Security Fix: Upgraded OpenSSL to version 3.5.9. New: Add support for macOS 27. New: Drop support for macOS 13. New: Add support for SAML as a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) provider. New: Support for time zone redirection for session hosts without the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) role, ensuring the remote session shows the user's local time zone. New: Add support for HTML format during drag-and-drop operations, enabling users to move formatted content from native macOS applications to remote sessions. New: Enhanced runtime input locale propagation by adding support for default Input Method Editor (IME) handling for IME-only languages on the server, including automatic showing/hiding of the legacy language bar for CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) IMEs. New: Support for DVORAK keyboard layouts. Improved: Support dynamic desktop resizing for published applications, allowing windows to adjust resolution without session reconnection. A new option is available in Display settings. Critical Fix: The client may crash when copying and pasting content containing both images and formatted text (RTF) from remote to local applications. Fixed: Subsequent drag-and-drop operations from local to remote applications incorrectly transfer data from the first operation when Drive Redirection "File Caching" is enabled.

New: Add granular control for drive and folder redirection, allowing users to set specific access levels (Read & Write, Read Only, or No Access) for each redirected folder. Fixed: A crash may occur on launch after updating from an App Store version to a notarized package version. Fixed: A folder already redirected, or one of its subfolders, could be selected again for drive redirection, leading to redundant configurations. Fixed: Formatted text (HTML) copied from local applications may fail to paste into remote applications due to incorrect clipboard data formatting.

Fixed: Application launch fails when using web authentication.

Security Fix: Upgraded OpenSSL to version 3.5.6 and FIPS to version 3.1.2 with FIPS 140-3 validation. New: Add support for "Web + Credentials" authentication mode, enabling organizations to combine modern SAML-based authentication with traditional Active Directory session logins. New: Add support for bidirectional clipboard redirection of images between the local Mac and remote applications. New: Allow users to access the password reset functionality even without an active connection to the farm by retaining the last used external password change URL. New: Support for automatic logout after a period of inactivity, even when remote sessions are still running. Improved: Enhance support for international keyboard layouts by allowing granular mapping of left and right modifier keys (Control, Option, Command, and Shift). This enables better compatibility for language-specific toggles, such as the Hangul/English switch in Korean layouts, and improves access to special characters in various European layouts. Improved: Update the printer driver list by removing obsolete Windows Server 2003 and 2008 options and streamlining the "MS Publisher Color Printer" selection. Improved: Rename the "Open PDF in Preview" option to "Enable opening PDF in macOS Preview" to more accurately describe its functionality. Improved: Modernize the UI to comply with the OS 26 design framework. Improved: Update password expiration alerts to provide clearer, more concise notifications. Fixed: Keyboard shortcut mapping headers are misaligned when using the client in non-English languages. Fixed: Pressing Windows Key + L within a published application incorrectly locks the remote session. Fixed: The mouse cursor may intermittently reset to the default macOS arrow instead of the redirected Windows cursor. Fixed: Hardware ID filtering fails for Mac devices connected via VPN because the client does not pass the physical network adapter's MAC address. Fixed: Error dialog for external disk root in drive redirection could become stuck and not dismissible. Fixed: Redundant error messages appear when a published application launch is canceled or fails due to network issues. Fixed: Policy details are not displayed in the connection properties when only “Control Setting” is configured in a policy.

Security Fix: Validate the gateway certificate's Subject Alternative Name (SAN) when establishing connections, ensuring connections are only considered secure if the hostname matches the certificate, and preventing potential man-in-the-middle attacks. New: Add the ability to open the folder redirection dialog automatically when accessing an empty redirected drive for the first time, improving user experience with drive redirection configuration.

Security Fix: Harden client policy enforcement to prevent local modifications by overriding configured RAS Policies. New: Add on-demand drive mapping, enabling users to add or remove drives during a session without reconnecting. New: Add control over key mappings for Ctrl and Windows keys through new policy settings. Fixed: UDP connections fail to establish over Gateway SSL, causing sessions to fall back to TCP.

