Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Fixed issues

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2311 includes the following fixed issues:

General

  • The name of the audio devices is truncated to 32 characters while passing from the Citrix Workspace app to VDA. As a result, the device might not be recognized in the client session by some apps. [HDX-53084]
  • After visiting a browser content redirected site, if you sign out from the user session, an error message might appear. As a workaround, ignore the error message. [HDX-54552]
  • The Allow applications to use the physical location of the client device policy that is used to enable location access to the client is broken. [HDX-47197]
  • If you migrate from on-premises to Cloud environments using Automated Configuration tool (ACT), then User Logoff Notifications data in Manage Autoscale interface changes to Send logoff reminders without forcing user logoff after migration is complete. To resolve the issue, download the latest version of ACT from Automated Configuration for Virtual Apps and Desktops.

Citrix Policy

  • When you select a user from Citrix Group Policy Modelling Wizard and choose the Skip to the final page of the wizard without collecting additional data option, this error message might appear on the Summary page:

    Value cannot be null. Parameter name key

    [CVADHELP-23211]

  • After a profile reset, folder redirection might fail intermittently. [CVADHELP-23397]

Delivery Controller

  • Certain Citrix XML performance counters might not be added to the performance monitor graph. [CVADHELP-21785]

  • The published resources might fail to enumerate when the password field is empty. [CVADHELP-23948]

Graphics

  • Webcams in double-hop sessions don’t work as expected. This issue occurs when you use any of the following clients to launch virtual desktops or applications from within a virtual desktop session. [HDX-47317]

    • Citrix Workspace app for Windows
    • Citrix Workspace app for Linux
    • Citrix Workspace app for Mac
  • Webcam redirection might fail for some applications on Windows Virtual Desktop Agent. [HDX-56620]

  • Setting the policy View window contents while dragging to Prohibited does not work on ESXi and Hyper-V. [HDX-22002]

  • If you press the ALT+TAB keys in a session, Graphics Status Indicator appears as an app. If you click on the app, a gray window appears without any buttons. Hence, you cannot close the window properly. If you close it via ALT+F4, Graphics Status Indicator is closed and not available during the session. [HDX-58242]

HDX USB devices

  • Bloomberg Keyboard 5 Biometric Module might fail to connect automatically even when automatic redirection of client USB devices is on. [CVADHELP-22673]

Machine Creation Services

  • The PowerShell command Remove-ProvVM with ForgetVM parameter might not function correctly if the Delivery Controller and remote PowerShell versions are not compatible. This implies that the Delivery Controller and remote PowerShell versions must be both earlier than 2212, or 2212 or later. For example, if the Delivery Controller version is later than 2212 and the remote PowerShell version is earlier than 2212, then the Remove-ProvVM command with ForgetVM parameter does not function as expected. As a workaround, download the latest PowerShell version to work with the latest Delivery controller version. [PMCS-40278]

Metainstaller

  • Attempt to upgrade Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops from version 1912 LTSR to version 2305 or 2203 LTSR might fail with this error message: We have discovered unsupported configuration. [CVADHELP-23760]

Universal Print Server

Server

  • The printers connected to the Universal Print Server might not appear in sessions while printing. The issue occurs when the httpd.conf file gets changed in the Universal Print Server. [CVADHELP-21139]
  • The Print Spooler service might exit unexpectedly while printing a file using Citrix Universal Print Server. [CVADHELP-23548]
  • The Citrix Universal Print Server might not work as expected when you remove the Everyone group from the printer security permissions. [CVADHELP-23653]

Client

  • HP Color LaserJet 2800 Series PS driver installed as described in the Knowledge Center article CTX140208, might be uninstalled during VDA upgrade. [CVADHELP-23628]

VDA for single-session OS

Installing, Uninstalling, Upgrading

  • Attempts to start applications with a custom ICA file might fail after upgrading the VDA to version 2203 LTSR CU3. [CVADHELP-23424]

Keyboard

  • After upgrading a VDA to version 2305 or version 2203 LTSR CU3, shortcut key combinations might not work correctly. For example, in a Word document, pressing the Ctrl+Shift+K key on a selected word capitalized it. But, if you release the K key and press it again, the change is not reverted. [CVADHELP-23721]

Printing

  • Local printers might not get redirected to the session during the first launch. However, the local printers are redirected during subsequent launches. [CVADHELP-23334]
  • Attempts to print a file through local printers using Citrix Workspace app for Mac running macOS Sonoma might fail with this error message:

    Error: Printer not activated. Error code -41

    [CVADHELP-23839]

  • When you attempt to print a file using Citrix Universal Printer Driver (UPD), incorrect images might appear in the printed file. The issue occurs when you upgrade a VDA from Version 7.15.5000 to Version 1912.1000 and enable heavyweight compression. [CVADHELP-15813]
  • When you restart a VDA with the Universal Print Server policies enabled, load balancing for Universal Print Servers might fail to start. [CVADHELP-23714]

Session/Connection

  • With this fix, the toast notifications might appear in seamless sessions. You must enable shellbridge for the fix to work. However, the fix is implemented with the following visual limitations:

    • A black background surrounds the toast notification.
    • The toast notification covers some of the local taskbar areas.

