Changelog

What's new in 2.454 (2024-04-16)

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• Support symbols in the newJob page. (issue 72947)
• Create-item button is no longer disabled when a duplicate name is present. (issue 73007)
• Fix the appearance of badges. (pull 9155)
• After reconfiguring a static inbound agent in the GUI using fields such as WebSocket, deprecated in 2.440.x, the suggested launch instructions would incorrectly include tunnel (with no argument) even if that field had been left blank. (issue 73011)
• Fix the WorkspaceCleanupThread to consider workspaces with suffixes even if the original is nonexistent. Reduce the number of remoting calls made by WorkspaceCleanupThread. (issue 65829)
• If the variant plugin is installed at the same time as a plugin that has an OptionalExtension, these extensions would not be correctly discovered until the next scan for new Extensions. (issue 72998)
• Installed plugin view no longer jumps during first load. (issue 69588)

What's new in 2.453 (2024-04-09)

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• Major overhaul of the entire Swedish translation. (pull 9069)
• Improve the edit build information page. (pull 9132)
• Refresh the 'New item' page. (pull 9111)
• Refresh the style of alerts. (pull 9115)
• Adjust side panel sizes for certain screens like iPad Pro. (issue 70246)

What's new in 2.452 (2024-04-02)

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• Remove People view. Administrators can install the new People View plugin to restore this functionality. (issue 18884, pull 9060, People View plugin)
• Update Apache Mina in the CLI from 2.11.0 to 2.12.1. (pull 9089)
• Developer: Provide current administrative monitor as a context object when loading its description. (pull 9071)

What's new in 2.451 (2024-03-26)

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• Add specific temporary files to the Debian package for better support of Unix domain sockets. Require Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 as the minimum supported versions for Debian packages. (pull 456 (packaging), Packaging issue 455)
• Translate the Appearance link to Turkish. (pull 9067)
• Translate description of the Plain text markup formatter to Turkish. (pull 9062)

What's new in 2.450 (2024-03-18)

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• Add a computer icon legend and a new icon for agents that are not accepting tasks. (issue 69191)
• Add components for dropdown items. Refer to the new Design Library Dropdowns page for implementation details. (pull 8827)

What's new in 2.449 (2024-03-11)

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• Support Session ID for External Job Monitor to avoid HTTP 503 response. (pull 8825)
• Allow recursive remote file copy even if local and remote nodes have incompatible character sets at binary level, e.g. ISO-8859-1 and CP-1047. (issue 72540)
• Add "copy to clipboard" button to the build console output. (pull 8960)
• Do not attempt to self-restart on operating systems where this is not supported. (issue 72833)
• Fix a crash when restarting Jenkins on macOS. (issue 65911)
• Update bundled Trilead API Plugin to 2.84.86.vf9c960e9b_458. (pull 9022)
• Ensure threads in the Computer.threadPoolForRemotingexecutor service always have the Jenkins webapp ClassLoader set as the context ClassLoader to prevent random class loading issues when code is running in this ExecutorService. (issue 72796)
• Add experimental APIs to control which agents are loaded and when. (pull 8979)

What's new in 2.448 (2024-03-05)

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• NonPipeline builds interrupted by a controller restart will now be marked as aborted rather than failed. (pull 8986)
• Proxy configuration saved via the GUI always configured an authenticator even if the username was blank. (pull 8990)
• Restore functionality of some dropdown list form fields outside configuration forms (regression in 2.446). (issue 72759)
• Customization of agent log files did not work for inbound agents. (issue 72799)
• Setting a proper owner for Jenkins.clouds after Jenkins.load(). (pull 8976)

What's new in 2.447 (2024-02-27)

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• Use the symbol for parameters in build history of pending jobs. (pull 8977)
• Do not show empty tooltips. (issue 71148)
• Developer: Update Stapler from 1822.v120278426e1c to 1839.ved17667b_a_eb_5 to no longer generate line JavaScript with Stapler bound objects to improve compatibility with ContentSecurityPolicy Plugin. (Stapler 1839.ved17667b_a_eb_5 Release Notes)

