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Desktop PreVeil Version 5.8.6

Desktop PreVeil Version 5.8.6

Overview

This release introduces username tracking in Version History, allowing users to identify who modified a file—enhancing transparency for collaboration. It also improves system reliability through key bug fixes (e.g., admin user promotion, auth flow, Recovery Group UI), boosts compliance with second-level timestamp precision in Activity Logs, and delivers performance enhancements for large-scale folder sharing and Drive file previews. These updates reinforce PreVeil’s commitment to security, clarity, and smoother user experiences.

Download

Go to https://preveil.com/download to download the installer and then run it. Note that most operating systems require administrator privileges to run installations and upgrades.

Users upgrading on Windows, view here for instructions: https://preveil.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ESD/pages/3074654239.

Summary

This release includes:

  • New Features

    • Username in Version History - It is now possible to see what user added a new file version after editing a file under Version History in the Details pane of a file in Drive.

      • Note: This is only applicable to file versions created with this version of the PreVeil desktop app.

  • Bug fixes

    • Fix to promote an admin user - Fix to address an issue where an admin user that had been previously deleted and then recreated couldn't be promoted to admin.

    • Fix auth app issue - Properly initialize the app auth to avoid sending users to the Get Started screen in certain cases such as after getting a recovery group change approved.

    • UI fix on Recovery Group page - Prevent approvers list from being cleared when refreshing the page for non-org users.

    • MacOS uninstaller fix - Ensure PreVeil keys are removed properly when selecting the option to remove keys while uninstalling the MacOS PreVeil desktop app.

    • Org device list export fix - Only include devices of active org user accounts in the export file of org devices.

  • Improvements

    • Activity Logs timestamp change - The Activity Log entries now include seconds in their timestamp for compliance purposes.

    • Performance improvement sharing a folder - The process is completed in a shorter amount of time when sharing with a large number of users at once.

    • Drive viewer - Display message to the user when a video file is not supported due to its size or video type.