> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://changes.bastionzero.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://changes.bastionzero.com/2023/connection-improvements.md).

# Connection improvements

## `zli v. 6.27.4`

### New

* **Connection failover.** With this `zli` release, connections to targets can failover safely in the event of an outage in a particular AWS region. If an outage should occur, you should not experience any disruption to your connections. <mark style="color:purple;">**In order to take advantage of this new capability, you must be running a minimum of**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**`zli v. 6.27.0`**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**and**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**`bzero v. 8.0.0`**</mark>

### Enhancements

* **Microsoft SQL Server.** Connecting to a SQL Server target with the Windows `zli` will open SQL Server Management Studio if installed
* **Windows RDP.** Connecting to an RDP target with the Windows `zli` will launch the Remote Desktop Connection application (`mstsc`) unless the `noAppStart` flag is specified
* **Color theme.** To support Powershell users, the `zli`'s font colors have been modified to be friendly to all users regardless of which OS they are running

### Fixes

* **Invalid and incorrect commands.** Resolved issue with invalid and incorrect commands not returning any message; now returns an error message and in cases where no arguments are provided, the `help` menu
* **Connect to RDP targets on Windows `zli`.** Resolved issue when running the `zli`  on Powershell that prevented the user from seeing the port number to connect to an RDP target (due to the color of the message the `zli` printed)
* **Debug daemon issues.** Kubernetes, DB, and web daemons can be started in the foreground with the `--debug` flag, which allows additional information to be surfaced for more accurate troubleshooting
* **Web daemon and query parameters.** Resolved an issue with the web daemon when handling query parameters

## `bzero v. 8.0.3`

### New

* **Connection failover.** With this `bzero` release, connections to targets can failover safely in the event of an outage in a particular AWS region. If an outage should occur, you should not experience any disruption to your connections. <mark style="color:purple;">**In order to take advantage of this new capability, you must be running a minimum of**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**`zli v. 6.27.0`**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**and**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**`bzero v. 8.0.0`**</mark>

### Enhancements

* **`send-logs` for Kubernetes agents.** `bzero v. 8.0.3` enables `zli send-logs` to send both the previous and current container logs to assist in troubleshooting for Kubernetes agents

### Fixes

* **`nodeSelector` in Helm chart.** Resolved inability to use `nodeSelector` as a value in the Helm chart due to spacing error. As a reminder, Helm does *not* automatically update the Helm chart when there are changes. To consume this fix, run `helm repo update bastionzero` to update to the latest chart version.
* **\[Released 19 July 2023] RBAC and port forwarding.** Resolved an issue seen in clusters that caused the agent to crash due to a user attempting to start a port forwarding session to a pod but only having `get` and not `create` RBAC permissions

## Web app & backend

### New

* **Connection failover.** This backend release contains the changes necessary to support connection failover. <mark style="color:purple;">**In order to take advantage of this new capability, you must be running a minimum of**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**`zli v. 6.27.0`**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**and**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**&#x20;**</mark><mark style="color:purple;">**`bzero v. 8.0.0`**</mark>

### Enhancements

* **Targets API.** Improved the [targets API](https://cloud.bastionzero.com/api/#get-/api/v2/targets) so all targets coming from Target Connect policies are based on what the associated agent type supports. `ConnectionState` can be used to query for targets by a specific connection state; if no parameter is provided, defaults to `ConnectionState.Open`
* **`send-logs` for Kubernetes agents.** This backend release contains the changes necessary to support `zli send-logs` for Kubernetes agents including previous and current container logs

### Fixes

* **Agent healthcheck.** Resolved an issue where an agent can be in contact with a connection node but still be marked as `offline`
* **Target status error message.** When trying to connect to a target by `target-name`, `target-name.environment`, or `target-name.environment-id` that is `offline`, BastionZero now returns an error message that a target by that name was found but is unable to be connected to because it is `offline`
* **Powershell autodiscovery script.** Resolved a typo in the Powershell autodiscovery script

For questions or to provide feedback on how we can improve our updates, reach out to [<mark style="color:purple;">product@bastionzero.com</mark>](mailto:product@bastionzero.com).