seafile-admin-docs/manual/changelog/drive-client-changelog.md

SeaDrive Client Changelog

3.0.19 (2025/12/17)

• win] Fix file deletion bug when renaming a placeholder file into new name with only case difference
  
  

3.0.18 (2025/12/02)

• When renaming a folder having many duplicated files or empty files, avoid unnecessary deletion confirmation

• win] Pop notifications when downloading a folder containing files/sub-folders with invalid names
  

• win] Fix edge case for syncing files with case conflicts
  

• mac] Change logo to rectangle to better adapt macOS 26
  

• linux] Add "download" and "remove cache" menue itmes to file context menu
  
  

3.0.17 (2025/11/04)

• win] Add read-only icons for files with read-only permissions
  

• win] Fix UI freezing issue after entering password for encrypted library
  

• win] Fix sync issue after changing the character cases for file names
  

• linux] Fix corrupted icon in system notification
  

• Add link to FAQ in file sync error dialog
• Automatically rotate logs when it gets large
• Add User Agent header for websockets requests
• Reconnect to notification server after computer wake up

3.0.16 (2025/08/22)

• Don't persist network errors after restart
• Properly handle request redirection in syncing
• Fix open file via client from web interface

• win] Allow users to choose sync root folder names when login an account for the first time
  
  

3.0.15 (2025/06/26)

• Persist file sync errors over restart
• Save encryption keys for encrypted libraries after delete confirmation "No"
• Increase fs-id-list request timeout to 30 minutes
• Update parent folder modification time when file are updated

• mac] Fix memory leaks when removing downloaded items from cache
  

• linux] Add Nautilus extension for GNOME
  
  

3.0.14 (2025/05/07)

• win] Avoid potential file overwriting issue after internal metadata is removed by Anti-virus
  

• win] Keep encryption keys after auto-resyncing an encrypted library, when internal metadata is removed by Anti-virus
  

• win] Enhance handling of pinned files
  

• mac] Auto lock office files when they're opened (requires macOS 15+)
  
  

3.0.13 (2025/03/06)

• Support PDF previews
• Don't timeout for fs-id-list requests
• Upgrade OpenSSL

• mac] Fix handling of "._DS" files
  

• win] Add user name in the SeaDrive entry in Windows Explorer
  

• linux] Support importing CA certificates from OS
  

• linux] Auto lock Office files opened by LibreOffice and WPS
  
  

3.0.12 (2024/12/03)

• Handle changes of invisible sub-folder permissions
• Support encrypted library with custom password hash algorithms
• [mac] Add back file search UI
• [mac] Fix bug that duplicated files are created by the client
• [mac] Don't show "The path contains symbols that are not supported by the windows system" message
• [win] Fix bug that sometimes files cannot be deleted
• [linux] Don't wait for file deletion confirmation in CLI

3.0.11 (2024/09/10)

• win] Reuse cache folder when resync account
  

• win] Don't download files with case conflicts in file names
  

• mac] Remove local library metadata when deleting account
  

• mac] Support uploading app package files
  

• mac] Support latest TLS protocol
  

• mac] Fix crash when first start on Apple Silicon
  

• mac] Fix sync issue when creating a new folder and putting files into it
  

• Use usernames as suffix for conflict files, instead of emails

3.0.10 (2024/06/18)

• mac] Fix support for using mulitple accounts after macOS 14.4
  

• Support accessing libraries with cloud-only sub-folders
• Support username and password for SOCKS5 proxy
• Record sync error when fail to download file

3.0.9 (2024/04/25)

• Improve handling of exceptional file/folder operations, e.g. creating files in root folder, read-only folders
• Fixed some crash issues

• mac] Hide "Do not sync" menu item from context menu
  

• mac] Improved tray icon
  

• mac] Improved mechanism for preventing more than one seadrive file provider processes from running
  
  

3.0.8 (2024/02/21)

• Support Single-Sign-On with desktop browser

• win] Delete invalid placeholders when re-login to an account
  

• mac] Adjust the color and size of icons in system tray area
  

• mac] Upload file execution permission
  

• mac] Keep messages in notification area
  

• mac] Fix some syncing issues
  
  

3.0.7 (2023/12/04)

