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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 this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Breaking changes

  • Bareos 25 disables SSL on the PostgreSQL connection, as we have observed strange issues with SSL enabled.Issue #1965

Removed

  • config: deprecate file daemon as alias for client in FD config PR #2187

Fixed

  • cats: fix version.map.in PR #2064

  • webui: fix for PHP < 7.3 PR #2067

  • cmake: fix MARIADB_MYSQL_INSTALL_DB_SCRIPT usage PR #2040

  • Fix building ndmjob program PR #2079

  • bareos-config-libs: double quote dbconfig values PR #2111

  • freebsd: automate creation of pkg-plist.database-postgresql PR #2102

  • plugin: postgresql use integer for savepkt.object_index PR #2132

  • bconsole: enable app icon on windows PR #2105

  • windows: fix readlink buffer size issue PR #2153

  • Fix btape fill-test problem PR #2018

  • cmake: add cmake_parse_arguments policy CMP0174 PR #2169

  • VMware plugin: fix check_mac_address() for vm.config not present PR #2059

  • scheduler: ‘last’ keyword doesn’t allow job to be visible in status dir PR #2120

  • fix autodeflate messages and refactor setup method PR #2121

  • stored: fix crash when using jit reservation with no matching device; fix reservation error PR #2141

  • Fix 32bit compilation PR #2175

  • config: fix issues with config directive aliases PR #2159

  • cleanup: fix multi-config tests PR #2202

  • mssqlvdi-fd: add support for filestream backups PR #2072

  • cmake: fix not including BareosTargetTools in systemtests, needed for get_target_output_dir PR #2232

  • fix MaximumConcurrentJobs in docs and defaultsconfig PR #2225

  • cli-test: fix test on freebsd PR #2241

  • core: refactor config parser; fix ktls configuration; fix crashes/ub PR #2222

  • contrib add support for mariadb 11+ PR #2215

  • mariabackup: reset self.mycnf to string type PR #2252

  • dird: fix bugs in DateTime PR #2260

  • config: fix Director -> Director resource PR #2259

  • mtx-changer: make mandatory test mt-st versus cpio-mt PR #2256

  • packaging: set all *.conf.examples as %config(noreplace) PR #2268

  • disable bareosfd-python3-module-test on FreeBSD PR #2278

  • postgresql: require non-ssl connection PR #2272

  • fix problems with msvc 19.44 PR #2287

  • plugins: fix error_string construction PR #2273

  • dplcompat: fix unsupported size-suffixes on chunksize PR #2240

  • gRPC: add fixes to enable building on SUSE PR #2250

  • fix admin job issues PR #2283

  • truncate: fix return status bug PR #2300

Documentation

  • docs: fix grpc-fd plugin call PR #2068

  • docs: add devtools documentation PR #2149

  • docs rear: update to rear >= 2.8 PR #2220

  • docs: Python plugin dependencies installation PR #2315

  • docs: update disaster recovery chapter PR #2310

Added

  • added build-dep to libutfcpp-dev in debian-like environments PR #2056

Changed

  • plugins: Fix typo in postgresql plugin PR #2066

  • Sync EvpDigest between OpenSSL <1.1 and 1.1+ PR #2086

  • winbareos-native.nsi: do not package python3 plugins PR #2076

  • logrotate: add mtx-changer debug log config PR #2039

  • cmake: add cmake check whether tirpc is installed PR #2109

  • bconsole: require only one password in the configuration PR #2116

  • openssl: unify ssl error logging PR #2078

  • Inherit RunScript elements between JobDef resources PR #2097

  • python-bareos: Add missing dh-python build dep PR #2130

  • stored: list all devices if device is invalid/missing PR #2122

  • Refactor some Xattr and Acl internals PR #1893

  • debian: Add missing build dependencies PR #2128

  • systemtests: fail if daemons have config warnings PR #2144

  • contrib: check_chunk.py improve README.md instructions PR #2147

  • build: add support for el10 PR #2106

  • VMware Plugin: Fix CBT query handling PR #2152

  • increase accepted warnings for windows PR #2191

  • webui: use TemporaryDir as userdatadir in Selenium test PR #2194

  • ndmp: remove ndmp backup level limit PR #2188

  • reduce test-matrix PR #2192

  • bareos-fd: add option for grpc fallback PR #2104

  • Make tests optional PR #2180

  • windows: single-config/single-output directory PR #2211

  • webui: use WEB_UI path in apache bareos-webui.conf file PR #2201

  • config: update directives and error out on bconsole config warnings PR #2217

  • config: add virtual file changer example + documentation PR #2090

  • stored: fix sd volume limit PR #2264

  • various cmake improvements PR #2176

  • packaging: use GCC 14 for RHEL 8/9 PR #2275

  • setgid on configdirs PR #2270

  • Replace Bsnprintf() implementation and add format attributes PR #1697

  • cmake: disable lto when linking gtests PR #2286

  • VMware Plugin: Fix for virtual USB devices PR #2213

  • build: add Fedora 42 PR #2263

  • python: fix traceback generation PR #2303

  • build: add Debian 13 PR #2290

  • bareos-check-sources: add shell_format plugin PR #2267

  • Build FreeBSD for major versions 14 / 13 (instead of minor releases) PR #2117