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Bitbucket Data Center 9.2

24 September 2024

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 9.2 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center 9.1

27 August 2024

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 9.1 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center 9.0

23 July 2024

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 9.0 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center 8.19 (Long Term Support release)

12 March 2024

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 8.19 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center 8.18

6 February 2024

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 8.18 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center 8.17

9 January 2024

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 8.17 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center 8.16

28 November 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 8.16 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center 8.15

24 October 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 8.15 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.14

19 September 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.14 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.13

15 August 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.13 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.12

11 July 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.12 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.11

2 June 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.11 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.10

2 May 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.10 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.9 (Long Term Support release)

12 April 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.9 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.8

7 February 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.8 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.7

10 January 2023

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.7 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.6

15 November 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.6 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.5

11 October 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.5 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.4

6 September 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.4 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.3

2 August 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.3 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.2

28 June 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.2 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.1

24 May 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.1 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.0

12 May 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.0 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.21 (Long Term Support release)

2 March 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.21 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.20

25 January 2022

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.20 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.19

14 December 2021

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.19 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.18 

09 November 2021

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.18 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.17 (Long Term Support release)

05 October 2021

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.17 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.16

31 August 2021

  • Require Jira issues in commit messages
  • View whitespace characters in the diff

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.16 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.15

27 July 2021

  • Control what happens with source branches when merging a pull request
  • Analyze your pull request activity over time

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.15 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.14

22 June 2021

  • Enhanced integration with Jira Software Cloud
  • Required builds merge check

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.14 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.13

18 May 2021

  • Unlock data and insights about your instance
  • Reviewer groups for pull requests
  • Pull request description templates
  • Advanced repository management

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.13 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.12

13 April 2021

  • Configure multiple IdPs
  • Disable basic authentication

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.12 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.11

10 March 2021

  • See your Jira issues on the dashboard

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.11 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.10

02 February 2021

  • Update pull requests to the latest version

Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center and Server 7.10 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.9

05 January 2021

  • Upgrade without downtime
  • Be better prepared for upgrades

Read more in the Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.9 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.8

24 November 2020

  • Rerun builds from Bitbucket
  • Database password encryption
  • Graceful shutdowns (Linux only)

Read more in the Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.8 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.7

22 October 2020

  • 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

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.7 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server and Data Center 7.6 (Long Term Support release)

15 September 2020

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.6 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 7.5

11 August 2020

  • Integrated CI/CD optimizations

  • View hidden comments
  • Audit log filtering by summary
  • Just-in-time user provisioning
  • Customize the default branch name

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.5 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 7.4

09 July 2020

  • 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

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.4 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 7.3

02 June 2020

  • Expiring personal access tokens

  • Source branches are now deleted after merging by default

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.3 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 7.2

28 April 2020

  • Locate pull requests by searching for text and selecting a reviewer

  • Prioritization of exact branch name matches

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.2 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 7.1

24 March 2020

  • Track every push to a specific branch in a repository

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.1 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 7.0

05 March 2020

  • Pull requests get a makeover

  • Task improvements in a pull request
  • We've got your code covered
  • More auditing capabilities for admins
  • Single sign-on with OpenID Connect
  • A new webhook for source branch updates in a pull request

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 7.0 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.10 (Long Term Support release)

14 January 2020

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.10 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.9

10 December 2019

  • Ensure code quality with Code Insights merge checks

  • See the author and the committer in Bitbucket Server

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.9 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.8

6 November 2019

  • Seamlessly integrate with Jenkins

  • CDN support comes to Data Center

  • Improve git hosting performance with delta islands

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.8 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.7

1 October 2019

  • Mirror farms for scalable CI/CD capacity

  • Improved file search

  • New supported databases

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.7 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.6

27 August 2019

  • Self-protect and sleep easy with rate limiting

  • Suggest changes directly in pull requests

  • Link projects between Bitbucket Server and other Atlassian Applications

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.6 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.5

24 July 2019

  • A webhook dedicated to Smart Mirrors
  • A lock button for Git LFS files

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.5 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.4

18 June 2019

  • Our new built-in announcement banner
  • An update to Git LFS file locking

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.4 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.3

14 May 2019

  • Avoid conflicts with Git LFS file locking
  • Compare commits

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.3 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.2

9 April 2019

  • Add repository descriptions 

  • See Absolute timestamps

  • View SVG source code 

  • Delete confirmation check 

  • Customize your support link

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.2 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.1

5 March 2019

  • Our new built-in commit graph 

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.1 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 6.0

12 February 2019

  • Add additional storage for your repository data

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 6.0 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.16

20 November 2018

  • GDPR refinements

  • Bitbucket Data Center in Azure

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.16 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.15

18 October 2018

  • Code Insights

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.15 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.14

11 September 2018

  • Data Center Migration tool

  • Added support for MySQL 8.0 and MariaDB 10.3.7 

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.14 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.13

7 August 2018

  • Support for Git protocol version 2

  • Adding labels to a repository 

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.13 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.12

10 July 2018

  • Chronological replies for threads

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.12 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.11

29 May 2018

  • Link to pull request on commit page

  • JIT fetch for Smart Mirrors

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.11 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.10

