# Feature Requests **URL:** https://kopia.discourse.group/c/feature-requests/6.md [Latest](https://kopia.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://kopia.discourse.group/categories.md) --- ## [About the Feature Requests category](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/15)
**Author:** [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [Partial Syncronization](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/partial-syncronization/9005)
**Author:** [@nixcamic](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/nixcamic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/partial-syncronization/9005 "2026-09-09T21:42:42Z")
I have a repository with several machines backed up, I’d like to sync some of those policies/jobs to another server, but not all of them. Currently I just have two repositories, one that gets synced and one that doesn’t … --- ## [FTP, FTP/S support (vs SFTP, WebDAV)](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ftp-ftp-s-support-vs-sftp-webdav/3920)
**Author:** [@97b4958b055b](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/97b4958b055b)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ftp-ftp-s-support-vs-sftp-webdav/3920 "2026-09-09T21:40:57Z")
(Source thread: How does kopia repo sync-to works?) Potential packages for integration: vsftpd is relatively trivial to set up. It also supports FTP/S (FTP over TLS). That takes care of encryption in transit. It… --- ## [Add option pause backup and auto pause when disk temp is too high](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/add-option-pause-backup-and-auto-pause-when-disk-temp-is-too-high/8911)
**Author:** [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/add-option-pause-backup-and-auto-pause-when-disk-temp-is-too-high/8911 "2026-05-22T08:53:12Z")
Add option pause backup auto pause when disk temp is too high. --- ## [Differentiate between maintenance types](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/differentiate-between-maintenance-types/3223)
**Author:** [@Angler](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Angler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/differentiate-between-maintenance-types/3223 "2026-05-22T03:20:01Z")
I enjoy reading the full maintenance logs, particularly the GC operations. Finding these logs is always guesswork. Sometimes a full maintenance is slightly longer in duration which can be a clue, but that’s not always t… --- ## [Add option for “only include” mode with .kopiainclude](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/add-option-for-only-include-mode-with-kopiainclude/8873)
**Author:** [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/add-option-for-only-include-mode-with-kopiainclude/8873 "2026-05-14T06:09:54Z")
I know in ignore certain types can be ignored - Ignore folder except 1 subfolder but still I have to create ignore files for all directories.. Use Case: I want to create “another profile” which backups “super important”… --- ## [Diff commond: show files moved instead of remove/added for the file](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/diff-commond-show-files-moved-instead-of-remove-added-for-the-file/8894)
**Author:** [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/diff-commond-show-files-moved-instead-of-remove-added-for-the-file/8894 "2026-05-12T19:45:23Z")
currently it showed moved and added for the same file, making it hard to read. Also show hash for the file Make commandline colorful add diff to the UI --- ## [Option to save excluded data's metadata?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/option-to-save-excluded-datas-metadata/8861)
**Author:** [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/option-to-save-excluded-datas-metadata/8861 "2026-05-08T07:38:09Z")
I exclude data downloaded from internet but I want to know that data is excluded when I restore, so I want to save/restore filenames, directory structure, and metadata like file created , last edited. Also there is 1% d… --- ## [Browse button in Restore \[KopiaUI\]](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/browse-button-in-restore-kopiaui/8764)
**Author:** [@revolving-leslie](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/revolving-leslie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/browse-button-in-restore-kopiaui/8764 "2026-05-06T06:29:51Z")
Hello, I see there’s various suggestions to improve the UI, which I’d welcome, but I’m hoping this is a simple one. Please can there be a browse button added to the Restore file path page of the UI (currently you have t… --- ## [Option to “backup selective parts”](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/option-to-backup-selective-parts/8868)
**Author:** [@uew93h](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/uew93h)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/option-to-backup-selective-parts/8868 "2026-04-29T08:50:06Z")
“backup selective parts” - I don’t want to spend 23m waiting for it to snapshot the whole disk with no changes, Would be grate to tell Kopia “look here I made changes backup those” and in doing so I should consider the … --- ## [KopiaUI as a service in windows?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-as-a-service-in-windows/2232)
