JENKINS-2.579 release notes and known issues

2.579

Scope: Jenkins. This update record adds version, fix and known-issue context. Its publication date is not a lifecycle boundary.

Summary

This is an automatically generated changelog draft for Jenkins weekly releases. See https://www.jenkins.io/changelog/2.579/ for the official changelog for this release. 🚀 New features and improvements Add abort support to FormChecker delayed checks ( #26595 ) @KevinSailema , @Copilot, Kevin, @timja 🐛 Bug fixes Retrying renamedTo operation up to 5 times because it randomly fails … ( #11216 ) @a-zitzewitz , @timja Fix incorrect Unicode escape decoding in QuotedStringTokenizer.unquote ( #26467 ) @Zhang-Charlie , @Copilot, @MarkEWaite Revert "Standardise experimental Jenkins pages, make the side panel independently scrollable + make the build bar sticky ( #26863 )" ( #27265 ) @gbhat618 Show only accessible links in sidepanel for new manage Jenkins UI ( #27228 ) @mawinter69 , @MarkEWaite Improve diagnostics for unreadable artifacts ( #27201 ) @Hardik180704 Fix dropdown suggestions requiring a double tap on touch devices ( #26923 ) @Anexus5919 fix combobox suggestion list flashing on click ( #26922 ) @Anexus5919 👷 Changes for plugin developers Removes commons-lang:2.6 from core ( #26105 ) @alecharp , @daniel-beck , @gbhat618 , @MarkEWaite , @timja All contributors: @a-zitzewitz , @alecharp , @Anexus5919 , @gbhat618 , @Hardik180704 , @KevinSailema , @mawinter69 , @Zhang-Charlie , @Copilot, @daniel-beck , Kevin, @MarkEWaite and @timja

Improvements and security content

This is an automatically generated changelog draft for Jenkins weekly releases. See https://www.jenkins.io/changelog/2.579/ for the official changelog for this release. 🚀 New features and improvements Add abort support to FormChecker delayed checks ( #26595 ) @KevinSailema , @Copilot, Kevin, @timja 🐛 Bug fixes Retrying renamedTo operation up to 5 times because it randomly fails … ( #11216 ) @a-zitzewitz , @timja Fix incorrect Unicode escape decoding in QuotedStringTokenizer.unquote ( #26467 ) @Zhang-Charlie , @Copilot, @MarkEWaite Revert "Standardise experimental Jenkins pages, make the side panel independently scrollable + make the build bar sticky ( #26863 )" ( #27265 ) @gbhat618 Show only accessible links in sidepanel for new manage Jenkins UI ( #27228 ) @mawinter69 , @MarkEWaite Improve diagnostics for unreadable artifacts ( #27201 ) @Hardik180704 Fix dropdown suggestions requiring a double tap on touch devices ( #26923 ) @Anexus5919 fix combobox suggestion list flashing on click ( #26922 ) @Anexus5919 👷 Changes for plugin developers Removes commons-lang:2.6 from core ( #26105 ) @alecharp , @daniel-beck , @gbhat618 , @MarkEWaite , @timja All contributors: @a-zitzewitz , @alecharp , @Anexus5919 , @gbhat618 , @Hardik180704 , @KevinSailema , @mawinter69 , @Zhang-Charlie , @Copilot, @daniel-beck , Kevin, @MarkEWaite and @timja

Known issues

Publisher statement

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Affected products and versions

Products

Jenkins

Affected versions

2.579
2.6

Fixed versions or updates

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Recommended action

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Official publisher evidence

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2.579

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