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• 3171 - octo.exe pack command has verbose logging support showing files added, can also be selected in VSTS extension
• 3328 - Do not mark a variable for deletion when using the Delete button while editing the variable
• 3341 - Add Extended API option to NuGet external feeds, which improves Create Release performance on supported feeds
• 3353 - Improved performance whenever Octopus starts or uses a SQL Transaction by using a single ILog instance, instead of creating a new one each time
• 3355 - Tentacle upgrade no longer raises a NullReferenceException while waiting for the tentacle to start

• 3086 - Ensure missing linked items are shown in UI, so they can be manually removed
• 3220 - Fixed an issue where disabled package steps would break channel version rule editing and octo.exe import
• 3275 - Added health check warnings and errors to the details of health check audit events
• 3278 - Private-key permissions will not be cleared when importing existing certificate
• 3331 - Fixed an issue with case sensitive database collation preventing the task queue from popping
• 3334 - Fix for steps not showing up when re-deploying with previously skipped steps
• 3335 - Fixed sensitive variables for SSH targets

• 3315 - Only show Delete option in variable context menu if the variable is editable
• 3323 - Fix NuGet credentials not working after a 307 redirect when downloading packages directly to the Tentacle
• 3324 - Fixed JSON variable substitution where decimal values would come through as zero

• 3200 - Trim the result of a step run condition expression before checking for truthiness so that " False" is false
• 3281 - When uploading certificates in a PFX file, bag attributes (e.g. Microsoft CSP) are now maintained
• 3282 - Automatic Tentacle upgrades from 3.1.7-3.3.22 no longer fail to restart the Tentacle service
• 3292 - Fix delta compression failing sometimes when there are multiple deployed versions of a package with the same version but different contents
• 3300 - Fixed issue where the machine deployments tab was not visible for some users
• 3303 - Fixed issue where feature toggle buttons appeared to change after page load
• 3309 - Tasks interrupted when the Octopus Server goes offline are now Failed instead of TimedOut
• 3310 - Provide --clean parameter on Migrator export command
• 3312 - Beta support for polling tentacles connecting over HTTPS (WebSockets)
• 3313 - Correctly pass external nuget feed passwords when downloading packages directly to Tentacles
• 3314 - Improved logging for situations where the SQL Connection Pool is under heavy load
• 3316 - Substitute variable feature no longer errors if a wildcard path returns a directory
• 3319 - Improved logging for the work done at the end of each deployment action
• 3320 - Removed globbing support for now as it broke backwards compatibility and replaced it with extended wilcards (*, **)
• 3321 - Improved the performance of the variable manifest update at the end of each step
• 3322 - Improved logging when waiting to update the deployment plan

• 3254 - Tentacle upgrades prevent deployments and health checks from occuring to the same environment
• 3266 - Fixed a problem which was causing Octopus Server nodes to appear offline for long periods of time in large installations
• 3273 - The server now attempts to recover from I/O errors when writing task logs instead of continuing to run the task very slowly
• 3289 - The process no longer crashes if a control message in the deployment output is malformed
• 3291 - The data migrator now shows a clearer error message when the password provided to the import command is incorrect
• 3299 - Fixed redirect path on IE11 causing authentication login errors
• 3302 - From now on the version of Octopus.Client.dll which is bundled with Octopus Server will be the same version the Octopus Server API was tested with
• 3306 - Offline drop targets that are Unhealthy now show up on the Environments dashboard

• 2618 - Package release notes are now rendered consistently in the UI and the /api/feeds/{feedid}/packages/notes API endpoint returns Markdown instead of HTML
• 2826 - No longer log at Error level when package diffing fails in a way we can recover from
• 3223 - Azure steps no longer hold SQL Connections open for the entire step, to avoid SQL Azure connection issues
• 3271 - Dont show step scoping drop-down for variable set variables
• 3280 - Project settings page no longer throws JavaScript error when showing details of an untenanted project
• 3283 - Reduce the logging level for API 404s from Warning to Information
• 3284 - Fixed issue where project group restrictions were not being merged correctly for users in multiple teams
• 3285 - Permissions export now includes Tenant and ProjectGroup restrictions
• 3287 - No longer log connection errors when disabled polling Tentacles connect
• 3290 - Azure steps can be run concurrently once again (broken in 3.11.10)

• 2955 - Improve the error message when attempting to register a Tentacle in an environment that cannot be found
• 3197 - Provide ability to set account for running Tentacle updates
• 3272 - Prevent Halibut from generating enormous Tentacle logs
• 3276 - Resolved API warning message for non-admin users when Octopus server does an upgrade check
• 3279 - Support Tentacle register-with to supply custom listening port to server

• 3139 - Ensure that Azure accounts are scoped to the Environment when the Azure step is not scoped to a role
• 3274 - Fixed upgrade bug that caused a failure when Auto Release Creation was missing a channel

Changes in 3.11.8

NB: 3.11.8 has been removed from the downloads list as some customers had issues updating, this has been resolved in 3.11.9

