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Reliable xAPI values and clearer Partner recovery

Manual upgrade notice: Automatic updates were broken in 16.5.2 and have been fixed in 16.5.3. If the update does not appear or complete, download 16.5.3 and upgrade manually. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and the extra step.

• Preserve URLs with ports, IPv6 addresses, timestamps, repeated arguments and JSON configuration values in xAPI operations.
• Back up and reconnect unreadable saved Partner connections without losing the original if recovery fails.
• Keep underlying Webex deployment errors visible and export credential-free device error reports.
• Remove redundant Webex lookups and reuse collected Macro Factory inventory when changing display filters.

Requires macOS 13+ or supported x64 Windows. Windows builds are unsigned. Close CE-Deploy before installing a manual update.

Quieter idle rendering and more reliable Forge samples

• Reduce continuous animations in Beacon, feature badges, Macro Factory’s unread Drift marker and the dashboard LIVE dot while keeping guidance and status visible.
• Stop Pre-flight progress when checks finish, with overlapping checks prevented during results review.
• Load xAPI Forge samples through configured proxy/TLS settings and keep local editing available if the online catalogue cannot load.
• Improve Windows CLI JSON output, saved Phonebook picker transitions and embedded certificate validation; update HTTP redirect protection.

Requires macOS 13+ or supported x64 Windows. Windows builds are unsigned. Idle CPU improvements vary by system and workload.

Interactive CLI, free PhonePilot and Partner features

• Make requested device changes through CLI and AI tools with explicit organization grants, a write blocklist, scoped device/tag/location targeting and retained results.
• Use PhonePilot and Partner customer features without membership sign-in, trials or computer activation. Webex and device permissions still apply.
• Restore on-premise certificate-exception connections and add CSV command-output reports for immediate, scheduled and CSV workflows.
• Improve cloud OS certificate trust, TLS/proxy diagnostics, security dependencies and macOS local-network/CLI behavior.

Unattended writes remain disabled. Review uncertain outcomes before retrying; installing a skill does not grant access. Requires macOS 13+ or supported x64 Windows.

Read-only CLI and more reliable device workflows

• Use terminal and local AI tools for explicitly authorized organization-scoped inventory and live xAPI Status/Configuration reads.
• Retrieve incremental fleet results with progress and cancellation, using the bundled guide and optional skill.
• Improve exports, deployment feedback, Factory editing, phonebook Replace handling, Tag Schema previews and inventory recovery.
• Restore Workspace Designer GPU/WebGL rendering and strengthen credential and organization boundaries.

Enable CLI Read Access in Settings and keep CE-Deploy running. Sessions last 30 minutes; device changes and production xCommands are disabled. Query handles end at app restart.

Reliable template chains and clearer deployment feedback

• Bind chains to one saved organization and a checked endpoint fleet; successful devices continue while failed endpoints are excluded.
• Create a chain from a template and use Health Check and Notification steps.
• Strengthen encrypted template storage, imports and credential-safe exports.
• Improve cloud command response feedback, Org Move access checks, built-in guides and splash version display.
• Update security dependencies.

Existing chains without explicit organization and starting targets require review and saving. Split multi-organization chains. Phonebook chain steps have been removed.

More reliable device workflows, safer exports, and proxy diagnostics

• Added workspace CSV header mapping and downloadable templates, repaired attachment authorization, and prevented duplicate cloud organizations.
• Improved device-session ownership, offline bulk-command handling, MacroFactory state reporting and runtime guidance, and Forge AI integration.
• Restored selected-image conversion and verified large clipboard exports. QR backgrounds now enforce image and placement limits, and Open Folder reports failures clearly.
• Strengthened safe rendering, credential protection, cloud TLS verification and SSH host fingerprint approval.
• Connectivity diagnostics now use the configured proxy; successful HTTP probes are no longer overridden by local DNS failures.
• Includes the redesigned PhonePilot and lightweight Living Building signage introduced in the withdrawn previous release.

