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```{title} What's new in Kasm 1.16.0
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# What's new in Kasm 1.16.0

## Highlights

- Added RDP gateway capability to provide RDP client access to Kasm Windows servers.
- [Egress Providers](../guide/egress.md) to Kasm Container Workspaces to allow routing network traffic through Egress Gateways.

## Features

- **Usability Enhancements**

  - Added a group setting for the default language of the application user interface, users can still override the setting in their profile.
  - Added a selection dropdown for the CAPTCHA type in [Server Settings](../guide/settings.md#captcha-settings) and added Cloudflare Turnstile and hCaptcha to the currently supported Google reCAPTCHA v2.

- **Infrastructure Support Enhancements**

  - Upgrade Kasm Database to use PostgreSQL 14.x
  - Improve functionality of Kasm Manager health check to guard against managers stuck on provisioning and ensure Primary Manager does not change when many Servers are provisioned at once.
  - Improve behavior of autoscaling, allow multiple autoscale configs to be scaled up and down concurrently. Improve concurrency of orphan server cleanup.

- **Kasm Image Enhancements**

  - Added [Forensic OSINT](https://hub.docker.com/r/kasmweb/forensic-osint) image for amd64.
  - Added watermark support for RDP sessions with default [global](../guide/settings.md#rdp-session-watermarking) and per server settings.
  - Added [Fedora 40 Desktop](https://hub.docker.com/r/kasmweb/fedora-40-desktop) images for x86_64/aarch64
  - Added [Fedora 40 Core](https://hub.docker.com/r/kasmweb/core-fedora-40) images for x86_64/aarch64
  - Added [Ubuntu Noble Desktop](https://hub.docker.com/r/kasmweb/ubuntu-noble-desktop) images for x86_64/aarch64
  - Added [Ubuntu Noble Core](https://hub.docker.com/r/kasmweb/core-ubuntu-noble) images for x86_64/aarch64

## Bugfixes

- Fixed issue that caused S3 persistent profiles to not store files if there are a large number of very small files.
- Fixed bug that caused Agents that stopped checking in, to not get marked as missing in accordance with the Host Missing Expiration global setting.
- Fixed issue that prevented the 'allow_totp_2fa' setting from being enabled by default on new installs.
- Fixed issue with windows sessions not being redirected after time limit finishes if the countdown is hidden.
- Fixed issue that caused the wget command to not work on Ubuntu, Oracle and AlamaLinux images when Web Filtering is enabled.
- Fixed issue where windows workspaces with the agent installed would sometimes generate error logs about calls to an unknown `/style/` url
- Fixed `kasm_guac` not purging old log files.
- Fixed issue with public API not returning new JWT formatted session tokens.