Security Fix: Upgraded to OpenSSL 3.0.17. New: Add support for macOS 26. New: Drop support of macOS 12. New: Add support for capturing the public IP address of client connections and passing it as a RADIUS attribute during multi-factor authentication Improved: Updated launching of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) sessions to use the new Microsoft Windows App for Web. Improved: Update the shortcut folder selector in Application Settings to use a more native and intuitive control. Improved: Ensure published applications launched during session initialization are queued and opened once the session is ready, preventing launch failures. Fixed: Reconnection settings remain enabled and editable when a reconnection policy is enforced, instead of being correctly disabled. Fixed: Option+Q and Option+E keys do not produce the expected characters when using the Dutch keyboard layout. Fixed: Error message appears immediately when the network is disconnected, instead of only after all reconnection attempts fail. Fixed: Actions from the “Manage Connection” menu are applied to the previously selected RDP connection instead of the currently selected one. Fixed: Text in the New Connection dialog does not wrap correctly for the French locale. Fixed: Idle timer, set through the “Automatically log out idle client connection after” setting, does not reset when opening or closing the connection properties or change password window, causing unexpected logouts even when activity occurs. Fixed: Microphone redirection option remains enabled when remote audio output is set to "Leave at remote computer". Fixed: Typo in the New Connection dialog ("emall" instead of "email"). Fixed: Policy details remain visible in the Session Information window in the RAS Console after the policy is removed and the user reconnects to the published resource. Fixed: Printed output does not match the print preview when using custom print scaling with RAS Universal Printing. Fixed: Printing fails with the error "The application ‘preview’ cannot open the specified document or URL" when using MSBasic printing with “MS Publisher Color Printer (Windows 2012)” setting. Fixed: Cursor does not change correctly or may disappear when using "span across all monitors" with multiple displays. Fixed: Connection quality is incorrectly detected as very low by default for new connections, resulting in misleading experience settings.

New: Enhanced the overall user experience during reconnections for seamless published applications by persisting the window until the connection is re-established. This ensures users are aware that the session is attempting to reconnect. New: Added support for sending keyboard input and events from remote applications to the active application on the local device. This enhancement improves user experience for healthcare practitioners by supporting features such as Point and Dictate, seamless dictation box operations, macros, and keyboard shortcuts. Fixed: Added support for macOS ‘ABC-AZERTY’ and ‘ABC-QWERTZ’ keyboard layouts in the Parallels Client for macOS to resolve incorrect keyboard language settings in VDI sessions. Fixed: Addressed crashes related to the retrieval of the shutdown state of SSL connections to improve stability. Fixed: Resolved possible crashes when opening published applications with Universal Printing due to a problem in setting the default resolution for a printer. Fixed: Resolved an issue where specified local resources specified in the Connection Properties were not redirected correctly, displaying the /root folder instead of the specified path when opening a published desktop. Fixed: Resolved an issue where an empty screen was displayed when attempting to change the domain password. Fixed: Resolved an issue where the '@' character could not be used in published resources when using an Italian keyboard layout.

New: Ability to automatically reconnect published resources. Improved: Added support for more than five MFA automations when using RADIUS. Fixed: A crash could occur when launching a published application after connecting to a Farm or with autostart enabled. Fixed: Using the “Use available area” option on an external monitor could cause a crash. Fixed: The Parallels Client CPU could sometimes consume 100% even when no connections are active. Fixed: Opening local files that contain the “à” character resulted in an error. Fixed: Multiple SMS messages with passcodes were requested when signing in with DUO Multifactor Authentication. Fixed: Launching an application from a broken shortcut did not trigger an error message.

