We’re excited to promote JetBackup v5.4.1 to the Release Candidate Tier! This release includes security dependency updates, improved restore reliability, enhanced destination performance testing, expanded dashboard filtering, and several GUI, API, and core workflow improvements.

This update also includes additional restore and backup handling improvements for deduplicated backups, Clone Jobs, Bare Metal Restore backups, read-only destinations, and account ownership handling. Please note that “Base” features and fixes apply to all JetBackup versions.

Bug Fixes

JetBackup – v5.4.1 (Base):

  • Updated the required jetmongod versions to 8.0.26.0 and 4.4.31.0 – #2564
  • Updated jetrsync to 3.4.4 as part of security dependency maintenance – #2530
  • Improved internal security handling across core JetBackup workflows as part of security hardening. – #2492
  • Resolved an issue where files and folders could not be selected for restore from deduplicated backups from the user end – #2528
  • Added the security temporary directory to the automated cleanup task – #2515
  • Updated the required jetmongod version from 8.0.21.0 to 8.0.23.0 – #2514
  • Updated the AVX Flag Error message during installation – #2507
  • Removed Error Reporting from General Settings – #2478
  • Enhanced the destination performance test – #2438
  • Resolved an issue where TaskTempDataCleanup could remove CLI restore files and directories before a restore completed during Clone Jobs – #2418
  • Fixed an issue where Snapshot Cleanup tasks aborted due to a Verification ID mismatch could remain running – #2368
  • Improved socket cleanup after backup – #2344
  • Added a Skip button for the Feature Showcase – #2334
  • Resolved an issue causing errors when viewing the log summary after retrying failed items – #2262
  • Added a Recommended Excludes button to Clone Jobs – #2259
  • Resolved an issue where symlink loops and unreadable directories could cause “Item Never Finished” errors during a Bare Metal Restore backup – #2252
  • Improved CLI help text for addQueueItems – #2251
  • Added a check to notify if the server is running on cgroupv2 in Performance Settings – #2228
  • Prevented adding / to the Account Backup Job Exclude List – #2212
  • Resolved an issue where a new owner could not be assigned to an account if the owner from the backup was missing on the server – #2203
  • Fixed an issue where the “System is under rescue mode” banner could be displayed when the system was not in rescue mode – #2192
  • Fixed an issue when editing the “Default Email Notification” – #2176
  • Fixed text wrapping for long Restore Conditions – #2162
  • Resolved an issue restoring Backup on Demand from another server using a Read-Only destination – #2134
  • Added the ability to filter Alerts on the Dashboard – #2084
  • Resolved an issue where the DeleteLog API call always returned success – #2073
  • Allowed the display of more than 50 Account Packages – #2068
  • Added the ability to specify a Backup Job ID when running an Integrity Check through the API – #1998
  • Renamed Disaster Recovery to JetRecovery – #1974
  • Resolved an issue where the jetbackup5 --import command did not remove existing snapshots in the JetBackup database – #1883
  • Included additional system directories for Default Excludes – #1882
  • Added the ability to configure the System Integrity Check time – #1649
  • Added the ability to prioritize On-Demand backups while jobs are running – #1347

JetBackup – v5.4.1 (Linux):

  • Added authentication throttling and lockout alerts – #80
  • Added login security hardening – #78
  • Resolved an issue restoring PostgreSQL user privileges – #73

JetBackup – v5.4.0 (Plesk):

  • Improved account cross-panel restoration process for users without a contact email – #220
  • Resolved incorrect ownership for files in .cl.selector directory after restore from legacy destinations – #216
  • Resolved a bandwidth type mismatch that could return a float instead of an int. #217
  • Improved handling for cases where no email accounts were found, preventing the condition from being misclassified as an error. #219

JetBackup – v5.4.0 (Plesk):

  • Resolved an issue backing up PostgreSQL databases and database users – #73

Known Issues

The resolution of these issues is currently in progress!

  • Implement Email Forwarder backups – JB5-Base #2066
  • Symlinks not selected with select all in File Browser – JB5-Base #2283
  • Add Custom Scheduling for Integrity Check – JB5-Base #1997
For more information on closed issues, please visit JetBackup Change Log.
For more information on new features, please visit JetBackup 5 Documentation.
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