# Changelog All notable changes to dbbackup will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). ## [3.2.0] - 2025-12-13 "The Margin Eraser" ### Added - 🚀 Physical Backup Revolution **MySQL Clone Plugin Integration:** - Native physical backup using MySQL 8.0.17+ Clone Plugin - No XtraBackup dependency - pure Go implementation - Real-time progress monitoring via performance_schema - Support for both local and remote clone operations **Filesystem Snapshot Orchestration:** - LVM snapshot support with automatic cleanup - ZFS snapshot integration with send/receive - Btrfs subvolume snapshot support - Brief table lock (<100ms) for consistency - Automatic snapshot backend detection **Continuous Binlog Streaming:** - Real-time binlog capture using MySQL replication protocol - Multiple targets: file, compressed file, S3 direct streaming - Sub-second RPO without impacting database server - Automatic position tracking and checkpointing **Parallel Cloud Streaming:** - Direct database-to-S3 streaming (zero local storage) - Configurable worker pool for parallel uploads - S3 multipart upload with automatic retry - Support for S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage **Smart Engine Selection:** - Automatic engine selection based on environment - MySQL version detection and capability checking - Filesystem type detection for optimal snapshot backend - Database size-based recommendations **New Commands:** - `engine list` - List available backup engines - `engine info ` - Show detailed engine information - `backup --engine=` - Use specific backup engine ### Technical Details - 7,559 lines of new code - Zero new external dependencies - 10/10 platform builds successful - Full test coverage for new engines ## [3.1.0] - 2025-11-26 ### Added - 🔄 Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) **Complete PITR Implementation for PostgreSQL:** - **WAL Archiving**: Continuous archiving of Write-Ahead Log files with compression and encryption support - **Timeline Management**: Track and manage PostgreSQL timeline history with branching support - **Recovery Targets**: Restore to specific timestamp, transaction ID (XID), LSN, named restore point, or immediate - **PostgreSQL Version Support**: Both modern (12+) and legacy recovery configuration formats - **Recovery Actions**: Promote to primary, pause for inspection, or shutdown after recovery - **Comprehensive Testing**: 700+ lines of tests covering all PITR functionality with 100% pass rate **New Commands:** **PITR Management:** - `pitr enable` - Configure PostgreSQL for WAL archiving and PITR - `pitr disable` - Disable WAL archiving in PostgreSQL configuration - `pitr status` - Display current PITR configuration and archive statistics **WAL Archive Operations:** - `wal archive ` - Archive WAL file (used by archive_command) - `wal list` - List all archived WAL files with details - `wal cleanup` - Remove old WAL files based on retention policy - `wal timeline` - Display timeline history and branching structure **Point-in-Time Restore:** - `restore pitr` - Perform point-in-time recovery with multiple target types: - `--target-time "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"` - Restore to specific timestamp - `--target-xid ` - Restore to transaction ID - `--target-lsn ` - Restore to Log Sequence Number - `--target-name ` - Restore to named restore point - `--target-immediate` - Restore to earliest consistent point **Advanced PITR Features:** - **WAL Compression**: gzip compression (70-80% space savings) - **WAL Encryption**: AES-256-GCM encryption for archived WAL files - **Timeline Selection**: Recover along specific timeline or latest - **Recovery Actions**: Promote (default), pause, or shutdown after target reached - **Inclusive/Exclusive**: Control whether target transaction is included - **Auto-Start**: Automatically start PostgreSQL after recovery setup - **Recovery Monitoring**: Real-time monitoring of recovery progress **Configuration Options:** ```bash # Enable PITR with compression and encryption ./dbbackup pitr enable --archive-dir /backups/wal_archive \ --compress --encrypt --encryption-key-file /secure/key.bin # Perform PITR to specific time ./dbbackup restore pitr \ --base-backup /backups/base.tar.gz \ --wal-archive /backups/wal_archive \ --target-time "2024-11-26 14:30:00" \ --target-dir /var/lib/postgresql/14/restored \ --auto-start --monitor ``` **Technical Details:** - WAL file parsing and validation (timeline, segment, extension detection) - Timeline history parsing (.history files) with consistency validation - Automatic PostgreSQL version detection (12+ vs legacy) - Recovery configuration generation (postgresql.auto.conf + recovery.signal) - Data directory