{"id":320,"date":"2011-04-04T15:46:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T22:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=320"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:39:55","slug":"backblaze-release-152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-release-152\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Release 1.5.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog_post_release.jpg\" alt=\"New Release\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Backblaze has made a new release available and all users are scheduled to be automatically upgraded over the next two weeks. 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