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Steady biweekly point releases — UI modernization and key-handling catch up to expectations.

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◆Current state
Jenkins ships on a predictable cadence of roughly biweekly point releases, each a mix of refinement RFEs and regression fixes. The current run is dominated by UI consistency work (command palette, dialog and tooltip standardization) and quality-of-life additions like modern SSH key formats for the CLI. This is maintenance-mode maturity, not reinvention.
◆Where it's heading
The arc points toward incremental modernization of a long-lived codebase: standardizing the experimental UI, broadening translations, and chipping away at regressions introduced by earlier refactors. Security fixes appear regularly, suggesting active triage rather than a security push.
◆Prediction
Expect continued biweekly point releases in the same shape — more experimental-UI standardization and regression cleanup — with the next security-flagged release arriving within a few cycles.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4d ago

    CLI gains ECDSA/Ed25519 keys; Korean admin translations

    Adds ECDSA and Ed25519 key support for CLI access, completes Korean translations of admin screens, and clears a batch of UI regressions. The modern key formats are the most user-relevant change, bringing CLI auth in line with current SSH practice.

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  2. 12d ago

    Command palette and dialog standardization; UI fixes

    Standardizes command palette, dialog, dropdown and tooltip materials and hides redundant CSRF configuration, alongside fixes to combobox and log-tailing behavior. Fits the ongoing experimental-UI consolidation.

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  3. 17d ago

    Security release: important fixes

    A security-only release with important fixes and no listed feature changes. Notable mainly for operators who should prioritize the upgrade.

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  4. 28d ago

    Fix AJAX-loaded widget URLs

    A single bug fix ensuring URLs in AJAX-loaded widgets resolve correctly. Narrow and internal-facing.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Faster agent creation via cached override checks

    Reduces agent creation time under load by caching override checks and extends CSP telemetry collection. The caching change is a real performance gain for busy controllers.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Limit SECURITY-3657 fix scope; fix build-reload regression

    Scopes an earlier security fix to the controller JVM to avoid agent-side stash extraction problems and fixes a build-loss regression on job reload. Corrective rather than additive.

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