What's new in 2021.2

• 7475 - Project data is refreshed only when deployment process is saved successfully

• 7071 - Release versioning will only be updated when the step associated is updated, and better validation to prevent versioning package step changes to the referenced package
• 7448 - Sync the deployment settings in portal once deployment process is saved successfully

• 7281 - Active Directory authentication will now correctly login users when forms authentication and Sign in with a domain options are used

• 7420 - Update project overview page to be more performant and load variables-missing endpoint asynchronously

• 7304 - Fix automatic release creation (ARC) skipping channel version rule checks

• 7371 - Fixed an issue where Structured Configuration Variables were not correctly applying to XML files
• 6794 - Fixed an issue where Structured Configuration Variables were failing to correctly process XML files without the *.xml file extension (eg *.config)
• 7177 - Fixed an issue where Structured Configuration Variables were failing to correctly process .properties files, and instead treating them as .yaml files

• 7350 - Fixed an issue where large amounts of Build Information data could cause high CPU and network load

• 7317 - Runbook environment selection does not include project default lifecycle
• 7295 - Fixed a very specific scenario where lines were not being written to task logs
• 7321 - /api/spaces used to support ids query params

• 7310 - Increased performance on tenant variable endpoints

• 7301 - Open redirect vulnerability in Octopus Server

• 7246 - Speed up cloning a step, filtering tenants and testing permissions by retrieving project summaries instead of full details
• 7297 - SQL Aliases can be used again for server connection strings

• 7277 - Lifecycles no longer clear on UI when enabling ARC
• 7270 - Lock trace logs are once again directed to the system log rather than the task log
• 7143 - LdapAuthenticationProvider now handles escaped special characters such as '#' in group names

• 7031 - Tasks can now be filtered by date

• 7130 - Fixed "Stack empty" error when deploying multiple releases in parallel

• 7244 - Service Message Parsing (This time for sure)

• 7236 - Show loading message instead of Missing Resource when loading teams in a manual intervention step
• 7237 - Speeding up progression endpoint

• 7204 - Speeding up project fetching when requesting an individual project, or taking a set number
• 7235 - Fixing timeout from manual interventions after 30 minutes on Azure
• 6915 - Events with long messages can now be exported with migrator

• 7231 - Speeding up teams API fetching

• 7224 - Updating a step template usage which is used in a channel's versioning rules will no longer result in an error

• 7223 - Azure Devops Fatal Error when running task: OctopusCreateRelease@4 with a commit message referencing a Jira Work Item that doesn't exist

• 7202 - Fix issue with auto-created space manager team not found when creating / retrieving space

• 7203 - Fix configuration settings being cached too long

• 7171 - Fix channel version rules being unexpectedly changed when renaming steps

• 7185 - Let's Encrypt configuration no longer gets stuck "Waiting for other tasks to complete"

• 7195 - Speeding up variables API fetching

• 7172 - Hashes are no longer mistaken for multi-line service messages

• 7205 - Fixed Migrator remapping issues: ActionTemplate.LogoAttachmentKey will be removed if the reference does not exist, Proxy import is fixed, Release.LifecycleId is now correctly mapped

• 7208 - Deploy started and succeeded events now show up under the task summary

• 6837 - Users in a Team with User Roles scoped to Environments may not be able to add values to a project variable unless the top value in the list is editable
• 7016 - Fixed too many parameters error when using the deployments api
• 7075 - TagSetEdit and TagSetDelete permissions can now be added to existing custom User Roles
• 7078 - Fixes rolling deployments such that when deploying to a target fails, the deployment will not start deploying to other targets
• 7042 - Fixed an issue where Runbooks were failing to evaluate tenant variables
• 7115 - Mutli-line service message are now parsed correctly
• 7085 - Disabled targets are now shown in the Target Status card on the infrastructure overview page
• 7138 - Fixed an issue in migrator that would cause an error to the thrown when Tenant data was included in an export
• 7118 - Space at end of a Tenant Tag causes "Unable to find matching tag from canonical tag name" Error

• 7129 - Fixes access to path denied error on server start after 2021.2 upgrade
• 7127 - Update brand elements in Octopus Manager

• 7126 - Long package names are now correctly handled by build information
• 7187 - Auto deploy includes the correct machines in the deployment

• 7125 - Fix performance problems returning all channels with many version rules

• 7119 - Remove long-lived transaction when using 'Deploy a Release' step

• 7110 - Fix channel version rules being incorrectly deleted where channels linked to steps were deleted
• 7115 - Mutli-line service message are now parsed correctly

• 6965 - Improved detection of a NuGet V3 feed and handling of NuGet V3 feeds that don't fully implement the NuGet V3 specification

• 7004 - Automatic Release Creation shows Package Step: Not Found
• 7005 - Release Versioning package step not displayed
• 7088 - Fixes an issue with the Azure App Service step where package aquisition would fail when configured with a container
• 6743 - Project variables can be overridden and deployed without warning that variables have been changed

