Citrix Tech Wire

Improved DST management
Deprecation of Network service account
Enhanced log files management
Updated SPN requirements for Citrix Provisioning Services
Increased default RAM when provisioning targets using the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Setup Wizard
Support for Linux streaming target devices

Session Recording service

Interactive Demo Mode for exploring Session Recording
Enhanced “Recording Playback” insights

Workspace Environment Management (WEM) service

Create filters using predefined templates
Increased character limit for condition values
'View reports' buttons now updates dynamically baked on report status

Citrix Workspace app

User Interface (UI)

Displays power state of Dedicated desktops
Configure a custom dialog to be displayed after log in

Workspace app for Linux - 2505

What's New:

Supporting Linux distributions
App Protection support for eLux 7
Improved proxy handling with FQDN support
Enhancement to Fullscreen or Extend button behavior
New storebrowse commands to create an autostart entry for boot-to-virtual-desktop
Loss tolerant mode for graphics (Tech Preview)

Workspace app for Mac - 2505

What's New:

Citrix Workspace app for Mac on macOS Tahoe Beta2
Simplified authentication into on-premises store
Support for voice dictation
Troubleshoot launch failure self service
Prevent launching of ICA files from disk
Monitoring Zoom plug-in metrics on Director
Auto-update enhancements for active users in Citrix Workspace app for Mac
Keyboard accessibility support for the toolbar on the Virtual Desktop
Enhancement to Connection Strength Indicator on Citrix Viewer toolbar
Support for macOS window tiling in Citrix Workspace app for Mac
Platform-specific toolbar update: Ctrl+Alt+Del button hidden for macOS VDA sessions
Enhanced user interface and experience

Workspace app for HTML5 - 2505

What's New:

Enhanced multi-monitor support with auto-detection and custom display selector
Disable downloading of Citrix Workspace app logs in error dialogs

Workspace app for ChromeOS - 2505

What's New:

Enhanced multi-monitor support with auto-detection and custom display selector
Improved video rendering in optimized Zoom sessions
Persistent auto USB redirection

Workspace app for Android 2505

What's New:

Default display settings
Support for floating window mode
Enhanced virtual desktop screen resizing experience
Support for App Protection Anti-Keylogging

Workspace app for Windows LTSR 2402 CU3 Hotfix 1

Virtual Channel SDKs

Workspace app for Linux SDKs

Platform Optimization SDK - 2505 | Download
Certificate Identify Declaration SDK - 2505 | Download
Credential Interstation SDK - 2505 | Download

Tech Preview

Citrix Workspace app

Multi-Workspace URL support for Device Posture Service
Unified Workspace APIs
View all Citrix Workspace app features in Tech Preview: Windows | Mac | Linux | iOS | Android | ChromeOS

Director (in CVAD 2503)

HDX

Monitor

Platform

GACS supports hybrid launch
Multi-site management and end-user resource aggregation

Provisioning and App Layering

Citrix Integration with Nutanix Prism Central on AHV
Enrollment of Hybrid Entra ID joined non-persistent VMs into Microsoft Intune
Citrix Integration with Azure Local for Linux Workload

Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs)

VDA Upgrade Service multi-release support

Early Access Release

CVAD LTSR 2507 EAR 2 | Download

CVAD LTSR 2402 CU3 EAR | Download

Citrix StoreFront LTSR 2507 EAR 2 | Download

Citrix Linux VDA LTSR 2507 - EAR | Download

New Resources

Deployment Guides

Using HasiCorp Packer to automate the creator of Master Images

NetScaler

Now Available

NetScaler (ADC)

Release 14.1 Build 47.46

What's New:

Enhancements to Next-Gen API functionality
Next-Gen API supports enabling or disabling APIs for specific application subcomponents
Support for IPv6 traffic in Content Inspection with IPS
NSB tracing support in NetScaler
Enhanced cache memory management with LRU eviction
Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) support
Support for DTLS v1.2 protocol on the back end of NetScaler VPX, SDX, and MPX
View runtime content of NetScaler variables
Hostname isolation support on NetScaler BLX
XenServer 8 support on the NetScaler SDX 8900 appliance
Support for NetScaler VPX on Citrix hypervisor/XenServer with AMD processors
Web App Firewall protection for NetScaler GUI endpoints
Support for NetScaler MPX disk encryption through NetScaler Console
PHP version upgraded to 8.1.31
Increased password length for SNMPv3 authentication and privacy mechanisms
Force completion of ISSU migration
Traffic Domain support resumed
Support for HDX Insight with Secure HDX in NetScaler Gateway
DTLS 1.2 support on NetScaler Gateway
Support for SmartControl for Secure HDX
Support for the CSP header in NetScaler Gateway
Enhanced DNS resolution with TCP support
Support for strong mapping certificates in Intune NAC integration with NetScaler Gateway
Support for Google reCaptcha v3
Support for protected user authentication
Export audit logs in JSON format to Splunk HEC by using syslogaction
Export metrics for configured entities
Removal of DEBUG log level from local syslog

