VaultSync 1.7 (Sentinel) is now officially released.
This update focuses on one thing:
If you’re backing up to NAS, external drives, or across machines, this release is for you.
What Sentinel actually changes
Backups don’t usually fail instantly — they drift into failure:
- indexes go out of sync
- destinations get renamed or re-mounted
- retention deletes something critical
- chains silently break
Sentinel introduces systems to detect, explain, and repair that.
Backup integrity & repair
VaultSync now actively monitors your backup structure:
- Startup non-blocking integrity scans
- Deterministic orphan-backup repair planning
- Manual repair tools (Settings → Advanced)
- Retention safeguards to protect the last valid restore point
- Early Doctor workflow for guided fixes
Backups are no longer “fire and forget” — they are continuously verified
Transfers that don’t restart from 0
A big real-world improvement:
- Archive uploads now resume from verified checkpoints
- Interrupted transfers don’t restart entirely
- rsync / robocopy keep native restart behavior
- Full diagnostics for resume / fallback outcomes
This removes one of the most painful failure cases for large backups
Smarter storage awareness
Sentinel makes storage behavior predictable:
- Stable destination fingerprinting (handles rename / re-add cleanly)
- Per-destination soft quotas
- Cleanup suggestions before issues happen
- Clear storage risk explanations
You see problems before they break your backups
Restore readiness (new core signal)
This is one of the biggest conceptual additions:
- New restore-readiness scorecard
- Shows:
- which projects are at risk
- why they are at risk
- One-click review → direct fixes
Backups are now judged by “can I restore?”, not just “did it run”
Dashboard (the only major visual change)
The Dashboard has been fully reworked:
- Stable responsive KPI layout (no more awkward spacing)
- Dedicated restore-readiness section
- Storage cards now explain why capacity is risky
- Cleaner hierarchy, less duplicated information
Power-user & system upgrades
- Cross-machine metadata conflict detection
- Maintenance window for health tasks
- Retention simulation preview
- Improved support bundles with deeper diagnostics
- Smarter updater:
- preflight checks
- patch validation
- multi-version upgrade paths
UI polish (non-invasive, but noticeable)
No major redesign — but everything is tighter:
- Better spacing, alignment, and consistency
- Improved tag color system (now managed in Projects)
- New custom themes (OLED Black, Deep Blue, editor-style)
- Cleaner theme editor with proper swatches
Stability fixes
A lot of reliability work under the hood:
- Fixed font + localization issues
- Fixed restore UI inconsistencies
- Fixed startup config race conditions
- Reduced logging overhead (batched writer)
- Improved project discovery fallbacks
Download
👉 https://github.com/ATAC-Helicopter/VaultSync/releases
Feedback
If something feels off, confusing, or missing — tell me.
A lot of 1.7 came directly from user feedback, and I want to keep that loop tight.