KeePass Releases & Discussion

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  1. guest

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    What is KeePass?
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    KeePass 2.x is providing more features and it also supports Mono (Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, ...)
    KeePass Edition Comparison
    KeePass v2.37 Released (October 12, 2017)
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    Requirement: .NET Framework
    Changes from 2.36 to 2.37:
    New Features:
    • When creating a new database, KeePass now offers to print a KeePass emergency sheet (which can then be filled out and stored in a secure location, where only the user and possibly a few other people that the user trusts have access to); an emergency sheet can also be created via 'Tools' -> 'Database Tools' -> 'Print Emergency Sheet'.
    • Added database file information dialog that is displayed when creating a new database.
    • Added function to search similar password clusters ('Edit' -> 'Show Entries' -> 'Find Similar Passwords (Clusters)').
    • On Unix-like systems: if the library 'libgcrypt.so.20' is available, KeePass uses it for AES-KDF transformations.
    • Enhanced PrepMonoDev.sh script to upgrade a DTD processing definition.
    • Added workaround for .NET/Windows column header drawing bug when switching to TAN-only entry list mode.
    • Added workaround for Mono tab switching bug.
    • Added workaround for Mono '}' character RTF encoding bug.
    • TrlUtil: added support for .NET 4.*.
    Improvements:
    • Improved dialog for changing the master key (key file and user account are now expert options, added more information and links to help page sections).
    • KeePass now directly offers to save the database after changing the master key, and it asks whether to print a new emergency sheet.
    • Various improvements in the translation selection dialog (the selected translation can now be activated by pressing Return, the list view now uses the Explorer style, ...).
    • KeePass now refuses to attach files that are larger than 512 MB (as larger files can result in serialization problems).
    • Increased default number of AES-KDF rounds.
    • On Unix-like systems, KeePass now uses the CSP implementation of the AES algorithm for encrypting data, which is a bit faster.
    • Improved tool strip checkmark rendering on Unix-like systems.
    • Updated links (to the website, help pages, etc.).
    • The MSI file is now built using Visual Studio 2017.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • (None).

    KeePass v1.34 Released (October 5, 2017)
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    Changes from 1.33 to 1.34:
    New Features:
    • Printing now works even when the default browser doesn't support the 'Print' shell verb.
    • Added workaround for Wine not supporting EM_PASTESPECIAL.
    Improvements:
    • Improved error handling when there is too few memory for saving a database.
    • When attaching a file fails, a detailed error message is displayed now.
    • KeePass now refuses to attach files that are larger than 512 MB (as larger files can result in memory problems).
    • Increased default number of AES-KDF rounds.
    • Updated links (to the website, help pages, etc.).
    • Upgraded to Boost libraries version 1.65.1.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • (None).
     
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    KeePass v1.35 Released (January 2, 2018)
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    Changes from 1.34 to 1.35:
    New Features:
    • The installers (regular and MSI) now create empty 'Languages' and 'Plugins' folders in the application directory, and the portable package now also contains such folders; language files and plugins should now be stored in these folders.
    • Added button 'Open Folder' in the language selection dialog, which opens the 'Languages' folder.
    • Added button 'Open Folder' in the plugins dialog, which opens the 'Plugins' folder.
    • Added workaround for Microsoft Office breaking the 'Print' shell verb for HTML files.
    Improvements:
    • Password quality estimation: improved compatibility with process memory protection.
    • Improved password quality estimation performance.
    • Printing / HTML export: improved embedding of CSS.
    • Printing / HTML export: spaces in passwords are now encoded as non-breaking spaces.
    • Various improvements in the language selection dialog.
    • Various UI text improvements.
    • Upgraded to Boost libraries version 1.66.0.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • (None).
     
