Changes compared to 19.3.12
New Features
- Display the device's online/offline status in Missed backup job reports
- Optimize backup performance if Windows Defender is installed
- Support editing Authenticode codesigning settings in the Setup Wizard in the Comet Server web interface
Enhancements
- New design for the Job Search dialog, requiring fewer clicks for common searches
- Reduce memory usage for all Storage Vault operations
Bug Fixes
- Fix an issue with the desktop Setup Wizard in the Comet Server Service Manager not opening, affecting new installs of Comet Server on Windows
- Fix an issue with unclear behaviour when configuring the "Keep logs for" page in the Setup Wizard in the Comet Server web interface
- Fix an issue with skipping over some scheduled email reports
- Fix an issue with missing auxiliary SHA1 Authenticode signature on custom generated Comet Backup installers, affecting some very old Windows 7 installs missing Windows Updates
- Fix an issue with excessive "Operation cancelled" error messages when cancelling a backup job during the Scanning phase
- Fix an issue with the "Recent and incomplete" job search button in the Comet Server web interface loading too many results
- Fix an issue with not being able to browse Hyper-V VMs inside a backup job on Windows Server 2008 R2
- Fix an issue with not finding Ahsay v6 installation for import on some Linux devices
- Fix an issue with saving encrypted password fields in the Comet Server web interface
- Fix an issue with surrounding whitespace in Backblaze B2 connection parameters
- Fix an issue with launching Comet Backup for Linux from rc.d scripts where $HOME variable is not set
- Fix an issue with failing to silently launch Comet Backup for macOS after a remote software upgrade on some devices
- Fix an issue with not displaying properties for MS SQL and Exchange EDB Protected Items in the Comet Server web interface and in the Comet Backup desktop app
- Fix an issue with Before/After commands being removed when changing the Protected Item type in the Comet Backup desktop app
- Fix a cosmetic issue with Linux client software download subtext in the Comet Server web interface, as the command-line client can be controlled via the web GUI
- Fix a cosmetic issue with dialog sizes on small screen widths in the Comet Server web interface
- Fix a cosmetic issue with inconsistent chevrons on Back/Next buttons in Wizard dialogs in the Comet Server web interface
- Fix a cosmetic issue with redundant settings options for Gmail and None email delivery methods in the Setup Wizard in the Comet Server web interface
- Fix a cosmetic issue with inconsistent error messages when Comet fails to load a data chunk from the Storage Vault
- Fix a cosmetic issue with the Comet Server web interface becoming unresponsive when opening the Actions dialog for a device connection that has since dropped
- Fix a cosmetic issue with the Comet Backup desktop app not greying-out retention settings that were made non-editable by policy