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Enhancement: Snapshots are sorted by timestamp in the output of `restic find`
Enhancement: Sort snapshots by timestamp in `restic find`
The `find` command printed snapshots in an arbitrary order. Now restic prints
the snapshots sorted by timestamp.
The `find` command used to print snapshots in an arbitrary order. Restic now
prints snapshots sorted by timestamp.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1495
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4409

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will still work, but is deprecated.
When a snapshot was damaged, the only option up to now was to completely forget
the snapshot, even if only some unimportant file was damaged.
the snapshot, even if only some unimportant files in it were damaged and other
files were still fine.
We've added a `repair snapshots` command, which can repair snapshots by removing
damaged directories and missing files contents. Note that using this command
can lead to data loss! Please see the "Troubleshooting" section in the documentation
for more details.
Restic now has a `repair snapshots` command, which can salvage any non-damaged
files and parts of files in the snapshots by removing damaged directories and
missing file contents. Please note that the damaged data may still be lost
and see the "Troubleshooting" section in the documentation for more details.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1759
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1714

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Enhancement: Certificates can be passed through environment variables
Enhancement: Allow certificate paths to be passed through environment variables
Restic will now read the paths to the certificates from the environment
variables `RESTIC_CACERT` or `RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT` if `--cacert` or
`--tls-client-cert` are not specified.
Restic will now read paths to certificates from the environment variables
`RESTIC_CACERT` or `RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT` if `--cacert` or `--tls-client-cert`
are not specified.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1926
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4384

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Enhancement: Provide multi-platform Docker containers
Enhancement: Provide multi-platform Docker images
The official Docker containers are now built for the architectures linux/386,
The official Docker images are now built for the architectures linux/386,
linux/amd64, linux/arm and linux/arm64.
As an alternative to the Docker Hub, the Docker containers are now also
As an alternative to the Docker Hub, the Docker images are also
available on ghcr.io, the GitHub Container Registry.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2359

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Enhancement: Add support for non-global Azure clouds
Restic backups on Azure only supported storages using the global domain
The `azure` backend previously only supported storages using the global domain
`core.windows.net`. This meant that backups to other domains such as Azure
China (`core.chinacloudapi.cn') or Azure Germany (`core.cloudapi.de`) were
China (`core.chinacloudapi.cn`) or Azure Germany (`core.cloudapi.de`) were
not supported. Restic now allows overriding the global domain using the
environment variable `AZURE_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX'.
environment variable `AZURE_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX`.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2468
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4387

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Bugfix: Support "unlimited" in `forget --keep-*` options
Restic would forget snapshots that should have been kept when a negative value
was passed to the `--keep-*` options. Negative values are now forbidden. To
keep all snapshots, the special value `unlimited` is now supported. For
example, `--keep-monthly unlimited` will keep all monthly snapshots.
Restic would previously forget snapshots that should have been kept when a
negative value was passed to the `--keep-*` options. Negative values are now
forbidden. To keep all snapshots, the special value `unlimited` is now
supported. For example, `--keep-monthly unlimited` will keep all monthly
snapshots.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2565
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4234

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Bugfix: Support non-UTF8 paths as symlink target
Restic versions before 0.16.0 did not correctly backup and restore symlinks
that contain a non-UTF8 target. Note that this only affects system that still
use a non-Unicode encoding for filesystem paths.
Earlier restic versions did not correctly `backup` and `restore` symlinks that
contain a non-UTF8 target. Note that this only affected systems that still use
a non-Unicode encoding for filesystem paths.
We have extended the repository format to add support for such symlinks. Please
note that at least restic version 0.16.0 must be used for both backup and
restore to correctly handle non-UTF8 symlink targets.
The repository format is now extended to add support for such symlinks. Please
note that snapshots must have been created with at least restic version 0.16.0
for `restore` to correctly handle non-UTF8 symlink targets when restoring them.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3311
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3802

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Enhancement: Reduce memory usage by up to 25%
The in-memory index has been optimized to be more garbage collection friendly.
Restic now defaults to `GOGC=50` to run the Go garbage collector more
frequently.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3328
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4352
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4353

