Modern software development already relies on AI coding assistants that react to user inputs. Although autonomous AI agents are still in their infancy, they have the potential to revolutionize the field even further. We talk about:handling tasks without prior strict rules,detecting anomalies,predicting and mitigating potential issues before they arise,providing valuable…
Key Takeaways Basil Crow joins the Jenkins Governance Board. A Jenkins Contributor Summit will be held prior to FOSDEM. The Contributor Spotlight site is now live. Contributed by: Mark Waite Basil Crow joins the Jenkins governance board in December 2023. He’ll serve for a two-year term. Thanks to Basil for…
Once again, Hacktoberfest is back! During this October event, everyone can celebrate and support open source by contributing changes. This year’s edition is special because it is Hacktoberfest’s tenth anniversary. Once again, the Jenkins community will participate in the event, and we invite you to contribute to Jenkins projects. We…
Introduction The Jenkins Security team offers a GitHub action that automatically scans the plugin source code during Continuous Integration and reports security issues. The Jenkins community considers using such tools to ensure a high-security level for plugins as a good practice. The Security Scan probe identifies whether the plugin is…
We would like to announce changes in the Jenkins Governance Board. There has been no election this year, because there was only one candidate per seat. Please welcome Basil Crow! At the same time, Oleg Nenashev retires from the board. We would like to thank Oleg for his contributions to…
Introduction Bots are used to automate tasks in a plugin. The Plugin Health Scoring System tracks usage of two bots - Dependabot and Renovate. Dependabot looks for dependencies that are outdated in a plugin. It can also raise a security alert if a security breach is found, like when the…
Introduction A bug fix, security fix, or new features are of no use unless they are released. A production release not only provides users with an updated plugin, but also gives the developers a chance to get feedback on their work. The "unreleased production changes" probe looks for unreleased commits…
You have a GitHub repo and a Jenkins server. The Jenkins server has jobs for running unit tests, computing code coverages, and executing static analyses. Every time someone opens a PR to your repo, you ask them to run those jobs, take screenshots of the results, and paste these screenshots…
We are excited to announce the 2023 Jenkins Governance Board and officer elections! Nominations Nominations can be submitted for two governance board positions, and all five officer positions (Security, Events, Release, Infrastructure, and Documentation). During the registration period, we invite community members to nominate candidates by sending a message to…
On Friday 7th of July 2023, the Jenkins infrastructure suffered a major outage from 11:05am UTC until 15:25pm UTC with complete downtime of the following public services: accounts.jenkins.io fallback.get.jenkins.io get.jenkins.io incrementals.jenkins.io javadoc.jenkins.io plugin-health.jenkins.io plugin-site-issues.jenkins.io plugins.origin.jenkins.io plugins.jenkins.io rating.jenkins.io repo.azure.jenkins.io reports.jenkins.io stories.jenkins.io uplink.jenkins.io weekly.ci.jenkins.io www.origin.jenkins.io We also had complete downtime of the…