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Duplicati

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Backup client storing encrypted backups on cloud storage

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Duplicati's canary brings back one-click updates and restores disk backups to VHD files.

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◆Current state
Duplicati 2.4.1 stable added delta backups for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace and scheduled restore tests. The 2.4.1.101 canary brings back the automatic updater, now a helper that verifies and installs the signed package for each OS, lets a full disk backup be restored into a raw, VHD or VHDX image, and adds an on/off switch per backup. It also fixes a scheduler that silently used UTC and a case where a vanished USB or network destination was recreated empty.
◆Where it's heading
The canaries alternate between new restore paths and closing cases where Duplicati looked fine but wasn't, such as silent failures, wrong time zones and missing destinations. The updater makes it easier to keep desktop and server installs on the fixed versions.
◆Prediction
Expect updater fixes in the next canaries, given that this is its first version, and the disk-image and scheduler work to move into the next stable.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6d ago

    Duplicati canary restores the auto-updater and VHD disk restores

    The auto-updater returns, full disk backups can be restored into VHD, VHDX or raw images, backups can be paused without losing their schedule, and the scheduler now uses local time by default. It continues the canary run of fixing quiet failures.

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  2. 6d ago

    Duplicati 2.4.1.101 canary binaries published

    The version-bump entry for 2.4.1.101 only links the canary binaries and signatures.

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  3. 13d ago

    Duplicati canary closes silent-failure paths in backup and restore

    This canary targets cases where Duplicati reported success on bad data: a stalled read on SMB, an unlistable source folder that could let retention remove good versions, and a dry run that later deleted files. Remote reads now resume after a dropped connection, and restores of partly unreadable data keep going and exit with code 3. It is the integrity counterpart to the restore tests in 2.4.1 stable.

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  4. 13d ago

    Duplicati 2.4.1.100 canary binaries published

    The version-bump entry for 2.4.1.100 only links the canary binaries and signatures.

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  5. 15d ago

    Duplicati 2.4.1 stable: SaaS delta backups and restore tests

    This stable release adds delta backups for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace and restore tests that can run after backups. It turns the canary line's recovery work into the default for most users, at the cost of a database upgrade that needs a tool to reverse.

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  6. 15d ago

    Duplicati 2.4.1.0 stable binaries published

    The version-bump entry for 2.4.1.0 only links the stable binaries and signatures.

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