Several enhancements were made in v3.3 related to client-side branding. Now you can:
Specify a folder and program group name where Syncrify client will get installed on the machine.
Ability to automatically rebuild a custom client when server is upgraded to a new version
Decide if you want to provide Syncrify client (service-based), Integrated client, or both to your end-users.
Remembers the values you specified previously saving you some time
Symbolic links and Junction Points
Starting v3.3, Syncrify can intelligently detect junction points on Windows and symbolic links on Linux/Unix/Mac and skips them during backup. These files can create an infinite loop when creating a folder tree structure.
Forcefully terminating a backup job
Log in admin to Syncrify server web interface
Click the binocular icon for the desired job
Click the link to Terminate a job
This page lists all public releases of Syncrify. It does not list every
nightly build and therefore, you will see gaps in the build numbers.
Version 5.4
Build 1117: May 17, 2022
Completely redesigned web-based interface for Syncrify Client. Details...
Two Factor Authentication for the web interface. Details...
Ability to display disk usage graphs for users and profiles.
Security Fix - Files affecting CVE-2019-17571
and CVE-2021-4104 are removed from Syncrify. Although these files were
present in the older builds, they were not used. Out of an abundance of caution, this build completely
removes them.
Improved branding - Icons can be customized when branding Syncrify Client
Ability to block user ID, besides IP addresses, when incorrect passwords are specified.
Ability to notify user via email when a new account is created.
Ability to pause a backup job from telnet interface
Ability to specify syncWaitTime in ClientConfig.xml allowing Syncrify to wait copying recently modified files
Bug Fix - Bandwidth throttling is not calculated correctly.
Bug Fix - Errors are not displayed when sending email reports in HTML and summarized report is enabled.
Version 5.2
Build 1074: July 21, 2021
Several new enhancements have been done for the Disaster Recovery feature, including:
Ability to see if DR-Slave is running
Ability to manually start a DR-Job from the Master's web interface
Ability to perform file-diff report between DR Master and Slave.
Additional logging for DR
Ability for administrators and users to download list of files that were modified during a synchronization job
Restarting Syncrify Server is enhanced.
Low disk alerts are generated when Syncrify Client runs low on disk in the TEMP folder
Syncrify Client is updated to display Synchronize instead of Backup when direction is set to Server-To-Client or Two-way sync.
Command line interface has been enhanced, allowing it to communicate with the background service.
Ability to upgrade to a new version from Syncrify Server's web interface
Bug Fix: A NullPointer error is logged when Syncrify Client is unable to reach the server.
Bug Fix: Checkboxes for database name are not selected for SQL Server Plugin when trying to edit settings
Version 5.1
Build 1058: March 29, 2021
Bug Fix: Blank preferred URL is not accepted
Bug Fix: Trying to submit logs from a Syncrify Client ends up displaying a blank screen
Build 1057: March 23, 2021
Enhanced Backup Reports in HTML format with graphs. Details...
Performance enhancements when calculating MD5 signatures.
Several enhancements are made to the web interface to give a better user experience
User's email addresses are displayed in the registration screen.
The Remote Client screen display build numbers
Enhanced logging during backup on Syncrify Client, which now includes a Job #
UPnP has been deprecated for
security reasons. An email is sent to the administrator if UPnP is enabled during startup. This feature will be completely
removed in future releases.
Ability to allow maximum sessions to avoid server overloading.
Bug Fix: The Label for Backup button does not get set correctly when direction is Server-to-Client in Syncrify Client GUI.
Version 5.0
Build 1040: October 19, 2020
Bug Fix: File-Diff report generates incorrect results when global selection filters are blank
Ability to reset RWP from the server's end. Details...
FriendlyIP.txt can be added to specify IP addresses that are immune from getting blacklisted.
Details...
Ability to view and remove blacklisted IP addresses from the web interface. Go to Configuration,
select the Security tab and click View Blocked IPs
Ability to ignore previously deleted files when restoring from Syncrify Client GUI
Logs are updated to reflect the direction of the backup
Version 4.9
Build 1027: June 03, 2020
Bug Fix: File corruption in RetentionDB for Remote Copy causes backups to hang
Build 1026: May 12, 2020
Ability to search files using the web interface. Details...
Wasabi has been added as a cloud provider
Improved reporting for Cloud snapshots
Several security updates. Thanks to Vladimir TOUTAIN of Certilience for letting us know about it.
Bug Fix: Several problems related to XSS attacks were fixed, which were described in CVE-2016-10735, CVE-2018-14040, CVE-2018-14042, CVE-2018-14041, CVE-2019-8331, CVE-2018-20677, CVE-2018-20676.
Bug Fix: Pings from Syncrify Client to Server fails if the host name contains a non-English character
Bug Fix: Log files are not attached when a request is sent from the web interface.
