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Release Notes

This information is also available as CHANGELOG.md in the corresponding branch of the Bareos GitHub project

Note

See Bareos Binary Release Policy for more information about available versions.

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and since Bareos version 20 this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Breaking changes

  • The following deprecated configuration options have been removed, make sure to update your configuration accordingly:

    • Director daemon

      • Pid Directory

    • File daemon

      • Pid Directory

      • Compatible

    • Storage daemon

      • Pid Directory

      • Compatible

Changed

  • VMware Plugin: introduce pyVmomi 8.x compatibility PR #1352

  • devtools: add pr-tool to automate PR review and merge PR #935

  • build: replace sprintf by snprintf due to upgraded MacOS compiler, change linking of googletest PR #1361

  • storage daemon: fix crash on volume swap PR #1356

  • core: make resource/configuration locking safer PR #1325

  • json generation: Fix some leaks and an integer overflow PR #1130

  • tray-monitor: build against Qt6 when present PR #1011

  • systemtests: rename virtualfull -> virtualfull-basic ,bareos -> bareos-basic, bconsole -> bconsole-basic PR #1339

  • stored: fix crashes of storage tools when autoxflate plugin is loaded PR #1348

  • webui: enable sorting on version column PR #1365

  • dird: skip disabled clients in status command PR #1367

  • bsmtp: fix and update code, and change CLI parsing to CLI11 PR #1316

  • ua_restore: Add additional client info for restore report PR #1374

  • restore: fix failed restores showing Restore ok with warning PR #1387

  • FreeBSD: build cleanup PR #1336

  • improvements to pr-tool PR #1389

  • file checksums: add new signature algorithm xxh128 PR #1359

  • stored: remove warning for maximum block size for tapes PR #1375

  • ua_restore: enable restore from archive PR #1372

  • testfind: reuse filedaemon logic PR #1234

  • dird: enable default options in fileset config when no options are explicitly specified PR #1357

  • introduce php-cs-fixer and apply PSR-12 guidelines PR #1403

  • berrno_test.cc: accept both 271E and 273E PR #1407

  • Sanitizers: add ASAN options to avoid crashes PR #1410

  • dird: cats: adapt purge command to delete jobs with specific jobstatus and/or from specific pool PR #1349

  • filed: stored: remove deprecated compatible option from configuration PR #1341

  • webui: remove some development leftovers and artefacts PR #1422

  • dird: allow to disable TLS-PSK downgrades PR #1398

  • core: fixes for gcc-13 support PR #1424

  • webui: update localization PR #1414

  • webui: improve localization process PR #1429

  • webui: add machine-readable copyright file PR #1419

  • webui: add config resource graph to analytics (experimental) PR #1412

  • dird: keep copy and migration control/administrative jobs PR #1421

  • scripts: config-lib improve get_local_hostname fallback PR #1402

  • dird: deprecate client Autoprune, JobRetention, and FileRetention PR #1425

  • daemons: remove deprecated Pid Directory config option, and update Maximum Concurrent Jobs default value to 1 PR #1426

  • build: switch to FreeBSD 12.4 PR #1440

  • webui: create internal api module PR #1447

  • webui: make restore merge options configurable PR #1445

Removed

  • remove no longer used pkglists PR #1335

  • core: remove deprecated make_catalog_backup.pl PR #1378

  • cats: remove remains of deprecated databases PR #1377

  • dird: filed: stored: remove deprecated maxconnections option from configuration PR #1340

  • cats: remove dynamic catalog backends PR #1392

Changed

  • cats: fix issue where startfile field gets wrongly updated PR #1346

  • Python Plugins: Avoid pop(0) performance impact PR #1351

Fixed

  • Fix gcc warnings in ndmjob program PR #1343

  • filed: avoid reading from ephemeral buffer PR #1373

  • checkpoints: fix performance drop on big volume restores PR #1345

  • VMware Plugin: fix restore to different vmname PR #1390

  • vmware_cbt_tool.py: pyVmomi 8.x compatibility PR #1386

  • Fix problem with reoccuring files in always incremental PR #1395

Documentation

  • add explanation about binary version numbers PR #1354

  • docs: improve bareos-webui documentation PR #1366

  • docs: catalog maintenance improvements PR #1379

  • doc: improve plugin, webui, virtualfull chapters PR #1401

  • docs: move and update localization documentation PR #1415

  • check-sources: update check-sources ignores PR #1439