24 April 2018

  • Watch Repositories
  • ADG in Server
  • New events for Webhooks
  • Look and Feel plugin upgrade
  • Deploy and monitor Data Center article release

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.10 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.9

22 March 2018

  • App Diagnostics

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.9 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.8

15 February 2018

  • Updates to search
  • Bitbucket Server and Data Center now supports IPv6
  • Refining the process of creating a Jira issue from a pull request
  • Improved merging with branch dependencies
  • Updates to Bitbucket Server developer documentation

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.8 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.7

11 January 2018

  • Elasticsearch 5.5. upgrade
  • Punctuation aware code search

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.7 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.6

30 November 2017

  • Better Repository Search
  • Fork Visibility

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.6 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.5

24 October 2017

  • Rebase
  • Personal Access Tokens

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.5 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.4

19 September 2017

  • Webhooks
  • Atlassian Troubleshooting and Support tool (ATST) renamed
  • Contribution guidelines added

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.4 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.3

15 August 2017

  • Create JIRA issues directly from a pull request comment
  • Support for Git 2.14 added

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.3 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.2

11 July 2017

  • Project level admin: Merge strategies, merge checks, hooks
  • Smarter Mirroring: Push proxying for SSH connections

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.2 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.1

6 June 2017

  • Sign commits and tags with GPG keys
  • Pull request deletion
  • Search improvements
  • Project level admin: Branching models, Branch permissions, and Default reviewers
  • Smarter Mirroring: Push proxying

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.1 release notes.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 5.0

2 May 2017

  • Committer verification
  • Smart Mirror authentication caching
  • Add repository shortcuts
  • Support for emojis in comments
  • Changed to Spring Boot container; customizations to Bitbucket's server.xml file must be migrated to bitbucket.properties
  • Changes to supported environment variables
  • Start script changes
  • Removal of setenv.sh & setenv.bat

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 5.0 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.14

21 February 2017

  • Access keys in branch permissions
  • Automatic updates and email reviewer status

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.14 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.13

20 January 2017

  • In-browser editing
  • Improved JIRA Software integration
  • Bitbucket Data Center supports SAML 2.0

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.13 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.12

13 December 2016

  • Performance improvements and bug fixes
  • 25+ public issues resolved

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.12 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.11

8 November 2016

  • Iterative review
  • Adaptive throttling
  • VPAT for Section 508 compliance

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.11 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.10

6 October 2016

  • Introducing personal dashboards
  • Database deprecation
  • JIRA issues commit messages are clickable

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.10 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.9

30 August 2016

  • Import repositories from the interface.
  • Disaster recovery guide for Bitbucket Data Center.
  • Configure merge strategies from the interface.

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.9 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.8

19 July 2016

  • Introduction of Zero Downtime Backup strategy.
  • Commit-level reviews within pull requests.
  • Add default reviewers to pull requests.

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.8 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.7

15 June 2016

  • Add commit tags from within the UI

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.7 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.6

10 May 2016

  • Code search, powered by Elasticsearch.
  • Configure time zones for individual users.
  • View the latest commit message and timestamp within source view.

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.6 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.5

5 April 2016

  • Support for Git LFS with Smart Mirroring.
  • Specify user/group exceptions for branch permissions.

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.5 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.4

1 March 2016

  • Pull Request header and new reviewer statuses

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.4 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.3

12 January 2016

  • Smart Mirroring
  • Git LFS

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.3 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.2

8 December 2015

Small improvements and bug fixes:

  • Comment forms that hit the nesting limit are no longer misaligned.
  • Plain Delegated LDAP configuration no longer mistakenly uses hidden forms.
  • Updated Apache Commons Collections to v3.2.2
  • HipChat plugin connection no longer fails with SQL Server database
  • Allow specifying the multicast IP for Hazelcast in Bitbucket Data Center

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.2 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.1

4 November 2015

  • Supports CommonMark standardization of Markdown in comments and README files.
  • 10+ public issues resolved.

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.1 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Bitbucket Server 4.0

21 September 2015

  • Atlassian Stash is now called Bitbucket Server.
  • Better pull request searches.

Read more in the Bitbucket Server 4.0 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Stash 3.11

14 July 2015

  • Disable HTTP(S) access to Git repositories
  • 50+ public issues solved

Read more in the Stash 3.11 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Stash 3.10

9 June 2015

  • HipChat integration v2
  • Improved branch permissions management
  • 25+ public issues resolved

Read more in the Stash 3.10 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Stash 3.9

14 May 2015

  • Installer improvements
  • Improved handling of unlicensed/unauthorized users
  • 15+ public issues resolved

Read more in the Stash 3.9 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.

Stash 3.8

1 April 2015

  • Completely provision Stash automatically
  • Monitor Stash performance with JMX counters
  • Deep linking into source file lines
  • Cleaner handling of unlicensed and unauthorized users
  • Tomcat's server.xml file has been relocated
  • Stash Data Center node IDs stability
  • Better support for the go get command

Read more in the Stash 3.8 release notes and changelog.

See the Bitbucket Server upgrade guide.


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