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Changelog for ownCloud Desktop Client [v5.0.0-rc.4] (2023-10-05)

The following sections list the changes in ownCloud Desktop Client unreleased relevant to
ownCloud admins and users.

Summary

• Bugfix - Avoid duplicate notifications when selective sync is enabled: #5682
• Bugfix - VFS Placeholders can now be replaced with folders: #10223
• Bugfix - Authentication dialog no longer appears again and again: #10351
• Bugfix - Possible deadlock during log setup: #10905
• Bugfix - Do not create default sync root when loading accounts: #10919
• Bugfix - Update capabilites and other info after connect: #10978
• Bugfix - Account activity and crash after an account was removed: #10990
• Bugfix - Crash during application shutdown: #11016
• Bugfix - Hide hidden folders again in the selective sync view: #11047
• Bugfix - Fix check if a file is a placeholder: #11107
• Bugfix - Hydration state of file after a directory was replaced with a file: #11162
• Bugfix - Only syncronize after the server settings where refreshed: #11168
• Bugfix - Consitently use the same icon for folders: #11190
• Bugfix - Branding of folder status overlay: #11192
• Bugfix - Creation of folder on the server: #11232
• Bugfix - Selective sync when not the remote root is synced: #11233
• Change - Extract Nautilus: #8991
• Change - Remove support for sidebar entries for non-vfs setups on Windows: #10788
• Change - Remove support for client side system proxy credentials: #10866
• Change - Modernize systray menu: #10939
• Change - We removed the pre 2.9 credentials migration: #11081
• Change - Remove libcloudproviders integration: #11148
• Change - Disable context menu item to get a public link for a space: #11242
• Enhancement - Store proxy password securely: #261
• Enhancement - Windows VFS: Prevent rename to ignored file name: #8216
• Enhancement - Change how all files deleted is handled: #8360
• Enhancement - Port from QtSingleApplication to KDSingleApplication: #8432
• Enhancement - Enable crash reporter in commandline client: #8991
• Enhancement - Make "Show files versions..." context menu action available: #10197
• Enhancement - Log http request when it is send: #10313
• Enhancement - Allow selective sync of spaces in folder wizard: #10596
• Enhancement - Send a language header in all http requests: #10619
• Enhancement - Help user fix problems on the last setup wizard page: #10680
• Enhancement - Display a progress spinner during the initial setup: #10751
• Enhancement - Reduce how often file changes are handled: #10825
• Enhancement - Persist filter settings for Not Synced tab: #10928
• Enhancement - --cmd argument added to the GUI client: #10976

Details

• Bugfix - Avoid duplicate notifications when selective sync is enabled: #5682

  We no longer show multiple messages about files which were excluded from the sync because they
  were excluded by the users.

  https://github.com/owncloud/enterprise/issues/5682

• Bugfix - VFS Placeholders can now be replaced with folders: #10223

  If a local VFS placeholder is replaced with a folder on the server, the client previously failed
  to populate the change.

  #10223

• Bugfix - Authentication dialog no longer appears again and again: #10351

  #10351

• Bugfix - Possible deadlock during log setup: #10905

  If an error occured during the setup of the log file, it was possible that the client got
  deadlocked.

  #10905

• Bugfix - Do not create default sync root when loading accounts: #10919

  Creating the default sync root is only needed at initial setup. If a user chooses to point all
  folders for Spaces outside that default sync root, and deletes the default sync root folder, it
  will now no longer be created.

  #10919
  #11128

• Bugfix - Update capabilites and other info after connect: #10978

  We fixed a bug where server infos might have only been updated several minutes after the client
  connected to the server.

  #10978

• Bugfix - Account activity and crash after an account was removed: #10990

  We fixed a bug where an account performed actions after it was removed.

  #10990

• Bugfix - Crash during application shutdown: #11016

  We fixed a where the main instance was accessed after it was destroyed.

  #11016

• Bugfix - Hide hidden folders again in the selective sync view: #11047

  #11047

• Bugfix - Fix check if a file is a placeholder: #11107

  Previously, files with zero bytes in size were considered placeholders. This is not correct,
  and has been fixed by using the correct API to check for placeholders.

  #11107

• Bugfix - Hydration state of file after a directory was replaced with a file: #11162

  If a synced directory was replaced with a file on the server, we downloaded it instead of
  replacing the folder with a VirtualFile placeholder.

  #11162

• Bugfix - Only syncronize after the server settings where refreshed: #11168

  We fixed an issue where the sync was started on outdated server settings.

  #11168

• Bugfix - Consitently use the same icon for folders: #11190

  In 4.0 we introduced a new icon for sync connections. In some places however we continued to use
  the system provided icon for folders, this resulted in an inconsitent applicaiton look.

