Backrest 1.14.1

What's new in 1.14.1

1.14.1 (2026-07-12)
Patch release fixing retention/forget operations being silently skipped and snapshot file downloads failing after a repo ID change. Included highlights from 1.14.0 are redesigned summary dashboard, backup status in the tray icon, restic v0.19.1, and added Korean + Polish translations.
Note: you can install backrest with ./install.sh --experimental-linux-tray for experimental support for an icon in the linux menu bar. Tray icons are available by default with the Windows installer, and a new macOS app is available which is built with the tray icon enabled as well.
Bug Fixes
- downloading files from a snapshot can fail if repoID has changed (cbca7a7)
- per-plan retention silently skipped when repo forget policy schedule is disabled (2f46c61)
- scheduled forget silently skipped and hidden from operation log (18303db)
Highlights from 1.14.0
- reassurance-first redesign of the summary dashboard (#1258) (9b1760a)
- reflect backup status in the tray icon (#1255) (63ab468)
- add translations for Korean and Polish (f158f4a)
- restic upgraded to v0.19.1
- multihost sync fixes: real h2 over https, large batch streaming errors, etc.

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