What's new in 2.446 (2024-02-20)

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• Modernize progress bar UI in various locations. (issue 69113)
• Add ability for custom update centers to override the suggested plugin list. (pull 8951)
• Enable readonly mode for dropdown menus when using the Extended Read Permission plugin. (pull 8955)
• Restore progress animation in build history and build time trend views (regression in 2.434). (issue 72711)
• Admin monitor does not animate on page load (regression in 2.445). (pull 8954)

What's new in 2.445 (2024-02-13)

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• Make the Agent/Provision permission available in the global Security configuration when using matrixbased authorization strategies. (issue 72637)
• Remove the extra margin when viewing in read only mode. (pull 8938)
• Create an index page for heap dump creation. (pull 8929)
• Allow button clicks after closing an administrative monitor popup. (issue 72679)
• Developer: Grant access to more FilePath APIs. (pull 8924)

What's new in 2.444 (2024-02-06)

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• Important security fix. (2024-03-20 security advisory)
• Prevent authenticated access to Resource Root URL. (issue 72636)
• Improve locale parsing for loading of localised help files. (issue 72627)
• Support noCertificateCheck with webSocket on the CLI. (issue 72532)
• Show error message in progressive logs on 4xx status codes. (issue 72509)
• Avoid stacktrace from artifactarchiver when no artifacts are found. (issue 71700)
• Upgrade Winstone to 6.18 in order to update Jetty from 10.0.18 to 10.0.20. (Winstone 6.15 changelog, Winstone 6.16 changelog, Winstone 6.17 changelog, Winstone 6.18 changelog, Jetty 10.0.18 changelog, Jetty 10.0.19 changelog, Jetty 10.0.20 changelog)
• Developer: Unrestricted FilePath.isDescendant (pull 8913)
• Introduce an API to be used by the Folders plugin to fix some corner cases involving branch project reloading. (issue 72613)

What's new in 2.443 (2024-01-30)

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• Find selected radio option when validating instead of the last one. (issue 72505)
• Fix missing folder icons. (issue 72407)
• A security fix in 2.394 caused a substantial slowdown in displaying build artifacts when using remote artifact managers such as in S3. (pull 8874)
• Adjust heap dump file name for compatibility with OpenJDK file suffix requirements. (issue 72579)
• Update the bundled Matrix Project Plugin from 818.v7eb_e657db_924 to 822.824.v14451b_c0fd42. (issue 72603)

What's new in 2.442 (2024-01-24)

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• Important security fixes. (security advisory)

What's new in 2.441 (2024-01-16)

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• Update operating system end of life data for Amazon Linux, Alpine Linux, and Fedora Linux. (pull 8864)
• Remove unused material icons. (pull 8831)
• Fix build button rendering for Dashboard View plugin. (pull 8854)
• Change focus in the new item page only if from has a valid job name. (issue 66530)

What's new in 2.440 (2024-01-09)

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• Add an Appearance category to the setup wizard. (pull 8822)
• BootFailure subclasses can now override the Jenkins startup failure page. (pull 8442)
• Reduce the window of time during which a crash may lead to an inconsistent state on Linux. (pull 8815)
• Update the appearance of controls in header. (pull 8791)
• Allow icon size to be changed in the node overview table. (pull 8802)
• Remove code that may have caused an agent-side hang under a rare race condition. (Remoting PR 713)
• Reduce the likelihood of thread creation errors on agents. (Remoting PR 717)

What's new in 2.439 (2024-01-02)

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• Avoid repeated tool downloads from misconfigured HTTP servers. (issue 72469)
• Fix SimpleScheduledRetentionStrategy on inbound agents. Allow suspended inbound agents to again accept tasks when they are reconnected and the configured scheduling policy is enabled. (issue 72370)

What's new in 2.438 (2023-12-25)

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• Update the appearance of the stop button. (pull 8780)
• Use a notification and Jenkins modal for 'Apply' button failures. (pull 8394)
• Display correct time zone in build history. (issue 71965)
• The tunnel property on an inbound agent was inadvertently broken for JCasC usage in 2.437. It remains deprecated and usages should be deleted (regression in 2.437). (pull 8793)

