OL Terminal v1.7.2

NOTE
OL-Terminal now requires Java 17.

AI-Powered Terminal Experience

Expanded AI capabilities within OL Terminal, enabling users to interact with terminal sessions through an integrated AI assistant. The platform now supports multiple AI providers and includes enhanced administration, governance, and debugging controls.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) Support

Added support for MCP, allowing AI agents and external tools to securely interact with terminal sessions. Authentication can now be performed directly through the OL Hub, simplifying deployment and integration.

Enhanced RTL/LTR Editing and Hebrew (TN5250) Support

Significant improvements were made to RTL and LTR field handling, with a particular focus on Hebrew TN5250 sessions. This release enhances rendering accuracy, host-driven RTL field detection, cursor positioning, text entry, navigation, editing operations, and field-exit behavior to better align with native host expectations. Paste operations and macro recording have also been improved to correctly preserve character placement across RTL, LTR, and multi-line fields. Together, these changes deliver a more intuitive, consistent, and reliable editing experience for multilingual terminal applications while resolving several edge cases affecting both RTL and LTR field behavior.

Enhanced Security and Authentication

Introduced optional Keycloak-based Single Sign-On (SSO) and improved deployment flexibility with support for both standalone and Hub-integrated authentication models.

️ Improved Session Management

Enhanced session lifecycle management with separate client-side and server-side timeout controls, improved inactivity handling, and a more seamless sign-off experience for AS/400 (TN5250) users.

Improved User Experience

Introduced configurable cursor styles, improved terminal readability through updated default display settings and refined session management dialogs.

️ Quality and Reliability Improvements

This release includes multiple fixes and improvements across configuration management, version synchronization, AI chat usability, deployment automation, and overall platform stability.

So, What's New?

• Zoom & Display Improvements
  • Zoom controls in the title bar — The zoom icon now stays in the top title bar, so it remains easy to find and use when you zoom in and out.
  • Higher zoom levels — You can now zoom the emulation screen up to 500% for better visibility.
  • Sticky title bar — When zooming, the top bar (with macros, zoom, and keys) stays visible so you always have quick access to controls.
  • Updated zoom control — The zoom selector has been redesigned as a popover with improved colors and appearance.
• Emulator Display
  • Clearer text — Emulator text is now bolder and easier to read, especially on colored backgrounds.
  • Grid lines fixed — Vertical grid lines now display correctly on fields that use background colors.
• Session & Reliability
  More accurate session timeout — Session timeout is now based on real activity time instead of browser timing, so it behaves correctly even when the browser slows down or throttles.
• Type-ahead improvements
  The type-ahead feature has been updated to avoid getting stuck. If it does get stuck, it will automatically recover and refresh the screen so you can continue working without interruption.
• Host keys and key mappings — Host keys are now grouped with key mappings for a clearer, more logical layout.

Bug Fixes

• Multi-line Fields
  Natural line navigation — When typing in multi-line fields, reaching the end of a line now moves the cursor to the next line instead of jumping to the next field. The cursor only moves to the next field when you reach the end of the last line.
  Organization

New Features

• Connections can now be imported directly from OL Hub.

• The emulator now alerts users one minute before session inactivity timeout, allowing them to:

  • Remain connected
  • Actively disconnect
  • Or be automatically disconnected if no response is provided

• The server now proactively cleans up inactive sessions, preventing sessions from remaining open due to browser crashes, system crashes, or unexpected disconnects.

Enhancements

• Insert Mode Visual Indicator
  While in Insert Mode, the cursor now appears as a thin line, distinguishing it from Overwrite Mode, where it appears as a rectangle.
  This provides clearer visual feedback in addition to the existing status bar badge.

• Zoom Drop Down Replaced
  Replaced Zoom Drop down with a small modal dialog , it remains open until you're happy with your zoom level.

• Improved End-of-Field Functionality
  The cursor behavior has been refined:

  • Moves one position after the last character when possible
  • If the field is full, moves to the last position in the field
  • If the field is empty, moves to the first position in the field

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where closing a browser tab did not always close the server connection.
• Fixed RTL language issues that caused non-alphanumeric characters to be positioned incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where the Zoom dropdown caused the display to resize unexpectedly when arrow keys were pressed immediately after changing the zoom level.
• When a scrollbar is present, the display now scrolls only if the cursor moves outside the visible area.
• Fixed an issue where AltGr incorrectly triggered actions associated with Ctrl.

New Features

• Multiple Connections Configuration
  Administrators can now configure multiple connections for users to choose from, making it easy to switch between environments such as Test and Production.

• Per-Connection Printer Queue
  The printer queue is now part of the connection properties, allowing each connection to define its own printer queue.

• Favorite Connection Selection
  Users can mark a connection as their favorite. The emulator will automatically connect to it unless another connection is explicitly selected.

• New Emulator Client Actions
  Added new client actions including Field Plus, Field Minus, New Line, Clear All Input Fields, and more.
  Refer to the keyboard mappings for available shortcuts.

• AS400 Printer Panel Improvements

  • Printer spools can be filtered by time period
  • Multiple filters can be applied simultaneously (e.g., User and Queue)

• AS400 SYSREQ Support
  Added AS400 System Request (SYSREQ) functionality
  (Default key binding: Shift + Esc)

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Enhancements

• Improved Numeric Field Validation
  Alphabetic characters are no longer allowed in numeric fields. Users will be notified when invalid input is entered.

• Persistent Zoom Level
  The zoom level is now saved between sessions—no need to readjust it every time.

• Copy Entire Screen
  The full screen can be copied without selecting text by invoking the Copy Screen action (Ctrl + C) with no active selection.

• Improved Handling of Multi-line Fields

Hi @JZZSMB_gme ,

Running OL-Terminal on the Mainframe is on our roadmap.
Should be available soon.

I'll be sure to keep you updated

Hi @jeremiszlapka ,

We identified the problem with the TLS connectivity and fixed it.
You can download a new version from HERE.

Thanks

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