Changes compared to 25.5.5

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue causing Comet Core to deadlock when a live connection fails to process messages while remaining connected

Changes compared to 25.6.8

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with Comet Backup desktop app failing to complete retention when using Google Cloud Storage
• Fixed an issue with a Comet Management Console preventing a new device from being registered using lobby mode
• Fixed a cosmetic issue with the Comet Management Consoles lobby mode login dialog not automatically asking for password when device is already registered to a user

Changes compared to 25.6.7

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed a potential deadlock in the cometd UserDatabase when modifying a user profile

Changes compared to 25.6.6

New Features​

RPM installer for Comet Backup desktop app​

In Comet 25.6.7, it is now even easier to install Comet Backup on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distributions using the new RPM installer.

Comet Backup's RPM installer is ideal for Linux users who want better manageability, consistency, and compliance in their backup deployments.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with uninstalling the Comet Backup deb client package from apt could leave services running
• Fixed an issue with remotely uninstalling the Comet Backup deb client from the Comet Management Console not unregistering the package with apt
• Fixed an issue causing a "Failed to browse local disks" error when Comet fails to load metadata about a disk
• Fixed an issue causing Comet Core to deadlock when a live connection fails to process messages while remaining connected

Changes compared to 25.6.5

Enhancements​

Improved Storage Vault Name On Creation​

During device registration or when a new Storage Vault is created via the Comet Backup desktop app, the name of the device is now included in the Storage Vault name. This is an big quality of life improvement as it is now much easier to track what Storage Vault belongs to what device, especially if one Storage Vault is being used per device.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with single tenant exports from the Comet Management Console missing user group metadata
• Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app not showing or applying default schedules when creating a new Protected Item

Changes compared to 25.5.4

Enhancements​

• Improved virtual vault selection behaviour for policy schedules by always giving precedence to vaults associated with a device

Comet Account Portal Navigation​

Comet-Hosted Management Console Only

Under the Systems section of the left-hand navigation of a Comet-Hosted Management Console, a new Comet Account Portal button can be found.

This button allows Comet-Hosted partners to quickly jump back to the Comet Account Portal for easy access to Licensing, Billing and Support.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue registering a new device, causing the automatic Storage Vault option to be blocked by the 'Prevent creating new Storage Vaults via Storage template' policy option
• Fixed an issue preventing automatically provisioned Storage Vaults being used for "Latest Vault" schedules in policy Protected Items for newly registered devices
• Fixed a cosmetic issue with appearance of External Authentication settings in Tenants' Integrations settings
• Fixed an issue with Microsoft 365 Drive items where a single byte size difference was reported erroneously

Changes compared to 25.6.4

Enhancements​

• Improved virtual vault selection behaviour for policy schedules by always giving precedence to vaults associated with a device

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue where when registering a new device, the automatic Storage Vault option could be blocked by the 'Prevent creating new Storage Vaults via Storage template' policy option
• Fixed an issue with the Disk Image protected item failing to identify disks in some rare cases
• Fixed a cosmetic issue with appearance of External Authentication settings in Tenants' Integrations settings

Changes compared to 25.5.3

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with missing Object Lock periods for some metadata files inside the Storage Vault location
• Fixed an issue with listing hosts during direct VMware restore when it is part of a cluster
• Fixed an issue with direct VMware restore web dialog crashing if an error during listing occurs
• Fixed an issue with AWS S3 causing BucketExists failure when a bucket is created using the AWS S3 storage template
• Fixed an issue with "duplicate UUID" error messages when taking a Linux Disk Image backup of an XFS volume
• Fixed an issue with Microsoft 365 backups that caused an error when trying to determine the default drive

Changes compared to 25.6.3

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with Microsoft 365 backups that caused an error when trying to determine the default drive
• Fixed an issue with slow cancellation when creating an SSH tunnel for the MongoDB Protected Item
• Fixed an issue with incorrect directory permissions created over WebDAV
• Fixed an issue with missing hour and minute details from custom schedules when using the Ahsay v6 Importer feature
• Fixed an issue with error reporting if a Storage Template name contained special formatting characters
• Fixed an issue with Comet Core crashing when trying to register a new device beyond the user account's quota limit
• Fixed an issue with not marking jobs as Abandoned in some cases
• Fixed an issue with unresponsive Ctrl+C signal handling for backup-tool processes on Linux
• Fixed an issue with browsing attached disks when a Cluster Shared Volumes is present on non-S2D nodes
• Fixed a bug with Microsoft 365 Drive items where a single byte size difference was reported erroneously
• Fixed a cosmetic issue with missing branding icon on the USB Recovery Media

Changes compared to 25.5.2

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed a bug with Microsoft 365 accounts where backups were failing due to issues getting the default drive from Microsoft