Backrest 1.12.0 ڈاؤن لوڈ

1.12.0 (2026-02-22)
Happy to announce 1.12.0 -- in particular I'd like to highlight simplified SFTP management. Backrest can now instantiate SSH keypairs for you (stored alongside your config.json) and can automate the process of installing them on your remote server and configuring your known_hosts.
As usual, this release also comes with quality of life improvements and bug fixes including new translations, restoring some tool tips that were lost in the move to Chakra UI, and stricter cronexpr validations.
Features
- add a --from-source option to install.sh to build backrest locally (b1d5403)
- add Dry Run Backup action (#1098) (4063d8f)
- add japanese (#1114) (92b8254)
- SFTP configuration UI (enabled for sftp: URIs) with support for SSH key bootstrapping (#961) (3250ff4)
Bug Fixes
- enable systemd unit, change rc service (#1113) (ec4764c)
- spanish translations improved with context and standardized (#1117) (844ed1d)
- stricter cronexpr validation (45d980b)
- tooltips and section headers for check and prune policies (9130539)
- use cmd.SysProcAttr.HideWindow to spawn background processes on Windows (#1101) (7638b5f)