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Release Notes

A minor or major Forgejo release is published every three months, with more patch releases in between depending on the severity of the bug and security fixes it contains.

A patch or minor release (e.g. upgrading from v7.0.0 to v7.0.1 or v7.1.0) does not require manual intervention. But major releases where the first version number changes (e.g. upgrading from v1.21 to v7.0) contain breaking changes and the release notes explain how to deal with them.

Upcoming releases (not available yet)

8.0.0

TBD

7.0.4

This is a security release. See the documentation for more information on the upgrade procedure.

In addition to the following notable bug fixes, you can browse the full list of commits included in this release.

  • Security:

    • PR. Fixed: CVE-2024-24789: the archive/zip package's handling of certain types of invalid zip files differs from the behavior of most zip implementations. This misalignment could be exploited to create an zip file with contents that vary depending on the implementation reading the file.
    • PR - (fix & test). Fixed: the OAuth2 implementation does not always require authentication for public clients, a requirement of RFC 6749 Section 10.2. A malicious client can impersonate another client and obtain access to protected resources if the impersonated client fails to, or is unable to, keep its client credentials confidential.
  • Bug fixes:

    • backport - PR. Fixed: forgejo migrate-storage --type actions-artifacts always fails because it picks the wrong path.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: avatar files can be found in storage while they do not exist in the database.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: repository admins are always denied the right to force merge and instance admins are subject to restrictions to merge that must only apply to repository admins.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: non conformance with the Nix tarball fetcher immutable link protocol.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: migrated activities (such as reviews) are mapped to the user who initiated the migration rather than the Ghost user, if the external user cannot be mapped to a local one. This mapping mismatch leads to internal server errors in some cases.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: a v7.0.0 regression causes [admin].SEND_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_ON_NEW_USER=true to always be ignored.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: using a subquery for user deletion is a performance bottleneck when using mariadb 10 because only mariadb 11 takes advantage of the available index.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: a v7.0.3 regression causes the expanding diffs in pull requests to fail with a 404 error.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: SourceHut Builds webhook fail when the triggers field is used.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: the label list rendering in the issue and pull request timeline is displayed on multiple lines instead of a single one.
    • backport - PR - commit. Fixed: NuGet Package fails choco info pkgname when pkgname is also a substring of another package Id.
    • backport - PR - commit. Fixed: "Git hooks of this repository seem to be broken." warning when pushing more than one branch at a time.
    • backport - PR - commit. Fixed: automerge does not happen when the approval count reaches the required threshold.
    • backport - PR - commit. Fixed: the FORCE_PRIVATE=true setting is not consistently enforced.
    • backport - PR - commit. Fixed: CSRF validation errors when OAuth is not enabled.
    • backport - PR. Fixed: headlines in rendered org-mode do not have a margin on the top
  • Localization:

    • Improvements to English locale: [1], [2].
    • Translation updates: [1], [2], [3].

7.0.3

This is a security release. See the documentation for more information on the upgrade procedure.

In addition to the following notable bug fixes, you can browse the full list of commits included in this release.

  • Container image upgrades

    In the Forgejo v7.0.3 container images, the Git version was upgraded to 2.43.4 which includes fixes for multiple vulnerabilities. However, the vulnerabilities with a high impact can be exploited when Git is used in an environment (or Operating Systems) which is different from the Forgejo OCI image.

  • Security:

  • Bug fixes:

    • PR. Fixed: migration of a repository from gogs fails when it is hosted at a subpath.
    • PR. Fixed: when creating an OAuth2 application the redirect URLs are not enforced to be mandatory.
    • PR. Fixed: the API incorrectly excludes repositories where code is not enabled.
    • PR. Fixed: "Allow edits from maintainers" cannot be modified via the pull request web UI.
    • PR. Fixed: repository activity feeds (including RSS and Atom feeds) contain repeated activities.
    • PR. Fixed: uploading maven packages with metadata being uploaded separately will fail.
    • PR. Fixed: the mail notification sent about commits pushed to pull requests are empty.
    • PR. Fixed: inline emails attachments are not properly handled when commenting on an issue via email.
    • PR. Fixed: the links to .zip and tar.gz on the tag list web UI fail.
    • PR. Fixed: expanding code diff while previewing a pull request before it is created fails.
    • PR. Fixed: the CLI is not able to migrate Forgejo Actions artifacts.
    • PR. Fixed: when adopting a repository, the default branch is not taken into account.
    • PR. Fixed: when using reverse proxy authentication, logout will not be taken into account when immediately trying to login afterwards.
    • PR. Fixed: pushing to the master branch of a sha256 repository fails.
    • PR. Fixed: a very long project column name will make the action menu inaccessible.
    • PR. Fixed: a useless error is displayed when the title of a merged pull request is modified.
    • PR. Fixed: workflow badges are not working for workflows that are not running on push (such as scheduled workflows, and ones that run on tags and pull requests).
  • Localization:

  • Gitea v1.21 compatibility

    This section is for information only and does not require any action.

