Tanium Cloud Release Notes Client Management

Release Date: June 18, 2026

Improvements

Miscellaneous supportability improvements.

Release Date: June 4, 2026

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where initial configuration could appear to hang indefinitely.

Release Date: April 10, 2026

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where logs could not be downloaded from the Client Health feature of Client Management.
Fixed an issue where the Client manifest was repeatedly re-created unnecessarily for older Client versions for which the minimum server version had been updated.
Fixed an issue where when using action approval, the service account re-creates unapproved Client upgrade saved actions, and the re-created actions might bypass action approval.

Release Date: February 11, 2026

New Features

Anti-Tamper for Windows endpoints is now available.

Improvements

Clarified messaging around uploaded and deleted clients.
Clarified the Index Exclusions page to show OS and value on one page for easier management.
Clarified in the UI that changing the priority of configuration items will redeploy the configurations to endpoints.
Updated various tooltips and UI items for improved clarity and ease of use.
Added a tooltip to explain priority configuration of Client settings configurations.
Added a start time column to the Client upgrade page.
Updated checks for upgrade jobs to ensure that the end time is always in the future.
Updated to allow multiple selections for Index exclusions pages.
Updated Client upgrades so that the Latest Upgrade job retries a deployment if Clients are not yet cached on the server.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the UI banners might not clear without a full browser refresh.
Fixed an issue where Client release note links were incorrect.
Fixed an issue where extracting support bundles might fail.
Fixed an issue where reissuing a Client deployment using a Client version that was no longer available did not provide a useful error.
Fixed an issue where failed deployment counts did not match between the overview and details pages.
Fixed an issue where Client upgrades did not check the Processor Mode correctly on AIX machines.
Fixed an issue where a query for Discover labels might stop responding and prevent the creation of a deployment based on a Discover label.
Fixed an issue where manually uploading new Clients might fail.
Fixed an issue where an API user could specify using Discover for Client deployments when Discover was not available.

Release Date: October 15, 2025

Improvments

Added banner to better clarify the importanace of the tanium-init.dat file for client deployments.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where a Direct Connect connection could fail from the Client Health page.

Release Date: October 2, 2025

Improvments

Removed the deprecated sensor "Client Management - Upgrade Log."
Added the ability to import and export Index exclusions.
Registered sensor "Client Health - Health Failures" in TDS.
Added an option to bypass the installer certificate check when deploying Clients using Tanium Client Managment.
Added UI text to clarify case sensitivity during Index exclusion creation.
Added a link to supported satellite endpoints when selecting a satellite for Client deployments.
Added a progress bar for large Client ZIP file uploads.
Added validation on the FQDN or hostname field when deploying Tanium Clients.
Clarified the description of the sensor "Client Health - Health Failures" to indicate that it looks at the previous 24 hours.
Updated the tooltip for RandomSensorDelay for VDI machines to the current recommendedation of 5 seconds.

Fixes

Multiple minor user experience updates and fixes added for clarity and usability.
Fixed an issue where some operating systems were met with UNRECOGNIZED_OS when trying to deploy the Tanium Client.
Fixed an issue where installs fail to detect the operating system.
Fixed an issue where editing a scheduled deployment could remove the target list.
Fixed an issue where an invalid regex used for index exclusions was not identified.
Fixed an issue where some index blockout window settings were not being set correctly.
Fixed an issue where the sensor "Client Extensions - Status" would fail to register in TDS.
Fixed an issue where file creation date would be set to the year 1601.
Fixed an issue where generated install scripts might not be executable.

Release Date: July 7, 2025

Improvements

Added a package to apply Tanium exclusions for Microsoft Windows Defender.
Updated the "Space Required" field in Client deployments to support values larger than 4292MB.
Added the ability to download Client template tanium-init.dat files from the main Client Deployment Template pages.

Bug Fixes

Added multiple minor user experience updates and fixes for clarity and usability.
Fixed an issue where Direct Connect would not connect using an IPv6 address.
Fixed an issue where the Tanium Client would not install on Solaris endpoints.
Fixed an issue where Solaris Client upgrades would fail to honor a non-default installation path for existing clients.
Fixed an issue where Solaris endpoints would not upgrade from 7.4 to 7.6 clients when using Tanium Client Management.
Fixed an issue where the Settings Configuration page could become unusually slow.
Fixed an issue where the Client installer would get left behind after a Client upgrade using Tanium Client Management.
Fixed an issue where a deleted scheduled deployment was not removed.
Fixed an issue where the Client failed to upgrade on Oracle Linux on ARM.

Release Date: May 13, 2025

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where sorting Index exclusions caused the page to crash with an error.

