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Jenkins October 2023 Newsletter
Key TakeawaysJDK21 is available on the infrastructure and in official Docker images too.💥Breaking change: set Java 17 as default for LTS.Prototype has been removed as of weekly 2.426Contributed by:...
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Jenkins Contributor Summit in Brussels
We are happy to announce that we will hold a Jenkins Contributor Summit in Brussels prior to FOSDEM.FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas, and collaborate. Every year,...
View ArticleIntroducing the Jenkins Contributor Spotlight
The Jenkins project has evolved constantly over the years, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Jenkins community. There are numerous contributors that work behind the scenes to ensure that Jenkins is...
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[Google Summer of Code 2024] A Call for Mentors
We are happy to announce that Jenkins is preparing to participate in its eighth (8th) year in Google Summer of Code (GSoC).What is Google Summer of Code?Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global, online...
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Log from Jenkins Jobs to GitHub Pull Requests as Checks
You have a GitHub repo and a Jenkins server. The Jenkins server has jobs for running unit tests, computing code coverages, and executing static analyses.Every time someone opens a PR to your repo, you...
View ArticleWelcome Basil Crow - new Jenkins Governance Board member
We would like to announce changes in the Jenkins Governance Board. There has been no election this year, because there was only one candidate per seat. Please welcome Basil Crow! At the same time, Oleg...
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Jenkins November 2023 Newsletter
Key TakeawaysBasil Crow joins the Jenkins Governance Board.A Jenkins Contributor Summit will be held prior to FOSDEM.The Contributor Spotlight site is now live.Contributed by: Mark WaiteBasil Crow...
View Article2024 Jenkins Contributor Summit - Update
The Jenkins Contributor Summit, being held in Brussels on February 2nd, is now quickly approaching. We are looking forward to meeting you.If you plan to join us and didn’t let us know yet, don’t forget...
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Jenkins 2023 Recap
Contributed by: Wadeck FollonierThe Jenkins Security team has multiple missions, with the most visible to users being the publication of advisories.In 2023, the team published 17 advisories: 4 included...
View ArticleCollaboration is Key - Making the Open-Source Community Safer for Developers
Who is Sonar?Sonar is a code quality and security tool that helps developers write Clean Code. Sonar analyzes code for issues that lead to unreliable, unmaintainable, and insecure software at two...
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Nominate Someone – 2024 Jenkins Contributor Awards
Jenkins Contributor Awards for 2024 are being run by the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) along with many other CDF Community Awards.The nominations are open and are being accepted using GitHub...
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Google Summer of Code 2024… Here We Come!
We are thrilled to announce that Jenkins has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2024! This will be Jenkins' eighth year as a mentoring organization.Congratulations to all 195 accepted open-source...
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Jenkins Contributor Summit and FOSDEM Recap
The previous in-person Jenkins Contributor Summit took place in 2020, just prior to the lockdowns and precautions that would change the world. Thankfully, on February 2, 2024, just prior to this year’s...
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GSoC 2024 contributor application ended. What happens next?
The Google Summer of Code 2024 contributor application period has ended, and we are excited to have received several more than 75 valid applications from potential contributors interested in...
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Jenkins 2024 Community Award Winners
cdCon 2024 just wrapped up in Seattle and this included announcing the winners of the Continuous Delivery Foundation and Jenkins Community Awards. The CD Foundation provides awards for the Top CDF...
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Congrats and Welcome to Jenkins in Google Summer of Code 2024 Contributors
This year, we received numerous outstanding Google Summer of Code (GSoC) proposals for Jenkins with just as many compelling ideas. Many thanks to all who submitted their proposal(s) previously. Due to...
View ArticleJenkins in Google Summer of Code Community Bonding, Contributors' Takeaways
The community bonding period is the three weeks between GSoC contributor acceptance and the start of the coding date. This is a vital time for mentors and org admins to engage with GSoC contributors...
