We’re excited to announce that Sauce Connect 5.5.0 is now available for download.
What’s New?
This release introduces Time-Based Access Control, allowing customers to schedule traffic pause and resume windows for Sauce Connect tunnels. This enhancement provides greater control over when tunnel traffic is permitted, particularly valuable for regulated and security-conscious environments.
In addition, this version includes updated dependencies to the latest stable versions to ensure continued security, reliability, and performance.
Why Update?
We recommend upgrading to version 5.5.0 to:
Enable scheduled tunnel traffic control
Improve compliance posture for regulated customers
Maintain a secure and reliable testing environment
Stay current with the latest dependency updates
There are no breaking changes in business logic beyond the new Time-Based Access Control capability.
What is Sauce Connect?
Sauce Connect is our built-in proxy tunnel. It allows you to securely connect a Sauce Labs cloud-based browser or mobile device to a web server living behind your local firewall or within a private network.
A foundational element of our platform, Sauce Connect is a secure "bridge" between your private development environment and the public Sauce Labs testing cloud.
Sauce Connect 5 is the next chapter of highly secure and performant testing. Sauce Connect 5 unlocks enhanced performance (up to 5x improvement in performance and 50x less memory requirements), advanced security protocols (non-proprietary HTTP/2 protocol with SOCKS5 proxy support), and simplified integration and onboarding.