Changelog for rest-server 0.12.1 (2023-07-09)

The following sections list the changes in rest-server 0.12.1 relevant to users. The changes are ordered by importance.

Summary

• Fix #230: Fix erroneous warnings about unsupported fsync
• Fix #238: API: Return empty array when listing empty folders
• Enh #217: Log to stdout using the --log - option

Details

• Bugfix #230: Fix erroneous warnings about unsupported fsync

  Due to a regression in rest-server 0.12.0, it continuously printed WARNING: fsync is not supported by the data storage. This can lead to data loss, if the system crashes or the storage is unexpectedly disconnected. for systems that support fsync. We have fixed the warning.

  #230 #231

• Bugfix #238: API: Return empty array when listing empty folders

  Rest-server returned null when listing an empty folder. This has been changed to returning an empty array in accordance with the REST protocol specification. This change has no impact on restic users.

  #238 #239

• Enhancement #217: Log to stdout using the --log - option

  Logging to stdout was possible using --log /dev/stdout. However, when the rest server is run as a different user, for example, using

  sudo -u restic rest-server [...] --log /dev/stdout

  This did not work due to permission issues.

  For logging to stdout, the --log option now supports the special filename - which also works in these cases.

  #217