What's new in 2.437 (2023-12-19)

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• Add telemetry for basic Java system properties describing the environment. (pull 8787)
• Restyle widget panes. (pull 8761)
• Rework node monitor configuration. (issue 72371)
• Ensure uptime is independent of system clock. (issue 72157)
• Show monitoring data on agent page. (pull 8725)
• Deprecate all configurable options in **Launch agent by connecting it to the controller** (inbound in JCasC), as these are only useful in conjunction with the deprecated jnlpUrl mode. (pull 8762)
• The jnlpUrl ${JENKINS_URL}/computer/${AGENT_NAME}/jenkinsagent.jnlp argument to the agent JAR has been deprecated. Use url ${JENKINS_URL} and name ${AGENT_NAME} instead, potentially also passing in webSocket, tunnel, and/or work directory options as needed. (pull 8773)
• Display strings consistently in the requested language when running Jenkins in a JVM with a non-english locale. (issue 72449)
• Fix nested job link in mobile view. (issue 72288)
• Do not show option to copy items when there are no items visible. (issue 72443)
• Developer: Allow replacing onclick attributes containing inline JS on l:task with datacallback. (issue 60866)
• Allow users to make side panel sticky. (issue 71578)

What's new in 2.436 (2023-12-12)

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• Prevent a deadlock that can occur when loading PermalinkProjectAction.Permalink. (pull 8736)

What's new in 2.435 (2023-12-05)

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• Accept all 2xx and 3xx status codes to validate proxy in HTTP Proxy Configuration (issue 72343)
• Tweak font styling to remove anti-aliasing. (pull 8689)
• Make display name of HistoryWidget configurable for alternate text. (pull 8740)
• Move the proxy configuration form to its own screen. (pull 8693)
• Fix redirect when renaming a cloud. (issue 71737)
• Avoid incorrect styling when deleting the first of two shell steps in a job definition. (issue 72196)
• Developer: A new convenience method ExtensionList.lookupFirst allows retrieval of the first implementation of an extension point. (pull 8735)

What's new in 2.434 (2023-11-28)

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• Refine build status icons. (pull 8705)
• FIPS mode now requires a minimum of 14 characters for a password. (pull 8694)
• Allow configuration of disk thresholds globally and for each agent. Improve warning when disk space is too low. Ensure agents are taken offline when disk space is low. (issue 72009)
• Fail fast when attempting to load a broken plugin that contains the Jenkins test harness in production. (pull 8714)
• Add support for Unix domain sockets. (pull 442 (packaging))

What's new in 2.433 (2023-11-21)

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• Deactivate the administrative monitor when all previously offline agents are again online. (issue 72159)
• Prepare node monitors to work with configuration as code. (issue 64816)
• Introduce an API for build visualization plugins to serve alternative build console views and an API for plugins to produce links to the build console. (issue 71715)

What's new in 2.432 (2023-11-14)

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• Stop recommending JNLP URL in agent launch instructions. (pull 8639)
• Removed deprecated and unused class UserProperties. (pull 8679)
• Some agent-related objects could be kept in memory after being disconnected and removed from the computer list. (pull 8640)

What's new in 2.431 (2023-11-07)

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• Remove build timeline widget from the build history pages of views, jobs, and agents. (issue 60866)
• More consistently report errors launching outbound agents. (pull 8675)
• Warn users at 12 months prior to end of Java support and again at 3 months prior to end of Java support. (issue 72252)
• Add support for Unix Domain Sockets. Upgrade Jetty from 10.0.17 to 10.0.18. (issue 72266)

What's new in 2.430 (2023-10-31)

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• Fix drag and drop handles for existing repeatables (regression in 2.335). (issue 72189)
• Refer to the correct option in the security configuration help text. (issue 72222)
• Restore security configuration help text and remove obsolete help text. (pull 8630)
• Turkish localization fixes for build, login, and user management pages. (pull 8651, pull 8631)
• Fix a minor memory leak in a Remoting log statement. Add forward proxy support for WebSocket. Support custom certificate options for WebSocket. (pull 8643)

