CloudBees CI release notes (archive)

With the 2.414.3.7 release, the following plugins were added to CAP:

If your CasC bundle has any of these plugins in the plugin catalog, they must be removed. Otherwise, your bundle becomes invalid and will not start.

With the 2.414.3.7 release, the following plugin was removed from CAP:

If this plugin is already installed, it will continue to be installed. If you wish to install this plugin through CasC from the October release onward, it must be included in the CasC bundle’s plugin catalog and in the plugins.yaml file.

Starting with Kubernetes plugin (version 4029.v5712230ccb_f8) the YAML parsing library was updated to snakeyaml-engine:2.5 which implements YAML specification 1.2.2. In this specification, the YAML merge operator (<<) was removed. Therefore, any usage of the merge operator in pod definitions needs to be removed.

An example of a pod definition using YAML anchors and aliases instead of the merge operator:

An example of the result of YAML specification 1.2.2 on a pod definition using anchors and aliases instead of the merge operator:

For more information, refer to YAML version 1.2.

CasC Export now escapes variable expressions. However, variable expressions are not replaced when imported, unless a new configuration is set as pass thru.

This fix introduces a breaking change and any bundle using the variable resolution will stop working. To continue to use and resolve variables in your bundle, configure your CloudBees CI instance before loading your CasC bundles. To configure your CloudBees CI instance do one of the following:

For more information, refer to Creating items with CasC for controllers or Creating items with CasC for the operations center.

Pod Security Policy (PSP) was deprecated in Kubernetes 1.21 and removed from Kubernetes 1.25. As an alternative, you can enforce Pod Security Standards by using Pod Security Admission (PSA). Refer to Pod Security Admission for CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms for more information.

Operations center sign-on (SSO) is not working from controllers connected using WebSocket. An error is displayed when attempting to log in that the public key is missing.

The CloudBees CasC Server plugin 2.0 upgrade introduces bundle branch and tag support. The plugin update changes the folder structure within JENKINS_HOME that stores the Configuration as Code for controller bundles. Due to the change to this folder structure, your existing bundles must be migrated. For more information on migrating your bundles, refer to Migrating Bundles.

Username/password authentication is no longer supported for use on the Jenkins CLI on a connected controller when the operations center single sign-on (SSO) is in use. Instead, create an API token on the operations center.

The Promoted Builds plugin was removed from the CloudBees Assurance Program (CAP). It was previously integrated with the Operations Center Context plugin.

The Java library used to access Kubernetes, fabric8 Kubernetes-client, has been upgraded from 5.x to 6.x.

This new Java library version enables customers to provide CustomResourceDefinitions (CRDs) to the provisioning lifecycle, even if they are not part of the client Java model.

This update has no impact for customers who do not use the YAML field under Advanced configuration on the controller configuration screen in the Operations center. For customers using the YAML field under Advanced configuration, this update has the following impact:

For more information about this upgrade, refer to this knowledge base article, The apiVersion on a resource being deserialized is required after upgrading Kubernetes-client 6.x. The article also contains a script that you can run to check for invalid configurations. The configurations listed in the output of this script should be fixed by providing a valid apiVersion.

If you have questions about this upgrade, contact CloudBees Support for assistance.

The Guava library has been upgraded from 11.0.1 to 31.0.1.

This upgrade removes the usage of deprecated methods for all plugins in the CloudBees Assurance Program (CAP). Please ensure that all other plugins (those not in the CloudBees Assurance Program and any custom developed plugins) are updated to a recent version that is compatible. If you have questions about this upgrade, contact CloudBees Support for assistance.

The CloudBees CI on traditional platforms Docker images were recently migrated from Debian to Universal Base Images (UBI). Please note that Apache Subversion is not available as part of the UBI Docker images.

The CloudBees CI on traditional platforms Docker images were migrated from Debian to Universal Base Images (UBI) in this release. UBI provides a more secure and stable model for building Docker images.

Please note that, as part of the migration from Debian to UBI, various system packages were not included in the CloudBees CI on traditional platforms Docker images, causing issues in some specific use cases. This issue has been resolved in release 2.319.2.7. CloudBees recommends that you install the latest version to avoid potential issues.

The cloudbees-casc-api plugin can also be removed from the controller and operations center plugins.yaml file.

CloudBees CI and CloudBees Jenkins Platform version 2.303.2.3 have been released with CloudBees Folders Plus plugin version 3.18, which has an issue that could prevent the instances from starting. Additionally, the RPM install package was not correctly configured. If you used it to upgrade, it could cause the operations center and client controllers to start as a new instance.

Please use version 2.303.2.5 instead of 2.303.2.3.

CloudBees recommends that you start to prepare for the August release of Jenkins LTS as soon as possible. The August release will include a change that removes the Apache Commons Digester from Jenkins Core. If you use Jenkins LTS plugins that are not in the CloudBees Assurance Program (CAP), you should update them before upgrading your CloudBees products to ensure compatibility with the August release. If your company uses its own proprietary (non-CloudBees) plugins, CloudBees recommends that you test them against Jenkins version 2.302+ prior to the August release. As always, backing up your data before upgrading is strongly encouraged. For details about this change and a list of impacted plugins, please see our knowledge base article Commons Digester Library Removal.

