Release Notes for XWiki 16.4.7

Last modified by Ilie Andriuta on 2025/03/24

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 a bug fix release which also contains the improvment allowing users with edit rights to pin pages. This release contains security fixes, with the highest severity being 9.3/10.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 16.4.6)

For Users

Users with edit rights can pin pages in spaces

 
It was already possible for global administrators and administrators of spaces to pin pages for organizing the navigation panel. Now the feature is also available for people having edit rights on a space: a new tab is available in the page children view, available from the more action menu. From this new tab, it is possible for a user to entirely reorganize the pages of the space by using drag & drop or by using the action button to pin / unpin pages, pretty much like it was already possible in the navigation panel administration.

For Admins

No changes!

For Developers

No changes!

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 16.4.7.

Upgrades

The following runtime dependencies have been upgraded (they have a different release cycle than XWiki Commons, XWiki Rendering and XWiki Platform):

Tested Browsers & Databases

Automated testing

XWiki executes a lot of automated tests during its build, testing all supported configurations. In addition, some manual QA is also executed to try to discover additional problems (see below):

Manual testing

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

 BrowserTested on:
Firefox30.pngMozilla Firefox 136Not Tested
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 134Not Tested
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 134Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
Safari30.pngSafari 18Not Tested

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

 DatabaseTested on:
hypersql.pngHyperSQL 2.7.3Not Tested
mariadb.pngMariaDB 11.4Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
mysql.pngMySQL 9.0.1Not Tested
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 16Not Tested
oracle.pngOracle 19cNot Tested

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

 Servlet ContainerTested on:
tomcat-icon.pngTomcat 9.0.102Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.21 (XWiki Standalone packaging)Not Tested
jetty-icon.pngJetty 10.0.21Not 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 16.4.6:

No breakage!

Credits

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

  • Dorian OUAKLI
  • Lucas Charpentier
  • Manuel Leduc
  • Marius Dumitru Florea
  • Michael Hamann
  • RaphaĆ«l Jakse
  • Simon Urli
  • Thomas Mortagne
  • Vincent Massol

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