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What’s new in Confluence Data Center 10.2 LTS?
10.2 is a Long Term Support release. More about Long Term Support Releases
Performance benchmarking report
Search and WebDAV strict patch settings limited to system admins
Cloud connectors for hybrid integrations
To explore 10.2, see Confluence 10.2 Release Notes.
Starting with the following versions, major product releases will no longer support installing plugins that require transformation:
Confluence 11.0
Jira Software 12.0
Jira Service Management 12.0
Bamboo 13.0
Bitbucket 11.0
Crowd 8.0
For details, explore Transformed to transformerless plugin conversion.
Context:
Any P2 plugin development using modern versions of Atlaskit will end up compiled-css.css files inside target/classes. We’ve been upgrading React & Atlaskit in the DC products and so many of the P2 plugins that make up our products now have a compiled-css.css file.
This made a long-standing bug with local development more obvious. The first compiled-css.css file found by the plugin system was used for all P2 plugins (instead of using the specific file from the respective plugin). https://compiledcssinjs.com/ compiles equivalent styles to the same CSS classname and there is decent, but not perfect overlap in styles. The result was that often just one Atlaskit component wouldn’t render correctly or any plugin-specific styles would be missing. This can be quite hard to debug because in the browser development tools it looks like the compiled-css.css file doesn’t change no matter what you do, this is of course because it’s using another plugins'.
Action:
We have fixed this long-standing underlying bug, but remained backwards compatible. To use the new, fixed local development system instead of the existing, buggy implementation you will need to use the upcoming post-2025-LTS product versions for local development (e.g. Confluence 10.3, e.g. Jira 11.4), and also upgrade QuickReload to 6.2.0+ (included in AMPS 9.7.2). If everything goes smoothly we will consider backporting to LTS releases of the products. Note: Crowd doesn’t have LTS releases, but it’s looking to be in Crowd 7.3
For more details read the original bug report: https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/PLUG-981.
If you have any issues or questions, feel free to ask us on developer community.
Cheers,
Michael Kemp
A Confluence 10.2 beta version is available now for testing. To find out what’s changed, check out Confluence 10.2 beta release notes. This time, there are no Early Access Programs (EAPs) releases. Instead, only beta releases are available. This is because Confluence 10.2 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release.
Got feedback or want to discuss this beta? Chat with us in this Atlassian Developer Community thread. The earlier we know about potential problems, the more time we'll have to fix them before the final release.
We’re sharing a guide that explains the benefits of using OpenSearch as an alternative to the default Lucene search platform in Confluence Data Center.
It covers:
Key differences between OpenSearch and Lucene
Benchmark results that show OpenSearch delivers faster search and better scalability
Guidance on when and why to switch, with further configuration steps
Explore the full documentation for more details and performance test results
What’s new in Confluence 10.1?
Find and sort most used macros in your site
Manage your integrations and automations with service accounts
Connect securely with OAuth 2.0 for app links
Upgrade to React 18.3 and latest Atlaskit
Editor upgrade to TinyMCE 7.9.1
Lots more!
To learn more, see Confluence 10.1 release notes.
A Confluence 10.1 beta version is available now for testing. To find out what’s changed, check out Confluence 10.1 beta release notes.
Got feedback or want to discuss this beta? Chat with us in this Atlassian Developer Community thread. The earlier we know about potential problems, the more time we'll have to fix them before the final release.
Trusted apps authentication has been removed. For details, see Removal of Trusted apps.
A supported migration path is available via OAuth 1 with impersonation.
Details
OAuth 1 with impersonation allows plugins to generate signed HTTP requests back to the same Data Center instance while impersonating a specific user.
Relevant ticket: CONFSERVER-99078 – Java API for authenticated HTTP requests to current Confluence instance.
A demo plugin illustrates how to implement OAuth 1 with impersonation for both Jira and Confluence: https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/dc-platform/src/4407b6ea004529ba93a69315d99765657ce7829b/demos/oauth1-impersonation-plugin-example/?at=release%2F8.0.x.
OAuth 1 with impersonation is already part of the existing OAuth 1 plugin.
Product Changes
Jira 11.0.1 (released) and Confluence 10.0.4 (scheduled for release) now automatically create a host consumer provider on the product side, enabling plugins to connect back to the same Data Center instance.
A Confluence 10.1 EAP milestone is available now for testing. To find out what’s changed, check out Preparing for Confluence 10.1.
Got feedback or want to discuss the latest EAP? Chat with us in this Atlassian Developer Community thread. The earlier we know about potential problems, the more time we'll have to fix them before the final release.
What’s new in Confluence 10.0?
Spring and Jakarta upgrade
Removal of deprecated components in AUI 10
End of support for LESS
Removal of Trusted apps
End of support for the Original theme
Global serialization filter
App signing is now enabled by default for app installations
Enhanced security with Content Security Policy
Basic authentication disabled by default
Monitoring and observability of the Synchrony process
Add scopes to REST endpoints to use OAuth 2.0 2LO
Control how many labels display in macros
Lots more!
To learn more, see Confluence 10.0 release notes.
This release doesn’t support Server licenses. If you have a Server license, check out your options for upgrading.
A Confluence 10.0 beta 3 version is available now for testing. To find out what’s changed, check out Confluence 10.0 beta release notes.
Got feedback or want to discuss this beta? Chat with us in this Atlassian Developer Community thread. The earlier we know about potential problems, the more time we'll have to fix them before the final release.
A Confluence 10.0 beta version is available now for testing. To find out what’s changed, check out Confluence 10.0 beta release notes.
Got feedback or want to discuss this beta? Chat with us in this Atlassian Developer Community thread. The earlier we know about potential problems, the more time we'll have to fix them before the final release.
What’s new in Confluence 9.5?
Controlled search reindex
Exact search is now enabled by default for OpenSearch
Lots more!
To learn more, see Confluence 9.5 release notes.
A Confluence 9.5 beta version is available now for testing. To find out what’s changed, check out Confluence 9.5 beta release notes.
Got feedback or want to discuss this beta? Chat with us in this Atlassian Developer Community thread. The earlier we know about potential problems, the more time we'll have to fix them before the final release.
A Confluence 9.5 EAP milestone is available now for testing. To find out what’s changed, check out Preparing for Confluence 9.5. Got feedback or want to discuss the latest EAP? Chat with us in this Atlassian Developer Community thread. The earlier we know about potential problems, the more time we'll have to fix them before the final release. |
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