    The semantic version of the Forgejo 7.0 releases are:

    • v7.0.0+gitea-1.22.0
    • v7.0.1+gitea-1.22.0
    • v7.0.2+gitea-1.22.0
    • v7.0.3+gitea-1.21.11

    Gitea v1.22 is not published yet as of 21 May 2024 and in reality all Forgejo v7.0 releases are compatible with Gitea v1.21.11. Advertising they will be compatible with an unpublished Gitea version was incorrect. The Gitea v1.22 release was anticipated to happen shortly after Forgejo v7.0 was published on 23 April 2024 because it was already in the late stages of its release candidate lifecycle. However, around 27 April, the Gitea release candidates were dropped and the release candidates restarted from the Gitea development branch.

7.0.2

This is a bug fix release. See the documentation for more information on the upgrade procedure.

In addition to the following notable bug fixes, you can browse the full list of commits included in this release.

  • Bug fixes:
    • PR: a v7.0.0 regression where subscribing to or unsubscribing from an issue in a repository with no code produced an internal server error.
    • PR: a v7.0.0 regression makes all the refs sent in Gitea webhooks to be full refs and might break Woodpecker CI pipelines triggered on tag (CI_COMMIT_TAG contained the full ref). This issue has been fixed in the main branch of Woodpecker CI as well.
    • PR: the webhook branch filter wrongly applied the match on the full ref for branch creation and deletion (wrongly skipping events).
    • PR: toggling the WIP state of a pull request is possible from the sidebar, but not from the footer.
    • PR: when mentioning a user, the markup post-processor does not handle the case where the mentioned user does not exist: it tries to skip to the next node, which in turn, ended up skipping the rest of the line.
    • PR: excessive and unnecessary database queries when a user with no repositories is viewing their dashboard.
    • PR: duplicate status check contexts show in the branch protection settings.
    • PR: profile info fails to render german singular translation.
    • PR: inline attachments of incoming emails (as they occur for example with Apple Mail) are not attached to comments.

7.0.1

This is a bug fix release. See the documentation for more information on the upgrade procedure.

In addition to the following notable bug fixes, you can browse the full list of commits included in this release.

7.0.0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v7.0.0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges origin/v1.21/forgejo..origin/v7.0/forgejo

1.21.11-2

The complete list of new commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.11-2 release can be reviewed here, or from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.11-1..v1.21.11-2

This stable release contains a security fix.

  • Recommended Action

    We recommend that all Forgejo installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

  • Forgejo Semantic Version

    The semantic version was updated to 6.0.13+0-gitea-1.21.10

  • Security fix

    • PR. Fixed: the OAuth2 implementation does not always require authentication for public clients, a requirement of RFC 6749 Section 10.2. A malicious client can impersonate another client and obtain access to protected resources if the impersonated client fails to, or is unable to, keep its client credentials confidential.

1.21.11-1

This stable release contains a single bug fix for a regression introduced in v1.21.11-0 by which creating a tag via the API would fail with error 500 on a repository a where Forgejo Actions workflow triggered by tags exists.

1.21.11-0

The complete list of new commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.11-0 release can be reviewed here, or from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.10-0..v1.21.11-0

This stable release contains bug fixes and security fixes.

1.21.10-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.10-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.8-0..v1.21.10-0

This stable release contains bug fixes and a security fix.

Note that there is no Forgejo v1.21.9-0 release. The release numbering of the Forgejo v1.21 patch series follows the Gitea release numbering. However, the publication of Gitea v1.21.9 and Gitea v1.21.10 were a few days apart because of a regression that is not present on Forgejo and there was no need to publish Forgejo v1.21.9-0.

1.21.8-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.8-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.7-0..v1.21.8-0

This stable release contains bug fixes.

