Release notes for gateway appliance software - AWS Storage Gateway

Release notes for gateway appliance software

These release notes describe the new and updated features, improvements, and fixes that are included with each version of the Amazon S3 File Gateway appliance. Each software version is identified by its release date and a unique version number.

You can determine a gateway's software version number by checking its Details page in the Storage Gateway console, or by calling the DescribeGatewayInformation API action using an AWS CLI command similar to the following:

aws storagegateway describe-gateway-information --gateway-arn "arn:aws:storagegateway:us-west-2:123456789012:gateway/sgw-12A3456B"

The version number is returned in the SoftwareVersion field of the API response.

Note

A gateway won't report software version information under the following circumstances:

  • The gateway is offline.

  • The gateway is running older software that doesn't support version reporting.

  • The gateway type isn't S3 File Gateway.

For more information about S3 File Gateway updates, including how to modify the default automatic maintenance and update schedule for a gateway, see Managing Gateway Updates Using the AWS Storage Gateway Console.

Release Date Software Version Release Notes

2024-12-18

1.26.8

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-11-18

1.26.7

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-10-17

1.26.6

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-09-30

1.26.5

  • Fixed an issue with on-premises gateways not allowing support channels

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-09-16

1.26.3

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-08-21

1.26.1

  • Fixed an issue related to logging.

2024-08-19

1.26.0

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-07-16

1.25.2

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-06-17

1.25.1

  • Fixed an issue with upgrades when using a proxy and DNS is disabled.

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-05-15

1.25.0

  • Added ability to set AES-128 or AES-256 encryption minimum. This is a gateway change only and will be available in the Storage Gateway console in an upcoming release.

  • Increased rotation of system logs when disk space is low. Previously, log writing that filled the root disk would cause the gateway to stop. Now, as space decreases, the gateway will make more room for newer logs by eliminating older logs.

  • Added S3 path in health notifications for file upload errors. Previously, health notifications only showed the path to the file on the gateway. Notifications now show the path to help users locate the file in S3.

  • Service now ignores backend blockers during forced file share deletes. Previously, forced deletes would stop without explanation when encountering blockers. Forced deletes now continue uninterrupted in these scenarios.

  • Updated the NFS stack.

  • Upgraded Java 17 JRE.

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-04-15

1.24.5

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-04-01

1.24.4

  • Addressed missing Network Time Protocol (NTP) component.

2024-03-18

1.24.3

  • Fixed an issue related to case-sensitive lookup performance.

  • Fixed an issue that caused processes to crash.

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2024-01-12

1.24.2

  • Addressed SMB stability issue.

2023-12-27

1.24.1

  • Addressed SMB stability issue.

2023-12-01

1.24.0

  • Updated SMB stack.

    • Added support for AES-256 encryption, plus more secure variants of AES-128 encryption and signing when using an SMB 3.1.1 client which requests it.

    • SMBv1 (LANMAN/CIFS) server-side copy and server-side wildcard expansion functionality have been removed. (SMBv2 and SMBv3 are unaffected.) This may negatively impact performance of certain SMBv1 workloads. If you use SMBv1, you are encouraged to migrate to SMBv2 or SMBv3.

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2023-10-24

1.23.2

  • Fixed an issue related to Support Channel not connecting properly for certain users.

2023-08-14

1.23.1

  • Updated NTP server to use sync server for new gateways.

2023-06-12

1.23.0

  • Fixed an access violation issue on large copies.

  • Fixed an NFS issue.

  • Removed Java 8.

  • Increased upload threads for some AWS accounts.

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2023-04-19

1.22.1

  • Fixed an issue related to renaming folders and files.

2023-01-18

1.22.0

2022-07-06

1.21.2

  • Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance.

2022-02-16

1.21.1

  • Added new metrics for rename and deletion in cache.

  • Fixed other miscellaneous issues.

2022-01-18

1.21.0

2021-12-12

1.20.0

  • Addressed Log4j vulnerability.