Release Date: February 19, 2025

Improvements

Removed the "Tanium Client Management - Tools Version" sensor.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Audit Logging would not capture deployment history pruning events.
Fixed an issue where Client Installations could fail by misidentifying the CPU Architecture of target machines.
Fixed an issue where Client Upgrades could fail on AIX endpoints.

Release Date: November 5, 2024

Improvements

Improved the pruning of deployment history, capping deployment history logs to 20gb.
Updated to support future 7.7 Tanium Clients.
Added support for client health of Python 3.12 runtime.
Upgraded various third-party libraries to newer versions.

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue with Direct Connect commands timing out in slower environments.
Resolved an issue where users would sometimes receive an HTTP 500 error when connected to an endpoints.
Resolved an issue where users without permission to view Discover data could be presented with the option to create a Discover based deployment.
Resolved an issue where the console could crash when connecting to some endpoints.
Resolved an issue where initial install and configuration of the Client Management module could fail.
Resolved an issue where invalid Index exclusions were allowed to be added in the Index exclusions list.

Release Date: June 18, 2024

Improvements

Updates the client bundle downloader to handle large client binary bundles more effectively. This resolves an issue where customers are unable to download the Linux client bundle from Client Management.
- Note that there is an API change to the download functionality that can now be utilized. The existing api routes are currently still valid but may be removed in the future.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where error messages displayed in deployments that fail from connectivity issues with the satellite are unclear.
Fixes an issue where hovering over certain area of the Settings Configurations will show character codes.
Fixes an issue where the welcome banner has incorrect links.
Fixes an issue where Client Management registers with Endpoint Configuration using an incorrect content set.
Moves certain permissions from the end user to the service user account.
Modifies the deployment preview wording for clarity.

Release Date: April 22, 2024

Improvements

Adds support for client upgrades through Endpoint Configuration’s Change Management feature.
Updates NodeJS on Tanium Client Management.
Security updates

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where the default installation directory cannot use a hyphen (“-”).
Fixes an issue where targets with an underscore (“_”) in the name fails validation.

Release Date: March 28, 2024

Improvements

Adds the tanium-init.dat of the default deployment template to the client download bundle on the Client Management home page. The configuration file will include all settings and custom tags configured in the deployment template.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where the Index Max Database Size is limited to less than 4GB. The setting is limited to more than 512 MB and less than 100 GB. This fix requires Index-CX 3.6.2490 or later to be fully utilized. Lower versions will be limited to 4095 MB when the max size is configured for 4 GB or larger.

Release Date: February 28, 2024

Improvements

Includes multiple UI improvements to clarify client deployment settings and status.
Updates OpenSSL to 1.0.2zj in ClientDeploy-CX.
Adds the option to set a maximum Index database size in client configurations.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where the documentation link for Client Management points to an invalid URL.
Fixes an issue where the Client Management service recreates the Client Upgrade package too frequently.
Fixes an issue where when cloning a deployment, special characters in the name are converted to character codes.

Known Issues

When configuring the Max Index Database Size setting, there is currently a limitation of 3GB or smaller.

Release Date: January 22, 2024

Enhancements

Tanium Client Management now adds scheduling capabilities to Client Deployments. Users can schedule deployment to start at a specific time, and re-issue them on a recurring basis.

Improvements

Adds data types for client settings in Client Management deployments. Users can now select String or Numeric as the type of setting being applied during a deployment.
Adds miscellaneous internal and third-party security updates.
Improves clarity of wording in Client Deployments and Templates.
Updates the Client Upgrade content to support new operating systems and CPU architectures.
Adds new Client Health sensor.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where multiple client upgrades running at the same time can interfere with overlapping functions. This problem can potentially cause an endpoint to lose connectivity to the Tanium Server until the Tanium Client service is started.
Fixes an issue where Client Management cannot be installed on a FIPS enabled TanOS 1.8 environment.
Fixes an issue where Client Settings cannot be added to a deployment if they include a comma.
Fixes an issue where the reload button on the Satellite selection section is non-functioning.
Fixes Discover label targeting to only allow the supported automatic labels and hides manual ones.
Removes a non-functioning API document link.
Fixes an issue where the module service can crash under certain satellite deployment configurations.
Fixes an issue where the Linux endpoints could not deploy to Windows targets. Users would receive the following error in logging: "NonRecoverableError: Error reading subprocess stdout: Data read from pipe is too large"
Fixes an issue where editing a Client Upgrade does not respect the previously set time zone.
Fixes an issue where a Client Deployment will fail to connect to the Satellite if Action Approver is enabled and the Direct Connect Action is not approved.

