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• Windows Installer Upgrades

  This article describes the transition from the old Jenkins Windows installer 2.235.2 (32 bit) to the new Jenkins Windows installer 2.235.3 (64 bit) Let’s take a look how Jenkins installation on Windows happened before release of this upgrade. Step 1 It’s evident that branding information is not present here. Step 2 Jenkins would be installed into the 32 bit programs directory along with a 32...

  

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  Alex Earl August 12, 2020
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  Jenkins graduates in the Continuous Delivery Foundation

  We are happy to announce that the Jenkins project has achieved the graduated status in the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF). This status is officially effective Aug 03, 2020. Jenkins is the first project to graduate in the CD Foundation. Thanks to all contributors who made our graduation possible! In this article, we will discuss what the CD Foundation membership and graduation mean to the Jenkins...

  

  Oleg Nenashev August 4, 2020
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  Jenkins 2.235.3: New Linux Repository Signing Keys

  The Jenkins core release automation project has been delivering Jenkins weekly releases since Jenkins 2.232, April 16, 2020. The Linux repositories that deliver the weekly release were updated with new GPG keys with the release of Jenkins 2.232. Beginning with Jenkins LTS release 2.235.3, stable repositories will be signed with the same GPG keys that sign the weekly repositories. Administrators of Linux systems...

  

  Mark Waite July 27, 2020
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  Jenkins 2.248: Windows Support Updates

  In this article, I would like to announce the new Windows support policy which was introduced in the Jenkins project in June 2020. This policy sets an expectation about how we handle issues and patches related to Windows support for the Jenkins server and agents, and how we organize testing of Windows support in the project. We will also talk about .NET Framework...

  

  Oleg Nenashev July 23, 2020
• Severity of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

  Eagle-eyed readers of today’s security advisory may already have noticed that we consider the cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities to be 'High' severity. This is a change from previous security advisories, in which similar vulnerabilities got a 'Medium' score. We follow the guidelines of CVSS version 3.0 for the severity we assign to these issues. Their examples for XSS vulnerabilities, as well as XSS...

  Daniel Beck July 15, 2020
• Read-only Jenkins Configuration

  I’m excited to announce that the 'read-only' Jenkins feature is now available for preview. This feature allows restricting configuration UIs and APIs while providing access to essential Jenkins system configuration, diagnostics, and self-monitoring tools through Web UI. Such mode is critical for instances managed as code, e.g. with Jenkins Configuration-as-Code plugin. It is delivered as a part of the JEP-224: Readonly system configuration...

  

  Tim Jacomb May 25, 2020
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  Join us for online UI/UX hackfest on May 25-29!

  This event is over, thanks a lot to all contributors! Please the event page for results. On behalf of the Jenkins User Experience, Documentation and Advocacy and Outreach special interest groups, we are happy to announce the online UI/UX hackfest on May 25-29! Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of their Jenkins development experience. The goal is to get together and work on improving Jenkins...

  

  Oleg Nenashev May 12, 2020
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  Windows Docker Agent Images: General Availability

  We would like to announce the availability of official Windows agent images for Docker. These images allow provisioning Jenkins agents with Windows OS on Docker and Kubernetes. New images All official Docker images for agents now provide nanoserver-1809 and windowsservercore-1809 tags which include Windows images and, at the moment, Java 8 (these are like the latest tag). We also provide tags with explicit Java...

  

  Alex Earl May 11, 2020
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  Docker images for agents: New names and What's next

  We would like to announce the renaming of the official Docker images for Jenkins agents. It does not have any immediate impact on Jenkins users, but they are expected to gradually upgrade their instances. This article provides information about the new official names, upgrade procedure, and the support policy for the old images. We will also talk about what’s next for the Docker...

  

  Oleg Nenashev May 6, 2020