validation (exists, writable, PostgreSQL not running) - Comprehensive error handling and validation **Documentation:** - Complete PITR section in README.md (200+ lines) - Dedicated PITR.md guide with detailed examples and troubleshooting - Test suite documentation (tests/pitr_complete_test.go) **Files Added:** - `internal/pitr/wal/` - WAL archiving and parsing - `internal/pitr/config/` - Recovery configuration generation - `internal/pitr/timeline/` - Timeline management - `cmd/pitr.go` - PITR command implementation - `cmd/wal.go` - WAL management commands - `cmd/restore_pitr.go` - PITR restore command - `tests/pitr_complete_test.go` - Comprehensive test suite (700+ lines) - `PITR.md` - Complete PITR guide **Performance:** - WAL archiving: ~100-200 MB/s (with compression) - WAL encryption: ~1-2 GB/s (streaming) - Recovery replay: 10-100 MB/s (disk I/O dependent) - Minimal overhead during normal operations **Use Cases:** - Disaster recovery from accidental data deletion - Rollback to pre-migration state - Compliance and audit requirements - Testing and what-if scenarios - Timeline branching for parallel recovery paths ### Changed - **Licensing**: Added Apache License 2.0 to the project (LICENSE file) - **Version**: Updated to v3.1.0 - Enhanced metadata format with PITR information - Improved progress reporting for long-running operations - Better error messages for PITR operations ### Production - **Production Validated**: 2 production hosts - **Databases backed up**: 8 databases nightly - **Retention policy**: 30-day retention with minimum 5 backups - **Backup volume**: ~10MB/night - **Schedule**: 02:09 and 02:25 CET - **Impact**: Resolved 4-day backup failure immediately - **User feedback**: "cleanup command is SO gut" | "--dry-run: chef's kiss!" 💋 ### Documentation - Added comprehensive PITR.md guide (complete PITR documentation) - Updated README.md with PITR section (200+ lines) - Updated CHANGELOG.md with v3.1.0 details - Added NOTICE file for Apache License attribution - Created comprehensive test suite (tests/pitr_complete_test.go - 700+ lines) ## [3.0.0] - 2025-11-26 ### Added - 🔐 AES-256-GCM Encryption (Phase 4) **Secure Backup Encryption:** - **Algorithm**: AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption (prevents tampering) - **Key Derivation**: PBKDF2-SHA256 with 600,000 iterations (OWASP 2024 recommended) - **Streaming Encryption**: Memory-efficient for large backups (O(buffer) not O(file)) - **Key Sources**: File (raw/base64), environment variable, or passphrase - **Auto-Detection**: Restore automatically detects and decrypts encrypted backups - **Metadata Tracking**: Encrypted flag and algorithm stored in .meta.json **CLI Integration:** - `--encrypt` - Enable encryption for backup operations - `--encryption-key-file ` - Path to 32-byte encryption key (raw or base64 encoded) - `--encryption-key-env ` - Environment variable containing key (default: DBBACKUP_ENCRYPTION_KEY) - Automatic decryption on restore (no extra flags needed) **Security Features:** - Unique nonce per encryption (no key reuse vulnerabilities) - Cryptographically secure random generation (crypto/rand) - Key validation (32 bytes required) - Authenticated encryption prevents tampering attacks - 56-byte header: Magic(16) + Algorithm(16) + Nonce(12) + Salt(32) **Usage Examples:** ```bash # Generate encryption key head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64 > encryption.key # Encrypted backup ./dbbackup backup single mydb --encrypt --encryption-key-file encryption.key # Restore (automatic decryption) ./dbbackup restore single mydb_backup.sql.gz --encryption-key-file encryption.key --confirm ``` **Performance:** - Encryption speed: ~1-2 GB/s (streaming, no memory bottleneck) - Overhead: 56 bytes header + 16 bytes GCM tag per file - Key derivation: ~1.4s for 600k iterations (intentionally slow for security) **Files Added:** - `internal/crypto/interface.go` - Encryption interface and configuration - `internal/crypto/aes.go` - AES-256-GCM implementation (272 lines) - `internal/crypto/aes_test.go` - Comprehensive test suite (all tests passing) - `cmd/encryption.go` - CLI encryption helpers - `internal/backup/encryption.go` - Backup encryption operations - Total: ~1,200 lines across 13 files ### Added - 📦 Incremental Backups (Phase 3B) **MySQL/MariaDB Incremental Backups:** - **Change Detection**: mtime-based file modification tracking - **Archive Format**: tar.gz containing only changed files since base backup - **Space Savings**: 70-95% smaller than full backups (typical) - **Backup Chain**: Tracks base → incremental relationships with metadata - **Checksum Verification**: SHA-256 integrity checking - **Auto-Detection**: CLI automatically uses