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    KeePass v2.38 Released (January 9, 2018)
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    Changes from 2.37 to 2.38:
    New Features:
    • The installers (regular and MSI) now create an empty 'Languages' folder in the application directory, and the portable package now also contains such a folder; language files should now be stored in this folder.
    • Added button 'Open Folder' in the language selection dialog, which opens the 'Languages' folder.
    • Added button 'Open Folder' in the plugins dialog, which opens the 'Plugins' folder.
    • Added a runtime activation policy setting (to improve compatibility with Microsoft User Experience Virtualization).
    • Added option 'Icon' and an option for specifying the placeholder behavior (replace or not, or both forms) in the 'Print' / HTML export dialog.
    • Printing / HTML export: the notes of a group are now displayed below the group name.
    • Enhanced the Password Exporter import module to support XML files created by version 1.3.4.
    • Added workaround for Microsoft Office breaking the 'Print' shell verb for HTML files.
    • Added workaround for Mono list view item deletion bug.
    • Added workaround for Mono command line argument encoding bug.
    • KPScript: the 'AddEntry' and 'EditEntry' commands now support the '-setx-Icon' and '-setx-CustomIcon' parameters, which set the icon of the entry.
    • KPScript: the 'ChangeMasterKey' command now supports the '-newpw-enc' parameter (for specifying the new master password in encrypted form, compatible with the {PASSWORD_ENC} placeholder).
    • KPScript: the 'ListEntries' command now supports all '-ref-*' and '-refx-*' parameters.
    Improvements:
    • Password quality estimation: improved compatibility with process memory protection.
    • Improved UI scaling when using KeePass on multiple systems with different DPI values.
    • Printing / HTML export: improved embedding of CSS.
    • Printing / HTML export: spaces in passwords are now encoded as non-breaking spaces.
    • Improved UI updating in the 'Print' / HTML export dialog.
    • Enhanced KDE system font detection.
    • Improved fatal error handling.
    • Various improvements in the language selection dialog.
    • KPScript: improved behavior of '-ref-*' parameters when combined with the '-refx-All' option.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • Fixed HTML generation bug: when the option 'Use monospace font for passwords' was turned off, a generated HTML file in 'Details' mode could contain invalid end tags.
     
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    Thnx for notification :thumb:
     
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    KeePass v2.39 Released (May 6, 2018)
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    Changes from 2.38 to 2.39:
    New Features:
    • KeePass now uses Transactional NTFS (TxF) for writing database and configuration files, if possible; this improves the compatibility with other programs that are watching these files (e.g. file synchronization services).
    • Added command 'Edit' → 'Show Entries' → 'Large Entries'.
    • Added command 'Edit' → 'Show Entries' → 'Last Modified Entries'.
    • Added option 'Automatically save after modifying an entry using the entry editing dialog' (turned off by default).
    • Added option 'Minimize main window after performing auto-type' (turned off by default).
    • Added option 'Show lines between nodes in tree views' (turned off by default).
    • Added support for importing Google Chrome 66 password CSV files.
    • Added trigger event 'Time - Periodic', which is raised at user-defined intervals.
    • Links in the entry string editing dialog are clickable now.
    • Added UIFlags bit for disabling the 'XML Replace' menu item.
    • Added UIFlags bit for hiding auto-type obfuscation compatibility information dialogs.
    • Added workaround for .NET 'urtf' RTF round-trip bug.
    • Secure edit controls are now extensible by plugins.
    • KPScript: the 'AddEntry' command now supports the '-setx-Expires' and '-setx-ExpiryTime' parameters.
    Improvements:
    • In printouts and HTML exports, expired entries now have a red 'X' icon (if the option 'Icon' is turned on).
    • Improved string normalization in the entry and string editing dialogs.
    • Improved and optimized process memory protection, especially in the entry editing dialog.
    • Secure edit control improvements.
    • Improved behavior when moving a custom string to a standard field.
    • Improved entry size calculation.
    • URL overrides are now used also for application URLs.
    • Improved input focus restoration.
    • When trying to toggle the auto-start option and creating/deleting the registry value fails, KeePass now shows a detailed error message.
    • Improved XML serialization.
    • Stream disposal improvements in exceptional situations.
    • Process object disposal improvements.
    • Extended inter-process communication (IPC) messages are compressed and encrypted now.
    • New IPC mechanism on Unix-like systems.
    • Enhanced desktop type detection on Unix-like systems.
    • On the Cinnamon desktop, the 'Always on Top' option is now disabled (because it is not supported properly by the environment).
    • KeePass now ignores hidden Git and Visual Studio directories when building a PLGX file.
    • The trigger system now ignores state-changing placeholders in most places.
    • Removed trigger event 'User interface state updated' (consider using the new event 'Time - Periodic' instead).
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • The 'View' button on the 'History' tab of the entry editing dialog is now disabled when multiple items are selected.
    • The main window state is now updated after closing an entry report dialog.
     
  7. guest

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    KeePass 2.39 Password Manager is out
    A new version of the popular password manager KeePass was released today that brings the version of the Windows program to KeePass 2.39. It introduces support for importing Chrome passwords and more.
    May 6, 2018

    https://www.ghacks.net/2018/05/06/keepass-2-39-password-manager-is-out/
     
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    Much appreciated, mood. I see I have fallen a bit behind in version updates, currently running 2.35 on my machines. I will fix that now. :thumb:
     
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    v2.35 - Yes, it is really time to update ;)
     
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    This is great!