**Author:** [@DoTheEvo](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/DoTheEvo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-as-a-service-in-windows/2232 "2026-02-26T11:10:12Z")
I see questions about it that are 2-3 years old. I assume no progress that way? I really want to use kopia, but I feel I am pushed towards cli version, and some extra work of writing scripts and using task scheduler… A… --- ## [Corrupt cache file prevents kopia from working](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/corrupt-cache-file-prevents-kopia-from-working/8657)
**Author:** [@peter](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/peter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/corrupt-cache-file-prevents-kopia-from-working/8657 "2025-11-16T04:12:33Z")
For whatever reason one of my cache files can’t be accessed anymore: \> ll /home/peter/.cache/kopia/e108c0ada267f55e/contents/f6/ ls: cannot access '/home/peter/.cache/kopia/e108c0ada267f55e/contents/f6/7656d42fcb3c3a38… --- ## [Choose sound for pushover notification](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/choose-sound-for-pushover-notification/4176)
**Author:** [@Pasquale\_Di\_Feo](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Pasquale_Di_Feo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/choose-sound-for-pushover-notification/4176 "2025-07-07T15:44:51Z")
For me is very usefull have different sound for differents notifications. There is an optional parameter called “sound” that accept the name of one in the list of sounds avalaible --- ## [Make SMTP TLSand authentication optional for SMTP](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/make-smtp-tlsand-authentication-optional-for-smtp/3894)
**Author:** [@jcpandrade](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jcpandrade)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/make-smtp-tlsand-authentication-optional-for-smtp/3894 "2025-04-21T20:14:26Z")
Hi, I am using kopia in an environment where the “internal” SMTP server (not controlled by me) does not support SMTP AUTH. Also, it seems that STARTTLS fails sometimes. Would it be possible to have SMT AUTH and TLS opt… --- ## [Speed up full maintenance via parallelism](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/speed-up-full-maintenance-via-parallelism/3866)
**Author:** [@scelfo](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/scelfo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/speed-up-full-maintenance-via-parallelism/3866 "2025-04-02T19:05:46Z")
Hi, is it possible to speed up full maintenance via parallelism? When I run kopia maintenance run --full it seems to iterate through all the blobs sequentially to look for unreferenced content. While this happens I have… --- ## [Ransomeware Detection Notification](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ransomeware-detection-notification/3775)
**Author:** [@ajfriesen](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ajfriesen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ransomeware-detection-notification/3775 "2025-03-23T02:54:36Z")
Kopia keeps getting better and better. Now I was thinking how someone could be notified about ransomware detection. I have an idea and am unsure if it is a good one but I will let you be the judge. One could use a kno… --- ## [Snapshot move/rename](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/snapshot-move-rename/277)
**Author:** [@kpa](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kpa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/snapshot-move-rename/277 "2024-12-31T11:56:46Z")
During reorganization of some servers I was forced to rename some directories that are backed up by kopia. I did not found a way to continue incremented backup in this situation. It would be great if would it be possible… --- ## [Kopia UI - Managing Repositories](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-managing-repositories/76)
**Author:** [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-ui-managing-repositories/76 "2024-11-08T13:03:39Z")
So I’ve been hearing that KopiaUI configuration is difficult to understand. Here’a dramatic simplification proposal: KopiaUI will always have one default default repository (based on default repository.config), that o… --- ## [Can I backup a folder in Google Drive to the SSD in my local machine?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/can-i-backup-a-folder-in-google-drive-to-the-ssd-in-my-local-machine/2481)
**Author:** [@yek](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/yek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/can-i-backup-a-folder-in-google-drive-to-the-ssd-in-my-local-machine/2481 "2024-10-08T19:46:58Z")
Essentially this is what I want to do… Backup Google Drive to local directory --- ## [KopiaUI directory selector for restore](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-directory-selector-for-restore/3324)
**Author:** [@starob](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/starob)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-directory-selector-for-restore/3324 "2024-10-01T15:00:44Z")
It would be beneficial to have a Directory Selector for the restore destination path in KopiaUI. It is available for snapshot creation but not for restore. --- ## [Default WebUI to "All Snapshots" view](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/default-webui-to-all-snapshots-view/132)
