What’s new in Cratewell

Reconnects and edge cases

A small release that fixes issues reported after 4.8.0.

• ImprovedSession resumption after Wi-Fi roaming now completes in under a second on most networks.
• FixedPlaceholders on exFAT drives showed a size of zero in Finder.
• FixedRenaming a file that only changed letter case on macOS could create a conflict copy.
• Fixedcratewell status reported a stale queue length after resuming from sleep.

Faster first sync

Initial indexing is now parallel, and block sizes adapt to the file type. On libraries with more than a million files, the first sync finishes about three times faster.

• NewParallel indexing across all CPU cores during the first scan.
• Newcratewell pause --until <time> to pause transfers until a given time.
• ImprovedAdaptive block size from 1 to 16 MiB: large media files upload with fewer round trips.
• ImprovedLower memory use on sessions that run for weeks without a restart.
• FixedThe Windows tray icon sometimes stayed on “Syncing” after the queue was empty.

Stability fixes

• FixedThe agent could stop scheduled snapshots after the system clock changed for daylight saving time.
• FixedUploads through an HTTP proxy with NTLM authentication failed with E407.
• ImprovedClearer error when a synced external drive is disconnected.

Headless agent 2.0

The server agent is now a single static binary with its own scheduler, so it no longer needs cron or a desktop session.

• NewScheduled snapshots with cron syntax and per-folder retention rules.
• NewImmutable snapshots on the Archive plan: versions that can’t be deleted until their retention ends.
• ImprovedThe Windows client runs as a service and keeps syncing while you’re signed out.

LAN sync

Devices on the same network now exchange blocks with each other directly, still encrypted end to end.

• NewLAN sync between your own devices, on by default.
• ImprovedBetter upload throughput on high-latency links thanks to paced sending.
• FixedTray icon missing on KDE Plasma 6.

Placeholders on Linux

• NewSmart placeholders on Linux through a FUSE mount.
• New.crateignore files with .gitignore syntax.
• FixedSymlinks pointing outside a synced folder were followed instead of being stored as links.