Changelog

Audit logging & activation insights, manual server synchronization support, and SDK platform enhancements

Web API

• Enhanced activation data responses with additional user context for improved traceability
• Added support for trial expiration webhook event, enabling automated handling of expired trials
• Added support for exporting audit logs, improving reporting and compliance workflows
• Improved audit log immutability by storing actor details directly, ensuring historical accuracy even if user data changes
• Added support for organization name placeholder in email templates, enabling dynamic content in email communications
• Allowed a minimum server synchronization interval, ensuring consistent system behavior across all plans
• Enhanced activation query capabilities with filtering using product

SDKs

• Added support for one time synchronization of trial activations, allowing local trial data such as metadata updates and server side trial extensions to be refreshed manually
• Added support for one time synchronization of license activations, enabling applications to refresh local license data from the server without waiting for automatic sync intervals
• Added support for larger memory page sizes on Android, improving compatibility with newer system configurations
• Extended crypto-binding support to LexFloatServer

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Entitlement tier access and base value support

SDKs

• Added support for retrieving the license entitlement set tier
• Added support for base values in feature entitlements
• Extended entitlement capabilities across LexActivator, LexFloatClient, and LexFloatServer, ensuring consistent access to tier and base value information

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Entitlement tiering, enhanced filtering, and SSO improvements

Web API

• Added support for tier based entitlement sets
• Enhanced activation filtering with support for organization based queries
• Improved SSO role mapping, allowing better handling of multiple roles received from identity providers
• Added last usage tracking in license responses, providing visibility into recent license activity
• Enhanced organization based filtering for licenses, enabling more flexible query conditions
• Added support for updating trial activations

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Feature entitlement expiration support

SDKs

• Added support for expiration tracking of feature entitlements within LexFloatServer
• Extended host feature entitlement data in LexFloatClient to include expiration information for improved visibility into feature validity

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Enhanced license insights and activation data migration

SDKs

• Added support for retrieving the last activation error, enabling better diagnostics when activation data is cleared
• Enhanced feature entitlement data to include expiration information, improving visibility into feature validity
• Extended user license data to include activation and deactivation counts, providing better usage insights
• Added support for migration of activation data to system wide scope, enabling transition from user specific to all users activation modes on macOS and Windows

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Subscription policy updates and enhanced activity tracking

Web API

• Added support for expiration tracking on feature entitlements, allowing individual license features to carry their own expiry information
• Added last usage tracking for personal access tokens, improving visibility into token activity
• Updated maintenance policies to support subscription based properties, replacing older validity and expiration strategy fields for improved lifecycle management
• Improved webhook failure handling by suspending failed webhooks instead of disabling them, ensuring event logs continue to be recorded for later retry and audit purposes
• Added support for user based filtering in activations and maintenance expiry filtering in licenses, improving query flexibility

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WSL environment detection

SDKs

• Added support for WSL detection

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Subscription tracking, lifecycle events, and activation management

Web API

• Added subscription logs to track license subscription changes, including renewals, expiration updates, and interval modifications
• Added new license lifecycle webhook events, including first activation and expiration date update notifications
• Added support for direct trial expiration updates, allowing trial activation expiry to be modified without using deprecated workflows
• Added support for bulk activation deletion, enabling removal of activations within a specified date range for a license
• Added new automated email events for organization and reseller user creation workflows
• Enhanced license query filtering with support for entitlement set and activation country based filtering

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New webhook events and subscription query enhancements

Web API

• Added new webhook events, including events for lease expiration, activation limits reached, and subscription updates
• Added support for subscription related filtering in license queries, enabling retrieval based on subscription interval and start trigger

SDKs

• Added support for x86_64 architecture on Android, expanding platform compatibility
• Updated libcurl to a newer version

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Entitlement system, feature controls, and license lifecycle enhancements

Web API

• Introduced support for entitlement sets and feature based licensing, including license level feature overrides
• Added support for subscription lifecycle configuration, including control over subscription intervals and start triggers
• Added support for updating license expiration date dynamically
• Enhanced license querying capabilities with support for activation sync timestamps
• Improved audit logging by including response data for delete operations

