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Jenkins 2.562 and 2.555.2: Signed by LF Open Source, LLC

Beginning April 28, 2026 with Jenkins weekly 2.562, the MSI installer is signed using the Microsoft Artifact Signing Service. The installer is signed by LF Open Source, LLC, courtesy of the Linux Foundation. The same change will be made in Jenkins LTS 2.555.2 beginning May 13, 2026. In the transition period, there are some changes to the installation process. We hope that these changes...

Mark Waite April 29, 2026
Jenkins 2.543 and 2.541.1: New Linux Repository Signing Keys

Beginning December 23, 2025 with 2.543, the Jenkins weekly releases will use new repository signing keys for the Linux installation packages. The same change will be made in Jenkins LTS releases beginning January 21, 2026. Administrators of Linux systems must install the new signing keys on their Linux servers before installing Jenkins Jenkins weekly 2.543 or Jenkins LTS 2.541.1. Debian/Ubuntu Update Debian compatible operating...

Mark Waite
Damien DUPORTAL December 23, 2025
End of life operating systems

Beginning with Jenkins 2.407, May 30, 2023 and Jenkins 2.401.2, June 28, 2023, Jenkins administrators will be warned if they are running Jenkins on an operating system that is within 6 months of its end of life date. The warning includes the date when Jenkins will no longer be supported on that operating system version. It advises the administrator to upgrade to...

Mark Waite May 30, 2023
Jenkins 2.397 and 2.387.2: New Linux Repository Signing Keys

Beginning March 28, 2023, the Jenkins weekly releases will use new repository signing keys for the Linux installation packages. The same change will be made in Jenkins LTS releases beginning April 5, 2023. Administrators of Linux systems must install the new signing keys on their Linux servers before installing Jenkins Jenkins weekly 2.397 or Jenkins LTS 2.387.2. Debian/Ubuntu Update Debian compatible operating systems (Debian,...

Mark Waite March 27, 2023
Docker Image: new Exit and Restart Behavior for Controllers

The Jenkins project provides Docker images for controllers (and more). Beginning with Jenkins 2.344 released April 18, 2022 and Jenkins 2.332.3 released May 04, 2022, the behavior of the "Exit" and "Restart" lifecycle of the controller image jenkins/jenkins changed. TL;DR; Ensure that you have a Container Restart Policy For quick readers: check the How to Add a Container Restart Policy section for immediate...

Damien DUPORTAL
Basil Crow May 27, 2022
Docker images use Java 11 by default

The Jenkins project provides Docker images for controllers, inbound agents, outbound agents, and more. Beginning with Jenkins 2.307 released August 17, 2021 and Jenkins 2.303.1 released August 25, 2021, the Docker images provided by the Jenkins project will use Java 11 instead of Java 8. Controllers use Java 11 by default If you are running one of the Jenkins Docker controller images that...

Mark Waite
Dheeraj Singh Jodha August 17, 2021
Jenkins 2.235.3: New Linux Repository Signing Keys

The Jenkins core release automation project has been delivering Jenkins weekly releases since Jenkins 2.232, April 16, 2020. The Linux repositories that deliver the weekly release were updated with new GPG keys with the release of Jenkins 2.232. Beginning with Jenkins LTS release 2.235.3, stable repositories will be signed with the same GPG keys that sign the weekly repositories. Administrators of Linux systems...

Mark Waite July 27, 2020
Jenkins 2.248: Windows Support Updates

In this article, I would like to announce the new Windows support policy which was introduced in the Jenkins project in June 2020. This policy sets an expectation about how we handle issues and patches related to Windows support for the Jenkins server and agents, and how we organize testing of Windows support in the project. We will also talk about .NET Framework...

Oleg Nenashev July 23, 2020