What's new in Zen 0.4.0
Apr 2, 2024
- What's New:
- Proxy Exclusions List Manager: You can now specify hostnames to be excluded from proxying in the settings. This allows you to keep Zen enabled even when there are applications that get disrupted by proxying.
- Other minor stability improvements.
New in Zen 0.3.1 (Feb 23, 2024)
- Performance and Stability Improvements: This update introduces several bug fixes and optimizations to networking speed.
- Reliable Network Service Detection on macOS: Zen has improved compatibility with personal VPN applications and non-standard network interfaces, such as USB Ethernet adapters.
New in Zen 0.3.0 (Jan 2, 2024)
- URL Tracking Protection: Zen now automatically removes tracking parameters from URLs. This offers enhanced protection against cross-site and referral tracking.
- Filtering Bug Fixes and Improvements: This update brings several improvements to the functionality of the matching engine. Zen has improved its understanding of various rule types and does matching more accurately.
New in Zen 0.2.2 (Dec 15, 2023)
- Websocket Proxying Fix: We've identified and resolved an issue affecting websocket proxying, ensuring more stable and consistent connectivity for our users.
- Improved Certificate Cache: Implementing a more efficient caching mechanism for certificates significantly improves performance, particularly in high-traffic scenarios. This update ensures a more efficient and responsive experience.
- General Stability Enhancements: Alongside these key features, we've also conducted an array of minor tweaks and optimizations to further enhance the overall performance and stability.
New in Zen 0.2.1 (Dec 8, 2023)
- Configuration File Stability: We've addressed a critical issue that occasionally led to the corruption of configuration files. This fix ensures more reliable and stable performance of the application settings.
- Multiple Hosts Files: This issue occurred under specific circumstances when multiple hosts files were used simultaneously, resulting in some hosts rules not being applied. This fix ensures all your hosts rules are reliably enforced.
- Linux Shutdown Fix: Previously, when the Zen window was closed, the system proxy settings weren't being reset correctly. The update guarantees that closing Zen no longer affects proxy settings unpredictably for users on Linux.
- General Improvements: Alongside these fixes, we've made several minor enhancements. These include small performance optimizations for a smoother user experience and refined error messages for better clarity and troubleshooting.
New in Zen 0.2.0 (Dec 7, 2023)
- Zen now offers a feature in the settings to uninstall the root Certificate Authority (CA) installed by the application.
- This update provides a straightforward way for users to manage security certificates installed during Zen's initial setup.
- If you wish to stop using Zen or encounter issues with the CA installation, the "Uninstall CA" button is located in the 'Advanced' section of the 'Settings' menu.