Software Update: Syncthing 0.14.0

Version 0.14 of Syncthing has been released. Syncthing is an open source program that allows files to be synchronized between two computers. This happens just like with BitTorrent Sync without a central server in between, as is the case with storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and iCloud. The software is available for Windows, Linux, OS X and Android, among others. There are also packages for Synology and Qnap. Version 0.14 includes a new extensible sync protocol and is therefore not compatible with the previous version.

Syncthing version 0.14.0

This is a new major release, incompatible with Syncthing v0.13 and earlier. This release introduces a new, extensible sync protocol and corresponding changes to local discovery and the database. A full rehashing of folder contents will happen on first restart. To roll back to a v0.13 release, simply download and run a v0.13 Syncthing.

Resolved issues since v0.13.10:

• #3397: The Anonymous Usage Reporting Preview is now correctly formatted
• #3346: Discovery results now respects address family for listen addresses.
• #3080: The sync protocol, local discovery protocol and database format is now based on protocol buffers.
• #3227: File names ending in space are now correctly marked as invalid on Windows.
• #3278: Local discovery now quickly detects other local devices on restart.
• #3077: A race condition causing a deadlock on folder addition is fixed.