Release Date: December 18, 2023

Improvements

Enables the TaniumCX Shared Process mode by default for all new Tanium Environment installations.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where the AIX installer is corrupted when downloaded from Tanium Client Management.
Fixes an issue that may occur when deployments targeting Discover labels fail to load preview.

Release Date: November 16, 2023

Improvements

Adds support for Endpoint Change Management

Release Date: October 24, 2023

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue when deploying to certain non-English versions of Windows results in an error of Unknown windows architecture.
Fixes an issue on non-windows operating systems may fail to upgrade the Tanium Client if they are missing the seq command.
Fixes an issue where 7.6 satellite deployments are unable to validate target connectivity.

Release Date: September 21, 2023

Improvements

Includes security updates to 3rd party and Tanium libraries.

Release Date: September 14, 2023

Improvements

Includes security updates to 3rd party and Tanium libraries.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where the Tanium Client performance monitoring client extension may crash when certain directories are empty.

Release Date: August 28, 2023

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where a deployment timeout can result in an error while attempting to connect to a satellite and/or deploy the Client Deployment CX.
Fixes an issue on new deployments where the configuration process can create excessive retries of initial import tasks.

Release Date: July 31, 2023

Improvements

Newly created environments will have a configured Tanium Client upgrade deployment.
Upgraded various third-party libraries to newer versions

Release Date: July 20, 2023

Improvements

Client Management now handles client deployments more gracefully when the deployment satellite is offline.
This release includes best practice limits to client deployment options. Deployments are limited to a total of 65,536 targets, or a /16 subnet and 300 concurrent installations per satellite.
Improves the deployment user interface to update the preview when making modifications after a preview has been previously completed.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue while downloading tanium-init.dat file from templates. The initialization file now includes the ServerNameList.
Fixes an issue that causes deployments to fail or error when targeting discover labels.
Fixes an issue where configured custom tags do not deploy to targeted endpoints and initialization files.
Fixes an issue where certain deployment types will fail or complete, but continue to show as running.
Fixes an issue where an incompatible satellite can be selected in a deployment.

Release Date: June 28, 2023

Improvements

Separates the Client Management and Endpoint Configuration services. Release Notes for Endpoint Configuration

Release Date: June 20, 2023

Enhancements

Tanium Client Management now allows customers to deploy the Tanium Client to endpoints directly from the Tanium console using the Direct Connect satellite functionality. Customers on Tanium Cloud can now use Tanium Client Management for client deployments without the need for third party, or custom applications. System requirements for remote deployment satellites.

Improvements

Adds multiple improvements to Client Health around the gathering of support data from endpoints.
Adds support for future release of Tanium Client 7.6.
Tanium Client Management now offers users the ability to regenerate client install bundles as needed.

Bug Fixes

Fixes an issue where the columns on the Client Versions table can overlap and become hard to read.
Fixes an issue where the TCM deployment does not capture Discover information correctly with the Discover User role.

Known Issues

Tanium Client Management does not currently support deploying to Solaris 10 endpoints. Additionally, non-windows endpoints must have sudo installed for a successful deployment.

Release Date: June 6, 2023

Improvements

Endpoint Configuration: Support newer tool installation mechanism enabled in Tanium Client 7.4.10.1054 and higher.

Release Date: June 1, 2023

Improvements

This release includes third-party dependency updates.

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue which prevents a macOS Intel only Tanium Client from being bootstrapped properly.

Release Date: May 17, 2023

Improvements

This release includes third-party dependency updates.
Endpoint Configuration: Added required support for module Investigations.
Endpoint Configuration: Tanium Client mustgathers now include Tanium Client configuration settings.
Endpoint Configuration: Tanium Client mustgathers now include information on macOS .ips crash files.
Endpoint Configuration: Tanium Client mustgathers now include additional detailed information on parent process IDs.

Bug Fixes

Resolves an issue with upgrading Tanium Clients on macOS devices with Rapid Security Response patches applied.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where log messages may not be written to extensions0.txt when client shutdown begins.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where CPU utilization may not be calculated correctly when a process is pinned to a CPU.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where some NICs could be missing from performance metrics.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where a CX could crash if a sqlite .wal file was deleted or missing.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue which caused the CX Framework to use more memory than necessary.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue that could result in a deadlock on CX shutdown.

Release Date: April 4, 2023

Improvements

Added new interface for configuring Index exclusions and blockout windows.
Improved the experience of the Tanium Client must-gather interface when selecting which domains to collect.
Endpoint Configuration: On macOS, .ips crash files are now included in Tanium Client must-gathers.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the performance and memory utilization of the cx-config module.

