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What's new

These are the most important features you'll get by upgrading from 3.1.7 to 3.2.8

Octopus 3.2

Highlights and new Features of 3.2

Octopus Deploy 3.2 is all about Channels and is a highly-compatible feature release with no breaking changes. Channels is the name we've given to the feature originally discussed in our RFC on Branching.

Build servers build. Octopus deploys.

We decided it was important to drive a distinction between source code branches, which build servers care about, and deployment, which is where Channels come in.

Read the upgrade guide for more details on upgrading from your current version to Octopus 3.2.

Octopus 3.1

Highlights and new Features of 3.1

Azure support revisited - blog post
TLS 1.2 (Requires Tentacle 3.1) - blog post
Reporting - blog post
Breaking change: Due to the dependency on .NET 4.5 Octopus Server and Tentacle 3.1 are no longer supported on Windows Server 2003 or Server 2008 SP1 - more information

Read the blog post for more details on the changes and features introduced in Octopus 3.1.

Upgrading Tentacles: You can upgrade to Octopus Server 3.1 without upgrading any Tentacles and get all of the new 3.1 deployment features because Calamari will continue to work on both Tentacle 3.0 and 3.1 - more information

Read the upgrade guide for more details on upgrading from your current version to Octopus 3.1.

Release notes

These are the features and fixes you'll get by upgrading from 3.1.7 to 3.2.8.

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.8

1883 - Variable editor doesn't delete rows if the delete key is pressed while filtering.
2068 - Added option to test Azure account from the account edit screen
2172 - Pagination on project releases page works correctly when filtering by channel
2184 - Allow service executable arguments to contain spaces
2186 - Reconfigure the Octopus Server Windows Service after upgrading to ensure it is correctly configured
2199 - Improved readability when logging extracted Cloud Service package contents

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.7

1608 - Do not show deployments that have been cancelled before they start on the dashboard
2007 - Allow service account selection when setting up a High Availability node
2087 - Fixed warning when creating database mutex table
2089 - Accounts page displays environments scoped to accounts
2162 - Eliminated performance impact of reading and writing large task log files
2174 - Fixed an issue with Calamari that would fail to load System.Core when using PowerShell 2.0 and .NET 2.0
2179 - Extend the Account and Feed table Id columns to allow for the fact that they are made by combining the type with the Name.
2185 - Fixed package download permissions when package is not used in any projects

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.6

1894 - Downloading packages from built-in NuGet repository only requires permissions to one project that uses the package
1934 - User auto complete uses Username or Displayname during search. Search now also uses Unicode character folding.
1936 - The projects drop-down menu is now scrollable like it was in 2.x.
2011 - Resolved UI issue with API key being lost when clicking off the dialog
2168 - Now logging a warning when OctopusPrintVariables or OctopusPrintEvaluatedVariables are True since they should only be used when debugging problems with variables
2178 - Resolved issue introduced in 3.2.5 with sensitive-variables resolving to incorrect values in PowerShell scripts.

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.4

1425 - Interruptions no longer link to a non-existant view
1800 - SSH Targets now support creating artifacts on Mac OSX.
1891 - Include Octopus.Release.CurrentForEnvironment to deployment variables based on the release of the already provided Octopus.Deployment.PreviousSuccessful
1956 - Variable filters are now case-insensitive and look for the filter value anywhere within the column values.
1978 - Allow replacement of existing packages when pushing via NuGet push
1994 - Octopus API to retrieve deployments by release correctly supports skip
2018 - Tasks with error messages cause parent tasks/nodes to also be in a error state.
2027 - Show ReleaseDelete and ProjectDelete buttons if user has appropriate role with no project scoping.
2057 - InvalidOperationException thrown to prevent service crash if variable parsing discovers a self referencing loop .
2072 - Re-implement ability to filter deployments by task state
2075 - Assigned to: field on the Task Summary tab now shows the user that has been assigned to the manual intervention.
2103 - When updating 32-bit Tentacles on 64-bit OSs it installs the 64-bit Tentacle so we update the Windows Service executable path to point the new installation location.
2105 - Log when variable substitution fails in custom scripts or file substitution during deployment.
2109 - Recording the final state of a Deployment is now more tolerant of transient faults
2117 - Prevent installing 32-bit Tentacle on 64-bit OS and update Windows Service executable path to prevent issues when upgrading 32-bit Tentacles on 64-bit OSs
2125 - Importing projects without channels into an Octopus Server that has channels will create a default channel for the imported projects
2140 - Warn if non-printable characters entered in variables
2145 - Upgrading polling Tentacles from UI no longer hangs the upgrade task.
2149 - Resolved issue with Azure deployments leaving extracted package in C:\Windows\System32\config\AppData\Local\Calamari.Azure\Temp. This was affecting 3.0 style Azure targets.
2150 - Tentacle upgrader now looks for the Tentacle bundled package in the right directory even if a custom Calamari folder has been set.
2151 - Fixed a backwards-compatibility bug affecting IIS HTTPS bindings and their Certificates.
2152 - Resolved: SSH deploys should not block Azure deploys
2157 - Artifacts are correctly imported from 2.6 backups
2158 - The octo.exe --channel argument is now case-insensitive, so default will match Default
2159 - Deleting a release now removes any linked variable or deployment process snapshots so long as they aren't shared by another release
2160 - octo.exe no longer fails when specifying the --channel argument for a Channel that has any Version Rules with a blank/empty Version Range.
2161 - Changed OctopusTools NuGet package to be a tools-only package, moving octo.exe into the tools folder, which means you can also run octo.exe from inside Visual Studio.
2171 - Calamari now logs the $PSVersionTable (verbose) to help with debugging PowerShell scripts

