External Release Notes: Egnyte Desktop App for Windows 4.8.0 (October 29, 2026)
New Features and Improvements
Folder Move Confirmation (Limited Availability)
Desktop App now asks users to confirm before a folder is moved in File Explorer. This helps prevent folders from being moved by accident, for example by an unintended drag and drop, and avoids the unwanted permission changes and file operations that can follow.
- This feature is currently in Limited Availability for all customers. To request this feature, contact our Products team.
- Limitation: The folder move confirmation can also appear for, and block, folder moves started by other applications or custom scripts, not just those made in File Explorer. Egnyte is working on identifying the initiating application so that only user-initiated moves are confirmed. See the Folder move confirmation helpdesk article for details.
Egnyte CLI in Desktop App (Limited Availability)
Egnyte CLI is now available in Desktop App for Windows. The CLI lets AI tools such as Claude, Codex, and Cursor find, read, organize, and share your Egnyte files, using existing Desktop App sign-in and the permissions the user already has. It also uploads any file type and size, which the Egnyte MCP connector can.
- This feature is currently in Limited Availability and will roll out to all customers in upcoming releases. To request this feature, contact our Products team.
- It does not work if the open-source Agentic CLI is already installed through npm. Uninstall the npm version first.
Offline Folders Configured in Desktop Configurations Now Keep Content Cached on Adaptive Block Caching Drives
While Offline Folders remain unavailable for Adaptive Block Caching (ABC) drives at this point, the behavior of folders set up for offline access in Desktop Configurations has been changed for them. Until now, these folders were downloaded, but could not have been used on ABC drives. Instead, they are now cached automatically: caching starts when Desktop App starts, and the folders are cached again every 4 hours, any changes to the folders will be cached as a result. This keeps the same folders in the cache on ABC drives. Drives that do not use ABC are not affected.
This is not offline access. The files are ordinary cached content, so they are not available without a network connection.
Clearer Notice When a Drive Switches from ABC to Classic, With an Option to Switch Back
When a fallback occurs causing the drive to switch from ABC to Classic mode, Desktop App now explains what happened and that ABC returns automatically with the next DA version. Users who want ABC back sooner can turn it on again in the drive settings after confirming a warning that the drive may switch to Classic again.
File Locks Now Hold Until Changes Reach the Cloud for Offline Folders
When a file in an Offline Folder is edited through the Egnyte drive, the lock is now held until the new version has been confirmed in the cloud, rather than being released the moment the application closes the file. This closes the window in which another user could open and edit an outdated copy while an upload was still in progress, and reduces the number of conflict copies as a result. This extends the behavior introduced for online drives in the previous release.
Key Escalations and Issues Addressed
AI Assistant Not Working for Offline Files on Hybrid Connected Drives
AI Assistant did not work for files in offline folders on drives showing the Hybrid Connected status, which means the drive is served by a Smart Cache device. Ask a Document now works for these files.
Unexpected "File Changed" Messages After Saving
An application could report that a file had changed right after it was saved, even though nothing had changed. In some cases, choosing to reload the file after being prompted led to recent edits being lost. These messages no longer appear after saving files on the Egnyte drive.
AutoCAD Civil 3D Freezing When Saving Files
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2023 froze when saving a file to the Egnyte drive. The file was saved, but Desktop App had to be restarted. Saving Civil 3D files now completes normally.
Drives Missing After Signing in to a Linked Domain
After signing in to a linked domain using MEM-assisted authentication, the drives set up by the admin did not appear until Desktop App was restarted. The drives now appear right after sign-in, without a restart.
Files That Could Not Be Restored From Trash
Files deleted through Desktop App could not be restored from Trash because they still appeared as locked, even though no one had them open. These files can now be restored from Trash.
Missing Version History for StormCAD Files
Saving a file in Bentley StormCAD did not create a new version in Egnyte. Each save in StormCAD is now kept as a new version.
Improved Stability When Closing Desktop App
Several rare issues that could cause Desktop App to crash while it was closing have been fixed.
Known Issues and Limitations
No new limitations have been discovered. Please refer to this article for the list of known limitations.
Additional Information and Resources
How to Upgrade
Visit the Desktop App installers article to download and install the latest version of the Desktop App or update the existing app to the newest version on all devices. It may take a few days for the latest version to propagate to all user devices. However, users can manually upgrade their app immediately after the release.