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Feature #16447

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Config Backup filename should have the pfSense version number in it

Added by Jon Brown 7 days ago. Updated 7 days ago.

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Backup / Restore
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Description

When you backup your config it gives you a name like

config-srv.fastcars.uk-20250925111019.xml

I would like the file name to have the pfsense version number in it. This is particulary useful when you are upgrading pfsense, you do on config before and one afterwards having the configs with the version number in allows easy identification. It also allows at a later date for the end use to restore the correct version of the config file to pfsense.

Examples would be

2.8.1-CE-config-srv.fastcars.uk-20250925111019.xml
2.8.1-PLUS-config-srv.fastcars.uk-20250925111019.xml

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Updated by Jim Pingle 7 days ago

  • Status changed from New to Rejected

The pfSense version has no direct association with the configuration version. The configuration format can be the same for multiple versions of pfSense software.

The configuration contains an internal revision tag that tells you what format it uses, and that correlates to an entry in this list: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions.html

Adding the version to the filename would be actively harmful and confusing since it isn't relevant.

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