Halo Release Notes

Date of release: 22/07/2025 Engine version: 16.4.0 Rabbitmq Upgrade Notice Starting Halo v2.9.0, the Rabbitmq version is upgraded from 3.13 to 4.x. When upgrading from an older version of Halo to any version above 2.9.0 all stable rabbitmq...

Date of Release: 24/06/2025 Rabbitmq Upgrade Notice Starting Halo v2.9.0, the Rabbitmq version is upgraded from 3.13 to 4.x. When upgrading from an older version of Halo to any version above 2.9.0 all stable rabbitmq feature flags should be en...

Date of Release: 17/04/2025 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions Deprecation notice Please note cdrplatform-metrics-collation service is deprecated and removed from release 2.6.2. When upgrading to 2.6.2 and any versio...

Date of Release: 18/03/2025 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions Deprecation notice Please note cdrplatform-metrics-collation service is deprecated and removed from release 2.6.2. When upgrading to 2.6.2 and any versio...

Date of Release: 18/02/2025 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions Deprecation notice Please note cdrplatform-metrics-collation service is deprecated and removed from release 2.6.2. When upgrading to 2.6.2 and any versio...

Date of Release: 21/01/2025 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions Deprecation notice Please note cdrplatform-metrics-collation service is deprecated and removed from release 2.6.2. When upgrading to 2.6.2 and any versio...

Date of Release: 19/12/2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions Deprecation notice Please note cdrplatform-metrics-collation service is deprecated and removed from release 2.6.2. When upgrading to 2.6.2 and any versio...

Date of Release: 26/11/2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Removal of the metrics-collation service All metric handling logic is now handled in the metrics-projection service. Refresh Halo performa...

Date of Release: 29 October 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Licensing Licensing has been updated to support additional excess usage on top of purchased limits. New reports have been added to th...

Date of Release: 01 October 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features XML validation Users of Halo now have an endpoint that they can use to validate an XML file. By providing an XML file and a schema (XSD...

Date of Release: 25 September 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Terminology changes across the portal To better reflect terminology, MIME type has been updated to MEDIA type across the portal and e...

Date of Release: 23 July 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Added Axis labels to the Risk trends section of the risk reporting page. Added Halo animated logo to the portal loading screen and shows w...

Date of Release: 10 July 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features ReversingLabs reporting ReversingLabs existing work has been integrated into the Portal reporting pages. The Processed files page will now...

Date of Release: 25 June 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions Bug Fixes ICAP: Fixed an issue with an incorrect error message when ICAP processes a request and the specified profile is disabled or doesn't exist. ...

Date of Release: 13 June 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Engine Release 14 This version of Halo is updated to incorporate Release 14 of the Glasswall Embedded Engine. Please refer to the releas...

Date of Release: 29 May 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features ReversingLabs integration When enabled with a ReversingLabs account, you will now see malware presence results from ReversingLabs when usin...

Date of Release: 14 May 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features ICAP Requests See a summary of ICAP requests on the new ICAP requests page. When a file has been passed through halo as part of an ICAP req...

Date of Release: 30 April 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features ICAP caching Files that have been processed through the Glasswall engine as part of an ICAP request will now be cached. If the same file ...

Date of Release: 16 April 2024 Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Custom ICAP Profile Modification via ICAP Settings in the Portal It is now easier to create, view, edit, delete and reset custom ICAP pro...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features ICAP Profile Editor It's now easier to view and edit the default ICAP profile via the Portal. If the Portal and the Policy API (with Profile Management enabled) are deplo...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features License Usage Report Generation It's now easier to generate your license usage report via the Portal. If the Portal is installed, Admin users can now download the license...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Engine Release 11 This version of Halo is updated to incorporate Release 11 of the Glasswall Embedded Engine. Read more about the updates in the Release 11 notes . Licen...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Landing Page Improved User Experience (UX) related to the default view displayed on the landing page Processed Files Users can now easily identify which p...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Named policy in portal We have added the ability to edit, create, update and delete named policies through the Halo portal Processed Files Files which are only su...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Reporting Introduced a new chart to visualize the risk associated with the Original File over time. Incorporated a feature to switch the protection level for the file p...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features New Portal Landing Page Experience a refreshed portal landing page designed to elevate your interaction with Halo. Depending on your logged-in status, the page's content dy...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Asset signing We've implemented a significant security enhancement: all Glasswall assets pertaining to Halo code and deliverables, including container images, are now signe...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Processed Files Page The Processed Files Page has officially transitioned out of beta and is now a fully supported feature. With this update, you can now seamlessly page th...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Processed Files Page (beta) Building upon the initial beta launch of the Processed Files page, the subsequent improvements include: File Details: This release introduce...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Menlo Integration Enhancement We have introduce enhanced support for Menlo security integration within Glasswall Halo. Now, you can seamlessly incorporate Glasswall into yo...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Asynchronous API Introducing the first release of the Glasswall Halo Asynchronous API. For more information, including a comparison with the existing Synchronous API. Asy...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions Single Node VM Single Node v2.2.1 New Features Improved Hover States and Tab Ordering in the Portal: The user interface (UI) of the portal has been enhanced with improved hover ...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features License Management We have released a new service which delivers licensing to Glasswall Halo and allows you to access Glasswall Halo and Embedded Engine, it is now mandator...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Enhanced Navigation Prompts within Clean Room and Policy Settings: We have improved the navigation prompts within the Clean Room and policy settings, making it easier for u...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Ability to update and save default policy via the portal for Admins Gzip and Bzip compression types are now treated as single files and do not produce a manifest.json but...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Improved swagger definition Known Issues Archive policy configuration is applying to single files when set to Disallow JPEG archive policy switch is not applying ...

Service Versions (Image tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Added Azure Active Directory Authentication for API calls Added Azure Active Directory Authentication for Glasswall Halo portal Introduced a new Portal Access service ...

Service Versions (Image Tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Introduced Policy Management which allows you to change the default policy or create and manage your own named policies. Architectural change which introduces an API gate...

Service Versions (Image Tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features [Beta] Introduced the ability to import and export a file via Glasswall Halo. Clean Room integration with the V3 endpoint. Report Aggregator now create the needed sink ...

Service Versions (Image Tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Version 3 of the Glasswall Halo Synchronous API which offers a consolidation of the V2 endpoints. Added configuration for Report Aggregator to not create reports but will...

Service Versions (Image Tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Release of Clean Room via the Glasswall Halo Portal Basic Authentication for the API Distributed tracing of a transaction through all Glasswall Halo services Fixes ...

Service Versions (Image Tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features New release of Glasswall Embedded Engine. Introduction of "return-executable-file" query parameter. When this file is set to false any executable file types will fail pro...

Service Versions (Image Tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Supports deployment of Glasswall Halo to AWS Documentation API Documentation Glasswall Documentation Clean Room Archive Support Documentation

Service Versions (Image Tags) Helm Chart Versions New Features Support for manual transaction Id added as a header input Fixes & Improvements Performance improvements Scalability improvements tar.gz files no longer fail to rebuild...