# Kopia v0.18.1 has been released **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [November 16, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-v0-18-1-has-been-released/3444 "2024-11-16T23:53:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-v0-18-1-has-been-released/3444/1 "2024-11-16T23:53:18Z")
## Kopia v0.18.1 Download At: > **[Release v0.18.1 · kopia/kopia](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/releases/tag/v0.18.1)** > > Kopia v0.18.1 > Kopia v0.18.1 is a hot fix release which fixes compatibility with repository server clients which were connected using previous versions. > See #4255 > Release notes for v0.18: > There are... ## Release highlights ### Notifications You can now define notification profiles to be notified whenever errors occur. - support for defining notification profiles and templates via CLI ([#4034](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4034)) by Jarek Kowalski - send error notifications and snapshot reports ([#4233](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4233)) by Jarek Kowalski - improved snapshot reports ([#4244](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4244)) by Jarek Kowalski - added API to manipulate notification profiles in the UI - not used yet ([#4171](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4171)) by Jarek Kowalski ### Maintenance Maintenance and manifest management improvements should make working with larger repositories somewhat easier. - run epoch maintenance for quick maintenance ([#4185](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4185)) by Julio López - allow running quick maintenance with epoch manager ([#4198](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4198)) by Julio López - do not run auto-maintenance after a command fails ([#4168](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4168)) by Julio López - Reduce memory usage for epoch index compaction ([#4139](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4139)) by lyndon-li - Reduce memory allocations during manifest compaction ([#4084](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4084)) by ashmrtn - remove ability to enable compaction on index load ([#3834](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3834)) by Julio López - Allow extending blob retentions ([#4151](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4151)) by Mike McKay-Dirden ### Snapshot/Restore Improvements for snapshot/restore progress reporting. - introduce adaptive estimation mechanism ([#4218](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4218)) by Eugene Sumin - Increase restore progress granularity ([#3655](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3655)) by Eugene Sumin ### Policies - add policy import/export commands to im-/export policies from/to json ([#4020]([https://github.com/](https://github.com/) - added support for per-directory splitter overrides ([#3887](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3887)) by Jarek Kowalski kopia/kopia/issues/4020)) by blenderfreaky - Metadata compression config support for directory and indirect content ([#4080](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4080)) by Prasad Ghangal ### Server - BREAKING CHANGE remove support for HTTP-based repository API ([#3745](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3745)) by Jarek Kowalski - add `server user set-password-hash` command ([#3974](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3974)) by Julio López - `user add set user-password-hashing-algorithm` cli option ([#3815](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3815)) by Sirish Bathina - Fix client IPv6 URI generation for gRPC connections ([#3830](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3830)) by Nick ### Providers - GCS immutability ([#4134](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4134)) by Mike McKay-Dirden - info about the B2 S3-compatible endpoint ([#3860](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3860)) by Wyatt Childers - upgraded rclone to 1.68.2, fixed Google Drive rclone compatibility ([#4249](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4249)) by Jarek Kowalski ### Other Notable Changes - cache hard limits flags ([#3846](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3846)) by Wyatt Childers - avoid memory bloat in `benchmark encryption` command ([#4213](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4213)) by Julio López - include clock skew in error message ([#4186](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/4186)) by Julio López - avoid using empty master keys ([#3835](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3835)) by Mark Severson - key derivation algorithm for cache encryption ([#3799](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3799)) by Sirish Bathina - allow setting key derivation algorithm for format blob ([#3779](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3779)) by Sirish Bathina - include parameters in pbkdf2 instantiation ([#3811](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3811)) by Julio López - change default number of iterations for PBKDF2 ([#3810](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/issues/3810)) by Julio López ---
**Author:** ![alexbarton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/alexbarton/32/1218_2.png) [@alexbarton](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/alexbarton)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-v0-18-1-has-been-released/3444/2 "2024-11-17T12:38:36Z")
Thanks a lot @jkowalski and all contributors for creating and maintaining Kopia, and making this new release happen! Kopia is a great piece of software, your work is highly appreciated, you guys rock! 🤘