Bug Fixes

Resolves an issue where the 7.4.10 Tanium Client was not considered "later" than the 7.4.9 Tanium Client.
Resolves an issue where deleting and then readding a Tanium Client bundle could result in an error message.
Resolves an issue where the Tanium Client bundle might not be avilable for download.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where the memory utilization of processes using more than 4gb of memory were reported incorrectly.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where not all NICs were included in performance metrics on Linux.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where the Cxtras CX module may not install on AIX endpoints.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where the cx-tsdb performance monitor would not start on some ARM Linux endpoints.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where the cx-tsdb performance monitor file permissions were not uniformly applied.

Release Date: February 28, 2023

Improvements

Changes the targeting of the Client Configuration and Support Package for Linux ARM to support additional distributions of Linux on ARM architectures.
Includes security updates to 3rd party libraries.

Release Date: February 13, 2023

Improvements

Tanium software components now use OpenSSL v1.0.2zg.
Updated the targeting of AIX endpoints to avoid the use of the "Client Configuration and Support - AIX Version" sensor.

Bug Fixes

Resolves an issue that could result in a TaniumCX hang if another client extension happens to crash.
Resolves an issue where the columns for the sensor "Client Extensions - Installed Extensions" were ordered incorrectly.

Release Date: January 19, 2023

Bug Fixes

Resolves an issue that could result in the Tanium Client bundles downloads not being available in a timely manner.
Resolves an issue that could result in an incorrect sorting order for Tanium Client update deployments.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where CX crash caused other CX modules to be unavailable until next client reset.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves issues with starting and reinstalling the CX-TSDB Tanium Client monitoring module.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue with the TSDB module having incorrect file permissions on RHEL 7 endpoints.

Release Date: December 12, 2022

Improvements

Improved database performance for Client Settings by increasing sequence batch size.
Improved logging of upgrades and migrations.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the database transaction model for interacting with the Endpoint Configuration database.
Endpoint Configuration: Updated 3rd party dependencies.

Bug Fixes

Resolves an issue where an unfriendly user error would be shown if a user did not have sufficient access rights.
Resolves an issue in Client Health retrieving log files when a log file has a size of 0 bytes.
Resolves an issue where client settings would not auto-deploy on upgrade.
Resolves an issue with the upgrade of the Tanium Client on macOS 13 endpoints.
Resolves an issue where TSDB data could not be available in a must-gather.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where pending approvals could not be processed if there was also a pending reorder request.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where the Client Extensions Status sensor results were reported as a Version type instead of String type.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue with managing content-only solutions tools where the tools would incorrectly be shown as “Missing” or “Deleted”.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where the “Manifest Metadata” sensor would return an incorrect value, slowing initial bootstrap to functional times for a newly deployed client.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where CPU utilization could be calculated incorrectly on Windows endpoints.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where excessive memory might be used for process sampling when the endpoint has a very large number of active processes.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolves an issue where cx-core would crash on AIX endpoints.

Release Date: November 28, 2022

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where "Error: Missing Actions" might be shown in the status of a single issue Client Upgrade deployment.
Resolved an issue where the upgrade of the Tanium Client on SLES/SLED 11 endpoint could result in the client being in a stopped state.
Resolved an issue where the install scripts included with the macOS client download may not identify the correct OS level.

Release Date: November 3, 2022

Enhancements

Client Profiles have been renamed and replaced with the new Configuration Management view.
Endpoint Configuration: Content Only Solutions now have the ability to use Endpoint Configuration to distribute and manage tools.
Endpoint Configuration: CX Tools can now all run in a single CX process, using Shared Process mode. (Valid for some modules only: see Known Issues below)

Improvements

Adds Client Extension LogVerbosityLevel as a Client Health Configuration item viewable when using Direct Connect on an endpoint.
Generating Client Management support bundles now include support bundles from RDB and SUS services.
Adds in a verification pop up when creating a deploying or changing an upgrade.
The workbench now shows the file name of a must gather that is captured through Client Health.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved logging when updating Saved Actions for diagnostic purposes.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved and added additional metrics for monitoring the Endpoint Configuration service.
Endpoint Configuration: Converted "Client Extensions - Status" and "Installed Extensions" sensors to use CX mailbox calls, for better performance.
Endpoint Configuration: Tanium Client must-gathers will now have a naming convention of emg-<computer name>-YYYYMMDDhhmmSSZ.zip .
Endpoint Configuration: It is now possible to collect the Tanium Client's manual-groups.db and sensors.db in a client must-gather.
Endpoint Configuration: It is now possible to add arbitrary sensor output results in a client must-gather.
Endpoint Configuration: The CXDownloadManager will now cancel duplicate downloads if the tool is already in the download queue.
Endpoint Configuration: It is now possible to get tool status via a provider in addition to the previous mailbox mechanism.
Endpoint Configuration: Reduced the process threads used by the cx-config.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the mechanisms that notify modules that new manifest configuration has become available.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the logging around the downloading of tools, especially in cases of slow downloads or multiple attempts.
Endpoint Configuration: Updated sqlite settings for cache_size and use of WAL mode to improve cx-config performance on the endpoint.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the logging of the active client profile at client startup.

