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8.16
  • Dark theme available for everyone
  • Encrypt your secrets with HashiCorp Vault
Release notes
8.15

Bitbucket 8.15.0 is the first Data Center-only release and does not support Server licenses. If you have a Server license, learn more about your options.

  • Auto-merge your pull requests
  • Sign your commits and tags with SSH keys or X.509 certificates

  • Embed videos from Loom, YouTube, and Vimeo to your pull requests

  • Enforce trusted build status

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8.14

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 8.14 is the last version to support Server licenses. Make plans for Server end of life

  • Bitbucket Cloud Migration Assistant plugin becomes part of the product

  • Define code owners for pull request reviews and shared codebase expertise

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8.13
  • Support for security key based SSH keys: ED25519-SK and ECDSA-SK
  • Check signed and unsigned commits on the Commits page
  • Support for AWS Secrets Manager
  • User experience uplift on the Branches and Merge strategies pages
  • Search for projects by their names and keys

  • Preview and watch videos from pull requests with a web video player

  • Improvements to the support zip creation

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8.12
  • Find and manage licensed users with ease
  • Create a custom template for a commit message in your pull requests
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8.11
  • Visibility of signed commits
  • Mark files "unread" in pull requests
  • Support of .webp and .avif images
  • Announcement banner in terminal
  • Encryption of properties in Bitbucket config file
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8.10
  • Stricter controls on more settings
  • New SSH, HTTP, and SCM ticket metrics
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8.9

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 8.9 is a Long Term Support release

  • Bitbucket Mesh changes and improvements
  • Focus on important discussions with resolvable comments
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8.8
  • Stricter controls on repository settings
  • Automate at scale with project-level webhooks
  • Authorization and permissions performance improvements
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8.7Stricter controls on SSH keys with global settingsRelease notes
8.6
  • Faster Audit log
  • REST APIs to troubleshoot Mirrors
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8.5
  • Redesigned permission pages to easily manage user permissions
  • Additional configuration options to fine tune secret scanning
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8.4
  • Create consistent processes with default tasks for pull requests
  • Keep your instance running like clockwork
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8.3
  • Secret scanning to notify you of accidentally exposed secrets
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot Bitbucket on the fly with the Java Flight Recorder
  • Create repository available in default project permissions
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8.2
  • The new Create repository permission
  • Bitbucket Mesh changes and improvements
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8.1View deployment and build information in Jira CloudRelease notes
8.0
  • Introducing Bitbucket Mesh
  • Declutter unused repositories
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7.21

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.21 is a Long Term Support release

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7.20Make your integrations more secure with OAuth 2.0Release notes
7.19
  • Consistent URLs for primary and mirror
  • Exclude projects from the data pipeline
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7.18
  • View deployment information in Bitbucket
  • HTTP access tokens for projects and repositories
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7.17

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.17 is a Long Term Support release

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7.16
  • Require Jira issues in commit messages
  • View whitespace characters in the diff
Release notes
7.15
  • Control what happens with source branches when merging a pull request
  • Analyze your pull request activity over time
Release notes
7.14
  • Enhanced integration with Jira Software Cloud
  • Required builds merge check
Release notes
7.13
  • Unlock data and insights about your instance
  • Reviewer groups for pull requests
  • Pull request description templates
  • Advanced repository management
Release notes
7.12
  • Configure multiple IdPs
  • Disable basic authentication
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7.11See your Jira issues on the dashboardRelease notes
7.10

Update pull requests to the latest version

Release notes
7.9
  • Upgrade without downtime
  • Be better prepared for upgrades
Release notes
7.8
  • Rerun builds from Bitbucket
  • Database password encryption
  • Graceful shutdowns (Linux only)
Release notes
7.7

  • New code review workflow - Batch and publish comments

  • Rendering of Jupyter notebooks

  • Automatically decline inactive pull requests

  • Comment reactions are here

  • Accessible colors for the diff view

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7.6

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.6 is a Long Term Support release