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Enhancement: Improve the ETA displayed during backup
Enhancement: Improve accuracy of ETA displayed during backup
Restic's `backup` command displayed an ETA that did not adapt when the rate
of progress made during the backup changed during the course of the
backup. Restic now uses recent progress when computing the ETA. It is
important to realize that the estimate may still be wrong, because restic
cannot predict the future, but the hope is that the ETA will be more
accurate in most cases.
Restic's `backup` command displayed an ETA that did not adapt when the rate of
progress made during the backup changed during the course of the backup.
Restic now uses recent progress when computing the ETA. It is important to
realize that the estimate may still be wrong, because restic cannot predict
the future, but the hope is that the ETA will be more accurate in most cases.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3397
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3563

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Enhancement: Keep oldest snapshot when there are not enough snapshots
The `forget` command now additionally preserves the oldest snapshot if fewer
snapshots are kept than allowed by the `--keep-*` parameters. This maximizes
amount of history kept while the specified limits are not yet reached.
snapshots than allowed by the `--keep-*` parameters would otherwise be kept.
This maximizes the amount of history kept within the specified limits.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3624
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4366

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Enhancement: Add support for Managed / Worload Identity to azure backend
Enhancement: Add support for Managed / Workload Identity to `azure` backend
Restic now additionally supports authenticating to Azure using Workload
Identity or Managed Identity credentials which are automatically injected in
Identity or Managed Identity credentials, which are automatically injected in
several environments such as a managed Kubernetes cluster.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3698

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Commands like `diff` or `restore` always worked with the full snapshot. This
did not allow comparing only a specific subfolder or only restoring that folder
(`restore --include subfolder` limits the restored files, but still creates the
(`restore --include subfolder` filters the restored files, but still creates the
directories included in `subfolder`).
The commands `diff`, `dump`, `ls`, `restore` now support the
`<snapshot>:<subfolder>` syntax, where `snapshot` is the ID of a snapshot (or
The commands `diff`, `dump`, `ls` and `restore` now support the
`<snapshot>:<subfolder>` syntax, where `snapshot` is the ID of a snapshot (or
the string `latest`) and `subfolder` is a path within the snapshot. The
commands will then only work with the specified path of the snapshot. The
`subfolder` must be a path to a folder as returned by `ls`.
`subfolder` must be a path to a folder as returned by `ls`. Two examples:
`restic restore -t target latest:/some/path`
`restic diff 12345678:/some/path 90abcef:/some/path`

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Enhancement: Support `--group-by` for backup parent selection
The backup command by default selected the parent snapshot based on the hostname
and the backup targets. When the backup path list changed, the backup command
was unable to determine a suitable parent snapshot and had to read all
files again.
Previously, the `backup` command by default selected the parent snapshot based
on the hostname and the backup targets. When the backup path list changed, the
`backup` command was unable to determine a suitable parent snapshot and had to
read all files again.
The new `--group-by` option for the backup command allows filtering snapshots
The new `--group-by` option for the `backup` command allows filtering snapshots
for the parent selection by `host`, `paths` and `tags`. It defaults to
`host,paths` which selects the latest snapshot with hostname and paths matching
those of the backup run. It should be used consistently with `forget --group-by`.
those of the backup run. This matches the behavior of prior restic versions.
The new `--group-by` option should be set to the same value as passed to
`forget --group-by`.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3941
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4081

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Enhancement: Cancel current command if cache becomes unusable
If the cache directory was removed or ran out of space while restic was
running, this would previously cause further caching attempts to fail and
thereby drastically slow down the command execution. Now, the currently running
command is instead canceled.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4130
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4166

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Enhancement: Add `--human-readable` flag to `ls` and `find` commands
Enhancement: Add `--human-readable` option to `ls` and `find` commands
Previously, when using the -l option with the ls and find commands,
the displayed size was always in bytes, without an option for a more
human readable format such as MiB or GiB.
Previously, when using the `-l` option with the `ls` and `find` commands, the
displayed size was always in bytes, without an option for a more human readable
format such as MiB or GiB.
The new `--human-readable` option will convert longer size values into
more human friendly values with an appropriate suffix depending on the
output size. For example, a size of `14680064` will be shown as
`14.000 MiB`.
The new `--human-readable` option will convert longer size values into more
human friendly values with an appropriate suffix depending on the output size.
For example, a size of `14680064` will be shown as `14.000 MiB`.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4159
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4351