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.3

1738 - IISBindings now support IPv6 addresses
1882 - Prevent saving Steps with [ or ] in the name which would otherwise cause Output Variables to stop working for that Step.
1898 - Task type filter is not cut off by other page elements.
1903 - Cancelling the lifecycle-select dialog no longer persists changes.
2017 - Using project variables in release version template now works with automatic-release-creation.
2024 - Allow migrator to import step scripts where one step name may be a sub path of another
2025 - Support for parentheses in variable names
2050 - Allow exporting and importing gifs
2067 - Now prevents deleting an Environment that is referenced by an Account.
2081 - Resolved issue saving empty sensitive variables
2085 - Allow creating a release before creating an environment without resulting in error
2092 - IIS App Pool Password shown in UI if custom expression is used
2100 - Updated OctopusTools (octo.exe) so it can be added to a project using NuGet 3 - shout out to @shaynevanasperen for the contribution.
2101 - Variable substitution breaks if target file has a variable with the character "~" on the name
2114 - Octopus incorrectly claims Calamari is not up to date in Tentacles
2120 - Corrected minor typo on lifecycle edit page.
2123 - Corrected self-link for events in REST API
2124 - Fixed an issue in Calamari that prevented using a CustomInstallationDirectory with $ in the path.
2127 - Added reason why the Machine Communication Style cannot be updated after the Machine has been added.
2129 - Improved validation message displayed when providing an invalid Semantic Version when creating a Release.
2130 - Proxy configuration for Octopus Server and Tentacle now clears the username/password appropriately when selecting Do not use a proxy or Use the proxy server configured in Internet Explorer.
2132 - Task log when deploying Azure Web App lists all targets in environment
2136 - Show calamari version in health check
2141 - When deleting an Environment or Channel they will be correctly removed from the Limited to Environments and Limited to Channels of relevant Steps in Deployment Processes.
2142 - Fixed a bug that stopped the Built-In Package Feed retention policy from working correctly: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Release_ChannelId
2143 - Allowed Tentacle certificate export to file to work without an instance specified.
2146 - Environments in project overview are sorted consistently with the main dashboard.
2148 - Only invalid or missing credentials should return 401 so that a login redirect can automatically take place. Any permissions related issues should return 403.

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.2

2003 - Added Support for Release Matrix Sparseboard
2065 - Offline Drop script fixes for PowerShell 2.0
2088 - Now showing a more informative message when attempting to delete a Script Module that is used by one or more Projects.
2134 - Tentacle.exe register-with handshake request no longer throws an exception if we successfully connect to Octopus
2135 - Fix bug causing DeployFailed.ps1 to always execute (if present) regardless of failure state
2139 - Calamari now falls back to use AesManaged to decrypt sensitive variables if AesCryptoServiceProvider is not available from PowerShell.

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.1

1529 - Variable snapshots will be used when resolving packages for an existing release
1952 - Calamari semaphores should now be more globally accessible by prepending the Global\ name prefix
1974 - Inserting a variable into script as the last action before saving will persist the changes correctly
2010 - Users missing MachineView permission can still deploy a release however without any specific machine related functionality.
2049 - Registering a polling Tentacle via Tentacle Manager will fail when it cannot reach the Octopus Server communications port
2059 - When performing server side retention policy, the deployment information is loaded in batches to avoid hitting SQL Max 2100 parameters exception.
2070 - Importing a pfx for Azure accounts with no private key included will fail with message before persisting.
2080 - Bugfix for JS script error caused by race condition on deployment page
2095 - Dropdown controls with default values now show the default value instead of showing the control as being bound
2098 - Users can now Promote to Environment when their team is scoped to environments
2116 - Enable TLS 1.1 and 1.2 https connections from the Octopus Server.

Changes in Octopus Server 3.2.0

1503 - A Lifecycle can be specified when creating a project with Octo.exe
1534 - Prompted variables can be specified by name or label when deploying a release using Octo.exe
1613 - Fixed misleading help text in Octopus TeamCity plugin
1931 - Fixed error message in Octo.exe that referenced Project Group instead of Lifecycle
1957 - Channels feature. 'Channels' is the name we've given to the set of features discussed in our branching RFC. See our Release 3.2 blog post for more information.
2034 - Lifecycles with no phase or empty phases will correctly restrict permissions for users who do not have access to environments in those lifecycles
2108 - Updated Octopus.Client.nupkg to correctly depend on Newtonsoft.Json 7.0.1.
2110 - Tentacle Health Checks will no longer fail on non-English Windows machines when testing for membership in the Built-in Administrators role.
2111 - Link to environments page in Calamari upgrade message on deployment creation page is now correct.

Changes in Octopus Server 3.1.7

1890 - By default bind Tentacles to both IPv6 and IPv4 address to allow communication over both protocols
2106 - File operation errors (such as copying files) will fail the deployment
2107 - Removed useDefaultProxyCredentials from config file which was causing Calamari to crash upon starting under mono.