    [CVADHELP-22081]

  • Attempting to reconnect to a VDA session on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops version 2203 LTSR CU2 using a smart card might result in a stuck Welcome screen. [CVADHELP-23207]
  • VDAs might unregister intermittently when IPv6 is enabled. [CVADHELP-14847]
  • When you start a session that connects to a VDA that is running version 2203 LTSR CU2 and has Microsoft Defender Application Control installed, a gray screen might appear for a few seconds. [CVADHELP-23477]
  • After you set the Browser Content Redirection (BCR) proxy configuration policy to Direct on the Delivery Controller, the BCR webpage might load only partially because of a delay from the endpoint or network. [CVADHELP-23821]

Smart Cards

  • CtxSvcHost (CtxSmartCardSvc) might exit unexpectedly when you log off from the VDA. [CVADHELP-23172]

System Exceptions

  • VDAs upgraded from version 2203 LTSR CU2 to CU3 might experience a fatal exception on picadm.sys and display a blue screen. [CVADHELP-23486]

User Experience

  • Copying content using the Copy to text and image option and copying formatted might not work. [CVADHELP-21905]
  • Copying content from a published Microsoft Visio or Visio app on a desktop to an app on the user device might fail. [CVADHELP-23647]

User Interface

  • On Windows Server version 2019 and below, the VDAs might fail to send the mouse events to the endpoint causing graphics or mouse issues in the applications. [CVADHELP-21525]
  • The message appearing in the Citrix HDX 3D Pro Warning dialog on a non-English operating system might appear corrupted. [CVADHELP-23710]

VDA for multi-session OS

Installing, Uninstalling, Upgrading

  • Attempts to start applications with a custom ICA file might fail after upgrading the VDA to version 2203 LTSR CU3. [CVADHELP-23424]

Printing

  • Local printers might not get redirected to the session during the first launch. However, the local printers are redirected during subsequent launches. [CVADHELP-23334]

  • Attempts to print a file through local printers using Citrix Workspace app for Mac running macOS Sonoma might fail with this error message:

    Error: Printer not activated. Error code -41

    [CVADHELP-23839]

  • When you attempt to print a file using Citrix Universal Printer Driver (UPD), incorrect images might appear in the printed file. The issue occurs when you upgrade a VDA from Version 7.15.5000 to Version 1912.1000 and enable heavyweight compression. [CVADHELP-15813]
  • When you restart a VDA with the Universal Print Server policies enabled, load balancing for Universal Print Servers might fail to start. [CVADHELP-23714]

Session/Connection

  • Attempting to reconnect to a VDA session on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops version 2203 LTSR CU2 using a smart card might result in a stuck Welcome screen. [CVADHELP-23207]
  • If shellbridge is enabled, you might not be able to log off from a session by clicking the X icon on the window. [CVADHELP-23425]
  • VDAs might unregister intermittently when IPv6 is enabled. [CVADHELP-14847]
  • After you set the Browser Content Redirection (BCR) proxy configuration policy to Direct on the Delivery Controller, the BCR webpage might load only partially because of a delay from the endpoint or network. [CVADHELP-23821]

Smart Cards

  • CtxSvcHost (CtxSmartCardSvc) might exit unexpectedly when you log off from the VDA. [CVADHELP-23172]

System Exceptions

  • VDAs upgraded from version 2203 LTSR CU2 to CU3 might experience a fatal exception on picadm.sys and display a blue screen. [CVADHELP-23486]
  • When you upgrade a VDA from 1912 LTSR CU5 to CU6, a fatal exception occurs on Wdica.sys, and a blue screen with a bug check code, 0x000000CE is displayed. [CVADHELP-22365]

User Experience

  • Copying content using the Copy to text and image option and copying formatted might fail. [CVADHELP-21905]
  • Copying content from a published Microsoft Visio or Visio app on a desktop to an app on the user device might fail. [CVADHELP-23647]
  • With the drag and drop policy enabled, attempts to drag or resize a published application might fail. [CVADHELP-23711]

Virtual Desktop Components - Other

  • After you upgrade a VDA to version 2203, published App-V applications opened from a network share in dual admin mode might fail to launch. [CVADHELP-22514]

Profile Management

Linux VDA

Session Recording

Workspace Environment Management

Citrix Provisioning

Federated Authentication Service