• 2633 - Calamari package creation for Linux now uses the Home folder instead of the Program Files folder
• 2937 - The Tentacle retention process now logs which packages and directories are kept
• 3137 - Fixed bug preventing project cloning when channel missing on auto release creation strategy
• 3188 - The Tentacle.exe server-comms command now supports multiple listening/polling configurations
• 3239 - Resolved issue using variable for user name in private-key access-rules in Import Certificate steps
• 3241 - Tentacle upgrade no longer hangs if the exit code file is not written
• 3243 - Better cancellation support during Tentacle upgrade
• 3245 - Project names on the dashboard now wrap at word-breaks instead of mid-word
• 3248 - Display correct certificate details when uploading PFX file containing chain
• 3252 - Resolved issue removing private-key access-rules from Import Certificate steps
• 3255 - No longer query for all versions of a package from external NuGet feeds when loading release notes
• 3259 - Migrator now updates step template parameter IDs if they are null when imported
• 3260 - DB upgrade script added to update step template parameter IDs that are null
• 3261 - Project variables for Azure accounts that are scoped to a tenant tag are now resolved correctly when creating a deployment
• 3263 - Projects are now ordered alphabetically in the included/excluded lists on the dashboard configuration page
• 3264 - Fixed bug with Custom Installation Directory on SSH targets, the root path (/) can now be used again
• 3265 - Fix empty directories not extracting from zip packages
• 3267 - Improved performance of the CleanUnavailableMachines task
• 3269 - Substitute variables in files now supports glob and wildcard pattern matching

• 3256 - Deployment can now be initiated if the previous success deployment task references a deployment that does not exist

• 2385 - Avoid a PowerShell bug that can cause deployment pauses when an app pool is set to suspend
• 3087 - Prevent project groups from being removed if linked to a team to avoid permission creep.
• 3145 - Resolved issue with migrating tenant tags
• 3207 - Added the special variable Octopus.Action.Package.TreatConfigTransformationWarningsAsErrors (defaults to true) to allow flexibility in dealing with config transform warnings
• 3216 - The Server and Tentacle managers now allow scrolling of the instance list
• 3227 - Correct pagination on the package index page so that it only takes into account a single version of each package
• 3236 - Made 'Target roles' validation message more specific so it says which step needs to be fixed
• 3237 - Order channels in a case-insensitive manner on the project dashboard
• 3240 - Modals dismissed if url route changes or user logs out
• 3244 - Modifying IIS bindings now triggers "You have unsaved changes" warning

• 3235 - Fixed deployment overview and logs listing steps out of order

• 3224 - Add Octopus.Action.FailScriptOnErrorOutput variable to fail scripts if they write to StdErr but return a zero error code
• 3230 - Resolved certificate icon not found on variable grid
• 3231 - The Force SSL checkbox in the server manager binding window now shows the correct state when it is first opened
• 3232 - Fix 3.11.0 bug causing prompted variable labels field to go missing from UI
• 3233 - Skip All with disabled steps result in an error
• 3043 - Octo.exe, TeamCity plugin and Octopus.Client now support proxies

• 2562 - Data migration (export/import) no longer cares about the MimeType of logos
• 3116 - Show clearer error messages when Octopus cannot create an SSH working directory
• 3225 - Resolved issue: certificate variables scoped to Role were not being expanded

• 3154 - Update Docker Feeds to auto-detect version
• 3186 - Removed vertical wrapping of project names on global dashboard
• 3190 - Improved server resource usage with hundreds of polling tentacles
• 3191 - Project sidebar nav tabs are now accessible on mobile
• 3192 - Align radio buttons on deploy release page so that they are visible on smaller screens
• 3202 - Added titles to the Tenant pages so a sensible title appears in the web browser tab
• 3203 - Fixed a race condition that could cause health checks to stall
• 3205 - We now actively prevent ClusterWideMutex from exhausting the SQL Connection Pool
• 3208 - When a deployment resumes a Deployment Resumed event is raised instead of a Deployment Started event
• 3212 - Resolved issue with certificate private-keys not being found in PFX files when the key was not in the first bag
• 3215 - Fixed mouse cursor for Active Directory integrated authentication button
• 3218 - Certificates scoped to environments\tenants are now only visible to users with permissions for at least one of the scoped environments\tenants
• 3219 - NakedScripting should be renamed to RawScripting
• 3222 - Restored Guest's user read-only access to data

• 3209 - Allow certificates with subject longer than 200 characters
• 3211 - Fixed issue with variable prompt settings not displaying in variable value editor
• 3214 - Fixed variable resolution on the create release page

• 2702 - Certificates Feature
• 2899 - Fixed Azure steps not running for all targets in roles when there were multiple Azure child steps
• 2998 - Improved the performance of the release page when the project has a large number of package steps
• 3122 - Linux machines with older versions of openssl now support long sensitive variables
• 3193 - Audit events related to automatic user creation are shown as actioned by system user
• 3196 - Deployment list on the machine detail page now sorts correctly

• 2999 - Machine connectivity information is now restricted by the MachineView permission instead of MachineEdit permission
• 2999 - Machine deployment history is now restricted by the TaskView permission instead of MachineView permission
• 3020 - Disabled steps will now be reflected in the deployment preview.
• 3149 - Reduced memory usage when applying retention-policy to deployment manifests
• 3155 - Unscoped variables are now visible again when viewing library variable sets
• 3167 - Migrator exports now logos of community step templates and missing logos don't break community step templates sync.
• 3176 - SSH scripts can now be cancelled if they are waiting for another script to execute
• 3181 - Ensure inaccessible variables are not deleted when saving library variable sets
• 3182 - Resolved migrator issue importing script-steps when project name contains invalid file-path characters
• 3184 - Azure Resource Group deployments updated to fix issue with service management endpoint override
• 3189 - Fixed error when saving action templates if it was last modified in pre 3.4.0.
• 3194 - Allow skipping SSH health checks to support Naked Scripting