The update channels represent different software update sources. We first release software to the  Beta Channel  and if it performs well for many sites we may promote it to the  Production Channel  with well defined  Known issues. 

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.8 - August 19th, 2019 - Production channel

Published to Production on August 19th 2019.

This release contains some security patches.

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade.  

Binaries

• Hipchat-Beta.ova: Get it here (SHA) 1.8 GB

  Hipchat Data Center version 3.1.8
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  68d77ba20ca2c3f4866173728bb23a750d687cd5178bebfb2ad1df247111a5c31716260d2e67aaa05823dad4ea417f4dfd3e831fee0a59ccfae26afb922b1335

• AWS CloudFormation template https://s3.amazonaws.com/hipchat-server-stable/dc/production/templates/quickstart-hipchat-master.template

Changes

• We've updated several third-party libraries for security purposes.

Known Issues

• If you're using retention settings, the database does not successfully delete chat messages that have passed your organization's retention limit. A workaround is available for deployments for whom this functionality is essential, please Contact Hipchat Data Center Support for more information.

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.7 - November 27th, 2018 - Production channel

Published to Production on November 27th 2018.

This release contains some exciting new features, along with bug fixes.

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade.  

Changes

• We’ve updated the Linux kernel to use the Ubuntu LTS enablement stack.

• We've updated the internal authentication system.

• We've updated several third-party libraries for security purposes.

Known Issues

• If you're using retention settings, the database does not successfully delete chat messages that have passed your organization's retention limit. A workaround is available for deployments for whom this functionality is essential, please Contact Hipchat Data Center Support for more information.

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.6 - September 4th, 2018

Published to Production on September 4th 2018.

This release contains some exciting new features, along with bug fixes.

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade.  

New Features

• We've added an option to select a time frame for chat and OTO history that you want to export. The new flags look like this:

  -s START, --start_date START                       The latest date to fetch history in the ISO-8601                       format: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+00:00, for example:                       2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 -d END, --end_date END                       The earliest date to fetch history in the ISO-8601                       format: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss+00:00, for example:                       2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

• Administrators can now export chat and 1:1 history directly from the administration panel in Server Admin > Export.

Changes

• We've updated the internal authentication system.
• We've updated several third-party libraries for security purposes.
• We've removed dependencies that became unnecessary in this version of Hipchat.
• We've added support for PostgreSQL 9.6.
• We've updated desktop client versions bundled with this release.
• We've added support for the AWS C5 instance type.
• We've added an option to scrub mobile notifications without scrubbing email notifications 
  HCPUB-813 - Getting issue details... STATUS
  

Fixes

• We've fixed the issue that prevented the Admin UI from ignoring the capitalization of user emails that are used as user IDs.
• We've fixed the issue with the authentication synchronization system that could sometimes throw a NullPointerException.
• We've fixed broken links on the sign-up page
  HCPUB-3793 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We've improved our room search
  HCPUB-3712 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We've fixed the issue with license formatting
  HCPUB-8338 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We've fixed the issue that prevented users from disabling their own account.
• We've fixed the issue that prevented creation of admin account when the activation e-mail couldn't be sent.
• We've fixed the issue that allowed users removed from rooms via API to access the room history 
  HCPUB-3432 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We've fixed the issue that prevented users invited to the room via an APIv2 call from displaying in the roster 
  HCPUB-3431 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• We've fixed the issue that prevented room history from loading when certain symbols were used in attachment names
  HCPUB-5393 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• We've fixed the default ID bug for group e-mail reset 
  HCPUB-3079 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We've fixed the issue that resulted in broken history in rooms with big number of messages posted by integrations.
• We've fixed a regression introduced in Hipchat Data Center 3.1.4. that prevented our application from opening in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.
• We've fixed an issue that might have delayed sending your messages.
• We've fixed the issue that made it possible to save invalid email addresses in "Alerts email address" and "Sender email address".
• We've fixed the regression introduced in Hipchat Data Center 3.1.4 that affected the autocomplete area in the pop-up room invitations.
  

Known Issues

• If you're using retention settings, the database does not successfully delete chat messages that have passed your organization's retention limit. A workaround is available for deployments for whom this functionality is essential, please Contact Hipchat Data Center Support for more information.

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.4 - March 5th, 2018

Promoted to Production on April 4th, 2018.

This release contains some exciting new features, along with bug fixes.

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade.  

New Feature - Changes to License Counts

In version 3.1.4, we made changes to how we count the number of people using your Hipchat instance towards your license.

