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Release Notes: CODESYS V3.5 SP20 Patch 1

Key Issue Type Summary Resolution Note
CDS-89956 Bug

CLONE - ABL / CmpOPCUAProviderIecVarAccess: "Communication <xyz>" license locked without using symbolconfig

Fixed
CDS-89815 Bug

CLONE - Static Analysis error SA0003: "Empty statement" is reported for correctly implemented transition objects

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compilerversion >= 3.5.20.10
CDS-89812 Bug

CLONE - OnlineChange: Potential memory overwrite after OnlineChange

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compiler Version >= 3.5.20.10
CDS-89777 Improvement

CLONE - Setup: Working Directory for Simulation should be in the user profile

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
The working directory for the simulation is now %APPDATA%/CODESYS/Simulation.
CDS-89748 Bug

CLONE - Precompile errors C0046, C0004, C0080 with applications with Modbus and GPIO's

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compiler Version >= 3.5.20.1
CDS-89707 Improvement

CLONE - [Object Manager] Support loading project from url

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
New interface IProjectLocalPathProvider has been introduced.
CDS-89626 Bug

CLONE - CmpLog: ISO 8601 local time, timezone offset for JST is wrong on Linux

Fixed
CDS-89625 Bug

CLONE - UA-AnsiC: Decoding of huge Arrays leads to memory overwrite

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Workaround: Starting from version 3.5.15.0 of the affected products, the incorrect calculation of the buffer size can be avoided if the maximum supported array length of the OPC UA stack of the CODESYS Control runtime system is limited to a value of 10129639 or less.

This can be achieved by adding the following setting in the CODESYS runtime configuration file (e.g. CODESYSControl.cfg):
[CmpOPCUAStack]
Stack.MaxArrayLenth=10129639

For more details see CODESAYS Security Advisory 2024-03, which is available on the CODESYS website:
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=18355&token=e3e5a937ce72602bec39718ddc2f4ba6d983ccd1&download=
CDS-89620 Bug

CLONE - Project recovery cannot be used if codesys is started with project given as command line argument

Fixed
CDS-89611 Improvement

CLONE - Package Manager: Allow installation of older package version

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
The prohibition to install older packages over newer ones has been revised. It is again possible to install older versions over newer ones (as it was possible before SP19 Patch 3). The only exception is the CODESYS Licensen Provider Enabler add-on.
CDS-89610 Bug

CLONE - Embedded SizeCheck fails on Bookworm build host

Fixed
CDS-89512 Bug

CLONE - Linux SysProcessExecuteCommand(-2) does not close the used pipe if an error occurs

Fixed
CDS-89473 Bug

CLONE - RTS: Security issues in sqlite versions before 3.45.2

Fixed
CDS-89472 Bug

CLONE - SVG-Renderer: Security issues in OSS versions before (libcurl 8.7.1, zlib 1.3.1, libxml2 2.12.6, Cairo 1.18.0, pixman 0.43.4, libpng 1.6.43, libjpeg-turbo 3.0.2)

Fixed
CDS-89471 Bug

CLONE - Linux RemoteTargetvisu Client (RTV) QT6 : compile errors

Fixed
CDS-89470 Improvement

CLONE - CmpApp: Support network licenses

Fixed
CDS-89469 Improvement

CLONE - CmpCodeMeter: Support network licenses

Fixed
CDS-89468 Improvement

CLONE - ComponentManager: Support network licenses

Fixed
CDS-89467 Bug

CLONE - CODESYSControl: Security issues in Expat versions before 2.6.2

Fixed
CDS-89466 Bug

CLONE - Compiler: Crash when a Exception occurs in the codeoptimizer

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compilerversion >= 3.5.20.0
CDS-89464 Bug

CLONE - Online mode: "Value" column may be empty after login or is surely empty when switching to "Tabular view" and back to "Textual view"

Fixed
CDS-89460 Bug

CLONE - Compiler: Compile error in existing visu project

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compilerversion >= 3.5.21.0
CDS-89389 Bug

CLONE - SynEdControl: Possibility to suppress special keys

Fixed
CDS-89387 Bug

CLONE - Setup: CODESYS Control Win V3: Move working directory to %APPDATA%

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
For more information, see the documentation "CODESYS Installation Extended OEM Adaptions" and CODESAYS Security Advisory 2024-02, which is available on the CODESYS website:https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=18354&token=f3e92a942c3a2f90c272a5ded7598c6a0b5f4924&download=
CDS-89318 Improvement

