Confluence 9.2 Long Term Support Release Change Log

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This change log aims to give you an overview of what's changed since our last Long Term Support release. As 9.2 is our newest Long Term Support release for Confluence, we'll give you a round up of everything that's happened since the last Long Term Support release, Confluence 8.5.


About Long Term Support releases
We recommend upgrading Confluence regularly, however if your organisation's process means you only upgrade about once a year, upgrading to a Long Term Support release may be a good option as it provides continued access to critical security, stability, data integrity and performance issues until this version reaches end of life. 


LTS upgrade may require downtime

When upgrading from a previous Long Term Support version such as Confluence 8.5 or 9.2, your upgrade path will include the Confluence 9.0 Platform release, which contains breaking changes and requires downtime. Make sure you've read the release and technical upgrade notes for each version before upgrading. See more info and links below.

Top features

Here's a summary of the great new features awaiting your users.  

9.2 (LTS)

9.2 is a Long Term Support release. Learn more

  • Refine your ATST license limit health check alerts from the UI
Release Notes

9.1

  • Support for languages and special characters in page URLs

  • Code Block macro enhancements

  • Single click to copy heading links

  • More secure login with two-step verification

  • New REST APIs

  • Password policy

  • Microsoft Entra ID integration

  • Retention rules performance and reliability improvements

Release Notes

9.0

  • Dark theme is here!

  • Word count for pages and blogs

  • Estimated page read time

  • OpenSearch now an opt-in search engine

  • REST API documentation upgrade

  • New default HTTP security headers

  • New health check for improved backup security

  • Almost out of user licenses? Get an early alert

Release Notes

8.9

  • Customize you profile pic!
  • Resize images in a flash
  • Macro search improvements
  • Seamlessly copy links to comments
  • Hazelcast updated for better performance
  • Tighten security with websudo allowlists
  • OpenSearch opt-in feature for Confluence
Release Notes

8.8

  • Delete multiple attachments at once
  • New REST APIs for easier content management
  • Encrypted user directory server passwords
  • New health checks in the ATST app
  • New infrastructure metrics for in-product diagnostics
  • More accessibility improvements
Release Notes

8.7

  • Sort your tables in the editor
  • More accessibility improvements
  • See more information about trash items
  • Introducing HashiCorp vault
  • Introduced support for Pgpool-II
Release Notes

8.6

  • Say more with image captions
  • A faster way to create text links
  • Paste without formatting using Ctrl+Shift+V
  • Use the forward slash command to add macros
  • More accessibility improvements
  • Use AWS Secrets Manager to manage your database credentials
Release Notes

8.5 (LTS)

8.5 is a Long Term Support release. Learn more

Release Notes

Critical bug fixes

Every release contains a bunch of bug fixes. Here's all the bugs deemed critical severity and fixed since 8.5. 

9.2

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9.1

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9.0

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8.9

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8.8

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8.7

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8.6

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8.5 (LTS)

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Supported platform changes

From time to time we will add or end support for a platform. Here's a summary of the changes since 8.5. 

9.2 (LTS)

No changes

Supported Platforms
9.1

Added support for:

  • MySQL 8.4

Ended support for;

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2017
  • PostgreSQL 13
Supported Platforms
9.0

Added support for:

  • Java 21
  • PostgreSQL 16

Ended support for:

  • Java 11
Supported Platforms
8.9

Ended support for:

  • PostgreSQL 12
Supported Platforms
8.8

No changes

Supported Platforms
8.7

Added support for:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2022
  • Pgpool-II
Supported Platforms
8.6

Added support for:

  • PostgreSQL 15
Supported Platforms
8.5 (LTS)

No changes

Supported Platforms
8.4

No changes

Supported Platforms

Technical upgrade notes

This table is a high-level summary of the upgrade notes. You should read the full upgrade notes before upgrading. 

9.2

9.2 is a Long Term Support release. Learn more

  • Refine your ATST license limit health check alerts from the UI
Upgrade Notes
9.1
  • Support for languages and special characters in page URLs
  • Site-wide password policy enforcement to enhance security
  • Microsoft Entra ID integration can be used as a remote user directory
  • Security monitoring and alerts to detect potentially suspicious activities
  • More secure login with two-step verification
  • Dark theme support for custom logos and color schemes
  • OAuth2 for Application Links supporting 3LO
  • Retention rules performance and reliability improvements
  • Default encryption of plaintext sensitive values
  • Bundling Java 21 with Confluence
  • OAuth 2.0 authentication flow for iOS devices
Upgrade Notes
9.0
  • Dark theme
  • Removal of gadgets
  • OpenSearch support
  • New default HTTP security headers
  • Removal of the legacy backup and restore system
  • Bug in application link between Confluence 9.0 and Jira Software 10.0
  • Improved Code Block macro security
  • REST API documentation upgrade
  • New health check for improved backup security
  • Manage your user license numbers before they max out
  • Removal of JAACS setup via setup wizard in Confluence 9.0
  • Trusted Application endpoint access restricted
  • Editor upgrade
Upgrade Notes
8.9
  • Possible port conflict with Hazelcast upgrade
  • Updated editor color palettes
Upgrade Notes
8.8
  • Struts Action Parameter Changes (major breaking)
  • Struts OGNL Allowlist (breaking)
  • Changes to app uploads via the Universal Plugin Manager
  • Encrypted user passwords
  • Required upgrade to Questions for Confluence
  • Database attachment storage — startup error
  • Removal of rarely used rendering methods in Confluence
  • End of support for Server licenses
Upgrade Notes
8.7
  • End of support for Server licenses
Upgrade Notes
8.6
  • End of support for Server licenses
  • Faster permissions service enabled by default
  • New emoji audit logs
  • Changes to Jira Issues Macro total count display
Upgrade Notes
8.5 (LTS)

8.5 is a Long Term Support release. Learn more

Upgrade Notes


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Last modified on Dec 9, 2024

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