Previously, all users synchronized from your authentication system into our internal directory were counted towards your license count, leading to some difficult maneuvers with directory filtering rules, and a long list of possible users when trying to start a new 1-to-1 chat or @-mention someone.

If you are upgrading to 3.1.4, we will count all existing synchronized users towards your license count, so that everyone who used the service before can continue to use it without any changes to who they see in the "new chat" or @-mention lists. You can manually disable or remove some of these synchronized users if you need to free up seats on your license.  When you add new users, they'll only count towards the license once they log in to Hipchat. (Naturally.) 

You can learn more about licenses and how we calculate licensed seats here. 

Changes

• We removed the "keep me signed in" option from the Hipchat UI. Users now remain signed in by default.
• We removed some outdated components for security purposes.
• We made some performance improvements for customers with a large number of users.

• While we were in there, we also reduced the file size of the OVA by almost half!

Fixes

• We fixed a bug that prevented delegated administrators from seeing the correct set of administrator tools in the web UI. These pages were still available by URL, but didn't appear in the navigation.
  HCPUB-3610 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We fixed an issue that prevented headers in error messages from being correctly escaped.
• We changed how our internal directory synchronizes with external authentication sources, so that it can now safely synchronize larger user rosters.
  HCPUB-3754 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We fixed an issue where problems with the internal directory system could cause a user trying to log in to see nothing but a blank page.
• We fixed issue that could cause the text of a user's message to appear in the error logs under certain conditions. 
  HCPUB-4290 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• We fixed an issue that prevented images from displaying correctly on the "Build your own Add-On" page.
  HCPUB-3761 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Known Issues

• If you're using retention settings, the database does not successfully delete chat messages that have passed your organization's retention limit. A workaround is available for deployments for whom this functionality is essential, please Contact Hipchat Data Center Support for more information.

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.3 - January 22nd 2018

Promoted to Production on 25th January 2018.

 This is a security and stability release.

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade.  

Security fixes

This release updates the underlying Ubuntu binaries in the Hipchat nodes to address the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities.

You can read more in general about Ubuntu security releases here. You can also read more about remediation for these specific issues:

• Meltdown: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5754.html
• Spectre: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5715.html

Changes and fixes

• You can now update your Hipchat deployment's Atlassian license key from the administrative web UI. (If you prefer to use the CLI tool, you can still use that!) Read more here.
• We fixed a known issue that prevented the Hipchat nodes from correctly mounting the shared NFS directory after reboot.
  HCPUB-3726 - Getting issue details... STATUS
• The Hipchat node's site.json and crowd.xml configurations are now only accessible by the root and hipchat users.
  
• We removed some legacy CLI commands from Hipchat Server that no longer functioned on Hipchat Data Center.
• We fixed an issue that could prevent notifications for @mentions from appearing when a user was offline or away.
• We fixed an issue that could prevent users from being correctly marked as offline if they were members of a room with a non-ASCII character in the name.
• We fixed an issue that could prevent notifications that used the API v1 from appearing
• We fixed a problem which prevented the atlassian-crowd.log file from being rotated (compressed and timestamped, and moved to the appropriate logs folder).
  

Known Issues

• If you're using retention settings, the database does not successfully delete chat messages that have passed your organization's retention limit. A workaround is available for deployments for whom this functionality is essential, please Contact Hipchat Data Center Support for more information.

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.2 - December 6th 2017 - Production channel

Promoted to the Production channel 14th December, 2017.

This release contains new features, changes, and bug and security fixes.

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade.  

New Features

• We're now publishing our AWS AMIs in eu-central-1 ! Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! (You can always see a list of which AWS regions we support by visiting the Supported Platforms page.)
• You can now view your current Hipchat license from the web UI when you're logged in as an administrator.

Changes and Fixes

• We updated Hipchat's internal authentication system. This shouldn't affect you at all.
• We updated the macOS client that ships bundled with the Hipchat nodes for local download by users. The updated client contains a fix for the 22nd Nov 2017 Hipchat Security Advisory.
• We also made some security fixes to the webcore library used in the web version of the Hipchat client (which is available through the web UI). This includes fixes to address the 22nd Nov 2017 Hipchat Security Advisory.
  
• HCPUB-3507 - Getting issue details... STATUS  
  We fixed an issue that caused usernames (which are the user's email address) to be case-sensitive. This meant that for a short period, the usernames hello@example.com and Hello@example.com  were treated as totally different users.
• We fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent Hipchat nodes from detecting when a user's chat session had ended, leading to inaccurate presence notifications and other problems. Hipchat now checks more aggressively to see if users are online, and refreshes presence status more quickly.
• Logs from the internal authentication service and web frontend are now correctly stored in /var/log/hipchat, and are rotated along with the other logs.
• We fixed a permissions issue that could prevent you from downloading a diagnostics bundle from a URL on the server.