    Thanks, @mood
     
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    You're welcome :)
     
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    KeePass 2.39.1 is available.

    Changes from 2.39 to 2.39.1:

    • File transactions: improved access control list (ACL) restoration.
    • File transactions are not used anymore when attempting to write to a local file that does not exist yet (to ensure a correct default ACL).
    • The option to minimize the main window after performing auto-type is now ignored while displaying a subdialog.
    • Plugins can now implement classes derived from KeePass' custom rich text boxes.
     
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    KeePass Password Safe review
    May 28, 2018
    https://www.ghacks.net/2018/05/28/keepass-password-safe-review/
     
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    KeePass v1.36 Released (September 3, 2018)
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    Changes from 1.35 to 1.36:
    New Features:
    • KeePass now uses Transactional NTFS (TxF) for writing database files, if possible; this improves the compatibility with other programs that are watching these files (e.g. file synchronization services).
    • Added automatic completion support for the user name box in the entry editing dialog (suggesting user names that are used in other entries).
    • Added option 'Search for passwords in quick searches' (turned off by default).
    • The KP1_CFG_LOCAL environment variable now supports paths relative to the current working directory.
    Improvements:
    • File transactions now preserve access control list (ACL) entries.
    • File transactions are not used anymore when attempting to write to a local file that does not exist yet (to ensure a correct default ACL).
    • File transactions are not used anymore for files that have a reparse point (e.g. symbolic links).
    • The configuration system does not create a KeePass folder in the user's application data folder anymore when the target configuration file location is outside this folder.
    • Upgraded to Boost libraries version 1.68.0.
    • Upgraded installer.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • (None).
     
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    KeePass v2.40 Released (September 10, 2018)
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    Changes from 2.39.1 to 2.40:
    New Features:
    • Added automatic completion support for the user name box in the entry editing dialog and the auto-type sequence boxes in the entry/group editing dialogs (suggesting user names and auto-type sequences that are used in other entries/groups).
    • Added automatic completion support for the URL and user name boxes in the 'Open From URL' dialog (suggesting URLs and user names of items in the list of most recently used database files).
    • Added option 'Group path' in the 'Find' dialog (enabled by default for quick searches).
    • Added read-only mode for the entry string dialog, which is used by the entry dialog when viewing a history entry.
    • The internal data viewer now supports zooming images using Ctrl+Add, Ctrl+Subtract and the mouse wheel with Ctrl; furthermore, there are now '+' and '-' buttons right of the zoom selection box in the toolbar.
    • Added option 'Remember master password (in encrypted form) of a database while it is open' (which is the default; turning off this option prevents the usage of certain features).
    • Enhanced compatibility check for DLL plugins.
    • Added URL opening event for plugins.
    • On Unix-like systems: added support for opening the local help file with KChmViewer.
    • Added workaround for initial input focus problem in the master key prompt dialog.
    • Added workaround for Mono not always raising the FormClosed event properly.
    • TrlUtil now remembers the last translation file directory.
    Improvements:
    • The 'Configure Columns' dialog now computes a display order for the new columns, taking the previous display order into account.
    • While importing/synchronizing, no status dialog is displayed anymore (the status is displayed in the main window).
    • Improved UI responsiveness during long operations.
    • When hiding/restoring the main window via the system tray icon fails, KeePass now shows a notification.
    • Improved Return key handling in text boxes.
    • Improved initial input focus in some dialogs.
    • Enhanced database file path unification.
    • The configuration system does not create a KeePass folder in the user's application data folder anymore when the target configuration file location is outside this folder.
    • Improved window text query method.
    • Improved Unicode environment detection.
    • Various improvements for right-to-left writing systems.
    • Improved support for case-sensitive command line parameter names (for plugins and KPScript).
    • If a plugin is available both as a DLL and as a PLGX (in the same folder), KeePass now loads either the DLL or the PLGX.
    • For plugins: most public definitions are now static.
    • KPScript: improved parsing of escape sequences.
    • Renamed native support library item in the installer.
    • Upgraded installer.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • (None).
     
