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Software Release Bulletin - SafeKit 8.2
This bulletin lists the SafeKit 8.2 packages available for download, as well as the fixes and
changes made, and the supported operating systems.
Supported operating systems
SafeKit 8.2 packages
8.2.5.4 - Linux
8.2.5.3 - Windows
8.2.4.9 - Linux
8.2.4.6 - Windows
8.2.3.4 - Windows
8.2.3.3 - Linux
8.2.2.7 - Linux
8.2.2.3 - Windows
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Current - Linux packages
Current - Windows packages
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit 8.2 Documentation
Windows Server
2025
Windows Server
2022
Windows Server
2019
Windows 11
Enterprise
Windows 11 Pro
Redhat Enterprise
Linux 8
Redhat Enterprise
Linux 9
Redhat Enterprise
Linux 10
Ubuntu 24.04
Redhat Enterprise
Linux 9
Windows (Intel x86
64-bit kernel)
Linux (Intel x86 64-bit
kernel)
Linux (ARM AArch64
kernel)
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8.2.2.2 - Windows & Linux
8.2.1.0 - Windows & Linux
8.2.0.4 - Windows & Linux
8.2.5.4 - Linux
Operating
system
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Ubuntu 24.04 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (ARM AArch64 kernel) (since
December 23,2025)
Fix Vip: Vip Module Crash on RedHat 9.6 (ES-1170)
SafeKit: Snapshots do not contain the notification settings
file (ES-1000)
SafeKit: Updating a farm module red WAIT state causes a
stop-start (ES-1157)
SafeKit: Unexpected message "/bin/rpm: No such file or
directory" in the "heartplug" file from a snapshot
generated on Ubuntu 24 (ES-1184)
SafeKit: NFSAdmin segfaults when stopping a mirror
module on Ubuntu 24 (ES-1181)
SafeKit: Errors
"/usr/lib/systemd/system/safeadmin.service:15: Unknown
key name 'ExecStopPre'" in the system log (ES-1176)
Changes Major changes: see the
Firewall settings, see Userʼs Guide (ES-1062)
Restrictio
n & known
Problems
Refer to the
Farm module: on Red Hat, only for RH versions earlier than
9.6
SafeKit File replication is not compatible with RH8.4 linux
kernel 4.18.0-305. Please upgrade to latest RH8.4 kernel
Version &
date
8.2.5.4 / December 16, 2025
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
## Page 3
8.2.5.3 - Windows
File replication does not support hard links
Operating
system
Windows Server 2025 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2022 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix Installation : input window for the web server credentials is
sometimes hidden (ES-1147)
WebConsole : length control of the "Lan Name" field (ES-
1003)
WebConsole : order of log display is inconsistent (ES-1156)
WebConsole : unexpected timeout when generating a
snapshot (ES-1150)
Configuration : After an incorrect HTTPS configuration,
reconfiguration is impossible (ES-1016)
Configuration : incorrect configuration if
"notreplicatedpath" is not a relative path (ES-1031)
Configuration : bad behavior of the "webservercfg -
passwd" command (ES-1048)
Configuration : attributes no longer used (ES-1100)
Configuration : control of attributes "atleast", "atmax", and
"cpu" values (ES-1101)
Configuration : "scriptcontrol=on" does not allow dynamic
updates (ES-1145)
Rfs : Notepad++ or LibreOffice file replication problem (ES-
1004/EHD-2521)
Rfs : incorrect message logged in case of rfsfilter loading
error (ES-962)
Version &
date
8.2.5.3 / November 14, 2025
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8.2.4.9 - Linux
Notifications : Snapshots must not contain the
"encryptedEmailCreds.pem" file (ES-987)
Notifications : Smtpcfg: Unexpected success message
when input window is closed (ES-952)
Notifications : "SSL routines" errors when sending emails
(ES-852)
SafeKit : The "safekit kill" command help shows two
deprecated 'level' options (ES-1113)
Documentation : ES-933, ES-959, ES-979, ES-925, ES-
926, ES-942, ES-1014, ES-1066, ES-1149
Changes Major changes: see the
Add japanese localization
Restriction
& known
Problems
Refer to the
File replication does not support hard links
File replication does not support file system transactions in
Windows
ReFS not supported (NTFS only)
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
Operating
system
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Ubuntu 24.04 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix Safeadmin : memory leak in safeadmin when using snmp
agent (ES-998 / EHD-2487)
