Pika Backup Changelog

What's new in Pika Backup 0.7.2

Apr 13, 2024
  • This release fixes a crash in the view for scheduled backups. For the feature of automatically executed shell commands, the environment variables of the interface process are now passed through to the shell command.

New in Pika Backup 0.7.1 (Mar 13, 2024)

  • This release fixes an issue with displaying the selected scheduled times correctly, and correctly lowers the CPU priority of backup processes again.

New in Pika Backup 0.7.0 (Mar 6, 2024)

  • A new preferences window to rename backup configurations and allow scheduled backups with the system running on battery.
  • The ability to automatically run scripts before and after creating a backup.
  • A new feature to check the backup repositories’ integrity.
  • Reworked and clearer setup dialog.
  • Update to the new style guidelines in GNOME 45.

New in Pika Backup 0.6.2 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • This release fixes an issue with automatic reconnects to the backup server not working after the connection is lost.

New in Pika Backup 0.6.1 (Apr 23, 2023)

  • Fix archives can not be mounted on some systems
  • Fix removable drives can not be added to a backup

New in Pika Backup 0.6.0 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • Add status information to the list of background apps.
  • Automatically reconnect and retry backups in more situations than before.
  • Fix issues with not freeing up space when deleting older archives.
  • Correctly handle some rare situations like moved backup repositories.
  • Document that restoring from backup via Files does not preserve access rights.
  • Some more small interface improvements and bug fixes.

New in Pika Backup 0.5.2 (Feb 23, 2023)

  • Fix a bug with starting the backup monitor for the first time.

New in Pika Backup 0.5.1 (Feb 21, 2023)

  • Work around a bug in (btrfs) file systems that caused a panic during backup size estimates.

New in Pika Backup 0.4.2 (Jul 17, 2022)

  • Fixes again a problem with some systems not starting scheduled backups.
  • Fixes a problem with some systems not supporting tools required for browsing archive files.

New in Pika Backup 0.4.1 (Jun 27, 2022)

  • Fixes a problem with some systems not starting scheduled backups.
  • Fixes a problem with including folders that are not always present makes the backup fail.
  • Make numbers in the status output not wiggle wiggle.

New in Pika Backup 0.4.0 (May 23, 2022)

  • Ability to schedule regular backups.
  • Support for deleting old archives.
  • Revamped graphical interface including new app icon.
  • Better compression for backups.
  • Several bugs fixed.