Enterprise Licensing 4.2 release notes
- Last UpdatedJun 16, 2026
- 4 minute read
New features and enhancements
The following new and enhanced functionality is delivered as part of AVEVA Enterprise Licensing 4.2 release.
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Support to import the same license multiple times with varying counts using Entitlement XML.
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Delivered License Manager as a 64-bit product running as an ASP .NET Core service. Removed dependency on OWIN.
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Delivered AVEVA Enterprise Licensing Platform as a single deliverable, replacing separate 32-bit and 64-bit packages.
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Removed PCS consumption from the licensing framework.
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Enhanced performance for license check-out and reservation operations.
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Updated dependencies to their latest versions.
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Enabled auto-secure configuration for enhanced security.
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This release includes several bug fixes. For more information, refer to the Resolved Issues of Version 4.2.
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AVEVA Enterprise Licensing documentation is now available on AVEVA Documentation portal.
Resolved issues
AVEVA Enterprise Licensing 4.2 includes corrections for the issues listed in the following table. These issues are listed by their Defect ID (IMS number), any assigned Service Request (SR) or Case Number with a brief description of the defect.
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Defect ID |
Description |
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3496090 |
Historian could not be opened after upgrading SP2020 and SP2023 with 4.2.0 LicAPI. A compatibility issue was observed between Licensing Platform 4.2 and Historian from SP2020 and SP2023. |
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3598913 |
The licensing installation failed when a higher version of .NET 8 was already installed. |
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3566572 |
[Intermittent] A checked-out license from License Manager was not acquired until the AECheckedoutlist command was executed from the checkout utility. |
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3568788 |
License Manager was not functioning after importation. |
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2655438 |
After installing License Manager, if PCS was configured with SMS, updated with a new SMS, or if SMS was removed, License Manager stopped working. |
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2655469 |
If License Servers were paired and after that SMS was changed, data synchronization did not happen between the servers. |
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2655487 |
Aveva Enterprise Licensing Platform (x86) alone was not working. |
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2655526 |
In HTTPS paired servers, renaming the backup server did not work. |
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2655533 |
When SMS was changed to No SMS, the Select License Server (secure) plug-in still showed a green icon until it was selected. |
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2624751 |
[Intermittent] [Windows 10] Was unable to automatically install the pre-requisite Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2022 x86 Runtime Redistributable. |
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2790339 |
Was unable to launch License Manager if the machine name was renamed in HTTP Mode. |
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3534342 |
When a license was checked out from the License Manager (LM) and then checked out using the utility, performing check-in on one system did not check out all licenses as checked in. |
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3493727 |
[PSR] Deviation in execution time was observed in licensing 4.2 compared to version 4.0 for "Add Server", LM Refresh, and Unpair scenarios. |
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3561197 |
[Intermittent] Recipe Manager 2023 R2 was unable to acquire a license when SP2023R2P01 with Recipe Manager pointed to a remote node where AVEVA Enterprise Licensing 4.2 was installed. |
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3790264 |
Issues were detected with license reservations. |
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3623482 |
Adding a License Server to License Manager failed because the server could not be added. |
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3643350 |
An unexpected error occurred when attempting to stop the License Server in AEL. |
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3647155 |
License reservation did not work as expected when multiple reservations were processed. |
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3712176 |
wrong feature was requested and acquired when a reservation was checked out. |
Known issues
This section describes known issues that remain in the release of AVEVA Enterprise Licensing 4.2.
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Defect Number |
Description |
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4098334 |
Error "Failed to load licensing libraries" is observed during deployment of OMI WebViewEngine on a node running SP2023R2SP1P02 with AEL upgraded to version 4.2 |
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3439304 |
Unable to perform the checkout operation from the checkout utility when the license is already acquired. |
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3519845 |
The count value in "Add device" displays incorrect results when using the "Select Partial" option under Device/User Reservation. |
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3537851 |
Checkout is not synchronized with the backup server. |
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3544701 |
License expiry status mismatch is observed. |
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4058896 |
Existing checked-out licenses are removed when a new license is checked out from the checkout utility after upgrading LicAPI from SP20 and SP23 to the latest version. |
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4068278 |
Display name does not update properly after tabbing out for the second time. |
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4077749 |
License expiry details are displayed incorrectly in features.xml, although they appear correctly in LM and test applications. |
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4091207 |
The search textbox in License Summary fails when searching part numbers sequentially if all activated licenses are selected. |
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4105666 |
Sorting does not work for the quantity column in the Usage Summary. |
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4151121 |
After upgrading to the latest licensing package, migration status and license count are not displayed correctly on paired servers. |
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2655524 |
Reservations cannot be posted on the backup server. |
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2853783 |
Partitions are not created for the client license when legacy support is turned off. |
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3313087 |
The expected return period for backend licenses is shown as 14 days even when licenses with expiry within a week or more than 14 days are acquired. |
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3574011 |
The user name appears empty in the Usage Details page after releasing any client license when two or more licenses are acquired under the same user name. |
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4249891 |
Insufficient feature count exception is logged when checkout is performed for two part numbers with common feature as "intouch-tagcount". |
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4249871 |
[Intermittent] Re-importing updated reservation file causes duplicate partial reservation and incorrect pending count in DB. |
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4249800 |
Reservation count shows as 'Partial' before applying imported reservations. |
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4245115 |
Invalid device checkout creates persistent DB entry on first attempt, requires manual DB clear. |
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4119159 |
[Intermittent] InUse count in Usage Summary updates after importing only device reservations. |