**Author:** [@maclm](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/maclm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/default-webui-to-all-snapshots-view/132 "2024-09-09T17:52:16Z")
Using the WebUI of the Kopia Repo Server to monitor how things are going on all clients, I would prefer it to default to “All Snapshots” view instead of “Local Snapshots”. I would find it more sensible to show everythin… --- ## [Named Repository Configurations](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/named-repository-configurations/3177)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Ericson](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Mark_Ericson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/named-repository-configurations/3177 "2024-08-08T15:24:28Z")
I’m working with kopoia CLI with multiple backup repositories and find the config-file based approach somewhat cumbersome. At least I can use kopia repository connect from-config -file \. However, I then have … --- ## [Request snapshot verify 100% button for the GUI Kopia](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/request-snapshot-verify-100-button-for-the-gui-kopia/3164)
**Author:** [@MFX](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/MFX)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/request-snapshot-verify-100-button-for-the-gui-kopia/3164 "2024-08-05T23:14:59Z")
kopia snapshot verify --verify-files-percent=100 A go/no go test. --- ## [Mirrored repositories](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/mirrored-repositories/3125)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Ericson](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Mark_Ericson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/mirrored-repositories/3125 "2024-07-27T02:40:39Z")
By mirrored repository, I am referring to the ability to have a local and cloud repository and perform a snapshot to both destinations simultaneously. It seems there could be significant opportunities for performance ef… --- ## [Different approach to handling multiple repositories](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/different-approach-to-handling-multiple-repositories/3090)
**Author:** [@b3ta](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/b3ta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/different-approach-to-handling-multiple-repositories/3090 "2024-07-18T13:15:25Z")
Firstly, thank you so much for all the work on Kopia. I have been looking for a backup solution which is simple enough for end users and powerful enough for power users when required, and it looks like Kopia is it! So f… --- ## [Network whitelist/blacklist](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/network-whitelist-blacklist/3044)
**Author:** [@5kdmx](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/5kdmx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/network-whitelist-blacklist/3044 "2024-07-11T13:06:13Z")
I run WireGuard on my laptop and tunnel all my traffic to my home network when I’m not at home. I would like to configure Kopia to disable automated snapshots while i’m connected to my WireGuard mesh. I can do this via … --- ## [FTP and FTPS repository?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ftp-and-ftps-repository/3046)
**Author:** [@Jan\_Reinhardt](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Jan_Reinhardt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ftp-and-ftps-repository/3046 "2024-07-01T20:34:16Z")
Didnt know there was this forum. So I posted this on Github yesterday. Anyway, Im reposting it here, because it seems to belong here: Hello, Germany’s most popular brand of routers is AVM FritzBox. FritzBox offers NA… --- ## [Maintenance run for UI version](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/maintenance-run-for-ui-version/2872)
**Author:** [@Ulli](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Ulli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/maintenance-run-for-ui-version/2872 "2024-05-01T09:34:43Z")
I like the UI version from Kopia, it’s an advantage over other solutions. Unfortunately there are some functions missing in the UI-version. As described here https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/maintenance/ the (important) … --- ## [Scheduler should allow to set dependency on "metered connection" status](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/scheduler-should-allow-to-set-dependency-on-metered-connection-status/2726)
**Author:** [@iav](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/iav)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/scheduler-should-allow-to-set-dependency-on-metered-connection-status/2726 "2024-03-14T18:37:53Z")
Scheduler should allow to set dependency on “metered connection” status. I’d like to set my laptop not to run snapshots targeted to cloud storage if I use metered connection or roaming, but work if not metered. --- ## [Short abbreviated hash completion or direct use](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/short-abbreviated-hash-completion-or-direct-use/2722)
**Author:** [@milvi](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/milvi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/short-abbreviated-hash-completion-or-direct-use/2722 "2024-03-13T07:40:03Z")
Hello ! Love Kopia ^^ As in git, I wish I could input only a part of the hash in command line. Indeed, most of the time (kopia policies, kopia ID, don’t (never) collide ). When there is no ambiguity it should be possi… [Next page](https://kopia.discourse.group/c/feature-requests/6.md?page=1)