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Enhancement: `backup` includes restic version in snapshot metadata
Enhancement: Include restic version in snapshot metadata
The restic version used backup the snapshot is now included in its metadata.
The program version is shown when inspecting a snapshot using `restic cat
snapshot <snapshotID>` or `restic snapshots --json`.
The restic version used to backup a snapshot is now included in its metadata
and shown when inspecting a snapshot using `restic cat snapshot <snapshotID>`
or `restic snapshots --json`.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4188
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4378

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Bugfix: Avoid lock refresh issues on slow network connections
On network connections with a low upload speed, backups and other operations
could fail with the error message `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`.
This has now been fixed by reworking the lock refresh handling.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4199
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4304

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The `restore` command now shows a progress report while restoring files.
Example: [0:42] 5.76% 23 files 12.98 MiB, total 3456 files 23.54 GiB
Example: `[0:42] 5.76% 23 files 12.98 MiB, total 3456 files 23.54 GiB`
JSON output is now also supported.

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Bugfix: Improve lock refresh handling when using standby
Bugfix: Improve lock refresh handling after standby
If the restic process was stopped or the host running restic entered standby
during a long running operation such as a backup, this resulted in the
operation failing with `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`. We've reworked
the lock refresh such that restic first checks whether it is safe to continue
the current operation and only throws an error if not.
during a long running operation such as a backup, this previously resulted in
the operation failing with `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`.
This has now been fixed such that restic first checks whether it is safe to
continue the current operation and only throws an error if not.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4274
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4374

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Enhancement: Add --retry-lock option
Enhancement: Add `--retry-lock` option
This option allows to specify a duration for which restic will wait if there
already exists a conflicting lock within the repository.
This option allows specifying a duration for which restic will wait if the
repository is already locked.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/719
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2214

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Enhancement: Cancel current command if cache becomes unusable
If the cache directory was removed or ran out of space while restic was
running, this caused further caching attempts to fail and drastically slow down
the command execution. Now, the currently running command is canceled instead.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4166

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Building restic on Solaris now requires Go 1.20, as the library used to access
Azure uses the mmap syscall, which is only available on Solaris starting from
Go 1.20.
All other platforms continue to build with Go 1.18.
Go 1.20. All other platforms however continue to build with Go 1.18.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4201

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Enhancement: Add jq to container image
Enhancement: Add `jq` binary to Docker image
The Docker container image now contains jq which can be useful when restic outputs json data.
The Docker image now contains `jq`, which can be useful to process JSON data
output by restic.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4220

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Enhancement: Allow specifying the region of new buckets in the gcs backend
Enhancement: Allow specifying region of new buckets in the `gs` backend
Buckets used by the Google Cloud Storage backend would always get created in
the "us" region. It is now possible to specify the region, where a bucket
should get created.
Previously, buckets used by the Google Cloud Storage backend would always get
created in the "us" region. It is now possible to specify the region where a
bucket should be created by using the `-o gs.region=us` option.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4226

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Bugfix: Avoid lock refresh issues with slow network connections
On network connections with a low upload speed, restic could often fail backups and other operations with `Fatal: failed to refresh lock in time`. We've reworked the lock refresh to avoid this error.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4304

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Due to a regression in restic 0.15.2, the status bar of the `backup` command
could leave some output behind. This happened if filenames were printed that
are wider than the current terminal width. This has been fixed.
are wider than the current terminal width. This has now been fixed.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4319
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4318

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Bugfix: Ignore missing folders in REST backend
Bugfix: Ignore missing folders in `rest` backend
If a repository accessed via the REST backend was missing folders, then restic
would fail with an error while trying to list the data in the repository. This
has been fixed.
has been now fixed.
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4400
https://github.com/restic/rest-server/issues/235