v2.7.0

Changelog

v2.7.0

New Features

• sftp-folder source type: backs up remote directories over SFTP using paramiko, streaming files directly into a tar archive with no intermediate copies
• Deb package build and publish to GitHub Releases on semver-tagged releases

Enhancements

• OpenTelemetry span processor switched from BatchSpanProcessor to SimpleSpanProcessor so spans are exported before process exit
• Logging initialisation moved before OTEL setup so -v/-d flags apply to all output
• Added Dependabot for automated GitHub Actions and pip dependency updates
• Bumped all GitHub Actions to latest major versions (Node.js 24 compatible)

v2.6.0

New Features

• OpenTelemetry OTLP tracing support — optional tracing via pip install backups[tracing], zero overhead when disabled
• Cloudflare Backup Registry notification driver for backup run reports
• Prometheus Pushgateway API key authentication support

Enhancements

• Refactored Prometheus notification to use requests.put instead of push_to_gateway
• Added error handling for notification failures
• Restructured documentation into per-driver docs under docs/ (sources, destinations, notifications, scheduling)
• Improved package metadata for deb packaging
• Pinned grpcio>=1.80.0 for OTLP gRPC compatibility

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Flagfile notification missing notify_on_start attribute
• Fixed typeof to type in error logging
• Updated .gitignore to exclude build artifacts

Removals

• Removed HipChat notification driver (service discontinued)

v2.5.0

• Initial release of the restructured backup orchestration tool