obsidian-livesync/updates.md

1.0

Well then, everyone: it has been roughly a year since I declared the 0.25 beta. During that time, we have concentrated mainly on fixing defects and completing the features that the project needed.

Version 1.0 has been in mind for some time. We have now brought together the work intended to make it possible: stronger CI, more detailed tests, an E2E runner suited to synchronisation, and testing tools for physical devices. These now form a coherent Kit rather than a collection of isolated pieces. With those foundations in place, it seems that the time has finally come to reshape the structure of this repository.

None of this would have been possible without your issue reports, pull requests, sponsorship, and the support provided through OpenAI's Codex for Open Source. I would like to express my gratitude once again. As with every pull request contributed to the project, code produced with Codex and similar tools is reviewed and audited by me, vrtmrz. Anyone interested in how I manage that process can refer to my dotfiles.

This will call for your help once again. I would be very grateful for your co-operation as we build a sounder foundation for the project and its future development.

Earlier releases remain available in the 0.25 release history and the legacy release history.

Unreleased

Important

• This is an opt-in 1.0 integration preview for BRAT and testing with existing Vaults. It does not replace the latest stable release. Use it with a current backup, and update every participating device before resuming synchronisation.
• An upgraded, copied, or restored Vault may pause replication for an explicit compatibility review. The review preserves the existing automatic synchronisation choices and resumes them only after the decision has been saved successfully.

Improved

• An unconfigured installation now waits for you to start setup. A long-lived Notice offers the setup action, and Open onboarding wizard remains available from the command palette instead of the dialogue opening automatically.
• The setup wizard now creates named remote profiles for CouchDB, Object Storage, and P2P. Current Setup URIs preserve their profile names and selections, and the wizard reserves Rebuild or Fetch before the ordinary start-up scan begins.
• Peer-to-Peer Synchronisation (P2P) and Hidden File Sync are supported opt-in features. JWT authentication, ignore files, automatic newer-file conflict resolution, and Garbage Collection V3 remain previews. Customisation Sync remains a supported advanced workflow.
• Data Compression remains available after measurement showed a modest, workload-dependent reduction in stored and transferred chunk data. Its benefits, costs, and reason for remaining disabled by default in 1.0 are described in the Data Compression specification.
• Compatibility review now runs before Config Doctor without overlapping it. Existing Vaults retain their automatic synchronisation choices and explicit file-name case setting. For installations created by earlier releases, LiveSync preserves whether setup had been completed and saves a missing legacy case setting as case-insensitive.
• P2P connections now restart reliably after settings are reapplied or the local database is reset. Setup on an additional device asks you to select the source device once. Disconnecting leaves the LiveSync room and closes its signalling relay connections so that reconnecting can establish a new room.
• Action buttons are stacked vertically, long setup dialogues keep their controls reachable on mobile screens, and persistent Notices no longer cover close controls. Hidden File Sync reload and restart requests are grouped into one message, including the case reported in issue #555.
• Warnings about estimated remote storage size now appear as long-lived clickable Notices instead of timed dialogues. Initial uploads and Rebuild operations no longer prompt to send every chunk in advance; ordinary replication completes the transfer.
• Removed the obsolete Use the trash bin control and the setting for fixed chunk revisions. Remote deletion still follows Obsidian's preference, and chunk revisions remain content-derived. The Change Log remains available but no longer opens automatically or tracks unread versions.

Fixed

• The optional Custom HTTP Handler used by Object Storage now sends the correct byte range from binary request bodies and reports unsupported body types instead of silently sending an empty request.
• When selectors, ignore files, size limits, modification-time limits, or file-name case settings are broadened, LiveSync now rechecks previously received files without requiring another remote update.
• P2P setup on the first device no longer displays reset or upload steps for a central database, and Config Doctor now offers its chunk size recommendation for CouchDB only when a CouchDB remote profile is selected.

Security

• Fly.io setup now generates CouchDB and Vault encryption secrets with cryptographically secure randomness. Dependency updates prevent excessive CPU use from specially crafted path patterns and mailto: links. The CLI rejects path traversal and symbolic-link components detected before Vault operations.

Miscellaneous

• Self-hosted LiveSync now owns its translation catalogue. Commonlib provides English messages to other applications, and translation contributions can be made directly to the Self-hosted LiveSync repository.
• Detailed architecture, compatibility, and verification notes are available in pull request #1033 and its linked specifications and decisions.

Testing

• Expanded automated testing in Obsidian for upgrades, synchronisation between two devices, CouchDB, Object Storage, P2P, Hidden File Sync, mobile dialogues, and clean-up after failures.