Bug Fixes

Changes the running upgrade icon to a static icon for clarity and continuity in the Client Management workbench.
Resolves an issue in Client Profiles/Settings Configurations where the UI does not display a zero LogVerbosityLevel correctly.
Endpoint Configuration: "Endpoint Configuration Administrator" roles can now see the Audit information views.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved a typo in the "Manifest Metadata" sensor on Windows.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved issues with some CX tools sensors on Solaris 10.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where the CX log extensions' LogVerbosityLevel would not take effect if higher than the client's LogVerbosityLevel
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where the CPU utilization was not calculated correctly when the process is pinned to a specific CPU.

Known Issues

Some modules do not yet support CX Process Sharing, and that feature should not be enabled if those products are in use. Do not enable process sharing if using any of these modules, until they declare specific support: Deploy and Patch
As part of the change from Client Profiles to Configuration Management, any existing profile configurations are migrated to settings configurations. Settings configurations are targeted directly rather than being applied to a profile for targeting. If a profile configuration was assigned to multiple client profiles, it is duplicated to multiple settings configurations to adopt the targeting that was specified for each client profile. Each automatically created settings configuration is named from the migrated profile configuration and the client profile to which it was assigned: Configuration Name (prev. assigned to Profile Name)

Release Date: October 31, 2022

Enhancements

Upgraded various third-party libraries to newer versions

Release Date: October 11, 2022

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue that could result in the tanium-init.dat in Tanium Client zip files to be corrupted.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue that could result in a CX module not being loaded properly

Release Date: September 22, 2022

Enhancements

Client Management and Endpoint Configuration now use the Tanium RDB shared service for storing data.
Client Management and Endpoint Configuration now use the Tanium System User Service shared service for managing its service account.
The Tanium Client macOS universal binary is now the default client for macOS, and is supported upgrades.
Endpoint Configuration: Configuration change auditing has been enhanced, and now includes a workbench view for audit entries.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the performance of the ECF CX configuration database on the endpoint.

Improvements

The Upgrade Log sensor has been removed from the solution.
Improved the logging of the client profile service.
Quicklinks have been added for Client Versions, Client Upgrades and Endpoint Configuration.
Changed the default recommended value for VDI sensor delay to 20 seconds.
Endpoint Configuration: Client Extensions - Installed Extensions sensor now includes installed but disabled extensions.
Endpoint Configuration: Enhanced options for when ECF packages should ignore action lock.
Endpoint Configuration: Packages now include improved management of extensions, including to allow restarting client extensions and for uninstalling, blocking, unblocking, or reinstalling all extensions at one time.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved detection of configurations that are equal, reducing the changes required for ECF manifests.
Endpoint Configuration: Endpoint targeting is now based on Tanium Client Architecture, a compile time value, instead of OS parameters.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved information provided in support bundle.
Endpoint Configuration: The workbench now displays the current manifest revision version.
Endpoint Configuration: Configuration descriptions are now included in the audit information sent via Connect plugin.
Endpoint Configuration: Added sensor Endpoint Configuration - Tools Retry Status sensor to retrieve information about tool install status.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved automated cleanup of older configurations in the ECF database.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved security posture and verification for TaniumCX and CX components on installation and execution.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the CX extensions management of low disk space scenarios, unifying behavior in these scenarios.
Endpoint Configuration: It is now possible to generate an Endpoint Must Gather directly on the endpoint via command line.
Endpoint Configuration: Endpoint Must Gathers now include additional information, like the date the gather was collected and system OS information.
Endpoint Configuration: Support bundles now includes a file with mapping between sensor ID and Sensor names for easier identification.
Endpoint Configuration: Improved the metrics available on the endpoint via CX
Endpoint Configuration: Performance has been improved for noticing and responding to CX mailbox commands.
Endpoint Configuration: It is now possible to generate an Endpoint Must Gather directly on the endpoint via command line on Windows, Linux, Mac, AIX, and Solaris.

