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Release Notes Tanium Python (Version 1.4)

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Tanium Python 1.4.0.59 with installer version 1.4.4

Release Date: July 14, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes potential high CPU usage when running Deploy content

Tanium Python 1.4.0.45 with installer version 1.4.3

Release Date: May 26, 2020 (note: Same release day as installer 1.4.2. Only available via IC Python on this date.)

Enhancements

  • Installation detects and repairs Python 2.7 Linux and Mac installations that were put into an invalid state by a Tanium Client upgrade.

Tanium Python 1.4.0.45 with installer version 1.4.2

Release Date: May 26, 2020

Enhancements

  • Add bytes_humanize_for_tanium, deprecate direct usage of bytes_humanize

Bug Fixes

  • Fixes a memory leak when executing python sensors on 7.4 clients.

Tanium Python 1.4.0.34 with installer version 1.4.2

Release Date: May 19, 2020

Enhancements

  • Upgraded Python2 version from 2.7.15 to 2.7.18
  • Force a reinstall of Python2 on Mac and Linux if Python2 is damaged by Tanium Client upgrade
  • Added a TPython/TPython redirector which chooses Python 3.8 if available, otherwise uses Python 2.7
  • Record the most recent time that Python 2.7 ran outside the Tanium Client
  • Added an option to skip the installation of Python 2.7 on 7.4 Tanium Clients without existing Python 2.7 installations

Bug Fixes

  • Errors now suppressed when attempting to terminate TPython.exe during installation
  • Removed the XML-RPC library
  • If a tool had previously shipped Python source and stopped, will now move the py directory instead of trying to delete it
  • get_hostname now always returns a lowercase string