New Features:

• Translation system: added support for right-to-left scripts.
• Added {HMACOTP} placeholder to generate HMAC-based one-time passwords as specified in RFC 4226 (the shared secret is the UTF-8 representation of the value of the 'HmacOtp-Secret' custom entry string field, and the counter is stored in decimal form in the 'HmacOtp-Counter' field).
• On Windows 7, KeePass now shows a 'locked' overlay icon on the taskbar button when the database is locked.
• On Windows 7, the database loading/saving progress is now shown on the taskbar button.
• Added option to disable automatic searching for key files.
• Added KDBX database repair functionality (in File -> Import).
• Added support for expired root groups.
• Added global delay support for shifted special keys.
• Added 'Change Master Key' application policy flag.
• Added 'Edit Triggers' application policy flag.
• Added trigger action to activate a database (select tab).
• Added configuration options to allow enforcing states (enabled, disabled, checked, unchecked) of key source controls in the master key creation and prompt dialogs (see 'Composite Master Key' documentation page).
• Added option to disable the 'Save' command (instead of graying it out) if the database hasn't been modified.
• Added support for importing KeePassX 0.4.1 XML files.
• Added support for importing Handy Safe 5.12 TXT files.
• Added support for importing Handy Safe Pro 1.2 XML files.
• Added support for importing ZDNet's Password Pro 3.1.4 TXT files.
• Added dialog for selecting the encoding of text files to be attached to an entry.
• Added option to search for passwords in quick finds (disabled by default).
• Added Ctrl+S shortcut in the internal data editor.
• Internal data editor window can now be maximized.
• Document tabs can now be closed by middle-clicking on them.
• Most strings in the trigger system are now Spr-compiled (i.e. placeholders, environment variables, etc. can be used).
• Added '--lock-all' and '--unlock-all' command line options to lock/unlock the workspaces of all other KeePass instances.
• Added 'pw-enc' command line option and {PASSWORD_ENC} placeholder.
• Added preliminary auto-type support for Linux (right-click on an entry and select 'Perform Auto-Type'; the 'xdotool' package is required).
• Added option to enforce using the system font when running under KDE and Gnome (option enabled by default).
• HTML exports are now XHTML 1.0 compliant.
• Printing: added option to sort entries.
• Printing: group names are now shown as headings.
• KPScript: added '-CreateBackup' option for the EditEntry command (to create backups of entries before modifying them).
• The PLGX plugin cache root path can now be specified in the configuration file (Application/PluginCachePath).
• Plugin developers: added ability to write entropy providers that can update the internal pool of the cryptographically strong random number generator.
• Plugin developers: added some public PwEntryForm properties, events and methods.
• Plugin developers: added entry template events.
• Plugin developers: added group and entry touching events.
• Plugin developers: added main window focus changing event.
• Plugin developers: added support for writing format providers for the internal attachments viewer.

Improvements / Changes:

• Expired icons of groups are non-permanent now.
• Improved search performance and in-memory protection compatibility.
• The SendKeys class now always uses the SendInput method (not JournalHook anymore).
• Improved auto-type delay handling.
• Two-channel auto-type obfuscation: added support for default delays.
• The default auto-type delay is now 10 ms.
• Improved top-most window auto-type support.
• Improved high DPI support (text rendering, banners, ...).
• Temporary file transaction files are now deleted before writing to them.
• Broadcasted file IPC notification messages do not wait infinitely for hanging applications anymore.
• On Windows XP and higher, KeePass now uses alpha-transparent icons in the main entry list.
• In the entry editing dialog, when moving a custom string to a standard field, the string is now appended to the field (instead of overwriting the previous contents of the field).
• Improved UTF-8 encoding (don't emit byte order marks).
• Improved field to standard field mapping function.
• HTML exports do not contain byte-order marks anymore.
• For improved clarity, some controls are now renamed/changed dynamically when using the password generator without having a database open.
• Improved auto-type definition conversion for KDB exports.
• Standard field placeholders are now correctly removed when auto-typing, if the standard field doesn't exist.
• Improved icon picker cancel blocking when removing an icon.
• The default workspace locking time is now 300 seconds (but the option is still disabled by default).
• Modern task dialogs are now displayed on 64-bit Windows systems, too.
• Improved file corruption error messages.
• Improved entry attachments renaming method.
• Double-clicking an attachment in the entry editing dialog now opens it in the internal viewer (the internal editor can only be invoked in the main window).
• When attachments are edited using the internal editor, the entry's last modification time is now updated.
• Improved plugin loading (detect PLGX cache files).
• If the application policy disallows clipboard operations, KeePass doesn't unnecessarily decrypt sensitive data anymore.
• Added tooltip for the 'View' toolbar drop-down button.
• Improved menu accelerator and shortcut keys.
• Upgraded installer.
• Installer: various minor improvements.
• Various performance improvements.
• Various code optimizations.
• Minor other improvements.

Bugfixes:

• No exception is thrown anymore when lowering the clipboard auto-clear time in the options below the value of a currently running clearing countdown.
• The 'Show expired entries' functionality now also works when there's exactly one matching entry.