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3.18.0 release

Posted by Armin Novak on November 12, 2025

FreeRDP 3.18.0 has just been released and uploaded to

https://pub.freerdp.com/releases/

2025-11-12 Version 3.18.0

Minor improvements and bugfix release. Some user visible changes:

  • Fix a regression reading passwords from stdin
  • Fix a timer regression (µs instead of ms)
  • Improved multitouch support
  • Fix a bug with PLANAR codec (used with /bpp:32 or sometimes with /gfx)
  • Better error handling for ARM transport (Entra)
  • Fix audio encoder lag (microphone/AAC) with FFMPEG
  • Support for janssen JSON library

What’s Changed

  • [core,arm] extract redirected username (#11873)
  • [winpr,path] fix endianness issues (#11875)
  • [cmake,pkg-config] properly set requires fields (#11876)
  • [codec,planar] make test output verbose (#11877)
  • [codec,planar] more test output (#11878)
  • Planar fix sign (#11880)
  • Entra fixes (#11881, #11882)
  • Warn fixes cast (#11884)
  • wst error handling (#11885)
  • [winpr,json] add jansson support (#11886)
  • [client,sdl] set metadata after command line parsing (#11890)
  • [core,arm] add TARGET_BOOTING error code (#11889)
  • [core] fix const correctness (#11891)
  • [c,standard] use C99 inline (#11879)
  • [winpr,pool] limit minimum threadpool size (#11897)
  • Azure domain (#11892)
  • [core,arm] fix TargetNetAddress size and checks (#11899)
  • [winpr,json] fix a memory leak with jansson (#11901)
  • Jansson fix (#11902)
  • Bitmap fixes and unit tests (#11903)
  • [channels,rdpecam] fix a memory leak (#11907)
  • [common,settings] fix resize of TargetNetAddressess (#11905)
  • Jansson ref count (#11908)
  • [winpr,json] fix WINPR_JSON_AddItemToArray (#11909)
  • [client,common] improve retry handling (#11910)
  • Janssen version limit (#11911)
  • Rdstls error code mapping (#11913)
  • dsp_ffmpeg: fix latency buildup during resampling (#11912)
  • [core,rdstls] improve logging (#11914)
  • [client,common] fix parsing of enablerdsaadauth (#11915)
  • Codec stringify (#11918)
  • [core,tcp] fix a regression (#11919)
  • [core,timer] fix reschedule interval (#11921)
  • [winpr,timezone] update dotnet version for tzextract (#11927)
  • [timezones] Update definitions by @github-actions[bot] in (#11928)
  • [winpr,synch] Yield after a poll timeout in emscripten (#11929)
  • [channels,audin] fix a leak in pulse backend (#11933)
  • [crypto,x509] add missing OpenSSL include for d2i_RSA_PSS_PARAMS (#11942)
  • [client,android] fix wrong type of variable (#11945)
  • Revert smart sizing (#11946)
  • Align width and height for AVC444 decoding to 32 (#11930)
  • [crypto,tls] make cert warning more accurate (#11947)
  • [core,timer] ensure all scheduled timers are handled (#11948)
  • Fix build and run with optional channels (#11941)
  • [channels,rdpei] fix not sending essential touch events (#11955)
  • [CMake] mark WITH_VAAPI experimental (#11956)
  • Config extension (#11961)
  • [winpr,synch] Fix starvation in pollset_poll caused by emscripten_sleep (#11962)
  • [utils] fix from-stdin (#11965)
  • [client,x11] log mouse event types and call stack (#11966)
  • libfreerdp: remove SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 from fatal signals (#11968)
  • [input, virtualkey] Add Korean keys in XKB_KEYNAME_TABLE (#11977)
  • [cache,glyph] overallocate to compensate for off by one (#11980)
  • [client,common] improve multitouch mouse emulation (#11970)
  • [core,gateway] improve response cookie handling (#11971)
  • Revert “[core,gateway] improve arm transport” (#11983)
  • Http request improvements (#11984)
  • Log improve (#11985)
  • [client,sdl] sdl2 dialog auth: remove std::move (#11986)

New Contributors

  • @FriederHannenheim made their first contribution in (#11912)
  • @ploosin made their first contribution in (#11955)

For a complete and detailed change log since the last release run: git log 3.18.0…3.17.2

*Full Changelog**: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/compare/3.17.2…3.18.0