Release notes
7.5
  • Integrated CI/CD optimizations
  • View hidden comments
  • Audit log filtering by summary
  • Just-in-time user provisioning
  • Customize the default branch name
Release notes
7.4
  • Streamline your workflow with Integrated CI/CD
  • More management options for your audit log
  • Control over who can delete repositories
  • Scalability enhancements for Git hosting
Release notes
7.3
  • Expiring personal access tokens
  • Source branches are now deleted after merging by default
Release notes
7.2
  • Locate pull requests by searching for text and selecting a reviewer
  • Prioritization of exact branch name matches
Release notes
7.1Track every push to a specific branch in a repositoryRelease notes
7.0

  • Pull requests get a makeover

  • Code coverage in code insights

  • More auditing capabilities for admins

  • Single sign-on with OpenID Connect

Release notes

Highest priority bug fixes

8.13

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 8.13 is the last version to support Server licenses. Make plans for Server end of life

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8.11

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8.6

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7.21

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Supported platforms changes

8.13

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 8.13 is the last version to support Server licenses. Make plans for Server end of life

No changes

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8.12No changesSupported platforms
8.11

Added support for:

  • Elasticsearch 7.17.10
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8.10

Added support for:

  • Maria DB 10.10 and 10.11
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8.9

Added support for:

  • Git 2.40
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8.8

Added support for:

  • Git 2.39
  • Java 17
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8.7

Added support for:

  • Git 2.38
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8.6

Added support for:

  • PostgreSQL 15
  • Elasticsearch 7.17.6
  • Amazon OpenSearch Service 1.3
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8.5

Added support for:

  • MariaDB 10.9
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8.4No changesSupported platforms
8.3

Added support for:

  • Git 2.37
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8.2

Added support for:

  • MariaDB 10.8
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8.1

Added support for:

  • OpenSearch 1.3

  • Amazon OpenSearch Service 1.2

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8.0

Added support for:

  • Git 2.36
  • MariaDB 10.7.3+

Ended support for:

  • Bitbucket hosting on Windows

  • PostgreSQL 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6

  • MySQL 5.5 and 5.6

  • MariaDB 10.0, 10.1, 10.2

  • Microsoft SQL Server/Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012

  • Oracle 12c R1 and 11g

  • Amazon Aurora (Data Center only) PostgreSQL 9.6

  • Git (installed on Bitbucket instance) 2.30.x and below

  • Elasticsearch versions below 7.10.2

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7.21

Added support for:

  • OpenSearch 1.2
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7.20

Added support for:

  • Git 2.35

  • Elasticsearch 6.8.22

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7.19

Added support for:

  • Git 2.34
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7.18

Added support for:

  • MariaDB 10.5
  • MariaDB 10.6
  • PostgreSQL 14
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7.17

Added support for:

  • Elasticsearch 6.8.23, 7.16.3
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7.16

Added support for:

  • Git 2.33 for server
  • Elasticsearch 7.10.2
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7.15

No changes

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7.14

Added support for:

  • Git 2.32 for server
  • PostgreSQL 13
  • Elasticsearch 6.8.22, 7.16.2
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7.13No changesSupported platforms
7.12

Added support for:

  • Git 2.31 for server
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7.11No changesSupported platforms
7.10No changesSupported platforms
7.9

Added support for:

  • Git 2.30 for server
Supported platforms
7.8No changesSupported platforms
7.7

Added support for:

  • Git 2.29 for server
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7.6

Added support for:

  • Elasticsearch 6.8.22, 6.8.23, 7.16.2, 7.16.3 (6.8.22, 6.8.23, 7.16.2 and 7.16.3 backported to 7.6 LTS only)
Supported platforms
7.5

Added support for:

  • Git 2.28 for Server

Deprecated

  • Java versions 11.0.0 - 11.0.7 are no longer recommended due to the Java bug,  JDK-8241054 .

Supported platforms
7.4

Added support for:

  • PostgreSQL 12
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7.3

Added support for:

  • Git 2.27 for server
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7.2

Added support for:

  • Git 2.26 for Server

  • MariaDB 10.4.6+

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7.1

Added support for:

  • Elasticsearch 7.5.2
Supported platforms
7.0

Added support for:

  • Git 2.25 for Server
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Ended support for:

  • Internet Explorer 11
  • MariaDB 10.0
Supported platforms


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Upgrading from 5.0 or later

You can upgrade to any 5.x version at any time! Check the upgrade notes above to make sure everything is compatible, and you're prepared for the transition.

Last modified on Mar 2, 2022

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