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Sources: ownCloud-6.0.0.14872-rc.1.tar.xz (GPG Signature)

Changelog for ownCloud Desktop Client [v6.0.0-rc.1] (2024-10-22)
The following sections list the changes in ownCloud Desktop Client unreleased relevant to
ownCloud admins and users.

Summary

• Bugfix - Fix location loading on Mac: #6761
• Bugfix - Schedule syncs after an abort: #11396
• Bugfix - Fix description of manage public links action: #11450
• Bugfix - Fix early-use crash in the folder watcher on Linux: #11460
• Bugfix - Properly encode scope and prompt items in OAuth URL: #11472
• Bugfix - Client stuck in reconnecting state after application start: #11478
• Bugfix - Strip user information from new-connection URL: #11497
• Bugfix - Support logging redirect: #11581
• Bugfix - Don't store null certificates in the account: #11621
• Bugfix - Fix crash for folders that could not be initialized: #11664
• Bugfix - Make open account in browser accessible for keyboard navigation: #11772
• Bugfix - Don't log misleading error if dynamic registration failed: #11839
• Change - Revert local folder name back to pre 3.0 behavior: #6390
• Change - Make messages translatable that occur early in start-up: #11142
• Change - Remove unused command line option --language: #11245
• Change - Windows: always use fusion style: #11275
• Change - Deprecate suffix VFS: #11325
• Change - Removal of selective sync tree from account status page: #11357
• Change - Fix three badly styled warning messages: #11412
• Change - Removed support for limiting sync of big new folder & external storage: #11517
• Change - Set the 'No' button as default action in the Unknown Certificate dialog: #11531
• Change - Remove Remove all files dialog: #11569
• Change - Rewrite of the spaces browser: #11595
• Change - New update channel for ownCloud infinite scale: #11742
• Change - Remove support for branded shell extensions on Linux: #11743
• Change - Only allow to add unsyced spaces: #11752
• Change - Rewrite of the login widget in QML: #11856
• Enhancement - Add option to pause synchronization on metered connections: #4808
• Enhancement - Add option to move files to trash instead of deleting: #9001
• Enhancement - Prevent same default sync folder for multiple accounts with Spaces: #11204
• Enhancement - Use less modal dialogs: #11304
• Enhancement - Include recent changes in scheduled syncs: #11347
• Enhancement - Improve handling of a server blocking an unsupported client: #11424
• Enhancement - Ask user to restart application when update is available on Windows: #11442
• Enhancement - New Folder status: #11491
• Enhancement - Pause sync when behind a captive portal: #11533
• Enhancement - Support for prompt_values_supported in openid-configuration: #11729
• Enhancement - New branding option: automatically sync new spaces: #11751
• Enhancement - Display how many spaces are unsynced: #11760

Details

• Bugfix - Fix location loading on Mac: #6761

  owncloud/enterprise#6761

• Bugfix - Schedule syncs after an abort: #11396

  We fixed a bug where the client stopped scheduling syncs after a sync was
  aborted.

  #11396

• Bugfix - Fix description of manage public links action: #11450

  #11450

• Bugfix - Fix early-use crash in the folder watcher on Linux: #11460

  In a few error scenarios, the folder watcher on Linux shows a dialog with an
  error message. A crash has been fixed where this occurred before the GUI was
  fully initialised.

  #11460
  #11475

• Bugfix - Properly encode scope and prompt items in OAuth URL: #11472

  Fixed a bug where the scope and prompt items of an OAuth query would not be
  encoded, resulting in an invalid request.

  #11472
  #11479

• Bugfix - Client stuck in reconnecting state after application start: #11478

  We fixed a bug where the client was starting OAuth authentication but did not
  prompt the user properly to renew authentication. This resulted in the client
  apparently getting stuck in the "reconnecting" state.

  #11478

• Bugfix - Strip user information from new-connection URL: #11497

  Credentials in the URL are not supported for some time. This fix strips them
  from the URL before storage and using it to authenticate the client to the
  server.

  #11497
  #11509

• Bugfix - Support logging redirect: #11581

  We now log when all urls when a request was redirected.

  #11581

• Bugfix - Don't store null certificates in the account: #11621

  #11621

• Bugfix - Fix crash for folders that could not be initialized: #11664

  We fixed a bug where interacting with a folder in the file browser could lead to
  a crash if the folder was not properly initialized.

  #11664

• Bugfix - Make open account in browser accessible for keyboard navigation: #11772

  On the account settings page, the status label contained the URL of the server.
  This URL was not accessible with keyboard navigation or when a screen-reader was
  used. Now there is an "Open in Web Browser" action in the pop-up menu of the
  "Manage Account" button (which is next to the status label), and the URL has
  been removed from the status label.

  #11772
  #11800
  #11810

• Bugfix - Don't log misleading error if dynamic registration failed: #11839

  #11839

• Change - Revert local folder name back to pre 3.0 behavior: #6390

  Due to user requests, we reverted the folder name from

  ownCloud - Albert@owncloud.com
  ownCloud - Katherine@owncloud.org
  ownCloud - Marie@owncloud.com
  

  Back to

  ownCloud
  ownCloud (1)
  ownCloud (2)
  

  owncloud/enterprise#6390

• Change - Make messages translatable that occur early in start-up: #11142

  These messages include the command-line messages (both errors and the help
  text). To do this, the deprecated --confdir option has been removed. This
  option was only used on windows before roaming profiles were supported.