On the same Windows machine that reproduced the previous release’s startup error, the owner verified installed-app launch and repeated shutdown/restart without lingering processes. The earlier failure’s exact cause remains unconfirmed.

Withdrawn: PhonePilot, supported runtime, and reliability fixes

This release is withdrawn from recommendation following a reproducible Windows startup failure and reports of lingering processes. Use the current release. The feature highlights below are retained as historical context and are included in the replacement release.

• Redesigned PhonePilot with focused Control and Diagnose workspaces, live call and SIP diagnostics, screenshot history, structured session events, and privacy-aware evidence exports.
• Strengthened PhonePilot session isolation, command ordering, failure recovery, screenshot validation, truthful stale/unknown states, and Pro or Partner Plus access enforcement.
• Fixed MacroFactory CSV exports, selective device-tag removal, Partner deployment modal lifecycles, and organization action menus.
• Stabilized Environmental Intelligence polling and replaced the animation-heavy default signage with the lightweight Living Building view.
• Updated to Electron 44.4.3, isolated development credentials from production, and moved clipboard operations behind validated main-process handling.
• Added a CE-Deploy-branded browser sign-in confirmation and repaired stable/development telemetry transitions from Private Beta identities.

Partner Plus and browser-based Webex sign-in

• Introduced Partner Plus for partners and external administrators managing up to 30 selected customer organizations per computer.
• Extended familiar Commercial cloud device, workspace, configuration, inventory, certificate, phonebook, tag-schema, deployment, and scheduling workflows into customer context.
• Added a separate Partner Plus trial, four-computer activation pool, paid-upgrade and finite-gift support, and membership-owner activation for another day-to-day Webex user.
• Moved interactive Webex sign-in to the default browser for enterprise SSO and passkeys, with explicit account selection on every sign-in.
• Fixed MicrosoftTeams command validation and confirmation dialogs that could stick during their opening animation.
• Updated image-processing and YAML dependencies to address security advisories.

More reliable workspace updates and activation codes

• Repaired CSV submission for Shared, Personal, and Device Codes, with a Review Workspaces step before updates or code generation.
• Validates the complete CSV with row-specific errors, reads the latest file edits, and cancels submission if the organization changes during review.
• Corrected Hybrid Calling Email and Hotdesking fields, preserved phone-number and extension formatting, and fixed handling of blank rows and license metadata.
• Verifies Shared workspace updates and reports Personal API acceptance, with clearer activation-code progress, partial results, failures, and history.
• Enabled optional acquisition telemetry in supported stable macOS and Windows builds after disclosure acknowledgment and while sharing is enabled. Settings → Privacy provides controls to disable sharing, reset the installation identity, or request deletion.
• Improved release packaging and uploads to keep installers and update files together, with more reliable Windows file replacement.

Safer automation and clearer workflow feedback

• Fixed Workspace CSV filters and added clear feedback for failed exports or no matching workspaces.
• More reliable scheduled jobs with durable creation and cancellation, import validation and approval, and improved job and endpoint history.
• Stronger OAuth reconnect guidance, organization-bound xAPI execution, and validation across Button Inventory and Tag Schema workflows.
• Improved QR image quality, center-image handling, and readability of long banner text.
• Added an acquisition telemetry foundation with disclosure and Settings controls; production transmission was disabled in 16.3.6 pending privacy and release gates.
• Updated Electron and dependencies, with packaged-application verification for macOS and Windows.

Major reliability and defect remediation

• More truthful progress, partial-success, stale-data and failure feedback across core workflows.
• Stronger organization, token, OAuth, IPC, proxy and credential lifecycle handling.
• Safer scheduling, cancellation, gateway-timeout verification and organization-bound state.
• Extensive Environmental Intelligence, macro tooling, dashboard, xAPI Forge and QR workflow corrections.
• Seventy numbered fixes backed by a release gate of 1,796 automated tests.

Every release, in one place

Browse the full history, download prior versions and review every change in the official release repository.