Release Notes Deploy (Version 2.8)

Tanium Deploy 2.8.178.0000

Release Date: 5 October 2021

Resolved Issues

• Fixed an issue that caused deployments with Make Available Before Start selected to go to a failed state on the Self Service Client Activity page instead of being displayed for early start.
• Fixed an issue that could cause endpoint data (package applicability, statuses, etc.) to stop loading into the Deploy workbench in rare circumstances.
• Fixed an issue that would cause some endpoints to become stuck in a permanent deployment error state.
• Fixed an issue that caused a number of computer groups prefixed with “mrgroup_” to appear when selecting targets via Targeting Criteria and Filter Builder.
• Fixed an issue that caused quick link customizations in Deploy to be lost after changing the quick links in another Tanium solution.

Prerequisites

• End-User Notifications is not currently supported on Linux.
• End-User Self Service is not currently supported on Linux and macOS.

Tanium Deploy 2.8.171.0000

Release Date: 31 August 2021

Resolved Issues

• Fixed an issue that caused the Deploy service to consume moderately more CPU resources than normal when processing the Predefined Package Gallery.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Deploy - All Software Packages Applicability Details sensor to not return all data.
• Fixed a rare issue where user-uploaded package files could be deleted before they were sent to the Tanium Server, causing the software package to fail to initialize.
• Fixed issues where certain unexpected Deploy service jobs errors were not handled, causing stuck job states.
• Fixed an issue where a missing user-uploaded file would cause a software package to fail and get permanently stuck in a failing to initialize state.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Deployment sub-status reporting links not to function.
• Fixed an issue that caused a second end-user notification to be displayed if a notification was running while that Tanium Client was reset or restarted.
• Fixed an API validation issue where maintenance windows could have a computer group target added by a user who could not manage all of the currently targeted groups.
• Fixed an API validation issue where maintenance windows could have a computer group target added when that computer group was already targeted.
• Fixed an issue where Deployment status would not be updated while an End User Notification prompt was displayed.
• Fixed an issue where commands would not be rerun during a retry after timing out.

Prerequisites

• Tanium End-User Notifications 1.6.5 or later.
• End-User Notifications is not currently supported on Linux.
• End-User Self Service is not currently supported on Linux and macOS.

Supported Tanium Platforms

Tanium Server 7.3.314.4250+, 7.4+

Tanium Deploy 2.8.157.0000

Release Date: 17 August 2021

Improvements

• Added Deploy - Self Service Profiles sensor to enable easily identifying what profiles are applied to endpoints. 
• Added Deploy - Installed Software Packages sensor to enable easily identifying what software packages are in an installed or update eligible state on endpoints. 
• Added Deploy - Download Status Details sensor to enable more granular tracking of deployment download progress within the Tanium Console.
• Added Deploy - Maintenance Windows and Deploy - Next Maintenance Window sensors to enable more easily tracking the status of maintenance windows across endpoints.
• Added Deploy - Delete Deploy Content package to enable advanced cleanup options in troubleshooting scenarios.
• Added support for End-User Notifications for deployments to macOS endpoints.
• Improved software package applicability reporting layout.
• Improved user interface consistency for command timeout configurations.
• Added new sensors: Deploy - All Deployment Activity Details and Deploy - All Software Package Details to provide detailed views of deployment activity and software package details.
• Added reporting quick links for Deploy - All Software Package Details to each individual software package page.
• Added reporting quick links for All Deployment Activity Details to each individual deployment page.
• Added options to view online or cached results for all status and reporting quick links.
• Improved software package file upload performance by up to 300%.
• Added buttons to view deployment sub-statuses and open links to Interact questions for those sub-statuses.
• Added a tooltip explanation on Add Computer Group and Set Targeting Criteria buttons that are disabled when the operator has insufficient management rights privileges to add new targets to an existing deployment.
• Increased the width of the Run Command text box, allowing longer commands to be viewed without scrolling.
• Added a deployment preview showing the number of targeted online endpoints when creating a new deployment.
• Added a warning to the new deployment preview indicating that endpoints will be restarted when a restart is required.