  #11142
  #11246
  #11300

• Change - Remove unused command line option --language: #11245

  This option was used before the UI language could be chosen in the settings. The
  option --list-languages is also removed, as it no longer serves a purpose.

  #11245
  #11270

• Change - Windows: always use fusion style: #11275

  We already used the fusion style on Windows for years if the system used dpi
  scaling. Since Qt6.5 the fusion style also support the dark theme on Windows.
  Those two reasons convinced us that always using the fusion style on Windows
  will result in the best experience for the users.

  #11275

• Change - Deprecate suffix VFS: #11325

  We decided to deprecate the suffix VFS implementations and thus prepare its
  removal in 7.0.

  #11325

• Change - Removal of selective sync tree from account status page: #11357

  We removed the selective sync support from the main widget and moved it to its
  own dialog, available through the context menu of the sync folder.

  Having both the sync status and the selective sync settings in the same widget
  caused a lot of problems and overhead over the years. Additionally, it required
  us to maintain a lot of special and basically duplicated code, as we already had
  a dedicated widget to handle selective sync.

  #11357
  #11357
  #8102
  #5423
  #4080
  #11524

• Change - Fix three badly styled warning messages: #11412

  There were 3 labels for warning messages that were nearly unreadable in dark
  mode due to bad styling. These have been changed to only use a bold font, but
  are now displayed with a big warning icon on their left. The places are: the
  account settings page, the folder wizard remote path page, and the log browser.

  #11412
  #11470

• Change - Removed support for limiting sync of big new folder & external storage: #11517

  We removed an option which allowed to block new folders bigger than a set limit,
  from being synchronized automatically, when selective synchronization is used.
  Additionally, we removed the option that allowed to block automatic
  synchronization of external storage.

  #11517

• Change - Set the 'No' button as default action in the Unknown Certificate dialog: #11531

  When an unknown certificate is used by the server, the safe action is to reject
  this certificate. So the default action for this dialog should be not to accept
  this unknown certificate.

  #11531

• Change - Remove Remove all files dialog: #11569

  We no longer ask the user whether all files should be removed but just sync.

  #11569
  #7304

• Change - Rewrite of the spaces browser: #11595

  #11595

• Change - New update channel for ownCloud infinite scale: #11742

  The release series 6 is a long term release. As version 7 will drop the support
  for ownCloud 10, users will either have to select the ownCloud infinite scale
  update channel in the about dialog or manually install a newer release. This
  change only affects the unbranded version.

  #11742

• Change - Remove support for branded shell extensions on Linux: #11743

  From now on user will have to install dolphin-owncloud nautilus-owncloud instead
  of a braned version.

  #11743

• Change - Only allow to add unsyced spaces: #11752

  We now prevent users from syncing the same space multiple times.

  #11752
  #11759

• Change - Rewrite of the login widget in QML: #11856

  #11856

• Enhancement - Add option to pause synchronization on metered connections: #4808

  On platforms that support metered-connection detection, an option is now
  available to pause folder synchronization when the network connection switches
  to metered. When synchronization is paused, force-syncing can still be done.

  #4808
  #11305

• Enhancement - Add option to move files to trash instead of deleting: #9001

  An option has been added that when files on the server are deleted, the client
  will move them to the system trash bin instead of deleting those files.

  #9001
  #11320

• Enhancement - Prevent same default sync folder for multiple accounts with Spaces: #11204

  This is done by tagging the sync folder by an extended attribute (Linux/macoS)
  or an alternative data stream (Windows).

  #11204
  #11364

• Enhancement - Use less modal dialogs: #11304

  As the rather high number of modal dialogs we used caused different issues on
  different platforms, we decided to use them less often and try other concepts.

  #11304
  #11032
  #11208

• Enhancement - Include recent changes in scheduled syncs: #11347

  When starting a new sync we now also include the recent change events in the
  discovery.

  #11347

• Enhancement - Improve handling of a server blocking an unsupported client: #11424

  We improved the handling of HTTP 403 status codes.

  #11424

• Enhancement - Ask user to restart application when update is available on Windows: #11442

  Instead of a tray message, we now display a modal dialog on Windows to inform
  the user about a downloaded update. Also, we now can prompt the user to restart
  the application and apply the update immediately, adding a bit of user comfort.

  #11442

• Enhancement - New Folder status: #11491

  We rewrote the Folder status page.

  #11527
  #11491

• Enhancement - Pause sync when behind a captive portal: #11533

  When the operating system detects a captive portal, stop all outgoing network
  requests. These requests will fail with an SSL certificate mismatch error. When
  the captive portal is "gone", synchronisation will be restarted.

  #11533
  #11567

• Enhancement - Support for prompt_values_supported in openid-configuration: #11729

  We implemnted support for idp's to specify the supported prompt values.

  #11729

• Enhancement - New branding option: automatically sync new spaces: #11751

  A branding option was added to add new sync connections for newly discovered
  spaces.

  #11751
  #11774

• Enhancement - Display how many spaces are unsynced: #11760

  #11760