Rfs : improve detection of access to replication files by
process not started by SafeKit (ES-900)
SafeKit: problem with "mod\_auth\_openidc" package
installation (ES-937). See
SafeKit: not always automatic compilation of vip kernel
module (ES-958 and ES-968)
Version &
date
8.2.4.9 / June 24, 2025
SK-0102
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8.2.4.6 - Windows
Web Console: support for complex password (ES-919)
SafeKit: messages anomalies (ES-967, ES-995)
Web Console: bug when the cluster name ends with a
space (ES-974)
SafeKit: display or update of a module's mode is
sometimes incorrect. (ES-944 and ES-945)
SafeKit: the web console returns "Internal server error"
after a silent installation (ES-980)
Changes Major changes: see the
Restrictio
n & known
Problems
Refer to the
Farm module: on Red Hat, only for RH versions earlier than
9.6
SafeKit File replication is not compatible with RH8.4 linux
kernel 4.18.0-305. Please upgrade to latest RH8.4 kernel
File replication does not support hard links
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
Operating
system
Windows Server 2025 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2022 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix Installation : file snmpd.conf not created ( ES-782 )
WebConsole : poor ergonomics when selecting a
monitored module (ES-783)
WebConsole : module configuration : "boot=auto" option
missing (ES-862)
SafeKit : regression message on module startup after
crash "previous halt unexpected" (ES-801)
Version &
date
8.2.4.6 / May 12, 2025
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8.2.3.4 - Windows
SafeKit : unexpected "Action stop called by maxloop"
during a manual stop sequence (ES-804)
SafeKit : configuring with "defaultprim=hostname" causes
a swap instead of a stopstart (ES-908)
SafeKit : message improvment when the module stops on
"License Check Failed" (ES-826)
SafeKit : module shutdown sequence improvment (ES-
785)
SafeKit : minor commands or level message bugs (ES-730,
ES-759, ES-751)
Documentation : ES-778, ES-853
Changes Major changes: see the
Restriction
& known
Problems
Refer to the
File replication does not support hard links
File replication does not support file system transactions in
Windows
ReFS not supported (NTFS only)
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
Operating
system
Windows Server 2022 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix Installation: if SafeKit is installed other than C:\safekit, the
"webservercfg" and "firewallcfg" commands are not
executed after installation (ES-704)
SafeKit: impossible to switch the 2nd server to https when
the installation path on the CA server contains a blank (ES-
776)
Changes Major changes: see the
Version &
date
8.2.3.4 / December 19, 2024
SafeKit Release Notes
## Page 7
8.2.3.3 - Linux
Restriction
& known
Problems
Refer to the
File replication does not support hard links
File replication does not support file system transactions in
Windows
ReFS not supported (NTFS only)
SafeKit Release Notes
Operating
system
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Ubuntu 24.04 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix Rfs: mirror PostgreSQL module sometimes goes to
DEGRADED mode due to "not constant fh error" (MARS
76786/ VENUS 82135)
Safekit: unexpected "database is locked" when uninstalling
application module (ES-420)
SafeKit: "safekit module getports -i id" fails whith no
message (ES-740)
SafeKit: checkplug stops the daemons without first
disabling errd of the associated class (ES-757)
SafeKit: "safekit -H other logview -m AM" is not supported
and returns now an error (ES-735)
SafeKit: a case of failure to start the web server when
SELinux is enable (ES-733)
SafeKit: "safekit logview" command fails if executed by a
non-root user (ES-734)
Web console: minor display problems (ES-690, ES-701)
Web console: unexpected "internal server error" (ES-709)
Configuration: loop of "config.exe" when applying module
configuration if "userconfig.xml" contains non ascii
characters (ES-719)
Version &
date
8.2.3.3 / December 19, 2024
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8.2.2.7 - Linux
Vip: sometimes VIP malfunction if configured in
vmac\_invisible (ES-744)
Vip: Bad behavior if the virtual address is duplicated (ES-
746)
Documentation: minor bugs (ES-720, ES-741, ES-754, ES-