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    Excellent! Thanks :thumb:
     
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    KeePass v1.37 Released (January 2, 2019)
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    Changes from 1.36 to 1.37:
    New Features:
    • Added option 'Do not store data in the Windows clipboard history and the cloud clipboard' (the option is turned on by default; for entry clipboard commands in the main window).
    • Enhanced installer (added user directory checks, the plugins web page option can be translated now, ...).
    Improvements:
    • In order to avoid selection/Ctrl+A problems, the user name auto-completion now does not append suggestions anymore; it only shows a list of suggestions (in which a suggestion can be selected manually).
    • Improved reliability of clipboard operations.
    • The data for the 'Clipboard Viewer Ignore' clipboard format is now stored in UTF-16 on Windows 2000 and higher.
    • Moved the option 'Clear clipboard when closing/locking the database' from the 'Advanced' tab to the 'Memory' tab.
    • Upgraded to Boost libraries version 1.69.0.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • (None).
     
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    KeePass v2.41 Released (January 9, 2019)
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    Changes from 2.40 to 2.41:
    New Features:
    • Added option 'Do not store data in the Windows clipboard history and the cloud clipboard' (the option is turned on by default; for entry clipboard commands in the main window).
    • Added option 'Esc keypress in main window' (in 'Tools' → 'Options' → tab 'Interface'), which allows to specify the action of the Esc key (ignore, lock workspace, minimize, minimize to tray, exit).
    • Added option 'Ignore search settings of groups' in the 'Find' dialog.
    • Internal data viewer: added support for zooming images using the OEM + and - keys with Ctrl.
    • Added accelerator keys (especially for labels) in various dialogs.
    • Added UIFlags bit for disabling the 'Database Settings' menu item.
    • Added workarounds for Windows RTF character encoding bug.
    • Added workaround for Mono input focus restoration problem that occurs when a form gets activated.
    • Plugins: added method to provide menu items.
    • Plugins: added property to get the edit mode of an entry dialog.
    • TrlUtil: added tab 'Validation', which shows the results of all checks that TrlUtil performs.
    • TrlUtil: the tab in the preview form that contains the currently selected control is now selected automatically.
    • TrlUtil: the preview form now shows accelerator keys permanently.
    • TrlUtil: enhanced support for derived control classes.
    • TrlUtil: the current file name is now displayed in the title bar.
    • Enhanced installer (added user directory checks, added option to open the plugins web page, component/option names can be translated now, updated NGen size estimation, improved file associations update, ...).
    Improvements:
    • In order to avoid selection/Ctrl+A problems, the user name auto-completion now does not append suggestions anymore; it only shows a list of suggestions (in which a suggestion can be selected manually).
    • Improved accelerator keys in the 'Find' dialog.
    • The history list in the entry dialog now supports showing custom icons.
    • Mass entry modifications (colors/icons) now create history entries, if necessary.
    • Improved text rendering in dialog banners.
    • In the database settings dialog, the path of the database file is now shown in the dialog banner.
    • Improved selection/view preservation of the entry view.
    • While importing/synchronizing, a status dialog is displayed now if and only if the main window is not constructed completely yet (otherwise the status is displayed in the main window).
    • Improved reliability of clipboard operations.
    • Improved error reporting for the 'Paste Entries' command.
    • Renamed the automatic clipboard clearing option and added a tooltip in order to clarify the behavior of the option.
    • The commands 'Find Similar Passwords (Pairs)', 'Find Similar Passwords (Clusters)' and 'Password Quality Report' now ignore TAN entries.
    • The report of clusters of similar passwords now shows more clusters in certain cases.
    • In the 'Plugins' dialog, the plugins are now sorted alphabetically.
    • KeePass does not try to load satellite assemblies as plugins anymore.
    • Improved configuration saving when an enforced configuration file exists, but no global one.
    • Improved reading of KDBX XML documents with unknown elements.
    • The export module 'Customizable HTML File' now works fine on Unix-like systems, too.
    • On Unix-like systems: improved support for executing KeePass while no X server is running.
    • ShInstUtil: improved NGen detection on 64-bit systems.
    • TrlUtil: the preview form does not steal the input focus anymore.
    • TrlUtil: improved accelerator key check.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • Fixed a bug that caused KeePass to crash when trying to view certain password generator profiles.
    • The option 'Use monospace font for passwords' in the 'Print' / HTML export dialog now works for all translations.
     