• Support accessing libraries with invisible sub-folder permissions

• mac] Don't remove cache folders when removing accounts
  

• mac] Always start extension when restarting the SeaDrive app
  

• win] Avoid a case that can create empty commits
  

• win] Make modifying cache location work again
  

• Use system proxy settings by default

3.0.6 (2023/09/15)

• win] Upgrade Qt to 6.5.2 and OpenSSL 3.0
  

• win] Add a tip that re-syncing an account will create a new sync root folder
  

• mac] Fix a bug that uncaching a file will make it 0-sized
  
  

3.0.5 (2023/08/15)

• win] Fix thumbnail orientation issue
  

• mac] Add confirmation when move/copy files into root or category folders
  

• mac] Fix unix socket name too long issue
  

• Fix bug when removing folder group permissions when notification server is used
• Support some new errors returned by newer servers

3.0.4 (2023/06/10)

• mac] Fix crash bug when adding new account
  

• mac] Fix crash bug of GUI due to file descriptor leakage
  

• Fix status icon display issue

3.0.3 (2023/05/25)

• win] Support image thumbnails
  

• win] Add resync account function, to help fix invalid placeholder issues
  

• win] Remove entry in explorer when remove an account
  

• win] Only convert file to placeholder after it's uploaded
  

• win] Fix a bug that opening a file returns all zeros
  

• win] Fix a bug that syncing doesn't work when restart SeaDrive with no network connection
  

• win] Fix seafile_ext64.dll permission
  

• Require user confirmation when deleting a library
• Always display "File Sync Errors" menu item in system tray icon menu

• mac] (Beta) Provide native Apple Silicon binary
  

• mac] (Beta) Upgrade Qt to 6.2.4
  

• mac] (Beta) Fix a bug that after downloading file with web browser to SeaDrive, file modification time becomes 1970.
  

• mac] (Beta) Add more actions to right-click menu in Finder
  
  

3.0.2 Beta (2023/03/24)

• mac] Use File Provider API to implement virtual drive
  

• Allow syncing multiple accounts at the same time
• Support notification server, which makes library and locked files update more timely

2.0.27 for Windows (2023/03/24)

• win] Update app signing certificate
  

• win] Fix a potential crash issue
  
  

2.0.26 (2022/12/28)

• Ask for user confirmation when deleting more than 500 files at once

2.0.25 (Windows) (2022/12/03)

• Disable removing invalid placeholders logic, to avoid mistakenly removing placeholders
• Fix a crash issue when fails to register sync root
• Avoid a potential case where empty commits are created

2.0.24 (Windows) (2022/11/14)

• Add events.log for debugging local file changes
• Remove invalid placeholders after re-login (when corresponsiding files were removed on server)
• Resume creating placehooders when the first sync process was interrupted

2.0.24 (macOS) (2022/11/09)

• Support macOS 13

2.0.23 (2022/08/18)

• Win] Fix problems when renaming libraries in the client
  
  

2.0.22 (2022/06/23)

• Win] Fix a placeholder size not updated issue.
  

• Improving moving files/folders with special characters in names

• Linux] Fix CMake error
  
  

2.0.21 (Windows) (2022/03/21)

• Don't remove cache folder when logout and remove account, to prevent unintended removal of files.
• Disallow changing cases for library names.
• Retry when failed to convert a file/folder to placeholder.

2.0.20 (2022/03/04)

• Win] Avoid creating empty change records
  

• Win] Fix a bug in cache cleaning: Don't clean files not uploaded yet.
  

• Support cache path that contains empty spaces
• Improve a few permission error messages
• Show errors when fails to create share links or upload links
• Support compiling with Qt 6.2

2.0.19 (Windows) (2021/12/29)

• Ignore timestamp changes to .eml files
• Unregister sync root when user choose to remove account data in uninstallation

2.0.18 (macOS) (2021/10/29)

• Add support for macOS 12

2.0.18 (Windows) (2021/10/26)

• Improve library loading speed on restart

2.0.17 (2021/09/30)

• Win] Fix unable to rename libraries
  

• Win] Avoid repetitively removing and re-downloading libraries in some rare cases
  

• Win] Add notification when all libraries are loaded on restart
  

• Win] Fix bug when a library is both shared personally and to a group
  
  

2.0.16 (2021/8/13)

