site: updated release notes after v0.8.0-beta1 release, added breaking changes
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-title: "Kopia v0.8 (upcoming release)"
-linkTitle: "v0.8 (upcoming release)"
+title: "Kopia v0.8 (beta)"
+linkTitle: "v0.8 (beta)"
weight: -80
---
->NOTE: Kopia v0.8 is is coming soon, but official builds are not avilable yet. This document is a preview of upcoming changes.
+**NOTE: Kopia v0.8.0-beta1 is out. You can download it from:**
+
+https://github.com/kopia/kopia/releases/tag/v0.8.0-beta1.
This version brings many performance, usability and stability improvements and several new and exciting features.
@@ -32,8 +34,6 @@ There were over 130 changes by 19 contributors which represents a big growth in
* Don't run maintenance as part of read-only actions.
* Implemented caching for contents downloaded from Kopia Repository Server
* Reduced latency for kopia repository server uploads by performing existence checks
-* Added explicit `--insecure` flag to `kopia server start` to prevent accidentally starting non-secured
- servers for development.
* Improvements to `snapshot verify` to make output easier to understand.
### New KopiaUI features:
@@ -58,3 +58,9 @@ There were over 130 changes by 19 contributors which represents a big growth in
* v0.8 release is compatible with repositories created with v0.7, v0.6 and v0.5.
* While older clients can read repositories created with v0.8 it's recommended to use the latest version at earliest convenience.
+### Breaking Changes
+
+* When starting `kopia server` with `--htpasswd-file`, the UI access is now only granted to a user named `kopia` (if it exists in the password file). If such user does not exist in the password file, `--server-username` flag may be specified to indicate which of the users listed in the password file gets UI access (there can be only one). See https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/880 for more information.
+
+* Added explicit `--insecure` flag to `kopia server start` to prevent accidentally starting non-secured
+servers for development. Starting the server without TLS or without authentication now requires this flag.
