release_notes.md

📦 Backup Plex - Release Notes (v6.0.0)

✨ New Features

• Interactive --restore and --test-restore modes
• Dynamic archive support: .zst, .7z, .tar
• Compression fallback logic based on system compatibility
• Progress bars with ETA for backup/restore
• Plex shutdown/start with user prompt with restoration
• Clean summaries and logging with runtime breakdown
• Auto-pruning of old backups based on retention limits
• Backup summary includes "Next Scheduled Full Backup"

🛠 Improvements

• Modular backup functions (zst_backup, 7z_backup, tar_backup)
• All tmp/logs directories are automatically created
• Log rotation for the last 10 runs
• More robust error handling and output suppression.
• Config validation for webhook/channel/paths before execution

🔧 Developer Notes

• Requires pv for best progress display
• Requires zstd or 7z depending on compression method
• Designed to be used in Unraid and general Linux environments