738, ES-742, ES-743, ES-750)
Changes Major changes: see the
Restriction
& known
Problems
Refer to the
Farm module: on Red Hat, only for RH versions earlier than
9.6
SafeKit File replication is not compatible with RH8.4 linux
kernel 4.18.0-305. Please upgrade to latest RH8.4 kernel
File replication does not support hard links
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
Operating
system
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix Rfs: "not constant fh" problem with Postgresql (ES-667)
Rfs: on Linux, problem with the cksum for namespace
change detection (ES-659)
Web console: time line display anomaly (ES-664)
Web console: "rei-copy-size-metric" resource display
anomaly (ES-637)
Web console: display problem when the connection of a
node is failed and then re-established (ES-651)
Web console: if a log save for a module was interrupted
before completion, the temporary file persists and is sent
in place of the latest log (ES-677)
Safekit: missing messages into module log (ES-678)
Safekit: core of "safekit errdlist" command when there are
a large number of monitored processes (ES-670)
Version &
date
8.2.2.7 / September 13, 2024
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8.2.2.3 - Windows
Safekit: problem updating the display when
configuring/unconfiguring a module on 3 nodes (ES-
660/ES-692)
Checker: splitbrain checker malfunction on Ubuntu (MARS
76868)
Installation: "laststate" and "synctimestamp" not
preserved after upgrade on Linux (ES-655)
SafeKit: module update problem on minor upgrade (ES-
674)
Changes Major changes: see the
Restriction
& known
Problems
Refer to the
Farm module: on Red Hat, only for RH versions earlier than
9.6
SafeKit File replication is not compatible with RH8.4 linux
kernel 4.18.0-305. Please upgrade to latest RH8.4 kernel
File replication does not support hard links
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
Operating
system
Windows Server 2022 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix Web console: sometimes all nodes are displayed
"Connection error" despite only one is down (ES-650)
Changes Major changes: see the
Version &
date
8.2.2.3 / June 14, 2024
SafeKit Release Notes
## Page 10
8.2.2.2 - Windows & Linux
8.2.1.0 - Windows & Linux
Restrictio
n & known
Problems
Refer to the
File replication does not support hard links
File replication does not support file system transactions in
Windows
ReFS not supported (NTFS only)
SafeKit Release Notes
Operating
system
Windows Server 2022 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Changes Major changes: see the
Restrictio
n & known
Problems
Refer to the
Farm module: on Red Hat, only for RH versions earlier than
9.6
SafeKit File replication is not compatible with RH8.4 linux
kernel 4.18.0-305. Please upgrade to latest RH8.4 kernel
File replication does not support hard links
File replication does not support file system transactions in
Windows
See ,
ReFS not supported (NTFS only)
Version &
date
8.2.2.2 / June 8, 2024
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
SK-0096SK-0097
Version &
date
8.2.1.0 / April 29, 2024
## Page 11
8.2.0.4 - Windows & Linux
Operating
system
Windows Server 2022 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 11 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Changes Major changes: see the
Restriction
& known
Problems
Refer to the
Farm module: on Red Hat, only for RH versions earlier than
9.6
SafeKit File replication is not compatible with RH8.4 linux
kernel 4.18.0-305. Please upgrade to latest RH8.4 kernel
File replication does not support hard links
File replication does not support file system transactions in
Windows
See ,
ReFS not supported (NTFS only)
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
SK-0096SK-0097
Operating
system
Windows Server 2022 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Changes Major changes: see the
Restriction
& known
Problems
Refer to the
Farm module: on Red Hat, only for RH versions earlier than
9.6
SafeKit File replication is not compatible with RH8.4 linux
kernel 4.18.0-305. Please upgrade to latest RH8.4 kernel
Version &
date
8.2.0.4 / March 25, 2024
SafeKit Release Notes
SafeKit Release Notes
## Page 12
File replication does not support hard links
File replication does not support file system transactions in
Windows
See ,
ReFS not supported (NTFS only)
SK-0096SK-0097