Version 4.8
Build 1019: January 24, 2020
Syncrify Client runs into an error when using JRE 1.7. This build bypasses the feature used in Syncrify that requires 1.8 and therefore, backups will work even with JRE 1.7.
Build 1018: January 20, 2020
Ability to detect file renames and copy. Details...
Enhanced itools command for console based Syncrify Client.
Bug Fix: Unable to connect to AWS for cloud snapshots
Bug Fix: Unable to specify ProjectID when connecting to Google Storage
Bug Fix: Unable to specify a selection filter to exclude files starting with a DOT
Version 4.7
Build 1010: May 20, 2019
Integration with Let's Encrypt, allowing users to create free SSL certificates. Details...
Server-side synchronization has been added. Details...
Ability for administrator's to login as regular users
Command line interface has been enhanced. It now accepts flags to change synchronization direction.
Selection filter(s) can be specified via command line
Version 4.6
Build 998: January 07, 2019
Shared Projects - Ability to synchronize project files with multiple users.
Details...
New graph showing concurrent and new jobs
Updated graph for memory usage showing history
Version 4.5
Build 977: October 05, 2018
Bug Fix: Syncrify Client uses WebSmtp if the server URL specified in the profile is incorrect or server can't be reached.
Bug Fix: Configuration is not saved when email subject settings are modified from the web interface.
Build 975: October 02, 2018
Ability to send emails through WebSmtp, which is used if primary SMTP server fails to accept email. Click here for details.
Ability to backup just one file when using command line interface
Command line interface has been uploaded to run in interactive mode. Click here for details.
Bug Fix: Selection filter to exclude files starting with ~ does not work
Bug Fix: Inactivity report incorrectly display users who only use SyncriBox but not Syncrify Client.
Version 4.4
Build 966: May 07, 2018
Bug Fix: Permissions are not setup correctly on the bait file for RWP
Bug Fix: A false alarm is generated in RWP when a new folder is added to an existing profile
Build 963: April 18, 2018
Ability to take cloud snapshots. Supported targets are Amazon S3, Google Storage and Microsoft Azure. Click here for details.
Ransomware Prevention. IMPORTANTRead this page before upgrading to this version.
Server-side restore accepts selection filter
Bug Fix: Server-side restore occasionally restores incorrect file when versioning is used and user wants to restore a previous version.
Bug Fix: Selection filter for with escape characters don't work. For example, $RECYCLE.BIN\ gets ignored.
Bug Fix: Files containing brackets characters are not versioned correctly.
Version 4.3
Build 951: January 05, 2018
Client Branding is improved to prevent network timeout problems. It has been converted to make asynchronous calls
Ability to remove top-level folders from server when they are removed from profile on client's machine. This feature was missing in the new GUI. The functionality now matches with how it used to be in the older client GUI.
Ability to send out-bound email on behalf of admin. Click here for details.
Syncrify Client Service now works on Linux
Bug Fix: Minor problems with CSS has been fixed that was causing issues on the web interface.
Build 949: October 11, 2017
Bug Fix: Server side branding occasionally results in a blank screen when trying to save
Bug Fix: The graph for disk usage does not display correct values
Bug Fix: Web interface is not formatted correctly when viewed on Internet Explorer
Build 948: October 10, 2017
Syncrify Server's web interface gets a new facelift. IMPORTANTClick here if you have branded Syncrify.
Bug Fix: Selection filter for folders filters partial names
Bug Fix: File deletions in SyncriBox are not detected right away
Version 4.2
Build 943: July 13, 2017
Several HTTP headers have been added that follow industry best practices. They are:
Enhanced Reports - Daily report now includes missing backup jobs
Enhanced error reporting when a backup fails
Ability to dump thread information to a file, which help in troubleshooting problems.
Version 3.9
Build 893 - June 10, 2016
SyncriBox profile gets automatically updated when encryption is used.
Bug Fix: Prevents Syncrify from running backup for same profile and user even if more
than one client connects from the same IP address
Bug Fix: Occasionally, you could see files with extension .encrypted or .decrypted
Build 889 - May 12, 2016
Delete retention is improved. Prior to this improvement, Syncrify Server would occasionally spend CPU cycles cleaning up files marked for delete retention.
Access log for SyncriBox is separated from other backups. This improve reports for normal backups
When downloading multiple files from the web interface ignores files with _synver extensions.
Synchronize Timezone option is removed from Syncrify Client. This option is no longer required.
Bug fix: Excluding files with similar names does not work in Syncrify Client GUI.
Build 885 - February 20, 2016
Bug fix: SyncriBox client does not honor the installation folder name when branding is used.
Bug fix: French version of Syncrify Client generates incorrect email report
Bug fix: Occasionally, Syncrify server generates incorrect email alerts related to space left on the disk.