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where sorting on some columns while viewing Client Versions could corrupt the workbench.
Resolved an issue where the Client Management service could echo some logging lines to the OS's service manager instead of a log file.
Resolved an issue where an upgrade deployment could be created unintentionally by clicking the wrong link on the upgrade deployment creation pages.
Resolved an issue with setting the service debugging level.
Resolved an issue with client upgrades where the mailbox call to download the client might fail.
Resolved an issue that could cause the overview charts not to load.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where the settings page was not correctly validating values.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where configuration modification dates would update when no changes had occurred.
Endpoint Configuration: Addressed some inconsistencies between privileges used in Tanium Cloud and onprem.
Endpoint Configuration: Addressed incorrect descriptions of several sensors.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where timeouts could occur when collecting an Endpoint Must Gather.
Endpoint Configuration: CX components now limit connections to sqlite databases to a single connection.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where the extensions-stdout.txt file would not rotate reliably
Endpoint Configuration: Active configuration profiles will now be removed when a machine moves out of all active profiles.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue that could occur when the configuration targeting a profile was very complex.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue that could occur to hang the CX processes if a file delete failed.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where the Index CX was not allocated the correct amount of CPU time.

Release Date: August 8, 2022

Enhancements

Upgraded various third-party libraries to newer versions

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue that could cause the tsdb-cx databases to grow larger than their configured size.

Release Date: July 14, 2022

Enhancements

The non-Windows client upgrade logs can now be viewed and downloaded via Client Health.
Client Upgrades on non-Windows endpoints will now use CX APIs to download the Tanium Client installer instead of curl when possible and appropriate.

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where older client upgrade logs were not properly culled.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue with configuration targeting when the target group contains more than 100 entries.

Release Date: June 13, 2022

Enhancements

Endpoint Configuration: The cx-config module no longer links to libexpat.

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where a CX installation would not properly reset the Tanium Client at installation
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue with Tools Status on Windows Server 2022
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where configuration might evaluate incorrectly when the targeting sensors experience an error.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where the cx-config binary did not properly upgrade on Solaris x86 installations.

Release Date: May 12, 2022

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Resolved a compatibility issue between CX and Tanium Client 7.4.8 when StateProtectedFlag=1 is in use.

Release Date: May 5, 2022

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue in "Endpoint Configuration - Reset Components" package that could leave the Tanium Client in a stopped state.

Release Date: May 3, 2022

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Updated to latest 3rd party binaries for expat and sqlite.

Release Date: April 28, 2022

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where the Must Gather zip collected from an endpoint could be invalid if no files were found to collect.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where Client Extensions - Status did not return correct results on Solaris 10.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where CX Metrics would return the wrong values on macOS machines with M1 processors.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue where the CPU throttle could be calculated wrong on AIX and Solaris.

Release Date: March 24, 2022

Enhancements

Endpoint Configuration: Improved the performance of manifest targeting evaluation on the endpoint

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where some Linux distributions did not upgrade clients successfully

Release Date: March 16, 2022

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where the manifest of available clients might not update.

Release Date: March 8, 2022

Enhancements

Added ability to manage Tanium Client upgrades across all platform types.

Improvements

Endpoint Configuration: Added a description column to the approvals page.
All sensors now have a description.
The Client Management action group has been changed to "All Computers."
TSDB has been upgraded to 1.1.3.

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where the install.sh for macOS would not identify some macOS versions correctly.
Resolved an issue where the install.sh for Linux distributions would not identify some RHEL 7 and 8 deployments correctly.
Resolved an issue where the TSDB recorder could crash and leave files, consuming disk space.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue with targeting of endpoint configuration when group definitions were more than 100 levels deep.
Endpoint Configuration: Resolved an issue that could prevent manifests from reaching endpoints when an Action Group used in targeting was removed.

Known Issues and Workarounds

The Action Group for Client Management is set to "All Computers" on only new installs, and remains at the prior value for upgraded installs. To allow upgrading of Solaris and AIX endpoints, change the targeting group for the Client Management Action Group to "All Computers".

Release Date: November 12, 2021

Enhancements

Added Client Profiles, for managing Tanium Client settings.