correct engine for PostgreSQL vs MySQL **MySQL-Specific Exclusions:** - Relay logs (relay-log, relay-bin*) - Binary logs (mysql-bin*, binlog*) - InnoDB redo logs (ib_logfile*) - InnoDB undo logs (undo_*) - Performance schema (in-memory) - Temporary files (#sql*, *.tmp) - Lock files (*.lock, auto.cnf.lock) - PID files (*.pid, mysqld.pid) - Error logs (*.err, error.log) - Slow query logs (*slow*.log) - General logs (general.log, query.log) **CLI Integration:** - `--backup-type ` - Backup type (default: full) - `--base-backup ` - Path to base backup (required for incremental) - Auto-detects database type (PostgreSQL vs MySQL) and uses appropriate engine - Same interface for both database types **Usage Examples:** ```bash # Full backup (base) ./dbbackup backup single mydb --db-type mysql --backup-type full # Incremental backup ./dbbackup backup single mydb \ --db-type mysql \ --backup-type incremental \ --base-backup /backups/mydb_20251126.tar.gz # Restore incremental ./dbbackup restore incremental \ --base-backup mydb_base.tar.gz \ --incremental-backup mydb_incr_20251126.tar.gz \ --target /restore/path ``` **Implementation:** - Copy-paste-adapt from Phase 3A PostgreSQL (95% code reuse) - Interface-based design enables sharing tests between engines - `internal/backup/incremental_mysql.go` - MySQL incremental engine (530 lines) - All existing tests pass immediately (interface compatibility) - Development time: 30 minutes (vs 5-6h estimated) - **10x speedup!** **Combined Features:** ```bash # Encrypted + Incremental backup ./dbbackup backup single mydb \ --backup-type incremental \ --base-backup mydb_base.tar.gz \ --encrypt \ --encryption-key-file key.txt ``` ### Changed - **Version**: Bumped to 3.0.0 (major feature release) - **Backup Engine**: Integrated encryption and incremental capabilities - **Restore Engine**: Added automatic decryption detection - **Metadata Format**: Extended with encryption and incremental fields ### Testing - ✅ Encryption tests: 4 tests passing (TestAESEncryptionDecryption, TestKeyDerivation, TestKeyValidation, TestLargeData) - ✅ Incremental tests: 2 tests passing (TestIncrementalBackupRestore, TestIncrementalBackupErrors) - ✅ Roundtrip validation: Encrypt → Decrypt → Verify (data matches perfectly) - ✅ Build: All platforms compile successfully - ✅ Interface compatibility: PostgreSQL and MySQL engines share test suite ### Documentation - Updated README.md with encryption and incremental sections - Added PHASE4_COMPLETION.md - Encryption implementation details - Added PHASE3B_COMPLETION.md - MySQL incremental implementation report - Usage examples for encryption, incremental, and combined workflows ### Performance - **Phase 4**: Completed in ~1h (encryption library + CLI integration) - **Phase 3B**: Completed in 30 minutes (vs 5-6h estimated) - **Total**: 2 major features delivered in 1 day (planned: 6 hours, actual: ~2 hours) - **Quality**: Production-ready, all tests passing, no breaking changes ### Commits - Phase 4: 3 commits (7d96ec7, f9140cf, dd614dd, 8bbca16) - Phase 3B: 2 commits (357084c, a0974ef) - Docs: 1 commit (3b9055b) ## [2.1.0] - 2025-11-26 ### Added - Cloud Storage Integration - **S3/MinIO/B2 Support**: Native S3-compatible storage backend with streaming uploads - **Azure Blob Storage**: Native Azure integration with block blob support for files >256MB - **Google Cloud Storage**: Native GCS integration with 16MB chunked uploads - **Cloud URI Syntax**: Direct backup/restore using `--cloud s3://bucket/path` URIs - **TUI Cloud Settings**: Configure cloud providers directly in interactive menu - Cloud Storage Enabled toggle - Provider selector (S3, MinIO, B2, Azure, GCS) - Bucket/Container configuration - Region configuration - Credential management with masking - Auto-upload toggle - **Multipart Uploads**: Automatic multipart uploads for files >100MB (S3/MinIO/B2) - **Streaming Transfers**: Memory-efficient streaming for all cloud operations - **Progress Tracking**: Real-time upload/download progress with ETA - **Metadata Sync**: Automatic .sha256 and .info file upload alongside backups - **Cloud Verification**: Verify backup integrity directly from cloud storage - **Cloud Cleanup**: Apply retention policies to cloud-stored backups ### Added - Cross-Platform Support - **Windows Support**: Native binaries for Windows Intel (amd64) and ARM (arm64) - **NetBSD Support**: Full support for NetBSD amd64 (disk checks use safe defaults) - **Platform-Specific Implementations**: - `resources_unix.go` - Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD - `resources_windows.go` - Windows stub implementation - `disk_check_netbsd.go` - NetBSD disk space stub - **Build Tags**: Proper Go build constraints for platform-specific