Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.2 release notes
28 June 2022
Introducing Bitbucket Data Center and Server 8.2.
Highlights include:
Give your developers more autonomy with the new Create repository permission
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Decrease the load on your project admins with the new Create repository permission. Project admins can now grant users and groups permission to create new repositories at the project level without making them project admins. The Create repository permission allows users to create new repositories and do all the activities as a user with Write permission. Users automatically become admins of the repositories they create. Learn more about how to use project permissions
Bitbucket Mesh changes and improvements
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If you’re upgrading from a version below 8.0, note that the upgrade process is standard and you don’t need to provision Bitbucket Mesh nodes unless you need faster Git processing and high availability of repositories.
We’ve added tabs to help you quickly identify the repositories that are already on Mesh and the ones that you still need to migrate. No more scrolling through a long list to see which repositories are already on Mesh.
You can also now view the details of your most recent migration (complete or incomplete migration) using the View latest migration button.
In 8.0, when you canceled a migration that was in progress, you had to reselect the repositories you want to migrate and start all over again. You can now stop a migration that is in progress, edit the list of repositories that failed to migrate or haven’t been migrated yet if you wish to, and restart your migration.
Before you upgrade to 8.2
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H2 database migration requirement
To achieve improved processing speeds, we’ve upgraded the H2 database to version 1.4.200 as it supports multithreading. Version 1.4.200 of H2 doesn’t support the PageStore format – if you’re upgrading from a version lower than 8.0 and using a H2 database for a Bitbucket Mirror or Server, you’ll need to migrate the on-disk database file to the MvStore format. Learn more about how to migrate your H2 database to the MvStore format
Updates to supported platforms
Bitbucket 8.2 now includes support for running:
- MariaDB 10.8
Get ready to upgrade
Before upgrading from an earlier version, check out our upgrade guide and upgrade matrix. Remember to renew your active software maintenance license too.
As part of our new pull request experience from version 7.0 and higher, we have created a collection of new features for you to check out on one page, Enhancements to your code review workflow.
Change log
Resolved issues in Bitbucket Server 8.2.4
Released 26 October 2022
Resolved issues in Bitbucket Server 8.2.3
Released 19 September 2022
Resolved issues in Bitbucket Server 8.2.2
Released 21 August 2022
Resolved issues in Bitbucket Server 8.2.1
Released 17 July 2022
Resolved issues in Bitbucket Server 8.2.0
Released 28 June 2022