Release notes
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This document provides a summary of supported versions of Bitbucket Data Center and Server releases. The changelogs included in the release notes have details of the related bug fix releases.
Check out the following pages in the latest documentation for Bitbucket Data Center:
- Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide
- Bitbucket Server upgrade guide
- Upgrade from Bitbucket Server to Bitbucket Data Center
- Atlassian Data Center security advisories
- End of support announcements
- full release notes for every Bitbucket Data Center and Server (and Stash) release
Check the Atlassian Support End of Life Policy for Bitbucket Data Center to find out which versions are still supported.
Bitbucket Data Center 9.4 (Long Term Support release)
3 December 2024
Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 9.4 release notes.
See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.
Bitbucket Data Center 9.3
29 October 2024
Read more in the Bitbucket Data Center 9.3 release notes.
See the Bitbucket Data Center upgrade guide.
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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