Known Issues

• If you're using retention settings, the database does not successfully delete chat messages that have passed your organization's retention limit. A workaround is available for deployments for whom this functionality is essential, please Contact Hipchat Data Center Support for more information.
• HCPUB-3726 - Getting issue details... STATUS
  In version 3.1.1 and later, Hipchat does not mount its NFS share correctly after a reboot. To work around this, you can manually mount the NFS share using the instructions in this linked public ticket. 

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.1 - September 29th, 2017

Promoted to Production on 23rd October, 2017.

This release is a bump version that supersedes Hipchat Data Center 3.1.0 Beta, released September 26th, 2017.

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade. 

Fixes

This release contains all of the features and changes noted in 3.1.0.

This release also corrects a file share permissions issue introduced in version 3.1.0. The upgrade to version 3.1.1 corrects the file issue, and no extra administrator action is needed.

Known Issues

• HCPUB-3507 - Getting issue details... STATUS  In version 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, usernames (email addresses) are case-sensitive. If users attempt to log in with a different capitalization than the one found in your organization's user directory, they will not be able to log in. If you are manually creating user accounts, you should check in the user list that the user doesn't already exist with in different case before creating a new user.
• HCPUB-3726 - Getting issue details... STATUS
  In version 3.1.1 and later, Hipchat does not mount its NFS share correctly after a reboot. To work around this, you can manually mount the NFS share using the instructions in this linked public ticket. 
  

Hipchat Data Center 3.1.0 - September 25, 2017 

This Beta version was superseded by version 3.1.1 without being promoted to the Production channel.

This release contains our improved Hipchat Data Center setup wizard, and some stability and security updates.

Features 

• You now configure new Hipchat Data Center deployment using a web-based setup wizard - no more running CLI commands! The wizard also helps validate your configuration as you go, so setup is clearer and smoother.
  (Are you a bash master? Did you like using the CLI? Don't worry, you can still use the hipchat configure command if you want to. Just check your configuration.json file against the updated documentation, as  the allowed properties have changed.)
• We're now publishing our Hipchat Data Center AMIs in  us-east-1! Welcome, mid-Atlantic friends!

Changes

• If you're using the AWS CloudFormation template, the template no longer requests a license during configuration. I nstead, you can use the command line tool (hipchat license -i path/to/file ) or you can browse to the setup wizard once the cluster is running and apply the license from there.
  
• We improved some error and log messages. Hopefully you won't ever see these, but if you do they should be easier to understand.
• We updated the internal web server.  This change shouldn't affect you at all.

Known Issues

If you are upgrading to Hipchat Data Center from version 3.0.1 and earlier, you will have to reapply your license to each upgraded node before proceeding. The instructions in View or Update your Hipchat Data Center license will do the trick. The license is stored in the data stores node in 3.1.0 and later, so you won't have to do this again (unless you upgrade or change your license tier). 

Hipchat Data Center 3.0.1 - July 19, 2017

Promoted to Production channel August 14th, 2017.

This is a bugfix release. No new big features, just improvements!

Remember to use the instructions at Upgrade Hipchat Data Center to a new version to upgrade.

Changes

• The hipchat datacenter selfcheck  CLI now validates that the Hipchat nodes can be resolved by their DNS entires.
  
• When an administrator removes an emoticon, it now stays removed even after you upgrade. No more deja-vu!

• We made some internal improvements and simplifications which shouldn't affect you at all.

  • Simplified our configuration files and removed unused ones.
  • Improved how the internal authentication system stores and accesses records.
  • Removed some unused and duplicate log files.

Fixes

• We resolved an issue that prevented admins from deploying a Hipchat OVA on vSphere version 6.5.   HCPUB-3277 - Getting issue details... STATUS
  
• We fixed an issue that could prevent a small subset of users from logging in to a deployment using SAML and Just In Time (JIT) user provisioning.
• We fixed an issue with Crowd schema creation that could prevent Hipchat Data Center from restarting correctly.  HCPUB-3268 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Known Issues

If you are deploying Hipchat Data Center 3.0.1 or earlier, you can only use the configuration file method to deploy your server, and you'll require two additional keys in your configuration.json file. These extra keys are listed below the list of keys, and are not included by default in the example configuration file.