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Addressed Issues in GlobalProtect App 6.2

Review the list of addressed issues in GlobalProtect app 6.2 for Windows and macOS.

GlobalProtect App 6.2.3 Addressed Issues

The following table lists the issues that are addressed in GlobalProtect app 6.2.3 Windows and macOS.
Issue ID
Description
GPC-19968
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect agent failed to detect Bitdefender Antivirus Plus on the Windows ARM64 platform during the HIP check.
GPC-19924
Resolved intermittent connection issues for users accessing GlobalProtect via an embedded browser.
GPC-19901
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect client for Mac users was intermittently disconnecting and reconnecting.
GPC-19840
Fixed an issue where Mac computers did not display all gateways in the Search Gateway tab.
GPC-19818
Fixed an issue where when the Enforcer was enabled, Jamf connect was not working after the MacBook was rebooted. Users had to log in manually.
GPC-19784
Fixed an issue where McAfee Premium individual was not detected by OPSWAT.
GPC-19753
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect icon could not be selected using the keyboard.
GPC-19712
Fixed an issue where PanGPS crashed on 6.0.4 caused by invalid memory reference. GlobalProtect did not run correctly after the system was rebooted.
GPC-19686
Fixed an issue where translation errors were observed in the GlobalProtect app for French localization.
GPC-19664
Fixed an issue where users were able to deploy GlobalProtect from JAMF on Mac Sonoma, but the connection to the portal was stuck.
GPC-19659
Fixed an issue where macOS users were connected to the GlobalProtect app before they agreed to their company’s terms of service.
GPC-19656
Resolved an issue where connecting to a GlobalProtect gateway with IPv6 from macOS resulted in the tunnel connection dropping every 45 seconds when Endpoint Traffic Policy Enforcement was set to All Traffic.
GPC-19630
Fixed an issue where the prelogon connect method failed on the gateway prelogin stage.
GPC-19587
Fixed an issue where the user could not login with Okta on macOS when Endpoint Traffic Policy Enforcement was set to
All traffic
.
GPC-19581
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect indicated that Windows firewall was not enabled in the HIP report even though it was enabled.
GPC-19545
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, users were unable to connect to the GlobalProtect app when they used T-Mobile iPhone hotspot.
GPC-19524
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app connection failed when the user used CAS authentication to authenticate to the app. The app displayed the error message, "Username from CAS SSO response is different from the input".
GPC-19513
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect client was trying to use the old portal's authorization cookie to login instead of the newly migrated portal. This happened when the user changed from secondary portal to primary portal or vice versa without signing out.
GPC-19475
Fixed an issue where users got connection errors in an embedded browser after the computer woke up from sleep or when the user switched gateways.
GPC-19449
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect client was trying to use the old portal's authorization cookie to login instead of the newly migrated portal. This happened when the user changed the portal from secondary to primary or vice versa without signing out.
GPC-19433
Fixed an issue where a small white blank page randomly popped up on the user's screen and the focus shifted to this blank page. This issue occurs while the computer is connected to Global Protect.
GPC-19431
Fixed an issue where interactive components in the session tray on Windows did not receive keyboard focus and were not keyboard operable.
GPC-19418
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect users randomly experienced issues connecting to the gateway after their computer woke up. This occurred when Enforce GlobalProtect for Network Access was enabled and Tunnel and Proxy was set to agent mode.
GPC-19416
Fixed a GlobalProtect redirection issue in embedded browser. When a user tried to connect to GlobalProtect, an error was displayed while waiting for the SAML response instead of being redirected to the embedded browser.
GPC-19414
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect Always-On connect method was not triggered after a reboot when the connect-method setting was set to on-demand in the Windows Registry.
GPC-19403
Fixed an issue where OPSWAT was unable to detect Kaspersky after an upgrade from 21.3.10.391 to 21.15.8.493.
GPC-19400
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Definition Date for Bitdefender Virus Scanner, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-19391
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect stayed disconnected even after being unlocked.
GPC-19387
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the app displayed text incorrectly when the system language was German.
GPC-19374
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect debug logs displayed information, which was not supposed to display in the logs.
GPC-19359
Fixed an issue where system extensions on MacBook were not updated after the GlobalProtect client was upgraded.
GPC-19340
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app failed to send HIP reports hourly.
GPC-19337
Fixed an issue where the Captive Portal functionality of the GlobalProtect app did not work as expected when the users used public Wi-Fi hotspots.
GPC-19331
Fixed an issue where, when SAML authentication was used to authenticate to the GlobalProtect app, the app used an unknown username ‘SAMLUser’ which was not configured instead of the actual username of the user, which caused an authentication failure.
GPC-19314
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app is installed on devices running macOS, the app displayed the message, ‘Downloading in progress’ when the GlobalProtect app was upgraded to 6.0.x using the option ‘Allow Transparently.’ The app should not display the message when upgraded using the transparent method.
GPC-19284
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect was unable to extend user session.
GPC-19280
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app transitioned from pre-logon to user-logon tunnel, the app did not display the list of gateways for the users to change the gateway. The gateway list was displayed only when the app was refreshed.
GPC-19262