CLONE - TargetSetting - codegenerator/operating-system: Only supported value "Linux"

Fixed [GENERAL]]
There is a new target setting "codegenerator\\systemv-calling-convention".
For x86-64 code generation only: Use the System V calling conventions.
Is automatically switched on for codegenerator\\operating-system='Linux'"
CDS-89317 Bug

CLONE - PLCHandler: Wrong PlcSymbolDesc for struct members with DontExpandComplexTypeArrays activated

Fixed
CDS-89304 Bug

CLONE - C0094: Double-click on compiler error does not lead to the error location

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compilerversion >= 3.5.20.10
CDS-89303 Bug

CLONE - Attribute To_String : not working for enum on VAR_IN_OUT

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compiler Version >= 3.5.20.10
CDS-89236 Bug

CLONE - CmpRedundancy: AutoSyncEnabled setting doesn't cover re-sync after receiving delayed messages

Fixed
CDS-89229 Bug

CLONE - LongPathFile Exception does not name the file

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
IOException names affected file
CDS-89228 Bug

CLONE - OnlineChange ist not possible after closing project because of changes in IoConfig_Globals_ModuleList

Fixed
CDS-89182 Improvement

CLONE - MultiCore / VxWorks : CPU load (SysMCGetLoad) implementation

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
SysCpuMulticore on VxWorks "SysMCGetLoad_" is now marked as "weak", so own implementations can overload this function.
CDS-89172 Improvement

CLONE - CmpRetain: Implement Double Buffering

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
CmpRetain now provides a new doublebuffer mechanism for InSRAM/InSHM configurations. Prerequisites: device description targetsetting: report-retain-persistent-update-in-cycle must be set to 1,
and runtime configuration must be using InSRAM/InSHM and new setting "Retain.DoubleBufferEnabled=1"
Two new events are also provided. For detailed expert usage see example/template component CmpRetainEvents.
CDS-89170 Bug

CLONE - Linux: Compile errors when HilscherCifxLib Feature is used

Fixed
CDS-89168 Bug

CLONE - CODESYS Control Win V3: Low privileged Windows users can modify files in working folder

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
The working directories of the affected products are moved to "%APPDATA%\CODESYS\", which is usually located in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\CODESYS\ and can only be accessed by the respective user.

If the PLC is started with the "CODESYS Control Win SysTray PLC Control", it runs in the Windows user account "LocalSystem" and therefore the effective working directory is "C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\CODESYS\" or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\CODESYS\. An administrator account is required to access these folders.

At startup, before the working directory is set, the "CODESYSControlService.exe" and the "GatewayService.exe" write log messages to the Windows Event Log. These can be read in the Windows Event Viewer under "Windows Logs" > "Application" under the details of the logged event.

For more details see CODESAYS Security Advisory 2024-02, which is available on the CODESYS website:https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=18354&token=f3e92a942c3a2f90c272a5ded7598c6a0b5f4924&download=

[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION]
The secured working directory of the ControlWin might have some effects on the behaviour of existing projects using certain features when the ControlWin is executed as a system service:
* Using ActiveX-Controls in the Targetvisu: If a used ActiveX-Control accesses files from the ControlWin working directory the following effects have to be considered:
** Readonly access to files is still possible if these are located within $PlcLogic$/$visu$
** Modifications of these files by the runtime system are not visible to the ActiveX-Control within the Targetvisu
** Access to files in the working environment outside $PlcLogic$/$visu$ is not possible
** Workaround: Either locate the according files within $PlcLogic$/$visu$ or run the ControlWin as Windows-User and not as a system service
* Filetransfer-Feature of the Targetvisu: Filetransfers using the according visualization feature (not streaming) between the Targetvisu and the runtime system no longer work
** Workaround: Run the ControlWin as Windows-User and not as a system service
* Placeholder directory redirection for $visu$ or $PlcLogic$/$visu$: Targetvisu will not work correctly and an according log message will be generated
** Workaround: Remove the placeholder directory redirection or run the ControlWin as Windows-User and not as a system service
CDS-89141 Bug