Resolved Issues

• Fixed a display issue with the "Software to Deploy" section when creating a new deployment on a high-resolution widescreen monitor.
• Fixed an issue where the maintenance window end date and time would remain at the default after changing start time to something after the end time.
• Fixed an issue that caused notification settings to not be saved when creating or updating a deployment template.
• Fixed an issue that prevented ongoing deployments with notifications from running again after becoming applicable.
• Fixed an issue that caused deployments that resulted in the software package becoming Not Applicable to report a deployment status of Complete instead of Failed.
• Fixed an issue in the API documentation where the deployment objectEditID was not explained.
• Fixed an issue with software applicability scans misidentifying installed application publishers on macOS 11.x.
• Fixed an issue where the prompt to distribute the software catalog could take as long as five minutes to be displayed after importing a software package.
• Fixed an issue where targeting a deployment, maintenance window, or self-service profile using a sensor with an empty definition would cause all objects of the same type to fail targeting evaluation.
• Removed obsolete settings from the Configuration Settings page. 
• Fixed an issue where Mac software packages allowed selecting 32-bit architecture. 
• Fixed a rare issue that caused charts for deployment status and software package applicability to be empty. 
• Fixed an issue that caused software package applicability scans to time out on some resource-constrained Mac and Linux endpoints. 
• Fixed an issue in the API documentation where the requirement for limiting groups was not explained. 
• Fixed a rare issue where Deploy would not correctly identify the All Computers computer group in certain legacy Tanium environments.
• Fixed an issue with the job status window that prevented some jobs from being displayed.
• Fixed an issue where invalid software package definitions would fail to import with no error or indication of the problem.
• Fixed an issue that caused the maintenance window preview to display the incorrect start time for the next occurrence after updating it.
• Fixed an issue where duplicate Software Package applicability numbers were displayed in the Summary section.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause Deploy to time out when attempting to add more than ten targets to a maintenance window simultaneously.
• Fixed an issue that caused all selected computer groups to be deselected every 30 seconds while adding them to a maintenance window.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the search boxes in the Edit Profile page from matching the product vendor.
• Fixed an issue where Unicode characters were logged in hexadecimal encoding.
• Fixed an issue that caused the endpoint EUSS backup to be written to the wrong directory during a Deploy Tools upgrade. 
• Fixed a rare issue that caused self-service icons to be temporarily unavailable if a new icon was added immediately following a Deploy tools upgrade. 
• Fixed an issue where Unicode characters in files would not be correctly evaluated in File Path applicability rules. 
• Fixed an issue that caused certain third-party security tools to trigger false alerts for world-writable files that were not actually world-writable. 
• Fixed an issue that caused previous versions of a software package to be temporarily in the wrong software package applicability state after deploying the updated version. 
• Fixed an issue that prevented Filter Groups from showing up in the Filter Builder interface when selecting targeting criteria for a deployment or self-service profile. 
• Fixed an issue that prevented Manual Computer Groups from showing up in the Filter Builder interface when selecting targeting criteria for a deployment or self-service profile.
• Fixed an issue that caused deleting or overwriting a numeric value such as Distribute Over Time or Duration of Notification Period to reset the unit to the default after the user had selected a different value. 
• Fixed an issue that delayed deployments from running until the next full software catalog scan if the deploy software package’s applicability was changed by a previous deployment. 
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Tanium EUSS tools installation from completing on certain endpoints. 
• Fixed an issue where deleting a computer group that was targeted by a configuration (deployment, maintenance window, or self-service profile) would prevent further edits from being made to that configuration.

Prerequisites

• Tanium End-User Notifications 1.6.5 or later.
• End-User Notifications is not currently supported on Linux.
• End-User Self Service is not currently supported on Linux and macOS.

Supported Tanium Platforms

Tanium Server 7.3.314.4250+, 7.4+