• Win] Fix failure to delete placeholder files
  

• Win] Fix failure to create placeholder files when there are duplicate file names with different cases
  

• Set Content-Type header in http requests

2.0.15 (2021/7/20)

• Win] Fix wrong status icon after a folder is moved to another library
  

• Win] Fix one more potential isssue that can cause "cloud operation invalid" error
  

• Win] Fix pinning a file in device
  

• Win] Pop-up notifications when a folder is moved to the category folder
  

• Linux] Fix build with latest GLib
  
  

2.0.14 (2021/5/26)

• Win] Fix crash issue when have multiple accounts with the same user names
  

• Win] Fix potential "cloud operation invalid" error when downloading a file
  

• Win] Avoid creating unwanted conflict files on restart
  

• Win] Handle renaming of invalid folder name
  

• Win] Support auto cleaning cache space
  

• Win,Mac] Support "seafile://" protocol for opening file with client
  

• Report nicer error message when a library is too large to sync

2.0.13 (2021/3/23)

• Win] Fix crash issue when multiple accounts with the same name are used
  

• Win] Improve download speed for large files
  

• Win] Improvement and bug fixes for context menu
  

• Win] A few UI fixes
  

• Win] Support preconfigure cache folder location
  

• Mac] Fix bug for cleaning cached file/folder
  
  

2.0.12 (2021/1/29)

• Win] Fix crash issue when repeatedly download and cancel download some files
  

• Win] Fix some cases for creating unexpected conflict files
  

• Win] Automatically download new files for pinned folders
  

• Don't create commits for read-only libraries. Avoid unexpected permission errors.

• Win] Add user names to the shortcut in File Explorer
  

• Win] Pop notifications when files are created in a category folder
  

• Win] Make the columns in transfer progress dialog resizable
  
  

2.0.10 (2020/12/29)

• Win] Add context menu
  

• Mac] Support Apple Silicon M1 CPU
  

• Linux] Unmount on exit
  
  

2.0.9 (2020/11/20)

• Mac] Fix failure to load kernel extension on macOS 11 Big Sur
  
  

2.0.8 (2020/11/14)

• Mac] Support macOS 11
  

• Win] Fix moving multiple files/folders across different folders
  
  

2.0.7 (2020/10/31)

• Win] Avoid unintended file deletions when removing seafile account
  

• Mac] Fix some application compatibility issues caused by extended file attributes handling
  
  

2.0.6 (2020/09/24)

• Win] Remove invalid characters from sync root folder name
  

• Win] Increase request timeout for rename library, delete library, create library, move folders
  

• Win] Avoid creating redundant sync root folders on restart
  

• Win] Support pre-configuration registry keys
  
  

1.0.12 (2020/08/25)

• Fix occasional "permission denied" error when syncing a library

2.0.5 (2020/07/30)

• Fix occasional "permission denied" error when syncing a library

• Win] Remove explorer shortcut when uninstall SeaDrive or change cache folder location
  
  

2.0.4 (2020/07/13)

• Win] Use username for cache folder name instead of a hash value
  

• Win] Retry download files when pinning a folder
  

• Win] Retry rename category folder when switching language
  

• Win] Only allow install on Windows 10 1709 or later
  

• Mac] Disable "search in Finder" option
  

• Fix tray icon sync error status

2.0.3 (2020/06/17)

• Win] Fix crash on Windows 10 1709 - 1803
  

• Win] Show SeaDrive shortcut when opening files in 32-bit applications (e.g. Word)
  

• Win] Avoid creating unnecessary conflict files
  

• Win] Improve error message of opening placeholder files when SeaDrive is not running
  

• Win] Support removing account information when uninstall
  
  

2.0.2 (2020/05/23)

• Mac] Support syncing encrypted libraries
  

• Win] Support change cache location
  

• Win] Improve account switching behaviors
  

• Win] Other bug fixes
  
  

2.0.1 for Windows (2020/04/13)

• Fix issues when switching languages
• Fix issues for legacy Windows "8.3 format" paths
• Improve speed of creating placeholders
• Don't add SeaDrive cache folder to Windows search index
• Use short hash instead of "servername_account" for cache folder name
• Prevent the old Explorer extension from calling new SeaDrive (avoiding high CPU usage)
• Fix small issues in encrypted library support
• Change installation location from "Seafile Ltd" to "Seafile"
• Add SeaDrive entry to Windows start menu
• Change "seadrive" to "SeaDrive" in Explorer navigation pane
• Fix SSO re-login failure