CLONE - Linux: SysFileCopy doesn't work

Fixed [[COMPATIBILITY_INFORMATION-OEM]]
SysFileCopy internally uses SysProcessLinux -> this uses posix_spawn.
For old libc Versions (< 2.24) posix_spawn uses fork() instead of vfork().
This is now avoided by setting the flag "USEVFORK" for posix_spawn.
CDS-89137 Bug

CLONE - ST Editor System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Fixed
CDS-89102 Bug

CLONE - CmpRetain: Retain file from SP12 cannot be loaded with bootapplication SP19

Fixed
CDS-89096 Bug

CLONE - CmpRedundancy: Possible AccessViolation due to skipped EventPost for vfinit

Fixed
CDS-89083 Bug

CLONE - RTE: OEM licensing does not work

Fixed
CDS-89081 Bug

CLONE - Crash while change setting "Behavior for outputs in stop"

Duplicate [[GENERAL]]
This issue duplicates CDS-87637 released with SP20.
CDS-89080 Improvement

CLONE - Login dialogs: Improve text of dialogs

Fixed
CDS-89078 Bug

CLONE - Compile: Internal error 2 during OnlineChange

Fixed
CDS-89045 Improvement

CLONE - OPC UA Server: Add additional RtsX509AltName(s) with IpAddress(es) to Certificate

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
There is a new security Setting for the OPC UA Server which allows the configuration of IPs used within the OPC UA servers certificate.

[CmpOPCUAServer]
SECURITY.CertificateIpAddresses
CDS-88956 Improvement

CLONE - SysEthernetLinux: Blink Ethernet Adapter LEDs for Linux

Fixed
CDS-88955 Improvement

CLONE - Profinet Certification: Blink Ethernet Adapter LEDs

Fixed [[GENERAL]] This function causes the orange LED of an Ethernet adapter specified via the Mac address to blink for a certain period of time. The function is only available with certain hardware and only in certain operating systems.
CDS-88943 Bug

CLONE - Controls: Deadlock in text editors freezes brand-labelled IDE

Fixed
CDS-88875 Bug

CLONE - Transition Object: wrong language model when Analyzation is activated

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compiler version higher or equal 3.5.20.10 required.
In cases where a transition implementation produces multiple statement an explicit assignment to a transition output variable is required, otherwise a new compiler message will be generated.
CDS-88860 Bug

CLONE - Possible exception in TabbedViewManager.LoadViews

Fixed
CDS-88852 Bug

CLONE - LibMan: Hidden Library Parameters get reset, when using Library Parameter Editor

Fixed
CDS-88851 Bug

CLONE - LibMan: Library Parameter Editor stores parameter values with incorrect key

Fixed
CDS-88850 Bug

CLONE - Generate Code: Nested structured size not calculated correctly

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compilerversion >= 3.5.20.10
CDS-88849 Bug

CLONE - Compiler: Internal Error when using GVL Properties

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compilerversion >= 3.5.20.10
CDS-88848 Bug

CLONE - Unexpected folders are created on connecting to controller

Fixed
CDS-88846 Bug

CLONE - Monitoring: For an FB with a BOOL VAR_IN_OUT “Value of the expression cannot be retrieved” gets shown

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
Compilerversion >= 3.5.20.10
CDS-88787 Improvement

CLONE - Linux: SysTaskLinux: sync/starttime mechanism for cyclic SysTasks via setting

Fixed
CDS-88785 Improvement

CLONE - UI: Pause some UI updates while lengthy operations are running

Fixed
CDS-88784 Bug

CLONE - M4 Export: arrays of variable size used in methods are not exported correctly

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
CODESYS 3.5.20.1
CDS-88769 Bug

CLONE - Find/Replace: some Hot Key Control not working when window is docked

Fixed
CDS-88626 Improvement

CLONE - Message View: Showing the message automatically when messages are added should be suppressable

Fixed [[GENERAL]]
There is a new OEMCustomization entry which prevents the message view popup:

Section: MessageView
Key: SuppressViewOpening
Type: Boolean
Effective value: true
CDS-87124 Bug

CLONE - Online change: Persistent Variable become 0 after full download application a few times

Won't Fix [[GENERAL]]
Error is caused in customer firmware and not in runtime system!