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v1.14.1 Feature

This release adds 4 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 15d Backup & Recovery

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Summary

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Updates Highlights from 1.14.0, Bug Fixes, and https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.19.1 across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature
Feature	Low	Adds Korean and Polish translations. Adds Korean and Polish translations. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Reflects backup status in the tray icon. Reflects backup status in the tray icon. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Redesigns the summary dashboard with a reassurance-first approach. Redesigns the summary dashboard with a reassurance-first approach. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Provides experimental Linux tray icon support via `./install.sh --experimental-linux-tray`. Provides experimental Linux tray icon support via `./install.sh --experimental-linux-tray`. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Introduces a new macOS app built with tray icon enabled by default. Introduces a new macOS app built with tray icon enabled by default. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Low	Enables tray icons by default in the Windows installer. Enables tray icons by default in the Windows installer. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Dependency	Low	Upgrades restic to version 0.19.1. Upgrades restic to version 0.19.1. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix
Bugfix	Medium	Fixes silent skipping of per-plan retention when repo forget policy schedule is disabled. Fixes silent skipping of per-plan retention when repo forget policy schedule is disabled. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixes scheduled forget being silently skipped and hidden from operation log. Fixes scheduled forget being silently skipped and hidden from operation log. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	Fixes file download failures when repository ID changes. Fixes file download failures when repository ID changes. Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-12 Confidence: high	—

Full changelog

1.14.1 (2026-07-12)

Patch release fixing retention/forget operations being silently skipped and snapshot file downloads failing after a repo ID change. Included highlights from 1.14.0 are redesigned summary dashboard, backup status in the tray icon, restic v0.19.1, and added Korean + Polish translations.

Note: you can install backrest with ./install.sh --experimental-linux-tray for experimental support for an icon in the linux menu bar. Tray icons are available by default with the Windows installer, and a new macOS app is available which is built with the tray icon enabled as well.

Bug Fixes

downloading files from a snapshot can fail if repoID has changed (cbca7a7)
per-plan retention silently skipped when repo forget policy schedule is disabled (2f46c61)
scheduled forget silently skipped and hidden from operation log (18303db)

Highlights from 1.14.0

reassurance-first redesign of the summary dashboard (#1258) (9b1760a)
reflect backup status in the tray icon (#1255) (63ab468)
add translations for Korean and Polish (f158f4a)
restic upgraded to v0.19.1
multihost sync fixes: real h2 over https, large batch streaming errors, etc.

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