Release 13.1 Build 59.19

What's New:

Support for the CSP header in NetScaler Gateway

Release 13.1-FIPS, 13.1-NDcPP Build 37.235

Release 12.1-NDcPP Build 55.328

Release 12.1-FIPS Build 55.328

Latest EPA Libraries

NetScaler Console (ADM)

Release 14.1 Build 47.46

What’s New:

Configure NetScaler Console on AWS GovCloud
Improvements to Upgrade Jobs
Improvements to Configuration Jobs
Zero-touch certificate management - Validate Console CA certificate
Improvements to global analytics configuration
Support for accessing privately-hosted GitLab/GitHub repositories and Infoblox IPAM

Release 13.1 Build 59.19

Tech Preview

Secure Private Access (SPA)

Now Available

Secure Private Access Hybrid

Integration with Google Chrome Enterprise Premium

Secure Private Access service

Manage certificates within Secure Private Access console

Tech Preview

Secure Private Access integration with Monitor

New Resources

Tech Zone

The skinny on Large PoPs

XenServer

Now Available

XenServer Updates

What's New

XenServer 8.4 - Installation ISO

Normal Channel Updates - June 17, 2025

Improvements:

XenServer hosts now support SHA-512 certificates.
The server status report now includes information relating to Fibre Channel host adapters.
Increase the space available for pool metadata backups to 1 GB by default.
NBD: increase the timeout to match iSCSI timeout and use persistent connections.
Improve the speed of XAPI database actions.

Fix Issues:

Pool join is not blocked when the joining host does not have an IP configured in the clustering network.
Performance graphs in XenCenter can show incorrect data.
The XenCenter Performance tab shows a gap in the RRDs.
A rare case where rapid sequences of volume clones and starting guests can cause a volume clone to fail on XFS SRs.
A backwards compatibility issue in HA.
A backwards compatibility issue on SMAPIv1 and SMAPIv2.
Cross pool migration might fail with an HTTP 500 error.
When Windows Update requires a VM to restart, the VM shutdown can hang due to a deadlock.
A pool join can fail when the host joining the pool has an incompatible set of SM features.
A deadlock during two-way migration.
VM start can fail when the IQN is empty.

Normal Channel Updates - June 2, 2025

Improvements:

Update the bnxt-en driver to version 1.10.3-232.0.155.5

XenCenter 2025.2.1

Fixed Issues:

When taking a host out of maintenance mode, if you select Restore VMs, only the first of the evacuated VMs is migrated back onto the host. The automatic migration of the subsequent VMs fails. You can manually migrate these VMs back to their original host. (XSI-1924)

New Resources

Urgent Announcement: Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) End of Life

XenServer 8.4 offers a more modern, continuously updated platform with numerous improvements over its predecessor. For detailed upgrade guidance, please refer to the Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 to XenServer 8.4 Migration deployment guide.
Reminder, as of June 25, 2025, Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 reached its End of Life. To ensure continued support, security updates, and access to the latest features, we strongly urge all remaining users to upgrade to XenServer 8.4 immediately.

Unicon eLux Scout

Now Available

Unicon eLux 7 2505

What's New:

eLux is now supported in VirtualBox environments.

Security:

Hardened procedure to prevent the unintentional execution of user-defined files.
See Security Bulletin on myelux.com for further details and information on security updates

Changed:

Users can now mark published Citrix desktops and applications as favorites.
Support has been added for using a variable for the hostname in scep.ini.
Configurable setting to prompt users to authenticate before each start of an AVD session.

Fixed issues:

The built in browser in Kiosk Mode was not displaying in full screen as expected.
Diagnostics retrieval failed on Dell Latitude 5520 and 5530 models.
Closing the lid on Dell Latitude 5550 did not turn off the screen.
Applications marked as hidden were still visible in the start menu.
Fujitsu's BIOS update tool DeskFlash was not functional with Linux kernel version 6.12.
HP's BIOS update tool was failing to function on HP devices.
Screen resolution could not be changed when running eLux on Hyper-V.
ISO images now boot correctly on Xen and Hyper-V hypervisors.
Minor bug fixes and improvements

Unicon Scout 15 2409 LTSR CU2