Changelog

Major bug fix

Make plugin manager work on Internet Explorer 11 again (regression in 2.231). JENKINS-62163
Prevent telemetry warnings about missing javax.annotation classes when running with Java 11 (regression in 2.231). JENKINS-61920
Fix a deadlock involving custom loggers during agent startup (regression in 2.231). JENKINS-62181

Bug fix

Prevent Old Data Monitor from failing plugin loading in the case of class field unmarshalling issues. JENKINS-62231

Major enhancement

Various improvements to the plugin manager, including: It no longer shows all available plugins by default; use search field to find plugins. They are now sorted by popularity by default. Additionally, categories are no longer used to group plugins, instead they're shown as labels. JENKINS-61166 , pull 4580, pull 4513, pull 4588, pull 4534, pull 4591, pull 4535, pull 4589, pull 4584
Organize entries on the Manage Jenkins page into categories and show them in a grid. pull 4546
Remove 'auto refresh' feature, including now obsolete auto refresh telemetry capability. pull 4503
Users with extended read permission now get a more read-only looking UI. JENKINS-61202 , pull 4479, Read-only Jenkins Configuration blog post
Allow users with Overall/SystemRead permission to view About Jenkins, Manage Plugins, Global Security Configuration, and System Log. JENKINS-61205 , JENKINS-61201 , JENKINS-61203 , JENKINS-61207 , JENKINS-61455 , JENKINS-61208 , JENKINS-61208
Allow users with Overall/Manage permission to access the System Information, Prepare for Shutdown, and About Jenkins management links. Usage Statistics in Global Configuration is now also configurable by users with that permission. JENKINS-61456 , JENKINS-61453 , JENKINS-61457 , JENKINS-61455

Bug fix

Distinguish between defined (*****) and undefined (N/A) password on read-only configuration forms for users with Overall/SystemRead or Item/ExtendedRead permissions. JENKINS-61812

Enhancement

Use modern system fonts provided by the browser when possible. Changes font size for body copy and headings to improve consistency and legibility. JENKINS-60921
Restyle buttons. Add support for large buttons, hyperlinks styled as buttons and icon-only buttons. JENKINS-61840
Restyle the help icon. pull 4663
Improve styling of alert banners to be more visually appealing and to better match existing user interface components. Alerts now fully cover the navigation bar while they are displayed instead of covering only a portion of the navigation bar. JENKINS-61478
Suppress error stack traces for non-administrator users as core capability. JENKINS-60410

Changelog for 2.235.1