Changelog

Major bug fix

Fix hidden page elements from radio blocks showing up when they should not. pull 5046, JENKINS-64040 , JENKINS-64136

Bug fix

Fix file handle leak when viewing corrupted build logs. Upgrade Stapler from 1.260 to 1.261. pull 5038, Stapler 1.261 changelog
Prevent the Build History Widget from crashing when users have Discover permissions without Read for folders. JENKINS-63868

Enhancement

Winstone 5.12: Update Jetty from 9.4.30.v20200611 to 9.4.33.v20201020. Introduce LowResourceMonitor from Jetty by upgrading to Winstone 5.12. JENKINS-64035 , pull 5034, pull 4975, Winstone 5.12 changelog, Jetty 9.4.31.v20200723 changelog, Jetty 9.4.32.v20200930 changelog, Jetty 9.4.33.v20201020 changelog
Improve performance of authorisation strategies when the authentication realm is case insensitive. JENKINS-64039

Major bug fix

Fix Debian / Ubuntu Java version check for Java 11.0.9.1. JENKINS-64212 , pull 198 (packaging)

Major enhancement

Graduate Overall/SystemRead permission to general availability (GA) status. pull 4909, JEP-224
SSHD module 2.7: Remove deprecated key exchange and MAC algorithms. pull 4951, SSHD module 2.7 changelog

Enhancement

SSHD module 2.7: Allow configuring disabled key exchange and MAC algorithms through system properties. pull 4951, SSHD module 2.7 changelog
Improve the layout and clarity of the page displayed when jobs are not yet created. JENKINS-63592
Allow users with the Jenkins/MANAGE permission to restart and safe restart Jenkins. JENKINS-63795
Set Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy to same-origin. pull 4910, Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy at developer.mozilla.org
Improve the scripting capacity related to the API Token system. Provide a way to configure a fixed/default API Token for admin during installation phase. JENKINS-57484
Developer: Improve the combobox component to support default value and readonly mode. pull 4939
Developer: Allow migration of fingerprints from local storage to external storage. JENKINS-62757
Developer: Expose fingerprint range set serialization methods for plugins. pull 4888
Developer: Pluggable Artifact Storage: Make the VirtualFile API generally available to plugin developers. pull 4974, JEP-202
Developer: A SimpleBuildStep or SimpleBuildWrapper can now choose not to require a workspace context (working directory and launcher). JENKINS-46175
Developer: Cloud implementations are given more context about ongoing planned nodes. Add CloudState to be passed to Cloud#provision and Cloud#canProvision methods. pull 4922

Bug fix

Hide description panel in sidebar if historyWidget.descriptionLimit is 0. pull 4978, Features controlled with System Properties
Prevent JavaScript error when registering validators in some cases. JENKINS-42228
Prevent resource leak in the File Fingerprint Storage implementation. pull 4992

Changelog for 2.263.1