November 2020 (Version 1.16.0, build 20201109.5)

Welcome to Storage Explorer version 1.16.0. This release includes support for blob index tags and improvements to Storage Explorer's proxy settings. Also now available is the Azure Data Factory extension for Storage Explorer. For more details on all of these changes and more, continue reading below.

New

Blobs

• For non-ADLS Gen2 blob containers, the prefix search box has been moved to the new filter panel. So to search by prefix, you now need to click on the "Show Filter Panel" button, located next to the address bar, and then select "Prefix:".
• Storage Explorer now supports blob index tags (preview). In Storage Explorer, you can:
  • Set tags while uploading via the upload dialog.
  • Get and set tags for existing blobs. Right click on a blob and then click "Edit Tags...".
  • Query for blobs by tags. Click on the "Show Filter Panel" button, located next to the address bar, and then select "Tag Filters:".
• An activity is now added to the Activity Log when changing CORS rules for the blob service. #3245
• You can now set a rehydration priority when changing the access tier of a blob. #2870
• You can now add ADLS Gen2 blob containers to Quick Access. #2361
• Lease duration is now available in the blob properties dialog. #3515

File Shares

• A setting has been added to enable AzCopy to delete files and directories with read-only SMB property (Settings → Transfers → AzCopy → Force delete read-only files). AzCopy will require "write" permission when force deleting such files and directories. #587

Queues

• An activity is now added to the Activity Log when clearing a queue. #2507

Azure Data Factory

• The Azure Data Factory (ADF) team has created an extension for Storage Explorer. This extension allows you to leverage ADF's ability to perform high throughput, server-side transfers from Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, or Azure Data Lake Gen2 Storage to Azure Blob Storage or Azure Data Lake Gen2 Storage. You can learn more about this extension here, and you can download it here.

General

• Several improvements have been made to how Storage Explorer handles proxy settings.
  • You can now choose whether the source of Storage Explorer's proxy configuration comes from environment variables or in-app settings (Settings → Application → Proxy configuration). By default no proxy configuration is used.
  • If Storage Explorer detects proxy environment variables and environment variables are not selected as the current proxy configuration source, then an activity will be placed in the Activity Log. From that activity you can choose to enable environment variables as your proxy configuration source.
  • Requests sent to a local storage emulator now automatically bypass proxy settings. #3572
• Storage Explorer is now using AzCopy v10.7.0.
• In the Properties panel, any values which might be considered secret, such as account keys or SAS tokens, are now obscured by default. Obscured values can be revealed by clicking on the eye icon next to the obscured value. #3144
• The shortcut key for closing the current explorer/editor has been changed to Ctrl+W to more closely align with standard keyboard shortcuts. #2921
• When an error occurs in an explorer, the explorer will no longer close itself. #3225
• Colors and border styles have been updated in explorer data tables to make it more clear when a row is selected while the table not focused versus when a row is being hovered while the table is not focused. #2107

Fixes

Blobs

• When downloading multiple versions, Storage Explorer would always report 0 items downloaded. This has been fixed. #3433
• The value of a blob's "Access Tier Last Modified" would disappear after certain actions. This has been fixed. #3165 #3166
• Deleting blob virtual directories was broken when working against an emulator. This has been fixed. #3052
• "Get Shared Access Signature..." is now disabled when working against a public blob container. #3532
• Batch change access tier would sometimes fail in Gen2 containers. This has been fixed. #3705
• Fixed a typo when performing a batch change access tier. #3584

Queues

• When using drag and drop to reorder columns in the queue explorer, the column being dragged would become unexpectedly large. This has been fixed. #3074

File Shares

• Generating share level shared access signatures has been disabled when using "Get Shared Access Signature..." on a directory. To generate a share level SAS, choose "Get Shared Access Signature..." from the context menu of a file share in the tree view. #1375

Tables

• Sorting a column of booleans which contained a null would result in infinite loading. This has been fixed. #271

CosmosDB

• If CosmosDB features were enabled, performing a search in the tree view would sometimes result in a "forEach" error. This has been fixed. #3184 #3592

General

• Since version 1.14.0, some Linux users have reported a greatly increased usage of X11 sockets by Storage Explorer, sometimes to the point of using all available sockets. The cause of this leak has been fixed, and we will continue to monitor X11 socket usage. #3376
• If MSAL was enabled, removing accounts would sometimes cause "Unable to retrieve child resource errors" to appear even though the tree view was not visible. This has been fixed. #3247
• On Windows, Storage Explorer would not acknowledge a moved Downloads folder. This has been fixed. #313
• Storage Explorer can now distinguish an empty list of safe file extensions and the default list of safe file extensions in the settings panel. #2889
• Fixed a variety of accessibility bugs. See our full list of fixed accessibility bugs for more information.

Known Issues

• When used in an emulator blob container, "Folder Statistics" and "Selection Statistics" are not counting blobs in virtual directories; and "Clone" is not cloning blobs in virtual directories. #3720

See the issues page for a complete list of all known issues.