Version Number: 2023.9.0

Release Date: 25-apr-2025

Download: https://www.arender.io/download/v2023

Upgrade Note: ARender 2023.9.0 Upgrade Notes

Overview

ARender 2023.9.0 is a minor release that focuses on improving PDF rendering reliability (especially with PDFOwl), hyperlink usability, and annotation compatibility. This version also addresses multiple bug fixes and CVE resolutions, reinforcing ARender’s stability and security in production.

Starting from this version, we also provide an upgrade note to guide our users through the update process.

Prerequisites

This version requires the following software versions as prerequisites:

• OpenJDK 8 or 11

🔍 User Perspective

📎 Improved Annotation Compatibility

• Older annotations created by copy-pasting sticky notes now correctly appear in PDFs downloaded with FDF annotations. (AR-17017)

🧭 Smarter Hyperlink Interaction

• Clicking a hyperlink now directly opens its target without showing the edit menu.

• Hovering over a hyperlink reveals a contextual menu with "Edit Style" and "Open Hyperlink Explorer" options.

• Improved consistency and navigation with hyperlink interactions. (AR-17444)

Before:

After:

📄 More Accurate PDF Rendering with PDFOwl

• Documents now render as expected with the latest PDFOwl version 1.24-14, fixing layout issues seen on certain documents. (AR-17546, AR-17561)

🛠 Developer / Integrator Perspective

🖥 Improved Windows Compatibility for PDFOwl

• PDFOwl rendering now works reliably on Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 environments. (AR-17220)

📦 PDFOwl Upgrade and Configuration Improvements

• ARender is now using PDFOwl v1.24-14.

🏗 Exploitation Perspective

🔒 Security Enhancements (CVE Fixes)

• Several CVEs have been addressed in this version. Specific details are withheld to protect against exploit attempts. (AR-17541)

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