select a different menu item/command.) |
| n/a |
As mentioned in the V3.26 release, the XML representation of date/time
fields, are now in the W3C dateTime standard format instead of PasswordSafe's. This release
no longer supports import of XML files with date time fields in the old PasswordSafe's format.
See the online Help (the XML section of "Import Password Entries") if you
need to manually convert old XML files. |
| n/a |
After closing the current database, on opening another, PasswordSafe will first
attempt to access the directory of the last opened database in order to allow the user
to start browsing for their intended database. If this directory is not available,
PasswordSafe will open the default "My Safes" directory as it did prior to this change. |
| n/a |
Databases are now always validated when opened. The Manage->Validate
menu item has therefore been removed. |
| n/a |
The default backup policy has been changed to save the last three versions of the database,
instead of one. |
| n/a |
The graphic symbols for entries, groups, etc. have been redone, as most
displays now support more than 256 colors. |
Bugs fixed in V3.28
| 3486960 |
Rename of a group is now complete even if a filter is active. |
| 3486959 |
PasswordSafe no longer crashes when returning to edit after lock. |
| 3468853 |
The number of saved passwords can be changed and after the user presses Apply
they will no longer be warned that the entry has been changed when pressing Cancel. |
| 3462520 |
A password entry's expiry time in days now correctly reflects the
expiration date for non-recurring expiration. |
| 3440318 |
Filters can now be cleared by double-clicking on the filter indicator in
the status bar. Also, Filter Menu correctly changed when a filter is active. |
| 3435869 |
'-g config_file' option now accepts a non-existing file, creating it after notfying the user. |
| 3430196 |
Buttons in the Options property pages now retain the user's Windows theme. |
| n/a |
Fix inability to copy entries to the original database in the Compare database results
dialog. |
| n/a |
Thanks to Jon F. for proofreading the online help. |