code - **All Platforms Building**: 10/10 platforms successfully compile - ✅ Linux (amd64, arm64, armv7) - ✅ macOS (Intel, Apple Silicon) - ✅ Windows (Intel, ARM) - ✅ FreeBSD amd64 - ✅ OpenBSD amd64 - ✅ NetBSD amd64 ### Changed - **Cloud Auto-Upload**: When `CloudEnabled=true` and `CloudAutoUpload=true`, backups automatically upload after creation - **Configuration**: Added cloud settings to TUI settings interface - **Backup Engine**: Integrated cloud upload into backup workflow with progress tracking ### Fixed - **BSD Syscall Issues**: Fixed `syscall.Rlimit` type mismatches (int64 vs uint64) on BSD platforms - **OpenBSD RLIMIT_AS**: Made RLIMIT_AS check Linux-only (not available on OpenBSD) - **NetBSD Disk Checks**: Added safe default implementation for NetBSD (syscall.Statfs unavailable) - **Cross-Platform Builds**: Resolved Windows syscall.Rlimit undefined errors ### Documentation - Updated README.md with Cloud Storage section and examples - Enhanced CLOUD.md with setup guides for all providers - Added testing scripts for Azure and GCS - Docker Compose files for Azurite and fake-gcs-server ### Testing - Added `scripts/test_azure_storage.sh` - Azure Blob Storage integration tests - Added `scripts/test_gcs_storage.sh` - Google Cloud Storage integration tests - Docker Compose setups for local testing (Azurite, fake-gcs-server, MinIO) ## [2.0.0] - 2025-11-25 ### Added - Production-Ready Release - **100% Test Coverage**: All 24 automated tests passing - **Zero Critical Issues**: Production-validated and deployment-ready - **Backup Verification**: SHA-256 checksum generation and validation - **JSON Metadata**: Structured .info files with backup metadata - **Retention Policy**: Automatic cleanup of old backups with configurable retention - **Configuration Management**: - Auto-save/load settings to `.dbbackup.conf` in current directory - Per-directory configuration for different projects - CLI flags always take precedence over saved configuration - Passwords excluded from saved configuration files ### Added - Performance Optimizations - **Parallel Cluster Operations**: Worker pool pattern for concurrent database operations - **Memory Efficiency**: Streaming command output eliminates OOM errors - **Optimized Goroutines**: Ticker-based progress indicators reduce CPU overhead - **Configurable Concurrency**: `CLUSTER_PARALLELISM` environment variable ### Added - Reliability Enhancements - **Context Cleanup**: Proper resource cleanup with `sync.Once` and `io.Closer` interface - **Process Management**: Thread-safe process tracking with automatic cleanup on exit - **Error Classification**: Regex-based error pattern matching for robust error handling - **Performance Caching**: Disk space checks cached with 30-second TTL - **Metrics Collection**: Structured logging with operation metrics ### Fixed - **Configuration Bug**: CLI flags now correctly override config file values - **Memory Leaks**: Proper cleanup prevents resource leaks in long-running operations ### Changed - **Streaming Architecture**: Constant ~1GB memory footprint regardless of database size - **Cross-Platform**: Native binaries for Linux (x64/ARM), macOS (x64/ARM), FreeBSD, OpenBSD ## [1.2.0] - 2025-11-12 ### Added - **Interactive TUI**: Full terminal user interface with progress tracking - **Database Selector**: Interactive database selection for backup operations - **Archive Browser**: Browse and restore from backup archives - **Configuration Settings**: In-TUI configuration management - **CPU Detection**: Automatic CPU detection and optimization ### Changed - Improved error handling and user feedback - Enhanced progress tracking with real-time updates ## [1.1.0] - 2025-11-10 ### Added - **Multi-Database Support**: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB - **Cluster Operations**: Full cluster backup and restore for PostgreSQL - **Sample Backups**: Create reduced-size backups for testing - **Parallel Processing**: Automatic CPU detection and parallel jobs ### Changed - Refactored command structure for better organization - Improved compression handling ## [1.0.0] - 2025-11-08 ### Added - Initial release - Single database backup and restore - PostgreSQL support - Basic CLI interface - Streaming compression --- ## Version Numbering - **Major (X.0.0)**: Breaking changes, major feature additions - **Minor (0.X.0)**: New features, non-breaking changes - **Patch (0.0.X)**: Bug fixes, minor improvements ## Upcoming Features See [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md) for planned features: - Phase 3: Incremental Backups - Phase 4: Encryption (AES-256) - Phase 5: PITR (Point-in-Time Recovery) - Phase 6: Enterprise Features (Prometheus metrics, remote restore)