Build 861 - September 29, 2015
Master password - Ability to specify a master password when branding Syncrify Client, preventing
users from opening Syncrify Client without a password. This is useful if administrators do not want their
users to modify configuration on the client's end. (v3.8)
Preferred URL - Ability to specify a preferred URL. When specified, clients will use that URL to backup. This is useful
when you switch from HTTP to HTTPS and want clients to connect to the new URL.
Version 3.7
Build 856 - March 19, 2015
VSS is automatically disabled when using BareMetal Plugin
Security Fix: CSRF attacks are prevented. More info...
Bug Fix: On some Linux servers, files larger than 2.4 GB are not renamed if the TEMP folder and the Repository folder are on different volumes
Build 850 - February 18, 2015
Security Fix: A vulnerability related to XSS (Cross-site scripting) attacks if fixed.
Bug Fix: Emails are sent continuously when a user runs out of his/her allocated backup quota
Enhanced Pre/Post plugins that display live status
Bug fix: The last backup time gets updated even if backup fails completely
Bug fix: Pre/Post plugin is not invoked when backup direction is Server-to-client.
Version 3.6
Build 834 - October 22, 2014
Build 833 disabled SSLv3, which resulted in SSL Handshake errors in some older clients.
Most of the affected clients are either running on Windows XP or older versions of Linux. This build adds
support for SSLv2Hello, which is used by some older clients during SSL communication. Note that SSLv3 is still disabled. Click here if you need to enable SSLv3 for any reason.
Build 833 - October 21, 2014
Security fix: Disables SSLv3, which mitigates POODLE attacks. This is only applicable if you are using HTTPS
Bug fix: Syncrify client ignores a folder during backup when all of the following conditions are met:
A root drive is being backed up
VSS is used, AND
A selection filter is specified
Enhancement: Report by Date and Remote Clients screen use user's full name when login is not a valid email address.
Clients are forced to use a single thread when server is under heavy load, improving the over all
scalability of the server.
Build 828 - September 09, 2014
Syncrify Client can report permission problems through its GUI. More Info
Disk test is added in Syncrify server to check if the I/O to the disk is fast enough. More Info
Fix: Email address can now contain a + sign
When login ID is not an email, full name is displayed in the User Management screen.
Build 823 - July 18, 2014
Security Fix: A security vulnerability is discovered allowing existing users in Syncrify to access and modify
unauthorized files on server. We sincerely thank Michael Molho of Certilience for letting us know about
this and working with us to solve the issue.
Syncrify Client is now available for Simplified Chinese - China
Syncrify Client is now available for Traditional Chinese - Taiwan
Build 814 - July 02, 2014
Bug fix: Incorrect alerts are generated when two consecutive dots are found in a file name
Build 813 - June 26, 2014
Bug fix: Emails containing backup reports are not being sent in certain cases
Build 812 - June. 19, 2014
Syncrify client is now available in Norwegian
Italian version of Syncrify client has been updated
Ability to specify an email for reports when login ID is not an email address. Click here to see the priority rules for email recipients.
Bug fix: In certain cases a tricky path sent from a client is not caught
Build 809 - May. 06, 2014
Profile is not locked when running backup on one particular folder
Ability to increase timeout for directory listing. This is useful when you have thousands of small files in a folder
Bug fix: Error is not reported when server takes a long time to examine a folder and the client times out
Temporary files are created in the %TEMP% folder rather than the original location of the source file.
Version 2.2
Build 432- Oct. 22, 2010
Bug fix - Two-way sync is unable to pull profile on when restoring.
Enhanced status messages are displayed in Syncrify client when running a backup with many files.
Build 429- Oct. 15, 2010
Two-way sync added.
Version 2.1
Build 422- Sept. 28, 2010
Bug fix: Syncrify client is unable to copy files when a Mac OS machine saves files to a Windows NTFS partition and that file name contains a trailing space character.
Build 420- Sept. 17, 2010
Color coded file names in Syncrify client
Bug fix: Several security related bugs were fixed.
Version 2.0
Build 415- Sept. 10, 2010
Ability to change data folder in SyncrifyClient
Build 413- August 31, 2010
Versioning
Disk quotas
Additional reporting
Initialize seeding
Version 1.4
Build 393 - August 02, 2010
Invalid file names are handled correctly
Build 379 - July 14, 2010
File encryption is now supported
Selection filter for files and folder is added
Version 1.3
Build 375 - June 29, 2010
Server sends appropriate error messages if it runs out of disk space
Build 372- June 28, 2010
Bug Fix: The Abort button does not abort a backup job.
Build 369- June 12, 2010
Syncrify use an embedded RDBMS to speed up processing on the server
Several data structures are removed from in-memory objects to temporary files on both client and server to save memory usage.
Build 352- May 30, 2010
Bug Fix: File names with foreign characters are getting corrupted.