Improvements

It is now possible to download the Tanium Client Container directly through Client Management.
Upgraded tsdb-cx to 1.1.0.
Python runtime is no longer a requirement of Client Management, and will not be distributed by Client Management directly. Modules that use Python will continue to distribute runtime as required.
Endpoint Configuration: An error icon will now appear on items sent by modules that ECF is unable to fully define.
Endpoint Configuration: When ECF Approvals are in use, the module-side banner will now display as a Warning (yellow) instead of an Error (red) banner.
Endpoint Configuration: ECF now manages the "Client Configuration and Support" actions internally instead of importing them during installation.
Endpoint Configuration: ECF will show an error banner on the Configurations page when it encounters an item that has incorrect targeting.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds Audit Logging when ECF does work on Manifest items.
Endpoint Configuration: ECF Service Logging is now in GMT to match other ECF logging.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds Targeting Question Text or a clickable Group link when available to each Configuration Item's preview.
Endpoint Configuration: Improves the speed of reading and writing to ECF's database for large customers.
Endpoint Configuration: Improves log messages when modules send items to ECF.
Endpoint Configuration: Removed ambiguity when displaying ECF Configuration Item ordering.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds CoreCX, ConfigCX, and SupportCX support for Amazon Linux ARM.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds CoreCX, ConfigCX, and SupportCX support for MacOS ARM (M1).
Endpoint Configuration: Adds a tooltip "info icon" to the Tools page to indicate this data is cached from TDS.
Endpoint Configuration: Don't display CRUs from TDS when showing the Tools page.
Endpoint Configuration: Changed the label on the Tools page to be more descriptive.
Endpoint Configuration: Shows "Update At" column on Configuration page.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds an "Endpoint Configuration Read-Only User" role. Existing RBAC roles are added to users to allow access to Interact as needed. Additional Content Sets for other modules are still granted on an as-needed basis to users.
Endpoint Configuration: Changes to the Bootstrap Scheduled Actions in settings now cause ECF to re-create them immediately.
Endpoint Configuration: Adjusts targeting of "Deploy Client Configuration and Support [Windows]" to only *Windows OS Major Version > 6.0* ( Server 2008R2 [6.1] and higher )
Endpoint Configuration: Adds the "Wait Time" setting for the "Client Configuration and Support" actions.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds new logging capabilities in TaaS.
Endpoint Configuration: Removes Workbench Show from approve/reject/dismiss privileges for Patch. Workbench access must be granted separately now.
Endpoint Configuration: Corrects the existing "Endpoint Configuration Administrator" role to include Content Sets and needed sensors for operation of ECF. Existing RBAC roles are added to users to allow access to Interact as needed. Additional Content Sets for other modules are still granted on an as-needed basis to users.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds TDS Read Privs to new ECF Roles to display the ECF Tools page.

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue with selecting "All" on individual domain when selecting items to Gather via DEC.
Fixed issue where TCM service settings page and server side support collection buttons were visible.
Fixed issue with install.bat in downloaded Windows client package on 32-bit Windows endpoints.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where multiple ECF Tools DoT settings may be present.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that prevented ECF from fully deleting Configuration Items, preventing database cleanup routines.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed a visual issue when opening the settings page and displaying the visible settings tabs.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed a display issue in the module banner counting when using ECF Approvals to indicate how many approvals are pending.
Endpoint Configuration: Improves the quick filters on the ECF Tools page.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed a wait time issue in the "Reset Components" package that might cause the Tanium Client to not restart.
Endpoint Configuration: Updated column names in the Tools workbench to "Status" and "Installations"
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue with null descriptors that might prevent modules from updating existing items.
Endpoint Configuration: Blocked Tools are now correctly counted in the Tools workbench without version numbers.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that displayed an error banner when the user didn't have RBAC to view approvals.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that deleted more items than were visually represented and counted if using the "Select All" checkbox in the Configurations grid.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue with hover displays not using alternating colors for grid rows.
Endpoint Configuration: Corrected the links on the ECF homepage to point to the correct Release Notes page on kb.tanium.com
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue from early ECF installs that may not have correct Approval Transaction Item tracking keys.
Endpoint Configuration: Sets upper limits on Endpoint Configuration settings to avoid invalid platform settings.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where the Log Level selector would span the entire page width.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that may change the unit selector when scrolling in the settings page.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue when changing Bootstrap options to watch and change the scheduled actions quicker.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where a ReadOnly user could see Approve and Reject buttons for certain Configuration Items, but is not capable of using them.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixes and improves audit log messages for all audit types.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds the LimitNOFILE setting to service file

Release Date: October 7, 2021

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that could cause deployments to not move to completed.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that could cause Client Extensions to not handle messaging properly when under extreme load.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that could cause cx-config to attempt to uninstall itself when using the "Remove Unreferenced Dependencies" checkbox in the Endpoint Configuration - Uninstall Tool package.

Release Date: September 8, 2021

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue on the configurations view where filtering items selecting all would apply even to items currently hidden by the filter.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that may cause the Endpoint Configuration service to continually recycle itself.

Release Date: September 2, 2021

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that may cause the Endpoint Configuration service to continually recycle itself.

