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Duo Desktop - Release Notes

Last Updated: November 16th, 2023

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Duo Desktop is here!

Duo Desktop is the new name for Duo Device Health. Policy settings, endpoint information, user interfaces, and logging will reflect the new name in November 2023. You may see both names mentioned during this transition.

Download the current release from the Checksums and Downloads page.

Duo Desktop for Linux

Version 2.0.0 - October 31, 2023

  • Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 1.0.0 - September 7, 2023

  • GA release.
  • This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Duo Desktop for macOS

Version 6.0.0.0 - October 31, 2023

  • Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.6.0.0 - October 19, 2023

  • Fixed an issue that would cause the app to crash on macOS 10.15.
  • This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.5.0.0 - October 10, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.4.0.0 - September 6, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.0.0 - August 1, 2023

  • Added improvements to support script.
  • Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.

Version 5.1.0.0 - July 5, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.0.0.0 - June 13, 2023

Versions Before 5.0.0.0

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.

macOS Public Beta Releases

Version 6.1.1.0 - November 16, 2023

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent the app from automatically launching after being updated or when logging in.
  • Significantly improved the performance of certain security agent checks.

Version 5.6.2.0 - October 26, 2023

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the app from launching automatically on reboot.

Version 5.6.1.0 - October 23, 2023

  • Fixed an issue that could cause authentications to fail due to a certificate loading error.
  • This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.3.0 - September 28, 2023

  • Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.2.0 - September 22, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.2.0 - August 21, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.2.1.0 - July 21, 2023

  • Added improvements to support script.
  • Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.

Version 5.0.1.0 - June 15, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Versions Before 5.0.1.0

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.

Duo Desktop for Windows 10 and 11

Version 6.1.0 - November 4, 2023

  • Updating to this release enables the automatic launch setting for all users regardless of the previous state of the setting. This resolves an issue where the setting became disabled in Duo Desktop 6.0.0. Users who had previously disabled this setting and wish to keep it disabled will need to go into Duo Desktop's preferences and disable it again.

Version 6.0.0 - October 31, 2023

  • Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.5.0 - October 10, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.
  • This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.0 - September 6, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.0 - August 1, 2023

  • Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.
  • Fixed an issue that would cause a device to be identified as a virtual machine when certain Windows security features were enabled.

Version 5.2.0 - July 13, 2023

  • Resolves an issue in version 5.2.0 (CVE-2023-20229 Cisco Security Advisory) where a vulnerability in the CryptoService function of the Duo Device Health Application for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to conduct directory traversal attacks and overwrite arbitrary files on an affected system.

Version 5.1.0 - July 5, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.0.0 - June 13, 2023

Versions Before 5.0.0

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.

Windows Public Beta Releases

Version 6.1.1 - November 16, 2023

  • Fixed an issue that would cause automatic updates to the app to get delayed if the system was in sleep or hibernate mode.

Version 5.6.1 - October 23, 2023

  • Fixed an issue that could cause health checks to fail when running inside certain virtual environments.
  • Minor security enhancements.
  • This is the last release as Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.3 - September 28, 2023

  • Duo Device Health is now Duo Desktop. Upgrading to this version of the app automatically removes Duo Device Health.

Version 5.4.2 - September 22, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.3.2 - August 21, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Version 5.2.1 - July 21, 2023

  • Added collection of information related to whether the device is managed.

Version 5.0.1 - June 15, 2023

  • Minor improvements and enhancements.

Versions Before 5.0.1

See the Duo Desktop Release Notes Archive page.