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Date	Summary	Reference
February 23, 2023	Issues that were corrected by 23.1 patch 1 (12.8.0.1) and issues that remain open.	23.1 (12.8) enhancements and patches
January 18, 2023	The following enhancements are available in this release of BMC Discovery: Perform deep discovery of VMWare guest hosts by using the vCenter API. Disable cloud host detection for individual scans. For information, see Performing-a-discovery-run. Miscellaneous enhancements: Improvement in the default sensitive data filters for processes and files (for new installations only). BMC Discoveryuses only the applicable methods to retrieve information when scanning endpoints. The npcap tool is upgraded to version 1.71. The external REST APIs are defined by using OpenAPI 3.0 rather than Swagger 2.0. Installation of BMC Discovery Outpost is supported on a Windows Server Core platform. In a cluster, the replication factor is set automatically according to the number of members in the cluster. If the available disk space is lower than the Stop Discovery setting, a relevant banner is displayed. The files created by using appliance backup no longer use the term ADDM in the file or path. Host profiles contain information on the host model and vendor.	23.1 (12.8) enhancements and patches

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