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Jenkins requires Java 17 or newer
SummaryBeginning with the Jenkins 2.463 weekly release (scheduled for release on June 18, 2024), Jenkins requires Java 17 or newer. The Jenkins 2.452.x LTS line will continue to require Java 11 or...
View ArticleThanks to the Jenkins mirror providers
Jenkins downloads are provided by mirror servers of organizations that support the Jenkins project.You can see the list from the mirror status page.We’re really grateful for all the support provided by...
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Amazon donates $60,000 to Jenkins
Amazon Web Services has donated $60,000 in cloud credits to the Jenkins project. We are especially grateful for their donation and their support of Jenkins.The Jenkins project has used AWS for many...
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Microsoft donates $60,000 to Jenkins
Microsoft Azure has donated $60,000 in cloud credits to the Jenkins project. We thank them most sincerely for their donation and for their continuing support of open source software projects like...
View ArticleJenkins Board and Officer Elections 2024 - Nominations Open
We are excited to announce the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections!NominationsNominations can be submitted for governance board positions and all officer positions (Security, Events,...
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Enhancing an Existing LLM Model with Domain-specific Jenkins Knowledge
Table of ContentsAbout the ProjectMilestonesJenAI as a SystemNext StepsAcknowledgmentsUseful LinksAbout the ProjectJenAI is a pioneering chatbot that is trained specifically to answer users' queries...
View ArticleGSOC Manage jenkinsci GitHub permissions as code
This blog showcases all the work done in the Manage jenkinsci GitHub permissions as code project during Google Summer of Code 2024.About the ProjectThis project aims to create a solution that allows...
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Using OpenRewrite Recipes for Plugin Modernization
This blog showcases the work done on the Plugin Modernizer Tool during the Google Summer of Code 2024. For a detailed description of the project, please refer to the project page.Table of ContentsAbout...
View ArticleSee what's next for the Jenkins user interface - DevOps World 2024
This is a speaker blogpost for a DevOps World 2024 talk. We last gave a talk about the Jenkins user experience at DevOps World 2022. Two short years later, we’re back to showcase what’s new and...
View ArticleBrownout on Update Center (updates.jenkins.io): 6 and 9 September 2024
Summary (TL;DR)The service https://updates.jenkins.io will switch its implementation to a new system during 1 hour twice:Friday 6 September 2024 from 07:00am UTC until 08:00am UTCMonday 9 September...
View ArticleBrownout on Update Center (updates.jenkins.io): 11 and 12 September 2024
Summary (TL;DR)Note: this is a follow up of the 6 and 9 September brownouts.The service https://updates.jenkins.io will switch its implementation to a new system during 1 day:Wednesday 11 September...
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Voter Registration for Jenkins Board and Officer Elections 2024
Voter registration has started for the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections!Voter registrationNominations for the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections have finished. Voter...
View ArticleBrownout on Update Center (updates.jenkins.io): 26 and 27 September 2024
Summary (TL;DR)Note: this is a follow up of the 11 and 12 September 24 hours brownout.The service https://updates.jenkins.io will switch its implementation to a new system during 1 day:From Thursday 26...
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Hacktoberfest 2024
Hacktoberfest is back! Join us as we celebrate and support open-source during October. Contributors can earn badges and improve their open source contribution skills.The Jenkins community will...
View Article2024 Jenkins Election Candidate Statements
Candidate nominations for the 2024 Jenkins elections are now complete. Thanks to everyone who submitted nominations and to the candidates that have accepted the nominations.This announcement shares the...
View ArticleAlpha Omega Foundation Content Security Policy Grant
Alpha-Omega has provided a grant for three months of full-time work to improve the Jenkins implementation of Content Security Policy. The improvements will be implemented in October, November, and...
View ArticleBrownout on Update Center (updates.jenkins.io): 24 and 25 October 2024
Summary (TL;DR)Note: this is a follow up of the 26 and 27 September 24 hours brownout.The service https://updates.jenkins.io will switch its implementation to a new system during 1 day:From Thursday 24...
