Release Notes for XWiki 17.10.7

Last modified by Ilie Andriuta on 2026/04/21 14:43

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 containing, among other things, the fix for an important regression introduced in XWiki 17.10.6.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 17.10.6)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 17.10.7.

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 149Not Tested
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 146Tests run and results
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 146Jira 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 2.7.4Not Tested
mysql.pngMySQL 9.3Not Tested
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 17Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
mariadb.pngMariaDB 11.8Tests run and results
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 11.0.20
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.1.7 (XWiki Standalone packaging)
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.1.7Not 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 17.10.6:

No breakage!

Credits

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

  • Marius Dumitru Florea
  • Simon Urli
  • Thomas Mortagne
  • Vincent Massol

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