1.21.7-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.7-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.6-0..v1.21.7-0

This stable release contains bug fixes and a security fix.

1.21.6-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.6-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.5-0..v1.21.6-0

This stable release contains bug fixes and a security fix, as explained in the v1.21.6-0 companion blog post.

1.21.5-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.5-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.4-0..v1.21.5-0

This stable release includes bug fixes as well as documentation improvements.

1.21.4-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.4-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.3-0..v1.21.4-0

This stable release includes security and bug fixes as well as documentation improvements.

1.21.3-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.3-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.2-1..v1.21.3-0

This stable release includes bug fixes. It was built with an updated version of the Go Cryptography package that fixes CVE-2023-48795. As explained in the corresponding Go issue: "The impact of this attack is relatively limited, as it does not compromise confidentiality of the channel."

1.21.2-1

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.2-1 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.2-0..v1.21.2-1

This stable release contains a security fix, as explained in the v1.21.2-1 companion blog post.

1.21.2-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.2-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.21.1-0..v1.21.2-0

This stable release includes bug fixes. It was built with Go v1.21.5 that fixes CVE-2023-39326 which a malicious HTTP client can exploit to cause a server to automatically read a large amount of data. It allows for memory exhaustion in the situation that HTTP chunked encoding requests can reach Forgejo.

1.21.1-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.21.1-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges origin/v1.20/forgejo..origin/v1.21/forgejo

1.20.6-1

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.6-1 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.6-0..v1.20.6-1

This stable release contains a security fix.

1.20.6-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.6-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.5-1..v1.20.6-0

This stable release contains a security fix, as explained in the v1.20.6-0 companion blog post.

  • Recommended Action

    We strongly recommend that all Forgejo installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

  • Forgejo Semantic Version

    The semantic version was updated to 5.0.7+0-gitea-1.20.6

  • Breaking change

    Prior to this release, a token scoped to read or write permissions on issues was allowed to access both issues and pull requests, regardless of the restrictions imposed to the team in which they belong. In a team it is possible to grant finer grained permissions, for instance to allow a user to access issues but not pull requests. These restrictions are now enforced and API calls that previously succeeded on /api/v1/repos/{org}/{repo}/issues or other endpoints common to both issues and pull requests could return 404. Granting the user the necessary permissions in the team in which they belong will allow them to use that endpoint again.

  • Security fix

    Additional API and web endpoints now fail when given manually crafted identifiers.

1.20.5-1

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.5-1 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.5-0..v1.20.5-1

This stable release contains critical security fixes, as explained in the v1.20.5-1 companion blog post.

1.20.5-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.5-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.4-1..v1.20.5-0

This stable release contains an important security fix, as explained in the v1.20.5-0 companion blog post.

1.20.4-1

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.4-1 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.4-0..v1.20.4-1

This stable release includes bug fixes.

1.20.4-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.4-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.3-0..v1.20.4-0

This stable release includes bug fixes and two features.

1.20.3-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.3-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.2-0..v1.20.3-0

This stable release includes bug fixes and a safeguard against a regression that may lead to data loss. The [storage*] sections in the app.ini file may cause the files for some subsystems - Attachments, LFS, Avatars, Repository avatars, Repository archives, Packages - to be merged together or misplaced. The safeguard detects this situation and Forgejo will not start to prevent data loss. If your instance is in this situation, follow the instructions in the companion blog post.

1.20.2-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.2-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.20.1-0..v1.20.2-0

This stable release includes bug fixes and displays warnings in the administration panel when deprecated entries are found in app.ini.

1.20.1-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.20.1-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges origin/v1.19/forgejo..origin/v1.20/forgejo
  • Container images upgraded to Alpine 3.18

    The Forgejo container images are now based on Alpine 3.18 instead of Alpine 3.17.

1.19.4-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.19.4-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.19.3-0..v1.19.4-0

This stable release contains security fixes.

1.19.3-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.19.3-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.19.2-0..v1.19.3-0

This stable release contains security fixes.

1.19.2-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.19.2-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.19.1-0..v1.19.2-0

This stable release contains important security fixes.

  • Recommended Action

    We strongly recommend that all Forgejo installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

  • Forgejo Semantic Version

    The semantic version was updated from 4.1.0+0-gitea-1.19.1 to 4.2.0+0-gitea-1.19.2 because of the changes introduced in the internal CI.

