Changes compared to 23.3.5

Enhancements​

• Enhancement: Significantly improve the performance of restoring files and folders from Disk Image Protected Items.
• Enhancement: Support application credential authentication for OpenStack Swift storage.

Changes compared to 23.2.1

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with Comet Server crashing if a Protected Item is owned by a non-existent device
• Fix an issue with deleting individual snapshots silently failing if the Storage Vault is currently being cleaned up by another device
• Fix a cosmetic issue with table page numbering in the Comet Server web interface if the language is set to Dutch

Changes compared to 23.3.4

Enhancements​

• Add Test Connection button to Storage Template configuration window
• Apply Authenticode codesigning to the Comet Backup client uninstaller on Windows
• Minor performance improvement when saving settings changes as a limited admin or tenant admin in the Comet Server web interface

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with Comet Server crashing if a Protected Item is owned by a non-existent device
• Fix an issue with searching of snapshots that could cause a crash in the Comet Backup desktop app
• Fix an issue with using the 'copy to clipboard' button when configuring Office 365 authentication from the Comet Server web interface on some web browsers
• Fix an issue with storage validation not working when configuring a Storage Template
• Fix an issue with incorrectly configured Backblaze Storage Vaults taking a long time to report an error
• Fix an issue with parsing the MFT for granular file restore if it is highly fragmented
• Fix a cosmetic issue with missing error text when failing to migrate a user account between tenants in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix a cosmetic issue with table page numbering in the Comet Server web interface if the language is set to Dutch
• Fix a cosmetic issue with some error popups saying 'message' instead of the real error message in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix a cosmetic issue with inconsistent field labeling for Azure Blob Storage between the Comet Backup desktop app and the Comet Server web interface
• Fix a cosmetic issue with some translated text not applying in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix a cosmetic issue with "Insert explanation here" help popups in the Policies section in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 23.3.3

New Features​

• Add the ability to search for items to restore within Storage Vault snapshots via the Comet Server web interface

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with opening the Comet Server web interface for some admin accounts with restricted permissions
• Fix an issue with pre-configuring backup options when clicking "Run backup" on a Protected Item in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix an issue adding email addresses to user profiles in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix an issue with incorrect Backblaze B2 storage validation
• Fix an issue with validation on the Storage Role while the Storage Role is disabled
• Fix a cosmetic issue with widgets on the About This Server page in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix a cosmetic issue with widgets on the Comet Server web interface homepage disappearing on page reload

Changes compared to 23.3.2

New Features​

• Feature: New Comet Server home page widgets for protected items types, server storage, server self-backup, server replication
• Feature: Cosmetic overhaul for the Comet Server web interface
• Feature: Add suggested default exclusion paths, when configuring an exclusion via Policy in the Comet Server Web Interface

Enhancements​

• Enhancement: Show detailed error message in hover tooltip when a Test Connection operation fails in the Comet Backup desktop app
• Enhancement: Include autocert files in Comet Server self-backup
• Enhancement: Add optional include of Comet Server log files in Comet Server self-backup
• Enhancement: Add input validation to Storage Vault, Storage Role, and Storage Template configuration windows
• Enhancement: Add human readable time format to Comet Server self-backup filenames

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with deleting individual snapshots silently failing if the Storage Vault is currently being cleaned up by another device
• Fix an issue with the Comet Server web application crashing on some private-mode web browsers
• Fix a cosmetic issue with highly verbose logging in the Comet Server server log if devices are running very old versions of Comet Backup
• Fix an issue with configuring an SSH server on macOS causing Comet Backup to change its device ID
• Fix an issue with slowly growing memory usage in long running jobs
• Fix an issue with possibly losing concurrent profile changes when using the Import feature or when a device has an Office 365 Protected Item that was created in an early version of Comet
• Fix an issue with missing error messages if the backup.delegate service is unable to save settings to disk

Changes compared to 23.3.1

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with detecting Object Lock compatibility on some S3-compatible destinations
• Fix an issue with locating the correct endpoint for Wasabi Storage Vaults
• Fix an issue with not being able to perform single-file restore from Hyper-V .vhdx files using a custom path structure
• Fix a cosmetic issue with not closing the Delete Snapshots dialog in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 23.2.0

Enhancements​

• Update language translations
• Improve logging during a restart event.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with the client showing the new Protected Item wizard when the user policy "Prevent opening the application interface" is set or launching the application with --background.
• Fix a security issue with not enforcing custom IPWhitelist settings
• Do not apply legacy import upgrades in ServerConfigOptions->OverseerRole any more
• Fix an issue with Comet Server failing to save Tenant branding settings applied in the Web UI.
• Fix a cosmetic issue with field alignment when configuring GradientMSP settings and email report settings in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix widgets not resizing when window is shown

Changes compared to 21.3.0

New Features​

• Feature: Added the ability to use S3 object locking.
• Feature: Added the ability to optionally permanently remove files marked for deletion in versioned S3 storage.

Changes compared to 23.2.0

Breaking Changes​

This release makes some changes to how codesigning works in Comet Server, which includes bundling a PKCS#11 engine.

• If you are using a hardware dongle for Authenticode EV codesigning, you may require an updated codesigning configuration.
• Performing Windows codesigning from an ARM64 Linux version of Comet Server now requires glibc.

New Features​

• Add support for Azure Key Vault as an option for Windows Authenticode codesigning.

Leda is the latest entry in our quarterly rollup series. It branches off from our main rolling Voyager development into a fixed target for our partners to qualify and build upon.

Like Comet's previous recent quarterly software releases, "Leda" is named after a moon of Jupiter. Jupiter has a great number of moons and more are continuing to be discovered. When Leda was discovered as recently as 1974, it was one of Jupiter's 13 known moons. Today, Jupiter has 92 known moons, with the most recent discovered just this month (February 2023)!

The moon is named after the ancient Greek mythological figure from the "Leda and the Swan" story. She was the mother of Helen of Troy, a key figure in the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Coincidentally, there is also an asteroid named 38 Leda in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Comet used several codenames from this asteroid belt, but non-exhaustively, and we moved on to the Jupiter codename before reaching the 38 Leda asteroid codename.

As for the software, Comet 23.2.0 "Leda" brings 7 features and 12 enhancements, including granular single file restore for Hyper-V; bulk admin email reports; a Recent Activity email report type; quotas for Office 365 Protected Accounts; new Polish language support; remote browse for database Protected Item types; and more.

As always for a new quarterly release, there are two changelogs for 23.2.0 "Leda" depending on whether you are coming from the previous quarterly release or the previous Voyager release:

Changes compared to 22.11.3

New Features​

• Add support to browse and restore files/folders in Hyper-V snapshot
• Add admin-level email reporting options, allowing administrators to receive reports on the jobs of their users
• Add two new email report templates: Recent Activity Report and Group Status Report

• Allow setting quotas for Office 365 Protected Accounts

• Add new Polski (Polish) translation for Comet Server and for the Comet Backup desktop client
• Allow deletion of custom snapshot selection from the client
• Add new API to count total number of jobs for a given search query