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect 6.2.1 tried to connect automatically after the user restarted their computer even though the connect method was set to On-Demand.
GPC-19193
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app was unable to fetch Windows firewall and antimalware information correctly.
GPC-19162
Fixed an issue where, when the user upgraded the GlobalProtect version to 5.2.13 or later, the HIP report displayed the DLP ‘Digital Guardian Agent’ as disabled.
GPC-19107
Fixed an issue where some log files were missing from the GlobalProtect bundle when downloaded from the Explore app.
GPC-19104
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP report failed to detect the Real Time Protection status for Cortex XDR, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-19083
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the Connection tab under app Settings did not display the connection status and refresh connection did not work when the Settings window was opened.
GPC-19074
Fixed an issue where Login Lifetime was incorrectly translated on the French version of the GlobalProtect 6.2.1 app.
GPC-19060
Fixed an issue where the app Settings -> Connection tab did not display the connection status when the app was changed from a non-tunneled gateway to a tunneled gateway.
GPC-19044
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on Windows devices and the user changed the network from wired to wireless within the organization, the device displayed a blue screen.
GPC-19023
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app version 5.2.13 was installed on devices running macOS, the users were unable to connect to the Zoom application.
GPC-19009
Fixed an issue where, when SAML authentication was used to authenticate to the GlobalProtect app and the user changed the gateway to a manual gateway, the app stayed in the ‘Connecting’ stage.
GPC-18992
Fixed an issue where internet via WiFi connection was unavailable for GlobalProtect users after their computer woke up from sleep because the client WiFi adapter was unable to obtain a DHCP IP address. This issue occurred on computers where Enforce GlobalProtect for Network Access was enabled.
GPC-18983
Fixed an issue where the Central Authentication Service (CAS) authentication did not work when the GlobalProtect app was connected to an internal gateway and the app repeatedly opened the SAML authentication page.
GPC-18913
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app displayed the connection status as ‘Not Connected’ even though the app was connected to the internal gateway.
GPC-18907
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app running on macOS endpoints did not query the secondary DNS (when primary DNS is not responding) when the domain was part of the exclude domain list (both network and DNS).
GPC-18854
Fixed an issue where users were prompted twice to authenticate using SAML authentication when used with CAS authentication and authentication override cookie, the GlobalProtect app got stuck in the 'Connecting' stage while trying to connect.
GPC-18845
Fixed an issue, where the GlobalProtect app was installed manually and the user clicked the ‘Get Started’ button, the app displayed the incorrect message, "Oops! Slow or No Network Connection" instead of the actual message "Not Connected" window where they can input their portal address.
GPC-18828
Fixed an issue where split tunnel CNAME records were created before the GlobalProtect tunnel was established.
GPC-18822
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on Windows devices and the device was reset using the Microsoft Recovery tool, the GlobalProtect app was not properly displayed.
GPC-18815
Fixed an issue where the Logon button on the GlobalProtect login screen stopped working after receiving the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime, 117.0.2045.36 update on the devices.
GPC-18750
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Total Defense antivirus application, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18733
Fixed an issue where when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Total Defense antivirus application. This caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18720
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app became unresponsive when the user clicked the ESCbutton during authentication using a hard token.
GPC-18703
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Trellix Endpoint Security application, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18598
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect SSO tile was selected instead of the Windows Password tile in the Windows Login screen even though the registry key MakeGPCPDefault was set to No.
GPC-18384
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect did not connect while Netskope was connected and vice-versa.
GPC-18379
Fixed an issue where, when the IP address type was set to IPv4 and IPv6, the GlobalProtect app could connect only to the manual gateway instead of connecting to the best available gateway.
GPC-18223
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect experienced a prolonged connection time when IPv6 was disabled on Windows devices.
GPC-18157
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app displayed the Credential Provider language in English when the system language was German.
GPC-18039
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Definition Date correctly for the CrowdStrike application, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-17640
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Definition Date correctly for the CrowdStrike application, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-17518
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app displayed the status as 'Connected-Internal' even when the app was not connected.
GPC-17436
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the upload speed of the internet was reduced after a version upgrade.
GPC-17204
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the certificate information was not accessible even though the GlobalProtect app had full access to the certificate store.
GPC-16975
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the screen reader did not announce the name of the GlobalProtect gateway when the gateway was marked with the star symbol.
GPC-16584
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the CrowdStrike antivirus software correctly, causing the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-15123
Fixed an issue where users were unable to collapse the Change Portal and Change Gateway menus using the Escape key.

