End of support announcements for Crowd
This page contains announcements of the end of support for various platforms and browsers used with Crowd.
The table below summarizes the end of support announcements for upcoming Crowd releases.
| Platform/Functionality | Crowd end of support |
|---|---|
| Datasource connections | With Crowd 6.0 (announcement) |
| CrowdID (OpenID server) and OpenID client | With Crowd 5.3 (announcement) |
| HSQLDB 1.x | With Crowd 5.2 (announcement) |
| Java 8 and 11 | With Crowd 6.0 (announcement) |
| Internet Explorer 11 | With Crowd 4.2 (announcement) |
Why is Atlassian ending support for these platforms?
Atlassian is committed to delivering improvements and bug fixes as fast as possible. We are also committed to providing world class support for all the platforms our customers run our software on. However, as new versions of databases, web browsers, etc, are released, the cost of supporting multiple platforms grows exponentially, making it harder to provide the level of support our customers have come to expect from us. Therefore, we no longer support platform versions marked as end-of-life by the vendor, or very old versions that are no longer widely used.
Deprecated datasource connection
Announced April 2024
Atlassian will remove support for datasource connections in Crowd 6.0 as part of ongoing security and scale improvements to our product.
If you currently use a JNDI datasource connection, we recommend you connect your database with a JDBC URL instead. This will ensure an easy upgrade experience to future versions of Confluence. Learn to convert a datasource to a direct JDBC connection
The end of support means that Atlassian will not offer support for, or fix bugs related to, using this method of database connection on Crowd 6.0 or later.
End of support for CrowdID (OpenID server) and the OpenID client
Announced 24 August 2023, Updated 29 January 2024
Atlassian will end support for CrowdID (OpenID server) and the OpenID client in Crowd 5.3.0.
End of support means that Atlassian will not offer support for, or fix bugs related to CrowdID (OpenID server) or the OpenID client past the end of support date.
Crowd versions released after the end of support date will no longer feature CrowdID (OpenID server) or the OpenID client.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.
End of support for the HSQL 1.x database
Announced August 2023
Atlassian will end support for HSQLDB 1.x (HyperSQL DataBase) in Crowd 5.2.0. End of support means that Atlassian will not fix bugs in HSQLDB 1.x past the support end date.
Crowd ships with a built-in database for evaluation purposes, and currently this is HSQLDB 1.x. As of Crowd 5.2.0, Crowd will ship with HSQLDB 2.7.x as its built-in database.
HSQLDB 1.x End of Support Notes:
- Crowd 5.1 will be the last major version of Crowd to officially support HSQLDB 1.x for evaluation use.
- Crowd 5.1.x and older versions will continue to work with HSQLDB 1.x for evaluation use. However, we will not fix bugs affecting HSQLDB 1.x past the support end date.
- Crowd 5.2 will not be tested with HSQLDB 1.x.
End of support for Java 8 and 11
Announced 28 April 2023
Atlassian will end support for Java 8 and 11 in one of the upcoming platform or feature releases of Crowd.
End of support means that Atlassian will not offer support for, or fix bugs related to, running future Crowd versions on this Java version.
Older Crowd versions will continue to work with Java 8 and 11, however, we won't fix bugs affecting this Java version after the end-of-life date for your version of Crowd.
Newer Crowd versions will not be tested with Java 8 and 11.
Check out the Supported Platforms page for the list of supported Java versions.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.
Deprecated browsers for Crowd
Announced 24 September 2019
In 2015 Microsoft released Edge as the browser to supersede Internet Explorer, and in recent times Microsoft has discouraged the use of Internet Explorer as a default browser. To allow us to continue to take advantage of modern web standards to deliver improved functionality and the best possible user experience across all of our products, we have decided to end support for Internet Explorer 11.
End of support means we will not fix bugs specific to Internet Explorer 11, and will begin to introduce features that aren't compatible with this browser.
When is this happening?
- The last Crowd version to support Internet Explorer 11 will be confirmed soon.
- Subsequent versions will not support Internet Explorer 11.
What this means for you
We recommend switching to one of our supported browsers, such as Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this announcement, please email eol-announcement at atlassian dot com.