Changelog

Major enhancement

Java 11 is now fully supported. Multiple improvements for running Jenkins on Java 11 since 2.150.x, including support for plugins declaring a minimum Java version in their metadata and refusing to load incompatible plugins, and installation of a new JAXB plugin when running on Java 11 to allow use of JAXB APIs from plugins. announcement blog post, running on Java 11, upgrading to Java 11, JENKINS-52012 , JENKINS-52282 , JENKINS-55076 , JENKINS-55048 , JENKINS-55980 , JENKINS-55681 , JENKINS-52285

Enhancement

The list-jobs no longer lists items recursively when listing a specific folder. JENKINS-48220
Add a new CLI command disable-plugin to disable one ore more installed plugins and optionally restart Jenkins. JENKINS-27177
Update Trilead SSH library to add support for OpenSSH keys with AES256-CTR encryption. JENKINS-47603 , JENKINS-47458 , JENKINS-55133 , JENKINS-53653
Add support for the ed25519 key algorithm in Jenkins CLI. JENKINS-45318
Reduce the performance impact of the SECURITY-904 fix when downloading artifacts or workspaces as ZIP file. JENKINS-55050
Add new category Languages to the plugin wizard, which automatically installs available localization plugins based on browser language. pull 3626
Update Windows Service Wrapper from 2.1.2 to 2.2.0 and Windows Agent Installer from 1.9.3 to 1.10.0 to support disabling, renaming and archiving service logs. pull 3854, Windows Service Wrapper changelog, Windows Agent Installer Module changelog
Developer: Login and signup pages redesigned in 2.129 now can receive style contributions (footer view for SimplePageDecorator) from multiple plugins. JENKINS-54325

Bug fix

Update SSHD Module from 2.5 to 2.6 to apply a proper Apache Mina idle timeout value when a custom value was set using the org.jenkinsci.main.modules.sshd.SSHD.idle-timeout system property. JENKINS-55978 , full changelog

Changelog for 2.164.1