Changes compared to 18.12.0 and 18.11.3

New Features​

• New "Recent Activity" page in the Comet Server web interface
• New "Account Name" field for users
• Policy option to set default retention policy
• Policy options to enforce retention policies in Storage Vaults, and to prevent overriding retention policies in Protected Items

Changes compared to 18.11.1

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with Comet's service manager process hanging on CPUs with 64 logical cores or more
• Fix an issue with not retrying when the remote server closes an idle connection stream, causing HTTP 408 errors
• Fix a cosmetic issue with enter-key behaviour when changing administrator password or adding user email addresses in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 18.11.2

• Change Event IDs used by Comet's service manager process

New Features​

• Portuguese (Europe) translation
• Add Last Job column to the Protected Items table in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 18.11.0

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with the Comet Backup app not respecting the "Automatically unlock" setting after a device reboot
• Fix an issue with Comet Backup crashing when closing the Storage Vault editor dialog on 64-bit Windows 7 and later
• Fix an issue with not automatically unlocking Storage Vaults on S3-compatible Storage Vaults in some situations
• Fix an issue with not automatically unlocking Storage Vaults at the start of backup operations in some situations
• Fix a cosmetic issue with still displaying the previous software codename

Changes compared to 18.9.9

New Features​

• Optional columns for current Protected Item and Storage Vault size on the Users page in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 18.8.6 previously appearing in 18.9.8

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with calculating timezones in Brazil and elsewhere, by updating timezone library from 2018e to 2018g
• Fix an issue with installing Comet Backup packages on macOS 10.14 Mojave
• Fix an issue with wrong directory permissions in the Linux (generic) installer for Comet Server

Changes compared to 18.9.8

New Features​

• Allow administrators to change their own security settings, passwords, and U2F registrations on the My Account page in the Comet Server web interface
• Support configuring default email reports via Policy
• Diagnostic option to separate devices that were incorrectly identified as the same on Windows

Changes compared to 18.9.7

Bug Fixes​

• Fix an issue with Policy groups created via API containing null arrays
• Fix an issue with Constellation not canonicalizing default http/https ports in URLs
• Fix an issue with calculating timezones in Brazil and elsewhere, by updating timezone library from 2018e to 2018g
• Fix an issue with installing Comet Backup packages on macOS 10.14 Mojave
• Fix an issue with wrong directory permissions in the Linux (generic) installer for Comet Server
• Fix a cosmetic issue with non-smooth upload/download progress information for FTP Storage Vaults
• Fix a cosmetic issue with disabling "default settings" policies when a policy group is enforced in the Comet Server web interface

Changes compared to 18.8.5 previously appearing in 18.9.6

Enhancements​

• Support SQLNCLI11 provider to connect to Microsoft SQL Server instances

Changes compared to 18.9.6

New Features​

• Policy option to prevent users enabling/disabling the "Allow administrator to reset password" option