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title: 'ML Connect - release notes'
description: 'Release notes for the MediaLab Connect desktop app, listing new features and fixes in each version.'
url: https://www.medialab.co/support/onboarding/desktop-app/ml-connect-release-notes
---

# ML Connect - release notes

The latest version of MediaLab Connect can be downloaded from the Download page.

## Connect 3.0.0

### October 5, 2026

- OAuth2 user login (no longer requires a private token).
- Upload acceleration (geo-based routing and AWS upload acceleration).
- Direct S3 uploads.
- SHA256 file integrity validation for downloads.
- (.deb) AppArmor profile fixes.

## Connect 2.0.2

### September 16, 2026

***Note: It's recommended to install the latest version, going back to this version or previous ones will require an app reset from the 'Settings'.***

- Watch-folder upload bug fixes.
- Watch-folder resumable uploads.
- Folder trees faster load for big folder structure.

## Connect 2.0.1

### July 30, 2026

- Deeplink bug: fixed an issue that caused the deeplink to not work when the app is fully closed.
- Introduced an error-logs file to help us diagnose problems.
- Visual tweaks to clarify actions.

## Connect 2.0.0

### July 21, 2026

***Our new MediaLab Connect version 2.0 is now totally updated with the latest updates and features with a new design.***

- New design.
- Latest stacks used for security improvements.
- New resumable upload
- New tables were introduced to track failed downloads and uploads.
- Updated tables details for more information.
- Download bug: fixed an issue that caused the download to auto-cancel after 5 minutes in specific situations.

## Connect 1.8.0

### December 10, 2025

- macOS: Fix starting of download when app is not open.
- Push: Fix a timing issue in the restart of push queue items.
- Pre-select app language.
- General improvements.

## Connect 1.7.0

### September 23, 2025

- Add file integrity validation to manual downloads.
- Fix table sorting in recent up- & downloads.

## Connect 1.6.1

### August 7, 2025

- Remove asking for administrator permissions on Windows OS.
- Change folders paths after creation.
- Add more info in the download table.

## Connect 1.6.0

### February 13, 2025

- Ability to push files to MediaLab Connect
- Add file integrity validation on push downloads
- Add ability to automatically clear upload and download history

## Connect 1.5.1

### November 7, 2024

- Ability to clear the download queue when the queue is paused has been fixed.
- Fix bug where open file in folder would not work on Windows machines.

## Connect 1.5.0

### April 23, 2024

- Download queue: ability to pause the download queue.
- Download queue: ability to overwrite existing files with the same name.
- Anonymous analytics have been added, they can be toggled in the Settings pane if desired.

## Connect 1.4.0

### February 15, 2024

- Folder support has been added to the download feature.
- A how-to video has been added to help starting new downloads.

## Connect 1.3.1

### February 7, 2024

- A sorting bug in the download has been fixed.
- The 'Show folder' button in the download queue would open the file instead of the folder.

## Connect 1.3.0

### January 25, 2024

- Support for multiple file downloads has been added to the download queue manager.
- Ensure the correct filenames are reported if a download has failed.

## Connect 1.2.0

### December 5, 2023

- Download feature has been added to download single files with a queue manager.

## Connect 1.1.3

### October 19, 2023

- The version update check would report incorrectly that a new version is available.

## Connect 1.1.2

### October 13, 2023

- Additional checks on user permissions have been added to avoid errors in case of insufficient privileges.

## Connect 1.1.1

### June 15, 2023

- Watch folder: upload progress of the watch folder had a bug that caused the progress to disappear after the first
  chunk was completed.
- Watch folder: folder path: if a file was uploaded through the watch folder in a subdirectory, the target directory in
  MediaLab was not created properly in all cases.
- Windows: Folder paths uploaded on Windows would include a backslash ("\") which was not parsed properly.
- "Add account" screen: messages have been added to inform the user of invalid Lab URL or Private Token.

## Connect 1.1.0

### June 1, 2023

- Watch folder support has been added.
- Support for uploading folder structures has been added.
- Ability to create a new folder during the upload process.

## Connect 1.0.0

### February 27, 2023

- Initial version containing file upload and sharing.