Linux Virtual Delivery Agent

Cumulative Update 1 (CU1)

Release date: August 20, 2024

What’s new

Support for RHEL 9.4 / 8.10, Rocky Linux 9.4 / 8.10, and Debian 11.9

The Linux VDA now supports the following Linux distributions:

  • RHEL 9.4
  • Rocky Linux 9.4
  • RHEL 8.10
  • Rocky Linux 8.10
  • Debian 11.9

For more information about supported Linux distributions, see System requirements.

Login process details shown on the login UI

Session users can now see the following login process details on the login UI when they open a Linux VDA session:

  • Evaluating Citrix group policy settings
  • Authenticating user access
  • Launching desktop environment (in case of a virtual desktop session) or Launching application window (in case of a virtual application session)

LDAP query performance optimization

With the new release, unnecessary communication to the LDAP server is removed and indexed query key is used to achieve better LDAP query performance and reduce cost.

Improved VDA scalability for Cloud Connectors

This release implements improvements in the VDA scalability so that each Citrix Cloud Connector (4 vCPU, 10 GB memory) can now support 6,000 Linux VDAs. For more information, see Size and scale considerations for Cloud Connectors.

HDX adaptive throughput is now enabled by default

For more information, see HDX adaptive throughput.

Note:

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About this release

Linux Virtual Delivery Agent 2402 LTSR Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) adds six fixes compared to the initial release of the Linux VDA 2402 LTSR.

Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (initial release)

Known issues in this release

Deprecation and removals

Citrix Product Subscription Advantage Eligibility Dates

Cumulative Update 1 (CU1)