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

Changes compared to 22.12.7

Enhancements​

• Added a toggle for Gradient integrations to enable/disable sending alerts
• Added a legend to the Recent Activity email report
• Update Spanish translations

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with unsolicited responses preventing a backup job to start
• Fix an issue with the report preview for Grouped Status reports
• Fix an issue where an incomplete email report configuration can break admin web UI
• Fix an issue with admin email reports listing users excluded by configuration filters

Changes compared to 22.12.6

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with large files using Windows LZNT1 compression when restoring single files from a Disk Image or Hyper-V backup
• Fix an issue with restoring single files from a Disk Image or Hyper-V backup if the NTFS MFT is highly fragmented
• Fix an issue with Comet Backup crashing when using the "Prefer temporary files instead of RAM" in some low-memory scenarios
• Fix an issue with individual file restore from Hyper-V backup if protected item has more than one VM
• Fix for an issue with Gradient integration where alerts were being sent for jobs still in the running state. Alerts will now only be sent after the job is finished and only if the job was unsuccessful.
• Fix a cosmetic issue with option text in the Restore dialog when alternating between Hyper-V and Disk Image restore types
• Fix a cosmetic issue with a warning message in update jobs containing "%s"

Changes compared to 22.12.5

New Features​

• Adding support to browse and restore files/folders in Hyper-V snapshot

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with delayed password hashing when resetting a user's password in the Comet Server API
• Fix an issue with the Office 365 French translation
• Fix a cosmetic issue with sort ordering of mandatory file and folder exclusions inside a Policy in the Comet Server web interface
• Fix a cosmetic issue with the Polish translation

Changes compared to 22.11.2

This is a non-essential update that fixes some minor issues only. None of the content is related to the security issue in the previous 22.11.2 release.

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with the COMET_FORCE_VSS_PROVIDER environment variable not taking effect in subprocesses
• Fix an issue with token-based silent installation on Windows failing to auto-login the client
• Fix an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app failing to run on Linux due to being unable to find the backup-tool binary

Changes compared to 22.11.1

SECURITY NOTICE: This version of Comet Server fixes an important security issue related to administrator accounts. If you share your Comet Server with tenant administrators or limited-permission administrator accounts, we strongly recommend upgrading at the earliest possibility.

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with the Comet Backup for Windows installer if Authenticode signing is not enabled
• Fix an issue with 'Next' runtime showing incorrect estimate for Weekly schedules
• Fix an issue with not updating the statistics chart on the Comet Server homepage screen
• Fix an issue with Comet failing to rename files when using an SFTP Storage Vault that connects to an SFTP server running on Windows
• Fix an issue with MacOS Arm64 clients signed with "Sign-only" level not able to get Full Disk Permission
• Fix an issue with downloading MacOS unsigned clients
• Fix an issue with listing SharePoint sites
• Fix an issue with the StorageRole configuration becoming malformed
• Fix a security issue in Comet Server where a malicious tenant administrator could gain arbitrary code execution

Changes compared to 22.12.4

SECURITY NOTICE: This version of Comet Server fixes an important security issue related to administrator accounts. If you share your Comet Server with tenant administrators or limited-permission administrator accounts, we strongly recommend upgrading at the earliest possibility.

New Features​

• Adding two new email report templates: Recent Activity Report and Group Status Report

Enhancements​

• Add guidelines for time boundaries when configuring an email report in the Comet Server web interface
• Added validation to the Protected Item dialog in the Comet Backup desktop app, to stop empty Protected Items from being created
• If there is no Protected Item when opening the Comet Backup desktop app, automatically open up the new Protected Item dialog

Changes compared to 22.12.3

New Features​

• Allow deletion of custom snapshot selection from the client.