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Note: This version is a maintenance/bugfix release. UI texts and runtime
messages have not changed compared to previous version 3.6.0, so translation
files created for 3.6.0 are fully compatible with 3.6.1.
Changes & Improvements
- Random pool: Hash function BLAKE2s replaced with BLAKE2b variant for better
performance on 64-bit architecture
Fixes
- PassCube: When editing an existing database entry with "Hide notes" enabled
(button down) and saving the changes, notes are overwritten with place holder
text displayed in the Notes box

New Features
- Added option to estimate password quality (along with password quality bar)
to "Enter password" dialog
- PassCube: Added database name/description box to password settings
- PassCube: Password confirmation can be skipped by pressing "Skip" button in
"Enter password" dialog
Changes & Improvements
- Redesigned password quality bar: Color (ranging from red over yellow to
green) and length (full length = 128 bits) indicate password strength
- Password database format version 1.8: (a) Use Encrypt-then-MAC scheme,
(b) use different keys for encryption and HMAC, (c) always use salt (random
32-byte sequence) to derive encryption key when recovery key is set
- Support for base32-encoded Donor Keys
Fixes
- PassCube: Adding/modifying database entry: Changed password accepted when
pressing "Cancel" button in "Confirm password" dialog

IMPORTANT NOTE As of version 3.5.10, Password Tech no longer supports 32-bit
versions of Windows. Only 64-bit builds will officially be provided. If you're
still using a 32-bit version of Windows, for which support by Microsoft has
ended in October 2025, I strongly recommend updating to Windows 11 at your
earliest convenience.
New Features
- PassCube: Database settings: New option "Master password expires" allows
setting an expiry date for the master password; when opening the database,
user will be warned if the master password has expired or will expire soon
Changes & Improvements
- Password database: As of database version 1.7, master password and recovery
passwords are encoded as UTF-8; databases created with older versions (with
UTF-16 encoding) will be updated to UTF-8 when changing master/recovery
password; note that databases with UTF-8 password encoding are no longer
compatible with older program versions (< 3.5.10)
- Perform multiple attempts to clear clipboard when data cannot be accessed
immediately

New Features
- Option "Include Header" (context menu of "Generate" button in main window) to
include (or disable) information about generated passwords and entropy at the
beginning of password lists
Fixes
- Check for updates broken, since version file could not be downloaded anymore

New Features
- Create and restore backup of all program settings (configuration and installed language files) via File | Backup Settings, and Restore Settings from Backup
Fixes
- Broken UTF-8 and ANSI encoding when saving passwords to file
- After unlocking database, keyboard shortcuts of selected entry only functional after re-selecting entry

New Features
- Character Set Builder: New "Exclude characters" box to exclude custom characters from resulting character set
- Password font can be reset to default in main window, password list window, and password manager to avoid scaling issues with high-DPI system settings
Changes & Improvements
- Configuration | Files | Character encoding: Setting now refers to both writing and reading files; when reading files (such as word lists) and byte-order mark is not specified, encoding may default to either ANSI or UTF-8
Fixes
- When combining passwords with passphrases and "Length" requirement enabled, passwords are sometimes empty
- Fixed clipping issues of some labels

New Features
- PassCube: Allow keeping list of (up to 10) recently opened databases
- PassCube: New button “Hide notes” (next to Notes box) to hide the text in the notes box when the box is out of focus
- Window “Character Set Builder”: New option to include a tag or comment in the character set definition
- Configuration | Database: New option “Keep list of recently opened files”
Fixes
- Password security bar in main window not displayed anymore after clearing password box automatically
- Ensure proper termination of threads when exiting application

New Features
- "Include characters" option: New placeholder "<<...>>:N[+]" allows specifying custom character set (enclosed within <<...>>) and assigning a frequency value N to it (e.g., "<>:1+" ensures that generated passwords contain at least one character from the set "abcd0123")
- Feature "Character Set Builder": New window for composing custom character set strings, which can be copied to the "Character set" box in the main window (press "Build" button below the "Character set" box)

New Features
- Generate multiple passwords: "Generate" button redesigned; arrow button opens
Changes & Improvements
- Appropriate reaction to Windows "end session" event (e.g., system shutdown):
- "Advanced Password Option" button in main window displays number of enabled
- Clear clipboard automatically: Clipboard is only cleared if the SHA-256 hash
- External Windows dialogs (e.g., file open/save dialogs) have the same style
- PassCube: Database settings: Changing "Number of key derivation rounds" can
Fixes
- "Clear password box automatically" settings not saved to configuration file
- PassCube: Database not locked when minimizing window
- PassCube: Wrong position of "Enter password" dialog when restoring window
- PassCube: "Save automatically" settings not saved to configuration file