Changelog for 2.79
Legend:
- security fix
- major bug fix
- bug fix
- major enhancement
- enhancement
Community feedback:
- no major issues
- notable issues
- required rollback
What's new in 2.79
(2017-09-17)
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Fix random failures to use passphrase-protected ed25519 SSH private keys (regression in 2.73).
(issue 46754)
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Update Remoting library from 3.11 to 3.12 to fix regression in Jenkins 2.68 when using non-writable home directories.
(issue 45755, full changelog, issue description in 2.73.1 upgrade guide)
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Add description of nodes to their remote API.
(issue 42854)
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Disconnect node on ping timeout instead of leaving the channel half open.
(issue 46680)
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Internal: Require Java 8u101 to build Jenkins, as that's the minimum required to run it since 2.77.
(pull 3015)