2.0.0 for Windows (2020/03/20)

• Use Windows 10 native API to implement the virtual drive
• Support syncing encrypted libraries

1.0.11 (2020/02/07)

• Fix a bug that logout and login will lead to file deletion

• mac] Fix a bug in SSO
  
  

1.0.10 (2019/12/23)

• Fix a bug that sometimes SeaDrive is empty when network unavailable
• Fix generating too many tokens when library downloading failed
• Fix sometimes files should be ignored are uploaded
• Automatically re-sync a library if local metadata is broken

• mac] Add support for MacOS 10.15
  

• mac] Drop support for MacOS 10.12
  
  

1.0.8 (2019/11/05)

• Support French and Germany language for top level folder name
• Fix a compatible issue with Excel
• Fix a problem in cleaning local cache
• Support delete library in category My Libraries
• Ignore .fuse_hidden file in Mac
• Rotate seadrive.log

1.0.7 (2019/08/21)

• mac] Improve finder extension
  
  

1.0.6 (2019/07/01)

• fix, win] Fix a problem when uninstall or upgrade the drive client when the client is running.
  

• fix] Fix a crash problem when file path containing invalid character
  
  

1.0.5 (2019/06/11)

• fix] Fix lots of "Creating partial commit after adding" in the log
  

• fix] Fix permission at the client is wrong when a library shared to different groups with different permissions
  

• fix] Don't show libraries with online preview or online read-write permission
  

• mac] Add Mac Finder preview plugin to prevent automatically downloading of files
  
  

1.0.4 (2019/04/23)

• fix] Fix file locking
  

• fix] Fix support of detecting pro edition when first time login
  

• Support Kerberos authentication

1.0.3 (2019/03/18)

• fix] Fix copy folders with properties into SeaDrive
  

• fix] Fix a possible crash bug when listing libraries
  
  

1.0.1 (2019/01/14)

• Update included Dokany drive
• Improve notification when user try to delete a library in the client

• fix] Fix getting internal link for folders
  

• fix] Fix problem after changing the cache directory
  

• fix] Fix support for guest users that have no storage capacity
  

• fix] Fix timeout when loading a library with a lot of files
  
  

1.0.0 (2018/11/19)

• fix] Allow a guest user to copy files into shared library
  

• Support pause sync

• win] Add option to only allow current user to view the virtual disk
  

• win] Don't let the Windows to search into the internal cache folder
  

• win] Install the explorer extension to system path to allow multiple users to use the extension
  

• mac] Add option to allow search in Finder (disabled by default)
  

• mac] Update kernel drive to support Mac Mojave
  

• mac] Support office file automatically lock
  
  

0.9.5 (2018/09/10)

• fix, win] Fix support for some SSL CA
  

• Redirect to https if user accidentally input server's address with http but the server is actually use http

• fix, win] Show a tooltip that the Windows system maybe rebooted during upgrading drive client
  

• fix, mac] Fix permission problems during installation on Mac 10.13+
  
  

0.9.4 (2018/08/18)

• win] No longer depends on .Net framework
  

• mac] Support file search in Finder
  

• win] Fix loading of HTTPS certifications
  
  

0.9.3 (2018/06/19)

• win] Show syncing status at the top level folders
  

• fix] Fix sometimes logout/login lead to empty drive folder
  

• Support change cache folder
• Add "open file/open folder" in search window
• Set automatically login to true in SSO mode

• mac] Fix compatibility with AirDrop
  
  

0.9.2 (2018/05/05)

• Fix a bug that causing SeaDrive crash

0.9.1 (2018/04/24)

• Fix a bug that causing crash when file search menu is clicked

0.9.0 (2018/04/24)

• Libraries are displayed under three folders "My Libraries", "Group Libraries", "Shared libraries"

• fix] Fix a bug in cleaning cache
  

• win] Update the kernel drive
  

• Improve syncing notification messages

• mac] Include the kernel drive with the SeaDrive package
  

• mac] Add Finder sidebar shortcut
  

• Add file search

0.8.6 (2018/03/19)