View ArticleRevamping Jenkins Tutorials: A Journey to Simplicity and Inclusivity
Introduction: Transforming Jenkins tutorialsTechnical tutorials often present challenges to developers, particularly when learning complex systems like Jenkins. The existing Jenkins tutorials, while...
View ArticleAdvancing Security: Jenkins Content Security Policy (CSP) Project Progress
Security is a core focus at Jenkins, and through the Content Security Policy (CSP) grant from the Alpha-Omega Foundation, we’re reinforcing our commitment to the stability and safety of our community....
View ArticleBrownout on Update Center (updates.jenkins.io): 07 and 08 November 2024
Summary (TL;DR)Note: this is a follow up of the 24 and 25 October 2024 24 hours brownout.The service link:https://updates.jenkins.io will switch its implementation to a new system during 1 day:From...
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Jenkins' Participation in Hacktoberfest 2024
The Jenkins community is pleased to have participated in this year’s Hacktoberfest, an event focused on fostering open-source contributions and welcoming new contributors to our ecosystem.As...
View ArticleNew Update Center (updates.jenkins.io) Architecture in Production: 18...
Summary (TL;DR)Note: this is a follow up of the 07 and 08 November 2024 24-hour brownout.The service https://updates.jenkins.io will switch its implementation to the new system, on Monday 18 November...
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Pull request titles now show directly in Jenkins
We are happy to share that with the latest version of Branch API, you can now view pull request titles directly in Jenkins.This feature was one of the most requested improvements from our community,...
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2024 Jenkins Board and Officer Election Results
The Jenkins community has completed the 2024 elections. On behalf of the Jenkins community and the elections committee, we congratulate all newly elected board members and officers! We also thank all...
View ArticleNovember Update: Momentum in Jenkins Content Security Policy Project
The Jenkins Content Security Policy (CSP) project has been bustling with activity. November saw many initiatives aimed at refining and enhancing the security framework for the vast spectrum of Jenkins...
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Google Summer of Code 2025: Volunteers Needed to Mentor Future Jenkins...
TL,DR:Jenkins is preparing to participate in its ninth (9th) year in Google Summer of Code (GSoC). We are seeking volunteers to be Jenkins mentors in the program:Mentoring takes about 5 to 8 hours of...
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Introducing Jenkins Design Library 3
We’re thrilled to announce that the Jenkins Design Library 3 is now live! 🎉With this release, we’ve refined every aspect of the library to provide better documentation for plugin developers and ensure...
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Jenkins 2024 in Review
As we welcome 2025, we take a moment to reflect on the past year and celebrate some of our most memorable achievements, impactful projects, and significant changes over the last 366 days. Every...
View ArticleDecember Update: Momentum in Jenkins Content Security Policy Project
December Update: Wrapping Up the Jenkins Content Security Policy ProjectThe final month of 2024 has seen the Jenkins Content Security Policy (CSP) Project progressing towards a strong conclusion. Let’s...
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A new way to search in Jenkins 2.492.1
We’re happy to announce that Jenkins 2.492.1 comes with a brand-new search experience. We’re calling it Command Palette and it’s a one-stop shop for searching across everything in Jenkins.Whether...
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Jenkins in Google Summer of Code 2025
We are excited to have been accepted to Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025! This marks our ninth year participating as a mentoring organization in the program. Thank you Google!GSoC is more than just a...
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Jenkins Contributor Awards 2025 - Nominations are Open
The Jenkins Contributor Awards for 2025 are being hosted by the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF), alongside other prestigious CDF Community Awards.Nominate Outstanding ContributorsNominations are...
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Redesigning Jenkins (Part One)
Jenkins is the most used CI/CD platform in the world. It’s one of the oldest, most mature systems in continuous integration and delivery, and it powers software pipelines across critical industries...
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