Release Notes for XWiki 17.10.2

Last modified by Ilie Andriuta on 2026/02/09 16:31

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 releases which, among other thing, also improves usage of undo / redo capability in realtime editing. This is also the first Long Term Support version of the 17.10.x branch that will be supported for a full cycle.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 17.10.1)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 17.10.2.

For Users

Local Undo / Redo for Realtime Editing

 
You can now undo / redo only your own changes while editing in realtime, as long as there is no conflict between your changes and the changes made by other collaborators (e.g. like if someone else modifies the content you add). Checkout the Realtime WYSIWYG Editor documentation for more information.

For Admins

No changes!

For Developers

No changes!

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 146Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 143Tests run and results
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 143
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 2.7.4Not Tested
mariadb.pngMariaDB 11.8Tests run and results
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 17
mysql.pngMySQL 9.3Jira 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 11.0.15
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.1.5 (XWiki Standalone packaging)
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.1.5Not Tested

NOTE: This XWki version has been manually tested by the QA and has been validated.

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 17.10.1:

No breakage!

Credits

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

  • 이경철 
  • Cédric LAMBLIN 
  • LucasC 
  • Marius Dumitru Florea 
  • Michael Hamann 
  • Nikita Petrenko 
  • Simon Urli 
  • Simpel 
  • Thomas Mortagne 
  • xrichard 
  • 龔敖摩 

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