SDKs

• Added support for retrieving entitlement set details and feature entitlements
• Added support for retrieving activation last sync timestamp
• Added support for PowerPC32 architecture on Linux in LexActivator
• Updated license validation behavior to return specific error codes for inactive licenses and invalid feature entitlements, improving error handling and diagnostics
• Added support for retrieving host license entitlement and feature details via LexFloatClient

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Archive support for releases

Web API

• Added Archive support for releases

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OpenTelemetry support

Web API

• Added support for OpenTelemetry integration in Cryptlex On-Premise

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ARM64 support and cross platform activation enhancements

SDKs

• Added support for Windows ARM64 architecture in LexActivator and LexFloatClient, enabling compatibility with ARM based systems
• Enhanced system wide activations to work on macOS
• Added support for retrieving activation creation timestamps

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Reseller filtering and activation timestamp enhancements

Web API

• Added query params for reseller license and activation endpoints
• Added support for filtering in reseller license and activation workflows
• Added activation creation date timestamp to the activation JWT

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Refresh token support for authentication

Web API

• Added support for refresh tokens in the login endpoint

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Dashboard path improvements

Web API

• Enhanced activation export functionality to include associated user and organization data

SDKs

• Updated LexFloatServer dashboard routing, serving the dashboard at the root path for cleaner URLs while maintaining backward compatibility through automatic redirects

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Offline floating license support and enhanced LexFloatServer observability

SDKs

• Enhanced license retrieval capabilities to include metadata, improving visibility into license details
• Added comprehensive support for offline floating licenses, allowing clients to lease licenses without continuous server connectivity
• Introduced configuration options to control offline lease duration and maximum concurrent offline clients, enabling better management of offline usage
• Added support for retrieving server configuration and extended usage statistics, improving monitoring and insights into license usage
• Added support for trusted proxy configuration, enhancing deployment flexibility in proxied environments
• Improved logging and monitoring, including better handling of inactive floating licenses and more informative API responses

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SSL support and automatic license expiry updates

SDKs

• Added SSL support in LexFloatClient, enabling secure communication with the LexFloatServer
• Added support for configurable SSL in LexFloatServer configuration

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Activation filtering, email previews, and caching control

Web API

• Added support for filtering activations by license key
• Added support for server side email preview, enabling validation of automated email templates before sending

SDKs

• Added support for configurable in memory caching, allowing applications to enable or disable caching behavior as needed

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System wide activation support on Windows

SDKs

• Added support for system wide license activation on Windows, allowing a license to be activated for all users on a machine

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Maintenance mode support and license deactivation tracking

Web API

• Added support for maintenance mode in on premise deployments, allowing temporary suspension of traffic during critical updates and maintenance activities

SDKs

• Added GetLicenseAllowedDeactivations() and GetLicenseTotalDeactivations() functions to track allowed and total license deactivations
• Added support for retrieving license deactivation limits and usage, allowing tracking of allowed and total deactivations for a license

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Advanced license filtering, EU data-region support and SDK improvements

Web API

• Added support for advanced query filtering on licenses, enabling more flexible filtering using set based conditions

SDKs

• Added support for retrieving activation ID in LexActivator
• Added support for EU data center, enabling region specific deployments
• Added a function in LexFloatClient to retrieve floating client library version information from LexFloatServer
• Added IPv6 support in LexFloatServer, improving compatibility with modern network environments
• Improved product file path handling in LexFloatServer to support absolute paths

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Enhanced user export filtering and meter attributes API

Web API

• Enhanced user export functionality with additional filtering capabilities for more precise data extraction

SDKs

• Added an API endpoint in LexFloatServer to retrieve the meter attributes associated with license

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Reseller support and OIDC based authentication

Web API

• Added support for reseller workflows, enabling management of licenses and customers through reseller

SDKs

• Added support for authentication using OIDC ID tokens, allowing users to be authenticated via external identity providers
• Increased the default network timeout in LexFloatClient to 60 seconds

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Organization management and 2FA support

Web API

• Added organizations and related API endpoints for customer portal
• Added support for organization management, including APIs to enable organization based workflows in the customer portal