• fix] Fix compatibility with Visio and other applications by implementing a missing system API
  
  

0.8.5 (2018/01/03)

• fix] Fix SeaDrive over RDP in Windows 10/7
  

• fix] Fix SeaDrive shell extension memory leak
  

• fix] Fix duplicated folder/files shown in Finder.app (macOS)
  

• fix] Fix file cache status icon for MacOS
  
  

0.8.4 (2017/12/01)

• fix] Fix Word/Excel files can't be saved in Windows 10
  

• Add "download" context menu to explicitly download a file
• Change "Shibboleth" to "Single Sign On"

0.8.3 (2017/11/24)

• fix] Fix deleted folder recreated issue
  

• Improve UI of downloading/uploading list dialog

0.8.1 (2017/11/03)

• Use "REMOVABLE" when mount the drive disk
• Prevent creating "System Volume Information"
• Some UI fixes

0.8.0 (2017/09/16)

• fix] Reuse old drive letter after SeaDrive crash
  

• fix] Fix rename library back to old name when it is changed in the server
  

• fix] Fix sometimes network can not reconnected after network down
  

• Change default block size to 8MB
• Make auto-login as default
• Remount SeaDrive when it is unmounted after Windows hibernate

0.7.1 (2017/06/23)

• fix] Fix a bug that causing client crash
  
  

0.7.0 (2017/06/07)

• Add support for multi-users using SeaDrive on a single desktop. But different users must choose different drive letters.
• Improve write performance

• fix] When a non-cached file is locked in the server, the "lock" icon will be shown instead of the "cloud" icon.
  

• Add "automatically login" option in login dialog
• Add file transfer status dialog.

0.6.2 (2017/04/22)

• fix] Fix after moving a file to a newly created sub folder, the file reappear when logout and login
  

• Refresh current folder and the destination folder after moving files from one library to another library

• fix] Fix file locking not work
  

• fix] Fix sometimes files can't be saved
  
  

0.6.1 (2017/03/27)

• fix] Don't show a popup notification to state that a file can't be created in `S:` because a few programs will automatically try to create files in `S:`
  
  

0.6.0 (2017/03/25)

• Improve syncing status icons
• Show error in the interface when there are syncing errors
• Don't show rorate icon when downloading/uploading metadata

• fix] Don't download files when the network is not connected
  
  

0.5.2 (2017/03/09)

• fix] Rename a non-cached folder or file will lead to sync error.
  
  

0.5.1 (2017/02/16)

• fix] Fix copying exe files to SeaDrive on Win 7 will freeze the explorer
  

• The mounted drive is only visible to the current user
• Add popup notification when syncing is done

• fix] Fix any change in the settings leads to a drive letter change
  
  

0.5.0 (2017/01/18)

• Improve stability
• Support file locking
• Support sub-folder permission

• fix] Fix 1TB limitation
  

• User can choose disk letter in settings dialog
• Support remote wipe

• fix] Use proxy server when login
  

• Click system tray icon open SeaDrive folder
• Support application auto-upgrade

0.4.2 (2016/12/16)

• fix] Fix SeaDrive initialization error during Windows startup
  
  

0.4.1 (2016/11/07)

• fix] Fix a bug that lead to empty S: drive after installation.
  
  

0.4.0 (2016/11/05)

• fix] Fix a bug that leads to generation of conflict files when editing
  

• Add translations
• Update included Dokany library to 1.0
• Don't show encrypted libraries even in command line
• Show permission error when copy a file to the root
• Show permission error when try to modify a read-only folder
• Show permission error when try to delete a folder in the root folder

0.3.1 (2016/10/22)

• Fix link for license terms
• Use new system tray icon
• Add notification for cross-libraries file move

0.3.0 (2016/10/14)

• Support selecting Drive letter
• Don't create folders like msiS50.tmp on Windows

• fix] Fix cache size limit settings
  

• Correctly show the storage space if the space is unlimited on the server side.

0.2.0 (2016/09/15)

• Add shibboleth support
• Show a dialog notify the client is downloading file list from the server during initialisation
• Show transfer rate

• fix] Fix a bug that lead to the file modification time to be empty
  

• fix] Fix a bug that lead to files not be uploaded
  
  

0.1.0 (2016/09/02)

• Initial release