New Features:

• Completely new auto-type/URL placeholder replacement and field reference engine.
• Added internal field reference cache (highly improves performance of multiple-cyclic/recursive field references).
• Added support for Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) paths (Windows) in the URL field (without cmd:// prefix).
• Added command in the 'Tools' menu in the entry editing dialog to insert the default auto-type sequence into the notes.
• On Windows Vista and higher, the read-only mode message box is displayed as a modern task dialog.
• Added option to exclude expired entries in the 'Find' dialog.
• Added advanced option to include expired entries in quick searches (toolbar; enabled by default).
• Added advanced option to automatically sort items in the auto-type entry selection dialog (enabled by default).
• Added advanced option to disable automatic clearing of the clipboard when closing/locking the database (default: clear).
• Added Ctrl-Shift-F accelerator for the 'Find in this Group' main menu command.
• Added {NUMPAD0} to {NUMPAD9} to documentation.
• The RmvDup plugin now supports removing empty groups.

Improvements:

• The current working directory is now restored after manually browsing for a key file.
• Duplicating entries now doesn't clear the search results list anymore.
• Improved performance of high ANSI and special character encoding for auto-type sequences.
• When using PuTTY for ssh:// URLs, references within the user name field are now dereferenced.
• Auto-type definition lines and field references generated by commands in the 'Tools' menu of the entry editing dialog are now appended to the notes instead of being inserted at top.
• Improved UUID string parsing.
• Improved cmd:// URL handling.
• {VKEY xxx} now doesn't need to be initialized anymore using other auto-type special key codes.
• Updated auto-type global hot key hint when registering fails.
• Various code optimizations.
• Minor other improvements.
• Minor installer improvements.

Bugfixes:

• Cyclic password field references now work correctly.
• KeePass does not crash anymore when being in mini mode and clicking Cancel in the initial database creation dialog.