SDKs

• Added support for two factor authentication in user login flows, enabling authentication for users with 2FA enabled
• Improved Windows service reliability, including enhanced error logging for WMI service issues and enforcing delayed auto start configuration

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User authentication license retrieval enhancements

Web API

• Added support for filtering user licenses by product

SDKs

• Added user authentication capabilities, allowing applications to authenticate users and retrieve associated licenses
• Added support for retrieving license details, including creation and activation timestamps

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Activation export and enhanced filtering capabilities

Web API

• Added support for exporting activation data in CSV format, enabling bulk access and reporting of activation records
• Enhanced license export and query filtering capabilities, including support for filtering by name and creation datetime

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Advanced filtering, organization data support, and release management enhancements

Web API

• Added support for advanced filtering of trial activations, including filtering by expiration status, metadata, and creation time
• Improved release visibility controls, enabling filtering of published and private releases and associated files
• Added support for action based filtering in activation logs

SDKs

• Added support for retrieving organization details associated with licenses, including organization name and address
• Added support for release update checks in LexActivator, enabling applications to detect available updates
• Added a new license information endpoint in LexFloatServer, providing access to license details at the server level

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Comprehensive event logging, maintenance notifications, and data export

Web API

• Added support for centralized event logging, including webhook and automated email event logs for improved observability
• Added license maintenance events, enabling notifications for expiring soon and expired states via webhooks and email templates
• Added support for exporting activation logs in CSV format, facilitating reporting and analysis
• Introduced organization management support, including organization details in API responses and JWT payloads

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JWT enhancements

Web API

• Enhanced JWT activation response with lcat/laat license timestamps
• Added expiresAt and expiringSoon query parameters to licenses endpoint
• Added support for filtering licenses by expiration status, enabling queries based on expiry and near expiry conditions
• Added support for identifying offline activations in activation logs for better tracking

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Release update enhancements

Web API

• Enhanced filtering capabilities for release update checks

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Release management support

SDKs

• Added release management functions, enabling applications to control release channels, platforms, published dates, and enforce maximum allowed release versions during updates

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Windows digital signature enhancements

SDKs

• Added digital signatures for Windows binaries, including DLLs, to ensure authenticity and improve security compliance

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Release management APIs and improved musl compatibility

Web API

• Added support for release channel and platform management, enabling structured distribution and segmentation of releases

SDKs

• Removed dependency on external libcurl in Linux musl environments

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Maintenance lifecycle management and activation controls

Web API

• Added support for maintenance policy management, including creation, renewal, and extension of maintenance periods.
• Added maintenance and release version tracking to license and activation resources
• Added support for secure deactivation of licenses
• Added accountId support across multiple endpoints

SDKs

• Added functions to retrieve activation mode and maintenance expiry information, and to set release version

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Improved Alpine Linux compatibility

SDKs

• Removed dependency on system provided libcurl for Alpine Linux musl environments

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DMARC compliant email support

Web API

• Added support for custom sending domains, enabling configuration of domains for outgoing emails with DMARC compliant delivery

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Event logs resource filtering

Web API

• Added support for resource based filtering in automated email event logs

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Enhanced audit logging and LexFloatServer logging

Web API

• Enhanced event logs with change tracking, providing more detailed audit information for resource updates

SDKs

• Improved logging in LexFloatServer for better observability

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Client controlled license lease duration

Web API

• Added support for configuring license lease duration from the client side

SDKs

• Added support for setting activation lease duration programmatically, allowing applications to define lease duration during activation

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Expanded event notifications and private release support

Web API

• Added support for additional user events in email templates, including account creation and password reset requests
• Added support for private releases, allowing controlled access to release resources.
• Added license deletion event to both webhooks and email templates

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Advanced query filtering and user attribute search

Web API

• Added support for advanced query operators, enabling more flexible and expressive filtering across API resources
• Added support for filtering based on user attributes such as company, improving search capabilities

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Activation log filtering

Web API

• Added support for filtering activation logs by creation date range, enabling more efficient querying and analysis of activation history

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Android and iOS support with proxy improvements