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    KeePass v2.42 Released (May 1, 2019)
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    Changes from 2.41 to 2.42:
    New Features:
    • Added main menu items 'Group', 'Entry' and 'Find', which contain all commands related to groups and entries (supersets of context menus); removed 'Edit' main menu item, because all of its commands are included in the three new main menu items.
    • Added support for a system-wide hot key to auto-type only the password of a matching entry; by default, the hot key is Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A, changeable in the options dialog.
    • When double-clicking the URL cell of an entry in the main entry list while holding down the Shift key, KeePass now copies the URL to the clipboard (a double-click without Shift continues to open the URL; the option 'Copy URLs to clipboard instead of opening them' reverses this behavior).
    • Added quick edit commands 'Expires: Now' and 'Expires: Never'.
    • There now are two commands for copying a whole entry to the clipboard: 'Copy Entry (Encrypted)' and 'Copy Entry (Unencrypted)'; the first one encrypts the data for the current user using the Windows DPAPI.
    • Added Ctrl+Shift+P shortcut for printing the currently selected group.
    • The creation time and the last modification time of an entry are now displayed on the 'History' tab of the entry editing dialog.
    • Added support for importing Steganos Password Manager 20 CSV files.
    • Added support for importing Bitwarden 1.12 JSON files.
    • Mozilla Bookmarks JSON import: added support for importing tags (new format, in addition to the old format) and keywords.
    • Enhanced the Enpass import module to support TXT files created by version 6.0.4.
    • The language selection dialog now also lists KeePass 1.x LNG files; when trying to select such a file, an informative error message is displayed.
    • Added 'Cancel' command in the context menu of KeePass' system tray icon, which can be used to abort opening and saving a database file.
    • Added '-cancel' command line option, which causes all other KeePass instances to cancel opening/saving a database file.
    • Added '-auto-type-password' command line option (other running KeePass instances auto-type only the password of a matching entry).
    • Added '-e1:' command line parameter, which works like '-e:', but is handled by only one other instance; '-e:' is handled by all other instances.
    • When compiling a PLGX plugin, KeePass now defines a 'KP_V_*_*_*' symbol, where the asterisks specify the KeePass version (for example, 'KP_V_2_42_0' for version 2.42).
    • Added workarounds for .NET Caps Lock warning tooltip bug.
    • Added workaround for Mono grid view default color bug.
    • Added workaround for OneDrive bug on Windows 1809.
    Improvements:
    • Auto-Type: improved sending of characters that are realized with the AltGr key.
    • Auto-Type: improved compatibility with VirtualBox 6 and VMware Player.
    • Improved user interface behavior while opening a database file.
    • Accelerator key improvements.
    • Replaced 4 and 8 weeks expiry date search commands by 1 and 2 months (taking the number of days in the months into account).
    • Improved hot key controls (better key combination handling and display).
    • The hot key controls in the options dialog now support entering hot keys that are already registered by KeePass.
    • Improved field to standard field mapping function.
    • Improved new-line handling of several import modules.
    • When a file import fails, KeePass now shows a more detailed error message.
    • After changing the color of an entry using a quick edit command, the entries are deselected now, such that the new color is visible immediately.
    • Moved 'Print Emergency Sheet' command into 'File' → 'Print'.
    • The pattern-based password generator now supports repeating escaped characters using '{...}'.
    • The pattern-based password generator now refuses to generate a password if the pattern is (partially) invalid.
    • Turning off the 'Unhide Passwords' policy now enforces hiding passwords in a few more places/situations.
    • New-line characters at the end of the output of a {CMD:...} placeholder are now removed (analogous to $(...) and `...` shell command substitutions).
    • The {URL:SCM} and {BASE:SCM} placeholders now work with arbitrary data having a ':'-terminated prefix.
    • Improved {URL:RMVSCM} and {BASE:RMVSCM} placeholders ('//' authority prefix is removed, but not '/').
    • The '-entry-url-open' command line option is now handled by all other KeePass instances (instead of only one).
    • Path traversal with attachment names is not possible anymore.
    • Removed the option 'Show tray icon only if main window has been sent to tray' from the options dialog (due to possible denial-of-service problems); if you want to hide the icon, it is recommended to configure this in the system settings instead.
    • Improved reading of KDBX XML documents with unknown elements.
    • Improved JSON parser.
    • Various UI text improvements.
    • Various code optimizations.
    • Minor other improvements.
    Bugfixes:
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to import certain Mozilla Bookmarks JSON files.
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to import certain files with very deeply nested groups.
    • Fixed handling of paths with folder/file names containing quotes (which can occur on Unix-like systems only).
     
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    Always appreciate the heads up! :thumb:
     
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    KeePass v2.42.1 Released (May 4, 2019)
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