Software Update: Syncthing 1.7.0

Version 1.7.0 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, macOS and Android, among others. There are also packages for Synology and Qnap. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Release version 1.7.0

This release performs a database migration to optimize for clusters with
many devices.

Bug fixes:

• #6552: panic: Stop called more than once on … created by nat.Service
• #6564: Closing an already removed connection causes GUI error message
• #6646: Misleading error message when to be deleted dir contains receive-only changes
• #6653: panic: nil pointer dereference in leveldb.(*DB).isClosed()
• #6654: panic: runtime error: index out of range in processNeeded()
• #6655: panic: nil pointer dereference in checkUpgrade()
• #6679: QUIC listener is not added when default TCP port is unavailable
• #6697: Malformed listen address causes hang on startup
• #6706: Changing a folder in web UI removes introduced-by info

Enhancements:

• #1830: “Folder path missing” when folder path is a junction
• #4703: Suggest setting up auth on initial startup
• #5910: Add Badger database backend for testing and consideration
• #6372: Reduce database size by optimizing version list storage

Other issues:

• #6608: Data race in Windows fs watcher tests
• #6625: TestRequestRemoteRenameChanged is racy/flaky