SDKs

• Added support for Android and iOS platforms
• Added automatic proxy detection on Windows using PAC files
• Added support for configurable activation data storage, allowing applications to define a custom directory for storing activation data

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High concurrency support and server management enhancements

SDKs

• Introduced multi threading support, enabling the system to handle thousands of concurrent client connections efficiently
• Added a web based dashboard for centralized monitoring and management
• Improved logging capabilities, including enhanced console output for better readability
• Added support for running as a Linux service without reliance on systemd or init scripts, improving deployment flexibility
• Introduced POSIX compliant command line options for consistent cross platform usage
• Added support for YAML based configuration, allowing structured and flexible server configuration

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Customer portal access control

Web API

• Added support for controlling user access to the customer portal, enabling administrators to allow or restrict customer portal usage per user

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Offline activation tracking, export endpoints, and meter attribute enhancements

Web API

• Added offline property to activation resource
• Added CSV export endpoints /v3/users/export and /v3/trial-activations/export to allow exporting user and trial activation data

SDKs

• Added support for retrieving meter attribute grossUses in LexFloatClient
• Added support for persistent non floating meter attributes and offline synchronization during offline activation in LexFloatServer

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Container support and meter attribute management

Web API

• Added support for managing meter attributes, including resetting and deleting usage data
• Added support for deleting license metadata
• Enhanced activation logs to include application release version information for improved tracking

SDKs

• Added support for restricting license activation within containerized environments

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Floating meter attributes and container activation controls

Web API

• Added floating property to meter attribute resource
• Introduced container activation controls for licenses and trials, allowing configuration of whether activation is permitted within containerized environments

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System proxy bypass and IP range restrictions

Web API

• Added allowedIpRanges property to license resource for IP-based access control

SDKs

• Added support for bypassing system proxy settings

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Custom fingerprinting, license stats, and SAML SSO

Web API

• Added support for SAML based Single Sign On, enabling integration with enterprise identity providers for centralized authentication

SDKs

• Added support for custom device fingerprinting, allowing applications to define their own machine identification strategy for licensing
• Added new capabilities to retrieve license statistics and the SDK library version for better observability and diagnostics
• Added support for retrieving gross usage values of meter attributes

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Linux fingerprinting improvements and email enhancements

Web API

• Added support for configuring pre expiry notification timing, allowing control over when licenses are marked as expiring soon and related events are triggered

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IP range controls

Web API

• Added support for restricting license usage to specific IP ranges, enabling better control over where a license can be accessed from

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Email template support and SDK thread safety improvements

Web API

• Added /v3/email-templates endpoint for email template support

SDKs

• Improved thread safety across LexActivator functions, ensuring reliable operation in multi threaded environments

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Meter attribute enhancements

Web API

• Added grossUses property to license meter attributes to track the total cumulative usage

SDKs

• Added support to set meter attribute uses in offline activation requests

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Log rotation and new server API endpoints

SDKs

• Added daily log rotation configuration parameter to enable automatic rotation of server logs
• Added new LexFloatServer API endpoints to support online and offline on-premise floating license activation workflows

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Geo-location controls and Meter Attributes support

Web API

• Added disableGeoLocation property to license template, trial policy, and license resource to prevent storing IP and location data
• Added downloads property to release file resource for download tracking

SDKs

• Added meter attribute support in LexFloatClient, including functions to manage meter attribute usage for floating licenses
• Added allowedclockoffset configuration parameter to control the permissible system clock offset

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Meter attributes support

Web API

• Added requiredMeterAttributes property to license template resource for enforcing meter attributes schema
• Added support for meterAttributes

SDKs

• Added meter attributes support, including new SDK functions for managing meter attributes. All language wrappers were updated to include these capabilities

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Release management, Google SSO, Grace period expiry and User-data functions

Web API

• Added ReleaseFiles API endpoints to support attaching external files in releases
• Added Google SSO authentication support through the /v3/accounts/login-google endpoint

SDKs

• Added user-data, server sync grace expiry and release update functions

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In-memory activations, container detection, and enhanced webhooks

Web API

• Introduced per instance leasing strategy for hosted floating licenses, allowing each running instance to obtain an independent lease
• Added license expiry events to webhooks and introduced the account.logged-in event in the event log
• Added support for partial version comparison in the update API, enabling applications to ignore patch and build version changes during update checks

SDKs

• Added LA_IN_MEMORY permission flag, enabling licenses to be activated entirely in memory without storing activation data on disk
• Added Docker container environment detection to help prevent applications from running inside containerized environments

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Custom Branding

Web API

• Added display name property for products to customize the name shown in the customer portal.
• Added support for custom account branding with custom domains, website URLs, and logos.

