There is a newer version of the announcement for Jenkins administrators. Please see this blogpost. Overview JEP-200 has been integrated into Jenkins weekly builds and (if all goes well) will be a part of the next LTS line. In a nutshell, this change is a security hardening measure to be less permissive about deserializing Java classes defined in the Java Platform or libraries bundled with Jenkins. For several years now, Jenkins...

Last week, buddybuild — a hosted continuous integration service focused on mobile apps — announced that it had been acquired by Apple, and consequently its complete Android offering, along with its free tier for iOS users, will be discontinued at the beginning of March. This was a fairly undesirable way to start 2018 for buddybuild’s Android users and, with less than two months to find...

This year the Jenkins project is interested in participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC). As in 2016/2017, we are looking for mentors. So yes, we are looking for you :) What is GSoC? GSoC is an annual international program which encourages college-aged students to participate with open source projects during the summer break between classes. Students accepted into the program receive a stipend, paid by Google, to work on well-defined projects to...

FOSDEM 2018 is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is an annual event that brings open source contributors from around the world for two days of presentations, discussions, and learning. Jenkins will be well-represented at FOSDEM 2018. Happy Hour before FOSDEM We’ll have a happy hour Friday evening before FOSDEM at Cafe Le Roy d’Espagne. See the meetup page for details. Jenkins table...

Jenkins project congratulates all users and contributors with the New Year! Let’s take a look at some changes this year. Highlights We released major features like BlueOcean and Declarative Pipeline These features offer a new user experience in Jenkins Web UI, powered by Jenkins Pipeline. In Jenkins 2.54 we updated the Java minimal requirement to Java 8 (announcement). Plugin CI has been moved to our Jenkins-on-Jenkins instance. All plugins are being built...

This is a guest post by Sanil Pillai, Director of Labs & Strategic Insights, Infostretch Infostretch has created a plugin for teams upgrading from Freestyle Jobs to Pipelines as code with Jenkins Pipeline. This new plugin streamlines the process and accelerates pipeline on-boarding for any new set of applications. Previously, when upgrading to Jenkins Pipeline, converting Freestyle Jobs required developers to drill down on each one of those hundreds (or thousands!)...

We just released security updates to Jenkins, versions 2.95 and 2.89.2, that fix two security vulnerabilities. For an overview of what was fixed, see the security advisory. We usually announce core security updates well in advance on the jenkinsci-advisories mailing list, to give Jenkins administrators time to schedule a maintenance. Additionally, we try to align security updates with the regular LTS schedule. We have chosen not to do...

This is a guest post by Forest Jing, who runs the Shanghai Jenkins Area Meetup The first Jenkins User Conference China was held on November 19, 2017 in Shanghai, China. It was an amazing conference for Jenkins users in China. There were almost 450 attendees to enjoy a lovely day with Jenkins creator, Kohsuke Kawaguchi. There were 12 wonderful presentations, 1 workshop and 1 open space to set the...