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AlwaysUp Web Service Version History / Release Notes |
Check out what's new in each release of AlwaysUp Web Service
Version 17
17.0.1.65 (May 1 2026) 
New Features
Fixes & Improvements
- Full compatibility with AlwaysUp version 17.
- Added the ability to show the password in Control Panel app.
- Reduced permissions required for several API operations.
- To run more smoothly on Windows Secure Host Baseline (SHB), rearchitected internal components to avoid conflicts related to Data
Execution Prevention (DEP) and similar process mitigation technologies.
Version 16
16.5.1.78 (September 25 2025)
New Features
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved stability when handling HTTP/S requests.
- Install the Windows Service as "Automatic (Delayed Start)", to avoid starting too soon before networking services are up and running.
- Try to bind to the port a couple of times, to survive transient problems.
- Fixed a problem where the service's description could be truncated in the registry.
16.0.4.23 (May 2 2025)
New Features
- API requests to start, stop and restart now accept an optional tag parameter that identifies the applications to control.
Fixes & Improvements
- Full compatibility with AlwaysUp version 16.
- Fixed a bug that prevented temporary HTML and XML files from being removed.
- Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause a crash on server shutdown.
- Don't overwrite SSL certificate files during installation.
- To improve security, dropped support for TLS 1.2. Going forward, only TLS 1.3 will be supported.
Version 15
15.0.3.49 (January 22 2024)
New Features
Fixes & Improvements
- Full compatibility with AlwaysUp version 15.
- Reject all attempts to reboot the computer when that functionality is disallowed.
- Added a session timeout option of 7 days.
- Return the AlwaysUp application configuration in verbose API requests.
Version 14
14.7.1.23 (October 1 2023)
New Features
- Made authentication/logging in optional.
- The session timeout value is configurable.
Fixes & Improvements
- Updated the self-signed SSL certificate. The new one expires in 2033.
- Added support for TLS 1.3.
- Resolved a few security issues related to SSL.
- Fixed a bug with application names when working with the API.
- Tweaked the code to improve efficiency when loading the list of services.
- Fixed a problem loading read-only Windows Services.
14.1.1.97 (January 26 2023)
New Features
Fixes & Improvements
- Warn when cookies are not enabled in the browser.
Version 13
13.3.0.29 (June 9 2022)
New Features
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed a problem with cookies that prevented some users from accessing the applications page.
13.2.9.46 (February 4 2022)
New Features
- Added support for reverse proxy configuration.
- API requests to start or restart now accept an optional session identifier.
Fixes & Improvements
- An application favicon is now returned to browsers.
- Full support for Windows Server 2022.
- Full support for Windows 11.
- Minor adjustments for Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1).
Version 12
12.7.0.48 (April 2 2021)
New Features
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved support for stopping applications configured with an extended stop time.
- Improved internal logging.
- Improved performance when loading 50+ services.
- Improved performance when loading 1000+ records from the Windows event logs.
- Bug fixes for internal TCP/IP networking components.
- Applied various security updates.
- Minor adjustments for Windows 10 October 2020 (20H2).
- Small technical enhancements for Windows Server 2019.
- Improved support for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.
Version 11
11.0.1.72 (June 23 2018)
New Features
- Compatible with AlwaysUp version 11.
- Added support for "Waiting" states.
- Added support for application tags.
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved performance when reading from the Windows Event log.
Version 8
8.8.0.75 (August 22 2014)
New features
- Added the ability to prevent users from starting/stopping/restarting applications.
- Enhanced the get-status API method to return verbose information.
Fixes & Improvements
- Applications marked as disabled in AlwaysUp are no longer shown.
- Updated the self signed certificate used for HTTPS (expires in 2024).
- Restart in the same session instead of always restarting in session 0.
8.0.4.16 (July 28 2012)
New features
- Compatible with AlwaysUp version 8.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed a bug when reading from the output file.
- Fixed a bug where SSL file transmissions would sometimes hang.
Version 7
7.9.0.11 (December 27 2011)
New features
Fixes & Improvements
- Reduced the program size and improved overall performance.
7.8.0.56 (April 3 2011)
New features
- Added a State column.
- Columns can now be sorted.
- Added a button to restart a running service.
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved the performance of reading from the Event Logs.
Version 2
2.8.4.75 (December 21 2008)
New features
Fixes & Improvements
- Improvements for branding.
2.7.6.16 (July 13 2008)
New features
- Added an option to enable/disable the "Restart the computer" functionality.
- Added support for Windows Server 2008 (all editions).
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed a bug where an activity report could fail because of "insufficient space".
2.5.8.76 (January 12 2008)
New features
- Added the ability to restart the computer.
- Added a link to show the output file captured by AlwaysUp when that feature is configured.
Fixes & Improvements
- Various improvements to the API.
- Increased the login timeout from 5 to 10 minutes.
2.2.5.34 (September 15 2007)
New features
- Established a HTTP & XML API for controlling applications.
- Allow the Web Service to bind to a single IP address instead of binding to all.
Fixes & Improvements
- Fixed a problem where starting and stopping an application repeatedly may hang the web service.
- Improved performance on Vista.
2.0.4.17 (March 25 2007)
New features
- Added support for Site & OEM branding.
- All images are now served from the Web Service machine instead of our Internet web server.
Fixes & Improvements
- Made various changes to fully support Vista.
- Fixed a bug where a report could fail because of "insufficient space".
Version 1
1.5.0.16 (August 27 2006)
New features
- Added the ability to report on applications' activities.
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved the concurrency (multiple browsers can now be served simultaneously).
- Reduced the size of the executable files.
1.1.7.58 (August 6 2006)
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