• 7009 - Fixed auditing diffs for document modified entries
• 7017 - Fixed auditing diffs for document modified entries
• 7066 - Auditing screen filters/sidebar show missing resources for deployment settings
• 7057 - Fixed Permissions Check to allow Audit Events to be written down during background tasks
• 7060 - Fixed a "resource not found" issue when viewing old deployments
• 6988 - Ensure certificate subject and issuer are stored in the RFC2253 standard

Breaking Changes

• 7069 - The Type and EmailPriority properties in the subscriptions payload are now strings instead of integers

Other Changes

• 7034 - Fixed an issue where task log filenames were being created in Pascal case rather than all lower case
• 7046 - More audit event links point to /not-found
• 7040 - Removed some links in the audit log that pointed to /not-found
• 7014 - Main menu UI bug with safari MacOS
• 7013 - Remove Value under SpaceId in the subscription payload
• 7011 - Fix error omitting optional parameters when creating runbook runs

• 6183 - Add full screen expander and variable insert button to YAML editor on Helm step
• 56 - Fixed issue retrieving Jira issues that have comments
• 7012 - Remove UI option to select execution container for Manual Intervention, Health Check and Deploy Release steps
• 7002 - Bugfix - LifeCycle View permissions are once again no longer required for release creation and viewing
• 6983 - Improved speed and reduced disk usage of upgrade script (Script0266)

• 6999 - Octopus Bundled AWS CLI tools warning message shows on existing process steps when running tools on containers

Breaking Changes

• 6968 - Lifecycle is now recorded directly on the release rather than resolved on demand via the channel

Other Changes

• 6992 - Fix failing deployments for projects with manual intervention and tenant tag scoped variables
• 6987 - Enable anonymous bind support in LDAP authentication provider
• 6991 - Fixes the issue that causes K8s deployments using GCP account don't deploy to custom namespace
• 6958 - Fixes custom proxy support for Azure WebApp Target Health Check
• 6990 - Azure AppService step now downloads publishing profile for the deployment target site and uses publishUrl property to perform the deployment
• 6989 - Default to Azure Global Cloud when Configure Isolated Azure Environment connection is selected, but no specific environment has been selected
• 6975 - Fixes ordering of Kubernetes environment variables to allow substitution of Downstream APIs
• 6985 - Fixed EventRelatedDocument SQL parameter limit bug
• 6974 - Server Manager fails to start in 2021.2 and newer.
• 6901 - Show certificate archive/unarchive events in audit logs
• 6955 - Fixed an issue with additional "was modified" audit messages appearing for deployments
• 6950 - Dashboard once again displays most recent releases per environment when there are multiple channels
• 6986 - Added support for LDAP as an authentication provider
• 6916 - Modified Swagger generation to use the ServerUri if configured
• 6881 - Kubernetes steps that support creation of Ingress resources will now output with apiVersion v1
• 6905 - Running Structured Configuration Variables over YAML files that contain comments will now preserve the structure of the file correctly
• 6602 - Support for Kerberos authentication in load-balanced HA scenarios
• 6900 - Steps run on Octopus Server using execution containers will now authenticate to Docker registries correctly
• 6886 - Modifying a 'Copy of' template fails on save
• 6833 - Invalid day names can be used in cron expressions resulting in the "Triggers" overview becoming inaccessible
• 6889 - "How to Push Packages" Tooltip is not Space aware
• 6895 - Usage tab on step templates works again
• 6646 - Fixes issues with using bundled Azure tools on Powershell Core and changes the default to be "Use tools pre-installed on the worker"
• 6891 - Azure App Service step errors if no connection strings supplied and app settings are supplied
• 6876 - Tenant Preview under a step displays tenant preview incorrectly
• 6874 - Azure passwords with leading dash or other special characters now work as expected
• 6841 - Warning about missing script syntax has been removed for Azure script steps
• 6820 - Helm timeout values fails when entering a time unit value for Helm V3
• 6870 - Missing validation of first template variable
• 6814 - Health checks now no longer run more often than they should in a HA setup
• 6785 - Validation error messages for Tenant Variables don't update or clear when expected
• 6959 - Automatic release creation no longer occurs synchronously on package upload
• 6850 - Add the ability to deploy Job Resource in Deploy Kubernetes containers step
• 5914 - Fixed server audit URI
• 6852 - The subscription "Name" field now displays appropriate help text
• 6765 - Fixed route to point to either runbook steps or deployment process depending on which is being manually updated
• 6789 - Pagination is applied as if all runbooks were visible instead of only filtered runbooks
• 6823 - Added a space between the manual intervention buttons
• 6821 - Url used for proxy testing is now using a proper domain name
• 6815 - Tentacle communication logs are no longer duplicated in the Octopus Server logs
• 6809 - Deployment creation requests are now throttled to improve reliability when deploying to many tenants
• 6802 - The Octopus Server version number is now displayed as major.minor (Build buildcounter)
• 6788 - Third party docker images can be now be used as container images
• 6652 - Custom script steps do not evaluate release notes or build information when using dynamic packages