Confluence 2.1.5 is a maintenance release that resolves some issues users may have encountered using Confluence 2.1.4 or earlier.
Confluence 2.1.5 fixes around 50 issues, including a number of fixes for LDAP support, the WYSIWYG editor, and other areas.
2.1.5 is a free upgrade for all customers who purchased their Confluence license after March 16th, 2005.

Confluence 2.1.5 has a problem which disables the rich text editor link dialog. Please replace  the file WEB-INF/classes/com/atlassian/confluence/user/actions/PagePickerAction.properties with this file: PagePickerAction.properties

This is fixed in 2.1.5a.

Known Issues in 2.1.5a

Anonymous users may get a Javascript error under some circumstances. See CONF-5765 for details and a patch.

When using LDAP user management, changing passwords for local users won't work. See CONF-5775 for details and a patch.

Who should upgrade?

Confluence 2.1.5 fixes a number of bugs found in Confluence 2.1.4 and earlier. Customers are recommended to upgrade if they are experiencing any of the issues fixed in this release.

Confluence is a recommended upgrade for all customers using Confluence's new atlassian-user LDAP user management, as it fixes important issues related to LDAP integration.

Upgrade Procedure

Upgrading Confluence should be pretty easy. If you are upgrading from an earlier Confluence 2.1 release, you can find instructions here. We strongly recommend that you backup your confluence.home directory and database before upgrading!

If you are upgrading from Confluence 2.0.3 or earlier, please check the release-notes of the other major Confluence releases:

Changes in 2.1.5

More than 48 issues were resolved between 2.1.4 and 2.1.5. For the complete list, see: Issues resolved for 2.1.5

Improvements

  • LDAP queries are cached to improve performance - CONF-5288
  • Administrators can insert custom HTML on every Confluence page, see Administration, Custom HTML - CONF-5350
  • Tables created in the rich text editor don't have non-breaking spaces added to each cell - CONF-5044
  • News improvements - Info tab available including list of version, News can be exported as PDF - CONF-1989, CONF-5582, CONF-5594

Notable Bugs Fixed

  • Anchor, user profile and attachment links now round-trip properly in the rich text editor - CONF-5678
  • Paging of LDAP users works properly - CONF-5438
  • Servlet plugins can be disabled - CONF-5598
  • Forgotten username emails work again - CONF-5530
  • User profiles fixes with LDAP - CONF-5225, CONF-5549
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