Release Notes for XWiki 18.4.1

Last modified by Ilie Andriuta on 2026/08/11 13:14

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 important fixes. This release contains security fixes, with the highest severity being 9.3/10.

New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 18.4.0)

Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 18.4.1.

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 152Tests run and results
Chrome30.pngGoogle Chrome 149
Edge30.pngMicrosoft Edge 149Jira 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 9.7Jira Tickets Marked as Fixed in the Release Notes
postgresql.pngPostgreSQL 17Tests run and results
mariadb.pngMariaDB 12.3
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 11.0.22
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.1.8 (XWiki Standalone packaging)
jetty-icon.pngJetty 12.1.8Not 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 18.4.0:

No breakage!

Credits

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

  • Cédric LAMBLIN 
  • LucasC 
  • Manuel Leduc 
  • Marius Dumitru Florea 
  • Michael Hamann 
  • Simon Urli 
  • Simpel 
  • Thomas Mortagne 
  • Vincent Massol 
  • xrichard 

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