Release Notes for XWiki 16.10.4

Last modified by Manuel Leduc on 2025/03/11

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 release is a bug fix release containing important fixes, performance improvments, and security fixes, with the highest severity being 8.5.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 16.10.3)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for XWiki 16.10.4.

Upgrades

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

Translations

The following translations have been updated: 

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 135Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 133Tests run and results
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 133Tests run and results
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 11.4Tests run and results
mysql.pngMySQL 9.0.1Tests run and results
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 16Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
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 9.0.100
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.0.15 (XWiki Standalone packaging)Tests run and results
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.0.15Not 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 16.10.3:

No breakage!

Credits

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

  • Dorian OUAKLI 
  • LucasC 
  • Manuel Leduc 
  • Marius Dumitru Florea 
  • Michael Hamann 
  • Simon Urli 
  • Simpel 
  • Thomas Mortagne 
  • Vincent Massol 

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