  #11190

• Bugfix - Branding of folder status overlay: #11192

  We fixed a bug where branded overlay icons for the display of the sync status where not used.

  #11192

• Bugfix - Creation of folder on the server: #11232

  We fixed an issue in the FolderSyncWizard when the user provided a path with multiple slashes
  (//folder).

  #11232

• Bugfix - Selective sync when not the remote root is synced: #11233

  #11233

• Change - Extract Nautilus: #8991

  While the crash reporter still requires a graphical user interface to work, this change
  nevertheless simplifies reporting crashes from the commandline client a lot.

  #8991

• Change - Remove support for sidebar entries for non-vfs setups on Windows: #10788

  For vfs setups, this is handled by Windows itself.

  #10788
  #10910

• Change - Remove support for client side system proxy credentials: #10866

  We removed the support to query and store credentials for the system proxy.

  #10866

• Change - Modernize systray menu: #10939

  We had a closer look on the system tray and cleaned it up.

  #10939
  #10949
  #10999

• Change - We removed the pre 2.9 credentials migration: #11081

  Migrating credentials from a 2.8 or older client is no longer possible.

  #11081

• Change - Remove libcloudproviders integration: #11148

  Since its implementation in 2019 our support our for it was 'limited'. Additionally as far as we
  can tell it was not picked up by any major Linux distribution.

  #11148
  #11157

• Change - Disable context menu item to get a public link for a space: #11242

  The context menu item "Create and copy public link to clipboard" didn't work correctly when
  used with Spaces: users were always redirected to the web frontend. This menu item is now
  disabled, waiting for a server-side changes.

  #11242
  #11079

• Enhancement - Store proxy password securely: #261

  #261

• Enhancement - Windows VFS: Prevent rename to ignored file name: #8216

  We now prevent ranems of virtual files to ignored file names. This basically resulted in a delte
  on the server and a local placeholder that pointed to a non existing file.

  #8216
  https://github.com/owncloud/client-desktop-vfs-win/pull/63

• Enhancement - Change how all files deleted is handled: #8360

  When the client detects that all files are deleted on either side of the sync, the client now
  aborts the sync and asks for a user decision. Afterwords a new sync is started.

  Previously we blocked the current sync until the user responded which could lead to unwanted
  side effects.

  #8360

• Enhancement - Port from QtSingleApplication to KDSingleApplication: #8432

  Instead of relying on an old copy of QtSingleApplication we use
  https://github.com/KDAB/KDSingleApplication

  #8432
  #10754
  #10758

• Enhancement - Enable crash reporter in commandline client: #8991

  While the crash reporter still requires a graphical user interface to work, this change
  nevertheless simplifies reporting crashes from the commandline client a lot.

  #8991

• Enhancement - Make "Show files versions..." context menu action available: #10197

  #10197

• Enhancement - Log http request when it is send: #10313

  We now log the http request when it is send, not when it is created. This will elable us to print
  more headers set by the platform and messaure the request time more accurately.

  #10313

• Enhancement - Allow selective sync of spaces in folder wizard: #10596

  When manually configuring the synchronization of spaces, we now show the selective sync page
  again to allow users to selectively disable the synchronization of remote directories.

  This prevents the unnecessary synchronization of files until the user can use the account
  settings dialog to configure selective sync.

  #10596
  #11044

• Enhancement - Send a language header in all http requests: #10619

  All http requests to the server will now contain the language for the client. This can be used by
  the server to localize responses like error messages.

  #10619
  #11020

• Enhancement - Help user fix problems on the last setup wizard page: #10680

  When there are problems within the advanced configuration on the last setup wizard page, we no
  longer just show an error message but also "unhide" those settings to give the user a chance of
  fixing the problem.

  #10680
  #11029

• Enhancement - Display a progress spinner during the initial setup: #10751

  We now display a progress spinner after the setup wizard, until the client is done setting the
  account up.

  #10751

• Enhancement - Reduce how often file changes are handled: #10825

  We no longer handle file changes every 1s but gather them for 10s and handle them then.

  This should reduce the amount of unnecessary checksum computations and attempted syncs.

  #10825

• Enhancement - Persist filter settings for Not Synced tab: #10928

  We now store the filter settings in the Not Synced tab. So after a restart of the client, the
  filter will still be the same as the last time.

  #10884
  #10928

• Enhancement - --cmd argument added to the GUI client: #10976

  In 4.1 we added a --cmd argument to the AppImage to allow users to use the commandline client
  contained in the AppImage more easily.

  The --cmd argument is now supported on all platforms to support consistency.

  #10976