Release Date: August 26, 2021

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that prevented the downloading of newer Tanium Clients from within Tanium Client Management, resulting in install errors.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue that could cause a crash in Client Extensions.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue in the Windows Reset Components Package that would cause a script launch failure.

Release Date: August 10, 2021

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue when tools were targeted but not installed, dependent tools interrogation failed to report the tool was needed.

Release Date: July 20, 2021

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue when the Tools\CX folder was not preset the Endpoint Configuration - Manifest [<OS>] would fail.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue in Client Extensions that could cause a crash at startup or shutdown.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue in Client Extensions that could result in a failure to shutdown completely.

Release Date: June 3, 2021

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue in the Endpoint Configuration - Reset Components [Non-Windows] package that could prevent the Tanium Client from successfully restarting.

Release Date: May 18, 2021

Security Updates

This release includes security updates. Details of the issues, including affected versions and mitigation information, can be obtained within Tanium's Support Portal or by contacting your TAM.

Release Date: May 6, 2021

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Removed the ability to see certain settings pages.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where an error display banner was incorrectly shown.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where the "Endpoint Configuration - Reset Components" packages did not fully clean up MacOS endpoints.

Release Date: April 27, 2021

Enhancements

Endpoint Configuration: Added a new Configurations workbench to allow for inspection and deletion of all configuration items registered in Endpoint Configuration.
Endpoint Configuration: Added a new Tools workbench to highlight endpoint state and facilitate targeting of endpoints.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds the ability to unblock and reinstall a tool in the same package.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds the ability for status message pop ups to be inspected via assistive technologies without changing focus in the UI.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds additional logging entries to show changes to configuration items.
Endpoint Configuration: Standardized command line for Windows Endpoint Configuration packages.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds clearer descriptions and error messages in the settings rail.
Endpoint Configuration: Adds the ability to configure Override Action Lock for the Endpoint Configuration Manifest Packages.
Endpoint Configuration: Improves the error messages when core-cx and config-cx are not present or being installed

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue when many items were present the console would not load items.
Endpoint Configuration: Removed the banner instructing users to enable Endpoint Configuration Approvals, even when it wasn't possible to enable.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue with older RHEL and CentOS endpoints that fail to report correct status.
Endpoint Configuration: Preserves the management rights when an item is saved with no changes.
Endpoint Configuration: Updating the settings for Manifest actions now apply immediately instead of waiting for an additional change to be submitted.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue with Tools packages not working on AIX.
Endpoint Configuration: Updates the Tanium Endpoint Configuration Action Group to allow all users to see it.
Endpoint Configuration: Distribute Over Time settings can now be set to 0.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixes an issue with Endpoint Configuration Tools packages that have invalid verification queries after updates to the parameters.
Endpoint Configuration: Updates to description texts for new duration selectors.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue and improved targeting of packages to only include Tanium Client Version >= 7.2.314.3211

Release Date: March 10, 2021

Enhancements

Endpoint Configuration: Improved the configuration item registration method for modules

Release Date: February 17, 2021

Enhancements

Added activity indicator when the client bundle is being downloaded and the bundle is being built on the server side
Python 3.X now will be the only Python rungtime deployed on 7.4 Tanium Clients
Enhancements for new module import behavior

Bug Fixes

Resolved an issue where on some error conditions, the workbench would stop responding
When the Client Management service is unable to retrieve the client manifest, the service will now use the old manifest until the retrieval is successful

Release Date: January 22, 2021

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where the script files in the Endpoint Configuration - Manifest [<OS>] packages may become missing if the Endpoint Configuration service was interrupted while updating the package files.

Release Date: December 14, 2020

Bug Fixes

Endpoint Configuration: Updated the targeting sensors for AIX to include the new libc++.rte runtime fileset.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where the Distribute Over Time setting was not adhering to configured values on Endpoint Config actions.
Endpoint Configuration: Fixed an issue where a failure message was not printed in the action log if updating manifest files was not successful.

Release Date: December 8, 2020

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where CX was following automounts to network locations and possibly preventing their disconnections for scheduled timeouts.

Release Date: November 19, 2020

Bug Fixes

When approvals are enabled, and there is pending approval, a banner stating such now correctly displays on the Client Management homepage
Addressed an issue where Computer Group applicability was not correctly interpreted in Endpoint Configuration targeting
Addressed an issue where, when approvals are enabled, approving a change could use the management rights of the approver
Addressed an issue where older Endpoint Configuration manifest saved actions would not be deleted

Release Date: October 13, 2020

Improvements

This release includes a refreshed user experience, bringing more reporting, consistency, and configurability to the forefront.
A new endpoint configuration framework, replacing the actions and packages formerly used to configure endpoint tooling.

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