  • Security fixes

    • Token scopes were not enforced in some cases (patch 1 and patch 2). The scoped token were introduced in Forgejo v1.19 allow for the creation of application tokens that only have limited permissions, such as creating packages or accessing repositories. Prior to Forgejo v1.19 tokens could be used to perform any operation the user issuing the token could.
    • Permissions to delete secrets was not enforced. The experimental internal CI relies on secrets managed via the web interface, for instance to communicate credentials to a job. Secrets are only used in the context of the experimental internal CI.
  • Bug fixes

    The most prominent ones are described here, others can be found in the list of commits included in the release as described above.

  • Container image upgrades

    In the Forgejo container images the Git version was upgraded to 2.38.5 as a precaution. The Forgejo security team analyzed the security fixes it contains and concluded that Forgejo is not affected.

1.19.1-0

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.19.1-0 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.19.0-3..v1.19.1-0

This stable release includes bug fixes. Functional changes related to the experimental CI have also been backported.

1.19.0-3

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.19.0-3 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges v1.19.0-2..v1.19.0-3

This stable release includes security updates and bug fixes.

1.19.0-2

The complete list of commits included in the Forgejo v1.19.0-2 release can be reviewed from the command line with:

$ git clone https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/
$ git -C forgejo log --oneline --no-merges origin/v1.18/forgejo..origin/v1.19/forgejo
  • Breaking changes

    • Scoped access tokens

      Forgejo access token, used with the API can now have a "scope" that limits what it can access. Existing tokens stored in the database and created before Forgejo v1.19 had unlimited access. For backward compatibility, their access will remain the same and they will continue to work as before. However, newly created token that do not specify a scope will now only have read-only access to public user profile and public repositories.

      For instance, the /users/{username}/tokens API endpoint will require the scopes: ['all', 'sudo'] parameter and the forgejo admin user generate-access-token will require the --scopes all,sudo argument obtain tokens with unlimited access as before for admin users.

      Read more about the scoped tokens.

    • Disable all units except code and pulls on forks

      When forking a repository, the fork will now have issues, projects, releases, packages and wiki disabled. These can be enabled in the repository settings afterwards. To change back to the previous default behavior, configure DEFAULT_FORK_REPO_UNITS to be the same value as DEFAULT_REPO_UNITS.

    • Filter repositories by default on the explore page

      The explore page now always filters out repositories that are considered not relevant because they are either forks or have no topic and not description and no icon. A link is shown to display all repositories, unfiltered.

      Explore repositories
    • Remove deprecated DSA host key from Docker Container Since OpenSSH 7.0 and greater similarly disable the ssh-dss (DSA) public key algorithm, and recommend against its use. http://www.openssh.com/legacy.html

    • Additional restrictions on valid user names

      The algorithm for validating user names was modified and some users may have invalid names. The command forgejo doctor --run check-user-names will list all of them so they can be renamed.

      If a Forgejo instance has users or organizations named forgejo-actions and gitea-actions, they will also need to be renamed before the upgrade. They are now reserved names for the experimental internal CI/CD named Actions.

    • Semantic version

      Since v1.18.5, in addition to the Forgejo release number, a semantic version number (e.g. v3.0.0) can be obtained from the number key of a new /api/forgejo/v1/version endpoint.

      Now, it reflects the Gitea version that Forgejo depends on, is no longer prefixed with v (e.g. 3.0.0+0-gitea-1.19.0), and can be obtained from the version key of the same endpoint.

  • Features

  • User Interface improvements

  • Container images upgraded to Alpine 3.17

    The Forgejo container images are now based on Alpine 3.17 instead of Alpine 3.16. It includes an upgrade from git 2.36.5 to git 2.38.4 and from openssh 9.0p1 to openssh 9.1p1.

1.18.5-0

This stable release contains an important security fix for Forgejo to raise the protection against brute force attack on hashed passwords stored in the database to match industry standards, as described in detail in a companion blog post.

We strongly recommend that all Forgejo installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

If PASSWORD_HASH_ALGO is explicitly set in app.ini, comment it out so that the stronger algorithm is used instead.

All password hashes stored with another algorithm will be updated to the new algorithm on the next usage of this password (e.g. a user provides the password to the Forgejo server when they login). It does not require manual intervention.

Forgejo

Gitea

Note that there is no Forgejo v1.18.4-N because Gitea v1.18.4 was replaced by Gitea v1.18.5 a few days after its release because of a regression. Forgejo was not affected.

