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What's new

These are the most important features you'll get by upgrading from 2.5.13 to 2.6.4

Support for scheduled deployments
Task page improvements including filtering
Library/step template improvements including typed parameters and usage search
Maintenance Mode
Breaking change: All machines in a single deployment must have a unique SQUID (923)
Breaking change: Octopus will no longer monitor its internal package folder for filesystem changes (900)
Breaking change: When custom XML config transforms are in use, *.Release.config and *.#{Octopus.Environment.Name}.config must be explicitly added to the list for the order of application to be defined (1037)

These are the features and fixes you'll get by upgrading from 2.5.13 to 2.6.4.

1456 - 2.6 Lifecycle retention policies displaying messages incorrectly
1507 - Allow variables to be updated even if the deployment process has changed
1477 - Automatic release creation now works for first release
1510 - Fixed bug in IIS script for non-SNI bindings
1411 - Corrected issue where polling Tentacles couldn't be correctly re-configured as Listening Tentacles
1481 - Environment history added to releases to show release history for users with view permissions
1482 - Correct help text added SMTP Port field
1485 - Defect permissions corrected to allow for users to block or unblock releases
1479 - Steps now populate isSkipped when determined to be skipped during deployment (such as incorrect environment)

1488 - Fixed a Tentacle issue that caused deployments to hang
1484 - If indexes are out of date when creating a release, variables will be not removed from the snapshot
1489 - Manual health checks now use a 5-minute timeout, not 40 seconds
1478 - New HTTPS bindings no longer show SNI as undefined

1406 - Run steps in parallel, now more robust when steps are skipped or reordered
1475 - Automatic retries around streaming uploads
1421 - Octo.exe Import/export now with Lifecycles!
1390 - Octo.exe deploy-release updated help reference to "--version=latest" usage.
1202 - Variable editable when variable scoped over multiple environments with combination view/edit permissions

1450 - Fixed issue causing deployments to stall mid-deployment (fingers crossed)
1442 - 2.6 health check task should not timeout prematurely
1433 - Library -> Packages page now available for non-administrators
1428 - Service paths quoted when deploying a service
1430 - Fixed an issue causing diagnostics page not to show

1392 - Project dashboard reverted - slow loading cannot be fixed until 3.0
1402 - Fixed HTTP bindings displaying SNI as "Undefined"
1391 - Hide promote button when user doesn't have permission on next environment in lifecycle
1387 - Pagination in Internal repository fixed when many versions
1379 - Fixed issue with role case-sensitivity - causing variable scope issues
1384 - Fixed typo in new sc.exe config causing error