GlobalProtect App 6.2.2 Addressed Issues

The following table lists the issues that are addressed in GlobalProtect app 6.2.2 Windows and macOS.
Issue ID
Description
GPC-19116
Fixed an issue where the user faced authentication issues while the GlobalProtect app was attempting to refresh the explicit proxy token.
GPC-19049
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was configured in hybrid mode with internal host detection, the app failed to connect and continued to stay in the
Connecting
state when users tried to connect using SAML authentication.
GPC-19007
Fixed an issue where users were unable to connect to the GlobalProtect portal and gateway after upgrading the app version to 6.2.1.
GPC-19002
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app did not display the
Connect
button when the user clicked the
Get Started
button after the app installation through Jamf.
GPC-18991
Fixed an issue where the proxy auto-configuration (PAC) files were not restored as expected after a system reboot or when the user disconnected the GlobalProtect app.
GPC-18964
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect tunnel got disconnected after 10 minutes on the app versions 6.0.8 and 6.2.1, when the GlobalProtect app was running on macOS devices and SAML authentication was used to authenticate.
GPC-18861
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect MSI download was getting stuck at 27%.
GPC-18471
Fixed an issue where, when multiple
wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe
processes persisted even after the HIP check, the GlobalProtect app stopped working.

GlobalProtect App 6.2.1 Addressed Issues

The following table lists the issues that are addressed in GlobalProtect app 6.2.1 for Windows and macOS.
Issue ID
Description
GPC-18789
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app took a long time to connect to the gateway when the include domain list was used, while the enhanced split-tunnel feature was not used.
GPC-18788
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect McAfee Total Protection as an anti-malware application, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18594
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app was unable to send HIP reports when the app was connected using IPv6.
GPC-18566
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app incorrectly displayed the gateway as internal when it was connected to an external gateway.
GPC-18528
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check incorrectly detected the version for KES 12 (Kaspersky Endpoint Security), which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18509
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was configured with the Internal Host Detection and Conditional Connect method, the app did not connect to the internal network when the network was changed from external to internal as it should have with the Conditional Connect method enabled.
GPC-18452
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on Windows devices the app did not start right away after a system reboot.
GPC-18426
Fixed an issue where when the GlobalProtect app was configured with the
Disable GlobalProtect
set to
Allow with Ticket
, the app did not display the correct Disable Duration time.
GPC-18336
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app got automatically connected after a system reboot even though the connection method configured was
On-Demand
.
GPC-18318
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was connected to the internal gateway, the app displayed the message as
Connected - Inter....
instead of
Connected - Internal
.
GPC-18281
Fixed an issue where the MSI install logs showed mutiple messages for Autonomous DEM installation.
GPC-18251
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect McAfee LiveSafe as an anti-malware application, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18230
Fixed an issue where, when the user entered credentials during SAML authentication after the set internal login timer, the app displayed an authentication failed message without providing the reason. The
Retry
button on the app web interface did not work properly when using an embedded browser for authentication. The
Retry
button was not fully visible on the embedded browser.
GPC-18175
Fixed an issue where users were prompted to enter their credentials even when the GlobalProtect app was configured for authenticating with either Authentication Profile /Cookie or Client Certificate.
GPC-18173
Fixed an issue where the vertical scroll bar on the GlobalProtect app web interface did not work properly when users tried to select the certificate from the drop-down.
GPC-18171
Fixed an issue where users were unable to select the external gateway manually when connected to the internal network. The GlobalProtect stayed in
Connecting
state and users had to manually disconnect the connection and connect to the internal network to exit the
Connecting
state.
GPC-18167
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app displayed the Prisma Access gateways that are not set for manual selection.
GPC-18146
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on Windows devices, the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the correct details for Cortex XDR, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18135
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the GlobalProtect HIP check detected the WithSecure antivirus software as XProtect, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18107