1.18.3-2

This stable release includes a security fix for git and bug fixes.

Git

Git recently announced new versions to address two CVEs (CVE-2023-22490, CVE-2023-23946). On 14 Februrary 2023, Git published the maintenance release v2.39.2, together with releases for older maintenance tracks v2.38.4, v2.37.6, v2.36.5, v2.35.7, v2.34.7, v2.33.7, v2.32.6, v2.31.7, and v2.30.8. All major GNU/Linux distributions also provide updated packages via their security update channels.

We recommend that all installations running a version affected by the issues described below are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

  • When using a Forgejo binary: upgrade the git package to a version greater or equal to v2.39.2, v2.38.4, v2.37.6, v2.36.5, v2.35.7, v2.34.7, v2.33.7, v2.32.6, v2.31.7 or v2.30.8
  • When using a Forgejo container image: docker pull codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.18.3-2

Forgejo

Gitea

1.18.3-1

This stable release includes bug fixes.

Forgejo

Gitea

1.18.3-0

This stable release includes bug fixes.

Forgejo

Gitea

1.18.2-1

This stable release includes a security fix. It was possible to reveal a user's email address, which is problematic because users can choose to hide their email address from everyone. This was possible because the notification email for a repository transfer request to an organization included every user's email address in the owner team. This has been fixed by sending individual emails instead and the code was refactored to prevent it from happening again.

We strongly recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

Gitea

1.18.2-0

This stable release includes bug fixes.

Gitea

1.18.1-0

This is the first Forgejo stable point release.

Forgejo

Critical security update for Git

Git recently announced new versions to address two CVEs (CVE-2022-23521, CVE-2022-41903). On 17 January 2023, Git published the maintenance release v2.39.1, together with releases for older maintenance tracks v2.38.3, v2.37.5, v2.36.4, v2.35.6, v2.34.6, v2.33.6, v2.32.5, v2.31.6, and v2.30.7. All major GNU/Linux distributions also provide updated packages via their security update channels.

We strongly recommend that all installations running a version affected by the issues described below are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.

  • When using a Forgejo binary: upgrade the git package to a version greater or equal to v2.39.1, v2.38.3, v2.37.5, v2.36.4, v2.35.6, v2.34.6, v2.33.6, v2.32.5, v2.31.6, or v2.30.7
  • When using a Forgejo container image: docker pull codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.18.1-0

Read more in the Forgejo blog.

Release process stability

The release process based on Woodpecker CI was entirely reworked to be more resilient to transient errors. A new release is first uploaded into the new Forgejo experimental organization for testing purposes.

Automated end to end testing of releases was implemented with a full development cycle including the creation of a new repository and a run of CI. It relieves the user and developer from the burden of tedious manual testing.

Container environment variables

When running a container, all environment variables starting with FORGEJO__ can be used instead of GITEA__. For backward compatibility with existing scripts, it is still possible to use GITEA__ instead of FORGEJO__. For instance:

docker run --name forgejo -e FORGEJO__security__INSTALL_LOCK=true codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.18.1-0

Forgejo hook types

A new forgejo hook type is available and behaves exactly the same as the existing gitea hook type. It will be used to implement additional features specific to Forgejo in a way that will be backward compatible with Gitea.

X-Forgejo headers

Wherever a X-Gitea header is received or sent, an identical X-Forgejo is added. For instance when a notification mail is sent, the X-Forgejo-Reason header is set to explain why. Or when a webhook is sent, the X-Forgejo-Event header is set with push, tag, etc. for Woodpecker CI to decide on an action.

Look and feel fixes

The Forgejo theme was modified to take into account user feedback.

Gitea

1.18.0-1

This is the first Forgejo release.

Forgejo improvements

Woodpecker CI

A new CI configuration based on Woodpecker CI was created. It is used to:

Look and feel

The default themes were replaced by Forgejo themes and the landing page was modified to display the Forgejo logo and names but the look and feel remains otherwise identical to Gitea.

Landing page

Privacy

Gitea instances fetch https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/version.json weekly by default, which raises privacy concerns. In Forgejo this feature needs to be explicitly activated at installation time or by modifying the configuration file. Forgejo also provides an alternative RSS feed to be informed when a new release is published.

Gitea

1.18.0-0

This release was replaced by 1.18.0-1 a few hours after being published because the release process was interrupted.

1.18.0-rc1-2

This is the first Forgejo release candidate.