The RPM-based installation for version 2.289.2.2 is failing for some CloudBees CI on traditional platforms customers with custom users. You may receive the following error:

main process exited, code=exited, status=6/NOTCONFIGURED

This issue has been resolved in version 2.289.2.3. CloudBees recommends that you install version 2.289.2.3 instead of version 2.289.2.2 to avoid potential issues.

If you attempted to upgrade to version 2.289.2.2 and encountered issues, refer to this knowledge base article or contact CloudBees Support.

The jquery and jquery-detached plugins have been removed from all CloudBees Jenkins-based products and are no longer part of CloudBees Assurance Program. However, these plugins are not automatically uninstalled from your CloudBees CI instance as other plugins you use may still have dependencies on them. Please ensure that your CloudBees CI instance does not have any dependencies on these plugins, and then remove them. For instructions on how to check for dependencies in a particular plugin, refer to How to determine if a plugin is in use.

When large HTTP requests are submitted while the built-in Winstone/Jetty container is configured to use SSL/TLS connections, the following exception can occur:

Encrypted buffer max length exceeded

This exception could prevent you from configuring controllers.

This issue is resolved in versions 2.277.4.4 and 2.289.2.2. If you encounter this error, you should upgrade to one of those versions as soon as possible.

The jquery and jquery-detached plugins have been removed from all CloudBees Jenkins-based products and are no longer part of CloudBees Assurance Program. However, these plugins are not automatically uninstalled from your CloudBees CI instance as other plugins you use may still have dependencies on them. Please ensure that your CloudBees CI instance does not have any dependencies on these plugins, and then remove them. For instructions on how to check for dependencies in a particular plugin, refer to How to determine if a plugin is in use.

The jquery and jquery-detached plugins have been removed from all CloudBees Jenkins-based products and are no longer part of CloudBees Assurance Program. However, these plugins are not automatically uninstalled from your CloudBees CI instance as other plugins you use may still have dependencies on them. Please ensure that your CloudBees CI instance does not have any dependencies on these plugins, and then remove them. For instructions on how to check for dependencies in a particular plugin, refer to How to determine if a plugin is in use.

When large HTTP requests are submitted while the built-in Winstone/Jetty container is configured to use SSL/TLS connections, the following exception can occur:

Encrypted buffer max length exceeded

This exception could prevent you from configuring controllers.

This issue is resolved in versions 2.277.4.4 and 2.289.2.2. If you encounter this error, you should upgrade to one of those versions as soon as possible.

The jquery and jquery-detached plugins have been removed from all CloudBees Jenkins-based products and are no longer part of CloudBees Assurance Program. However, these plugins are not automatically uninstalled from your CloudBees CI instance as other plugins you use may still have dependencies on them. Please ensure that your CloudBees CI instance does not have any dependencies on these plugins, and then remove them. For instructions on how to check for dependencies in a particular plugin, refer to How to determine if a plugin is in use.

The jquery and jquery-detached plugins have been removed from all CloudBees Jenkins-based products and are no longer part of CloudBees Assurance Program. However, these plugins are not automatically uninstalled from your CloudBees CI instance as other plugins you use may still have dependencies on them. Please ensure that your CloudBees CI instance does not have any dependencies on these plugins, and then remove them. For instructions on how to check for dependencies in a particular plugin, refer to How to determine if a plugin is in use.

Issue

After updating an instance, the setup wizard is displayed.

Jenkins 2.277.1 removes the Upgrade Wizard that was no longer operational after Jenkins 2.0. This caused a regression for instances created before 2.4/2.7.1 LTS.

At the time of this writing, no fix is available for this issue.

Workaround

See the Jenkins upgrade guide for a workaround for this issue. On subsequent restarts, the setup wizard will no longer appear.

The March release includes important updates. If you use Jenkins LTS plugins that are not in the CloudBees Assurance Program (CAP), you should update them before upgrading your CloudBees products to ensure compatibility with the March release. If your company uses its own proprietary (non-CloudBees) plugins, CloudBees recommends that you test them against Jenkins version 2.277.1 prior to updating your CloudBees products. And, as always, backing up your data before upgrading is strongly encouraged.

For details about changes in the March Jenkins LTS release, see:

The jquery and jquery-detached plugins have been removed from all CloudBees Jenkins-based products and are no longer part of CloudBees Assurance Program. However, these plugins are not automatically uninstalled from your CloudBees Jenkins Platform instance as other plugins you use may still have dependencies on them. Please ensure that your CloudBees Jenkins Platform instance does not have any dependencies on these plugins, and then remove them. For instructions on how to check for dependencies in a particular plugin, refer to How to determine if a plugin is in use.

Version 2.263.2.3 fixes some critical regressions found in version 2.263.2.2 of the following products:

Potential issues include:

CloudBees recommends that you upgrade to version 2.263.2.3 to prevent potential issues with user-created content.