Akeeba Backup Pro for J!4 9.9.2

Akeeba Backup Core is the most widely used open-source backup component for the Joomla! CMS. Its mission is simple: create a site backup that can be restored on any Joomla!-capable server, making it ideal not only for backups but also for site transfers or even deploying sites to your clients' servers. Akeeba Backup creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. The archive contains all the files, a database snapshot and an installer similar in function to the standard Joomla...

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New features​

• Allow using [REMOTESTATUS] in the email subject, not just the body
• Joomla restoration: modify domains in the Admin Tools' Allowed Domains and server config maker features if necessary
• Warn about the Console – Akeeba Backup plugin being disabled in the Schedule Automatic Backups page

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Backing up as SQL: the query for finder_taxonomy does not use the correct prefix
• [HIGH] Backing up to...

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Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Wrong RewriteBase set up in the .htaccess Maker when restoring a Joomla site with Admin Tools Professional installed

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Changelog​

New features​

• Integration with Joomla 4.1's Scheduled Tasks

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Uploading to OVH is broken on many servers not using a proxy
• [LOW] Popover content does not display in the Configuration page

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New features​

• Option to set a really large PHP memory limit during backup
• Restoration: ANGIE now applies very high memory and execution time limits to prevent some timeout / memory outage issues on most hosts.
• Restoration: ANGIE now warns you if you leave the database connection information empty

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Sometimes you would not see the error when the Upload to Remote Storage failed
• [LOW] Configure and...

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Changelog​

New features​

• Improved Smart Search table filtering
• Much improved FTP functions for uploading backup archives and transferring sites
• OneDrive for Business: you can now use Drives other than your personal
• Upload to Azure BLOB Storage now supports chunked uploads, files up to 190.7TB (up from 64Mb)

Bug fixes​

• [LOW] Upload to Remote Storage would transfer the first part file twice...

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Changelog​

New features​

• Add Show Inline Help support in component options for Joomla 4.1
• Support for MySQL SSL/TLS connections for backed up sites
• Support for custom Amazon S3 regions

Bug fixes​

• [LOW] Weird interface for the CLI backup Scheduled Task type

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Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Cannot connect to databases on localhost using the default named pipe
• [MEDIUM] Custom Amazon S3 regions would not work with custom endpoints

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New features​

• Restoration: Warn about missing mysqli / PDO MySQL and REFUSE to proceed

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Cannot download file from Amazon S3
• [LOW] Missing language strings from the CLI commands
• [LOW] PHP Warning when backing up a database (purely cosmetic issue)

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New features​

• Restoration: Warn about missing mysqli / PDO MySQL and REFUSE to proceed

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Cannot download file from Amazon S3
• [LOW] Missing language strings from the CLI commands
• [LOW] PHP Warning when backing up a database (purely cosmetic issue)

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New features​

• Restoration: Warn about missing mysqli / PDO MySQL and REFUSE to proceed

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Cannot download file from Amazon S3
• [LOW] Missing language strings from the CLI commands
• [LOW] PHP Warning when backing up a database (purely cosmetic issue)

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New features​

• More informative error messages for database connection issues during restoration

Bug fixes​

• [LOW] Invalid SQL dump if we cannot get the create commands for a function, procedure or trigger
• [LOW] Restoration: You were shown separate port and socket options which were not taken into account
• [MEDIUM] Possible infinite loop on PHP 8 during DB restoration if a SQL file is missing
• [MEDIUM] Restoration...

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New features​

• Upload to Swift: Support for Keystone v3

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Joomla broke database-aware models under the CLI. Working around the latest Joomla borkage, as we have always done.
• [LOW] "Test FTP connection" button was not correctly applying the passive mode
• [LOW] CLI akeebarofile:list was broken
• [LOW] PHP 8.1 deprecated notice when checking if FOF is still installed
• [MEDIUM] Command line options...

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New features​

• ANGIE for Joomla: reset session and cache options in Site Setup
• Push notifications through the browser's Push API
• Support for ShowOn to conditionally show options in the Configuration page

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Single part uploads to Azure stopped working
• [LOW] PHP warning about undefined $id in the Manage Backups page on some versions of PHP
• [LOW] “Field 'extra_query' doesn't have a default value”...

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Bug fixes​

• [LOW] PHP 8 deprecated notices from the WebPush library
• [MEDIUM] Possible PHP fatal error if the server does not meet the Web Push minimum requirements
• [MEDIUM] WebPush code tries to run when not selected resulting in an annoying, but harmless, warning

Miscellaneous changes​

• Notify the user when the server does not support Web Push instead of just failing to subscribe to push notifications
• PHP notices are...

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Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Joomla Scheduled Tasks for Akeeba Backup may fail with a PHP error
• [HIGH] Quota settings and emails are not processed at the end of the backup process

Miscellaneous changes​

• Better warnings about CRC32 for ZIP files on 32-bit versions of PHP

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Critical bugs and important changes​

• Immediate error on PHP 7.4 due to a missing method in the released version

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Critical bugs and important changes​

• No access control applied in Include and Exclude Information features

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Class not found errors when trying to access some pages in Akeeba Backup

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Critical bugs and important changes​

• No access control applied in Include and Exclude Information features

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Class not found errors when trying to access some pages in Akeeba Backup

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Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Migration from Akeeba Backup 8 always shows an erroneous message that no compatible version has been detected.
• [LOW] Restoration: Wrong message about the emial address when the administrator passwords don't match
• [MEDIUM] Restoration. Administrator email appears as "undefined" in the Site Setup page

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