FastX 5 Server Release Notes

5.1.5
August 12, 2026

• Case 95357: Allow geometry to be changed while keeping other app settings
• Case 95287: Fix OIDC logout page
• Case 95346: Fix bridging for compute nodes on internal network
• Case 95358: Enable cancel button when starting sessions
• Case 95349: Allow forms in autostart sessions
• Case 95342: Work with Nginx or Apache proxy
• Case 95355: Update login page GUI
• Case 95356: Update python code to report session start
• Case 95297: Update disconnect dialog
• Case 95288: Add ability to download session info
• Case 95353: Fix login node selection
• Case 95350: Handle modified themes
• Case 95343: App modifications using GUI will happen on local system
• Case 95332: Remove reconnectToken from browser client
• Case 95325: Avoid opening Web Connect twice
• Case 95321: Allow admin to select which login node to use
• Case 95312: Add compatibility with Python 3.6
• Case 94890: Better support for new location for license files
• Case 95286: SELinux fixes
• Case 95282: Support echo in non-password SSH keyboard interactive
• Case 95251: Make sure key repeat is off for XFCE sessions

5.1.3
July 17, 2026

• Case 95244: Versions 5.0 and 5.1 are isolated in a cluster
• Case 95057: Improved job scheduler
• Case 95248: MATE sessions disable screen lock
• Case 95179: Future-proof link verification
• Cases 95209, 95212: REAUTH fixes
• Case 94397: Don’t log unnecessary warnings
• Case 95149: Allow adjustment of frame window
• Case 95214: Clean look when connecting to session
• Case 95220: Fix session zoom
• Case 95223: Add LDAP authentication
• Cases 95224, 94760: Update OpenID Connect
• Cases 95229, 95231: Add local authentication
• Case 95235: Don’t show a session after termination

5.1.1
June 12, 2026

• Case 95167: Eliminate fastx-advanced license check; Put all advanced features into regular FastX
• Case 95203: Add text effects to make the text show better on the thumbnails in grid view
• Case 95171: Fix broken link from “install FastX browser extension”
• Case 95054: Fix reauth-token.verify errors
• Gnome Wayland sessions

5.0.17
May 27, 2026

• Case 95056: Major upgrades to job scheduling
• Case 95093: Associate forms with job schedulers
• Case 95027: Add slurm job scheduler
• Case 95029: Launch a session in a docker container
• Case 95117: Allow editing (and reverting) of default schedulers
• Case 95115: Move load balancer into scheduler
• Case 95139: Allow editing (and reverting) of default themes
• Case 95125: Fix editing sessions with tags
• Case 95086: Update user preferences immediately on change
• STANDALONE variable takes server out of cluster for debugging

5.0.15
May 1, 2026

• Case 95113: Save session logs when a session terminates
• Case 95129: Read the app settings when running in failsafe mode
• Case 95125: Fix tags in the edit session dialog
• Case 95118: Fix FX_ROOT_DIR when upgrading from FastX 4

5.0.13
April 20 2026

• Case 95109: Improvements to the Admin GUI
• Case 95109: A clean install will show the default themes
• Case 95078, 95089: Ability to access FastX via nginx
• Case 95056: Changes to scheduler
• Require Node.JS 22 or later. (Version 5.0.11 could be installed with Node.JS 18, which would then cause it to crash.)
• Case 95041: Detect and report missing dependencies that previously would cause starting a session to fail with an unrelated error message
• Case 95088: Show error logs if a session fails to start
• Case 95085: Show new announcement without having to log out and back in
• Case 95086: Update a user’s preferences immediately, without having to log out and back in

5.0.11
April 14 2026

• Release