What's new in 2.429 (2023-10-24)

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• Prevent trimming HMAC codes (using HAMCConfidentialKey) when running in FIPS mode only. (pull 8612)
• Restore printing output from println and similar methods for the groovy CLI command (regression in 2.427). (issue 72181)
• Show the description of boolean build parameter values on the Parameters view (regression in 2.179). (issue 72179)

What's new in 2.428 (2023-10-17)

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• Important security fix. (2023-10-18 security advisory)
• Add missing *_fr.properties in win32errors and hudson, lib, and Jenkins resources. Translate hudson/Messages.properties, hudson/model/Messages.properties, and jenkins/model/Messages.properties into French. (pull 8594, pull 8595, pull 8578, pull 8577)
• Add telemetry for Jenkins uptime. (pull 8596)
• Upgrade Winstone from 6.12 to 6.14. This includes the upgrade of Jetty from 10.0.15 to 10.0.17. The Jetty upgrade includes fixes for several CVEs. (Winstone 6.13 changelog, Winstone 6.14 changelog, Jetty 10.0.16 changelog, Jetty 10.0.17 changelog, CVE-2023-44487)
• Fix multibranch Pipeline Add source and other uses that mix inputs and buttons (regression in 2.422). (issue 72170)
• Allow clouds to be reordered. This was previously possible, but disappeared when the cloud management was moved to a separate page (regression in 2.403). (issue 72020)
• Developer: Formalize an interface for objects that can be loaded from disk. (issue 72107)
• Developer: Allow plugins to define a custom Lifecycle. (issue 72111)

What's new in 2.427 (2023-10-10)

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• Fix agent allocation due to label issue detected by vSphere Cloud plugin (regression in 2.421). (issue 71937)
• Show form validation results for form elements that are initially hidden. (regression in 2.355). (issue 71252)
• Remove previous form validation errors when the form validation is updated with new content. (regression in 2.355). (issue 71252)
• Disable anonymous usage statistics when run in FIPS mode. (pull 8483, JEP-237)
• Developer: HudsonPrivateSecurityRealm objects are now serializable. (issue 72114)
• Developer: Add extension point to notify about in-process scripting events. (issue 41516)
• Developer: Optionally support a FIPS140 compliant algorithm in the Jenkins' own user database. (issue 71971, pull 8393, JEP-237)

What's new in 2.426 (2023-10-03)

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• Remove outdated Prototype.js library. (issue 70906, pull 7781, blog post)
• Use Java 17 as the default Java version in container images that do not specify a Java version in the container label. (Docker pull request 1724)
• Automate the display of an administrative monitor when approaching Java end of life (EOL) dates. (pull 8526)
• Optimized project deletion. (pull 8528)
• Stop shipping net.sf.kxml:kxml2 because Jenkins no longer depends on it. (pull 8503)
• Reduce high memory usage from XStream2.AssociatedConverterImpl (regression in 2.405). (issue 72067)
• Developer: Added setters for View#filterExecutor and View#filterQueue. Fix missing help sections for view filter executor and queue fields. (pull 8511)
• Developer: introduce FIPS property for JEP-237 (Jenkins Enhancement Proposal 237)

What's new in 2.425 (2023-09-26)

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• Allow alternate values for "Build with Parameters" and the "Build" button on the parameters page. (issue 71866)
• Small speculative optimization in build loading. (pull 8494)
• The minimum required Remoting version has been increased to 4.13 (released on March 4, 2022). (pull 8484)
• Prevent log spam when using the Jenkins security database and users signup. (pull 8474)
• Show a confirmation popup when triggering l:task action from context menu. (issue 71880)
• Restore context menus of model links in build history views and in administrative monitors. (regression in 2.402). (issue 71890)
• Hide the delete button from the only repeatable element in configuration forms when at least one element is expected (regression in 2.344). (issue 72018)
• Do not create a large number of threads when making numerous HTTP requests. (issue 72016)
• Developer: Provide programmatic deletion support for LogRecorder. (pull 8489)