Release Notes for XWiki 15.5.5

Last modified by Ilie Andriuta on 2024/02/28

This is the release notes for XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering and XWiki Platform. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.

This is the last bug fix release of the 15.5.x branch. We encourage users to upgrade to the LTS branch (15.10.x).

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 15.5.4)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 15.5.5.

Translations

The following translations have been updated:

Tested Browsers & Databases

Here is the list of browsers we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 BrowserTested on:
Firefox30.pngMozilla Firefox 122Not Tested
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 122Not Tested
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 122Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
Safari30.pngSafari 17Not Tested

Here is the list of databases we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 DatabaseTested on:
hypersql.pngHyperSQL 2.7.2Not Tested
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 16Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
mariadb.pngMariaDB 11.2Not Tested
mysql.pngMySQL 8.3Not Tested
oracle.pngOracle 19cNot Tested

Here is the list of Servlet Containers we support and how they have been tested for this release:

 Servlet ContainerTested on:
tomcat-icon.pngTomcat 9.0.85Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.7 (XWiki Standalone packaging)Not Tested
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.7Not Tested

Security Issues

Security issues are not listed in issue lists or dashboards to avoid disclosing ways to use them, but they will appear automatically in them once they're disclosed. See the XWiki Security Policy for more details.

Known issues

Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes

General Notes

  • When upgrading make sure you compare and merge the following XWiki configuration files since some parameters may have been modified, removed or added:
    • xwiki.cfg
    • xwiki.properties
    • web.xml
    • hibernate.cfg.xml
  • Add xwiki.store.migration=1 in xwiki.cfg so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to any new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.

API Breakages

The following APIs were modified since XWiki 15.5.4:

No breakage!

Credits

The following people have contributed code and translations to this release (sorted alphabetically):

  • Manuel Leduc 
  • Marius Dumitru Florea 
  • Michael Hamann 
  • Pierre Jeanjean 
  • Sereza7 
  • Simon Urli 
  • Thomas Mortagne 
  • Vincent Massol 
  • pjeanjean 
  • raphj 

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