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```{title} What's new in Kasm 1.8.0
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# What's new in Kasm 1.8.0

## Features

- SSH Keys are now generated for all users by default. When the **inject_ssh_keys** [Group Setting](../guide/groups.md#group-settings) is enabled, the users SSH Private and Public Key are added to each new Kasm session. Users can update their profile with a new SSH keypair.
- Added support for {doc}`Custom Branding <../how_to/branding>`.
- Added **Same Site Cookie Policy** [Server Setting](../guide/settings.md#authentication) to assist Kasm deployments that are embedded on other domains in iframes.
- Added the ability to {doc}`Disable Users <../guide/users>`
- Added the ability to customize the **Notice Title** for the custom login banner. See {doc}`Login Configurations <../guide/login>` for more details.
- Added a **Chat Sound Effects** user preference. Users can disable the the sound effects that play when new users join a session or when chat messages are sent.
- Expanded the Developer API
  : - Added APIs to create / update / retrieve / delete Users.
    - Added APIs to list images.
    - Added APIs to add and remove users to groups.
    - Added APIs to generate a login link for a user.
    - Added **Session Component Control** to the {doc}`Kasm API <../developers/developer_api>` allowing developers to disabled certain visual elements when programmatically loading a session.
- Updated Image [Pull Behavior](../how_to/image_maintenance.md#pull-behavior) to better account [DockerHub Pull Rate Limiting](https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/download-rate-limit/)
  : - Agents will pull Images immediately if they do not have an existing copy if the image locally.
    - Agents will issue a pull on existing images once per hour, up from the previous default of every 5 minutes.
- Updated session management to allow a users to be logged in from multiple browsers at once. Users are given an option to log out of all browsers (sessions) when logging out.

## Bugfixes

- Fixed issue where clipboard menu would be disabled if either **allow_kasm_clipboard_up** or **allow_kasm_clipboard_down** group setting was disabled.
- The Sessions list and Dashboard previously didn't display the number of days a Kasm session may have been alive.