epgw release 25.4.6

We are happy to announce Eggplant Gateway 25.4.6 (October 23, 2025). This release of Eggplant Gateway contains the following enhancements and defect fixes:

Persistent Connection Service (PCS)

• Adds an argument indicating the IP address or host name and port, along with the the connection protocol, that Eggplant Gateway should listen on. For example: epgw service --url 'http://127.0.0.1:5001'.
• Fixes an issue where the SUT window does not appear when using https.

Eggplant Gateway for Android

• Adds support for various ffmpeg versions, enabling the use of official packaged ffmpeg in our Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora).

Eggplant Gateway for iOS

• Allows you to specify a custom developer disk image (DDI) by providing the path to the ddi restore folder.

Eggplant Gateway for Appium

• Reduces the connection start time for iOS simulator connections.