SDKs

• Added -cryptlexhost command line parameter in LexFloatServer for custom host configuration.

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Leasing Strategies in Floating Licenses and LexFloatServer v4

Web API

• Added support for leasing strategies in floating licenses.

SDKs

• LexFloatServer v4 brings in lots of new features and performance improvements.

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Two-Factor Authentication

Web API

• Introduced two-factor authentication (2FA) endpoints to enhance account security with TOTP logins.

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Offline Trial Activations

Web API

• Added support for offline trial activations

SDKs

• Added offline trial activation functions in LexActivator
• Added activation and deactivation logs to log file in LexFloatServer

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Clock Offset Tolerance and Activation Analytics

Web API

• Added allowedClockOffset setting in licenses policies to tolerate system clock drift.
• Introduced an analytics endpoint to retrieve activation counts by application version.

SDKs

• Added GetLicenseType() function to distinguish node-locked vs hosted-floating licenses in LexActivator.
• Added clock offset support, improved time tampering detection with daylight savings handling in LexActivator.

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New Release API

Web API

• Added new Release API to manage and deliver software releases.
• Introduced password reset tokens to support passowrd reset on custom-branded portals.

SDKs

• Fixed insufficient system permissions error on first run on Linux in LexActivator

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Major Web API and SDK v3 Release

Web API

• Released Cryptlex REST API v3.0, a complete redesign for better performance and usability.

SDKs

• Released SDK v3.0 with major updates:
  • New activation and trial functions.
  • New metadata support for licenses and activations.
  • Clearer naming for legacy functions.

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License Expiry Tracking and ARMv8 Support

SDKs

• Added a function to LexActivator get the product key expiry date.
• Added support for Linux ARMv8 (64-bit) CPUs in LexActivator.

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Stats API improvements

SDKs

• LexFloatServer stats endpoint now include new fields: last sync timestamp and grace period start time for better stats.

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macOS Clang Build Support

SDKs

• Added clang build for macOS.
• Improved activation limit error handling in LexActivator

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Seamless Product Version Updates

SDKs

• LexFloatServer and LexActivator now allow changing product version without restarting, making upgrades smoother.
• Disallowed license leasing during grace period in LexFloatServer, and fixed time sync issue.

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ARM CPU Support

SDKs

• Added support for older ARM CPUs (ARMv5/v7) in LexActivator.
• Automatic sync of revoked licenses in LexActivator.
• LexFloatServer can now run without license activation.

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Monitoring Improvements and Deactivation Feedback

SDKs

• Added a new status field in LexFloatServer stats endpoint for better monitoring and visibility.
• LexActivator now returns an explicit error when the deactivation limit is reached, instead of failing silently.

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Better Monitoring and User-Locked Licenses

SDKs

• LexFloatServer improvements:
  • New monitoring API to view server stats.
  • Stronger protection against misuse in VM snapshots.
  • Support for running multiple license servers on the same machine.
  • Added more command-line parameters for better service management.
• LexActivator improvements:
  • Introduced user-locked licenses, allowing licenses to be tied to specific OS users.
  • Improved deactivation logic for smoother license management.
  • Better handling of cloud VM activations (e.g., AWS).

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Offline Licensing and Security Controls

SDKs

• LexFloatServer can now be activated offline, useful for environments without internet access.
• Added IP blocking to LexFloatServer for stronger access control.
• Improved stability of offline and VM-based activations in LexActivator.

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Activation Extra Data and Expiry Tracking

SDKs

• Added functions in LexActivator to get extra activation data and see how many days remain before a license expires - making it easier to display license status to end users.

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