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect McAfee LiveSafe – Internet Security, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18092
Fixed an issue where GlobalProtect connected to an internal gateway got automatically disconnected after a certain period of time.
GPC-18073
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app selected an unexpected gateway due to a latency discrepancy seen between PanGPS and packet capture.
GPC-18060
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect McAfee Total Protection, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-18036
Fixed an issue where, when the
No direct access to local network
option was enabled on the GlobalProtect app with access routes excluded from the GlobalProtect VPN tunnel, the feature did not work as expected when Endpoint Traffic Policy Enforcement was enabled.
GPC-17936
Fixed an issue where the Conditional Connect method did not work as expected and users had to manually connect the app when they changed their network.
GPC-17921
Fixed an issue where, when the language was set to Japanese, the time to connect was not displayed properly when
Disconnect Timeout
for the app was configured.
GPC-17896
Fixed an issue where users were unable to connect to GlobalProtect gateway when only one external gateway was added due to the following error:
Cannot Verify Server Certificate of Gateway
.
GPC-17795
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Xcitium Enterprise, the Endpoint Protection Platform by COMODO, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-17776
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS and GlobalProtect enforcer was configured with allowed FQDNs, users were still able to access the internet and other public domains.
GPC-17762
Fixed an issue when the GlobalProtect app was configured with the option
Allow User to Disable GlobalProtect App
with comment, the option did not work as expected.
GPC-17748
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect HIP check did not detect the Real-Time Protection status correctly for the CrowdStrike Falcon application, which caused the device to fail the HIP check.
GPC-17740
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was connected through the Prisma Access gateway, the upload speed of the internet was reduced to 2 Mbps.
GPC-17728
Fixed an issue where users were unable to connect to GlobalProtect gateway when only one external gateway was added due to the following error:
Cannot Verify Server Certificate of Gateway
.
GPC-17460
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on Windows 10 or 11 devices, and when the user tried to authenticate using SAML authentication, the app did not display the
Term of Use
pop-up on the
Welcome
page properly.
GPC-17398
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app
Settings
Connection
tab did not display the
Assigned IP Address(es)
and
Gateway IP Address
properly.
GPC-17206
Fixed an issue where, when Internal Host Detection (IHD) was enabled but failed to detect the internal network properly, the app failed to switch to the external gateway when users switched from an internal network to an external network.
GPC-17161
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the GlobalProtect app failed to reconnect and continued to stay in the
Connecting
state after the device woke up from Modern Standby mode.
GPC-17099
When the GlobalProtect app for Windows is upgraded to version 6.0.5, devices with Driver Verifier enabled and configured to monitor the PAN virtual adapter driver (pangpd.sys) display the DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION Blue Screen error.
GPC-17001
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running on macOS, the app did not display the
Connect
button and
Refresh Connection
button properly.
GPC-16978
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app took a long time to establish a connection due to an erroneous packet capture process.
GPC-16851
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the app did not try to auto-connect to the gateway after exceeding the
Disable Timeout Value
.
GPC-16397
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, a blank GlobalProtect app user interface was displayed instead of the correct page.
GPC-16126
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app did not display the certificate name in the Client Certificate selection field properly.
GPC-16003
Fixed an issue where, when the GlobalProtect app was installed on devices running macOS, the app was not connected when the proxy was configured for Safari or Chrome.
GPC-15968
Fixed an issue where the GlobalProtect app was stuck in
Connecting
state when users failed to authenticate with SAML and using an embedded browser. Users were unable to disconnect the app and had to reboot the device.
GPC-15262
Fixed an issue where when single sign-on (SSO) for Smart Cards was used for authentication, users were prompted to enter a PIN instead of a password on the Windows login screen.
GPC-15234
Fixed an issue where the app would get stuck at Connecting state while trying to connect to a gateway.
GPC-15080
Fixed an issue where when the split tunnel was configured based on the destination domain, split tunneling did not work as expected when IPv6 traffic exclusion was configured.

GlobalProtect App 6.2.0 Addressed Issues

There are no addressed issues in the 6.2.0 release.

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