New: Ability to launch local applications. New: End-user license agreement (EULA) was updated. New: Support for macOS 15. Improved: Redirection policies that lead to the original host are now ignored. Fixed: The Parallels Client for Mac crashed sometimes when using macOS 15. Fixed: Keyboard shortcut (Command ⌘ + `) to switch between apps did not work if Caps Lock was enabled. Fixed: Added support for more characters in the Belgium keyboard layout. Fixed: Connection dropdown only opened after the second click. Fixed: Previous connection settings were used when opening a shortcut. Fixed: The client's policy import and export settings did not work individually. They are always enabled or disabled together. Fixed: URL redirection, specifically for Outlook 365, was not working.

Fixed: The keyboard shortcuts for @ and € were not working properly with the German keyboard layout.

Security Fix: Upgraded to OpenSSL 3.0.13 / FIPS 3.0.9. New: Added the ability to restrict clipboard data to text-only. New: Added the ability to redirect drives as read-only. Improved: Improved client error messages related to disconnections. Fixed: Main Window is not shown on the Dock menu or menu bar. Fixed: Blank window might appear when a desktop session is disconnected.

Fixed: Possible crash when launching sessions.

New: Added an option to opt-in to Client Experience Program when the user launches Parallels Client for the first time. Improved: Improved user experience by introducing the option to “Limit camera resolution to 720p”. Improved: Show instructions prompt administrator provided when users are asked for TOTP or Radius OTP. Improved: If the server provides clipboard data in HTML format only, auto-convert it to TEXT. Improved: Shift key state during the session. Improved: Application stability. Fixed: Copying text into the primary connection field causes the field to become empty after saving. Fixed: Empty lines can be pasted into the client connection field.

Improvement: Upgraded Amplitude library to version 1.3.4.

New: Added telemetry information. Improved: Added a context menu command to create a shortcut for the selected item in search results. Improved: Added a command to log out from the menu bar. Improved: Changed settings to allow the creation of shortcuts for each connection.

New: New modernized user interface. Fixed: Incorrect behavior of the Mac Menu Bar in fullscreen for the session window on laptops with a notch. Fixed: The Parallels client might freeze if opened after hibernation.

Fixed: Reconnection does not work.

New: Ability to change user passwords via third-party IdPs. New: Show a warning that importing settings will overwrite all existing settings. Improved: Allow choosing the authentication mode when inviting users. Improved: Upgrade to OpenSSL 3.0.10 (FIPS 3.0.8). Improved: RAS Client reports the latest Apple operating systems. Improved: Improve prompt to configure drive redirection. Improved: Installer might restart on the confirmation to allow installation. Fixed: The prompt to "Grant access to 'user' folder" is shown each time a RAS connection is opened unless you add folders, even if the "Don’t ask me again" option is selected. Fixed: Deleting a shortcut for an RDP connection does not work. Fixed: "Do not ask me again" is not respected in the dialog for configuring drive redirection.

New File redirection cache support, which significantly improves file loading speed. Improved More effective use of Mac Book screen when a camera housing is present.

Fixed: Incorrect credentials error on the second logon attempt if the credentials are entered in the "domain\user" format and the "Force clients to use NetBIOS credentials" option is set by the server.

Fixed: Cannot print from Parallels Client 19.2 when it is connected to RAS 18.X.

New: Support for AVD-published items. Improved: Provide a way for a user to be logged out from IDP when using web authentication. Improved: Performance and stability for camera redirection.  Improved: Performance and stability of Parallels Client. Fixed: Auto-configuring Parallels Client from a RAS invitation email might crash. Fixed: Using password when it is passed via URL Schema. Fixed: When using web authentication, the server will prompt for a password when launching published resources.

Fixed: Connection redirection policy does not work when using web authentication. Fixed: Newly created connection using the UPN format splits the UPN into user and domain fields.

New: Select video capture devices to redirect in the session. New: Option to close error messages automatically. Improved: Quality of sound when using a microphone. Improved: No error message is shown if the session is closed after the user confirms the logon hours message. Fixed: Internal error "65540" can occur when using AVC adaptive enabled on Apple iMac M1. Fixed: Authentication using UPN might fail. Fixed: Possible crash when processing connection auto-configuration link.