Citrix Workspace app for Windows 2603 Tech Preview...
# citrix-workspaceapp
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Citrix Workspace app for Windows 2603 Tech Preview is available on Download Site Both 32 and 64 bit versions of CWA are available for a preview. Citrix Workspace app for Windows 2603 builds on Citrix’s commitment to secure, reliable access to virtual apps and desktops, with targeted enhancements that improve security posture, operational visibility, and end‑user experience, without increasing administrative complexity. This release strengthens security by ensuring ICA files are handled entirely in memory across all supported launch mechanisms, including SDK‑based integrations used by ISVs and regulated industries such as healthcare. By preventing sensitive connection data from being written to disk, Workspace app delivers a consistent and hardened security model regardless of how sessions are launched. For organizations that require deeper insight, administrators can now optionally preserve the original ICA file generated by StoreFront, enabling improved auditing and troubleshooting while leaving existing launch behavior and user experience unchanged. The browsing experience within virtual sessions continues to evolve as well. Browser Content Redirection now intelligently prioritizes client‑side content fetching when websites are reachable from the endpoint, reducing VDA load while maintaining seamless fallback to server‑side fetch when required. Enhancements such as synchronized zoom behavior, improved window handling, taskbar previews, Alt+Tab visibility, and in‑session screen capture support help redirected content behave more like a native desktop application. An updated Chromium Embedded Framework further improves security and compatibility with modern web standards. Additional refinements, including an enhanced client‑side touch keyboard and key reliability fixes, round out the release, ensuring Workspace app for Windows 2603 delivers a secure, polished, and enterprise‑ready experience for both users and IT teams. Customers are encouraged to download the Citrix Workspace app for Windows 2603 Tech Preview from the following link and evaluate the enhancements in their environments. We welcome feedback on this release and invite you to share your experience, observations, and suggestions using the feedback link. Your input helps shape the final release and ensures Citrix Workspace app continues to meet real‑world enterprise needs
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Am I crazy, or was this not already in TP since like January? If not, when will the docs be updated to show the current TP features? https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace-app-for-windows/about-this-release/features-in-technical-preview
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Hi @Nick Panaccio are you referring to 64bit version of CWA?
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Initially, yes. Swear there was a TP that was supposed to go GA in March
and this new one being 2603 in April... doesn't make sense to me
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The 64bit version was in TP with 2511 which released in Dec, 25. When 2603 goes GA mid April (it was just released as a TP itself) the 64bit will be officially GA as well.
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Gotcha, thanks for the clarification!
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In‑memory ICA File Handling - What's new compared to CTX575099 ? https://support.citrix.com/external/article/CTX575099/how-to-store-ica-files-of-citrix-workspa.html
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@Arthur thanks for catching that. We will fix the documentation. In 2603 ICA file in memory supports use cases with Storebrowse SDK
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What happened to 2603? “_Oops, the page you requested cannot be found._”
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@Arthur its on its way.... If the TP page is not showing, can you do a hard refresh in your browser
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So, doesn't look like this will go GA in mid-April. 2604 now releasing in May?
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It's back and available 👍
Yes and it works fine after private hotfix implementation: Private fix ODU-245
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We've been running 2507 CU1 on W11 SS and S25 MS and I have yet to reproduce any copy/paste issues.
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It's hard to reproduce - mainly reported by users who have sessions lasting several hours or longer