[Globus Discuss] Globus Release 2026-05-21
Derek Schlabach
We released an update today to Globus Connect Server.
HIGHLIGHTS
Improvements
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Support has been added for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) and Fedora 44.
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Streaming updates
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Added the --run-as-local-user streaming gateway option, which allows admins to easily associate active tunnel processes with local user accounts. (doc)
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Added --globus-contact to the globus-streams CLI which allows users to pick the hostname that they will use with their tunnel.
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Removed the need to specify the port with the -p option to globus-streams-launch.sh.
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Standalone release of the streaming application tools package. (doc)
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Refactored the streaming application tools to be more robust when used with many tunnels.
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Added streaming application tool support for reverse name lookup via getnameinfo().
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S3 connector update to improve performance of transfers having a large number of files (released May 6).
Bug Fixes
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Fix for failing guest collection creation and collection listing on endpoints with a large number of collections.
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S3 connector: Fixed an issue that caused listings at the root of allowed permissions to fail with permission denied errors when bucket access is limited by S3 policies.
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See the GCS Changelog for more information on this release and previous releases.