Blog 2.25.6 (#246)

Author: petersmythe

_posts/2025-02-17-geoserver-2-25-6-released.md

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+---
+author: Peter Smythe
+date: 2025-02-17
+layout: post
+title: GeoServer 2.25.6 Release
+categories:
+- Announcements
+tags:
+- Release
+release: release_225
+version: 2.25.6
+jira_version: 17008
+--- 
+
+GeoServer [2.25.6](/release/2.25.6/) release is now available
+with downloads
+([bin](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.25.6/geoserver-2.25.6-bin.zip/download),
+[war](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.25.6/geoserver-2.25.6-war.zip/download),
+[windows](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.25.6/GeoServer-2.25.6-winsetup.exe/download)), along with 
+[docs](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.25.6/geoserver-2.25.6-htmldoc.zip/download) and
+[extensions](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.25.6/extensions/).
+
+This series has now reached end-of-life, and it is recommended to plan an upgrade to 2.26.x or the upcoming 2.27.0 soon.  
+GeoServer 2.25.6 is made in conjunction with GeoTools 31.6, and GeoWebCache 1.25.4. 
+
+Thanks to Peter Smythe (AfriGIS) for making this release.  
+
+## Release notes
+
+Improvement:
+
+* [GEOS-11651](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11651) Support env parametrization on OIDC filter
+* [GEOS-11652](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11652) Externalize printing configuration folder
+* [GEOS-11677](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677) Hide version info on GWC home page
+
+Bug:
+
+* [GEOS-10844](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-10844) Exclude xml-apis from build
+* [GEOS-11649](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11649) welcome page per-layer is not respecting global service enablement 
+* [GEOS-11664](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11664) Update REST security paths
+* [GEOS-11672](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11672) GWC virtual services available with empty contents
+* [GEOS-11690](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11690) Bug in Externalize printing configuration folder
+* [GEOS-11694](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11694) OpenID connect: allow caching authentication when an expiration is declared in the access token
+* [GEOS-11696](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11696) AdminRequestCallback not loaded due to spring bean name conflict
+* [GEOS-11700](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11700) GeoFence fails in recognizing some caller IP address
+* [GEOS-11707](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11707) Ogr2OgrWfsTest test failures with GDAL 3.10.1
+* [GEOS-11711](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11711) Clickhouse DGGS stores fails to aggregate on dates
+* [GEOS-11713](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11713) Concurrent LDAP builds fail on Jenkins
+* [GEOS-11715](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11715) STAC sortby won't work with "properties." prefixed names
+* [GEOS-11716](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11716) WFS POST requests fail if a layer is misconfigured
+
+Task:
+
+* [GEOS-11650](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11650) Update dependencies for monitoring-kafka module
+* [GEOS-11659](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11659) Apply Palantir Java format on GeoServer
+* [GEOS-11671](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11671) Upgrade H3 dependency to 3.7.3
+* [GEOS-11682](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11682) Add tests for WMS SLD XML request reader
+* [GEOS-11685](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11685) Bump jetty.version from 9.4.56.v20240826 to 9.4.57.v20241219
+* [GEOS-11701](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11701) Update JAI-Ext to 1.1.28
+
+For the complete list see [2.25.6](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.6) release notes. 
+
+## Community Updates
+
+Community module development:
+
+* [GEOS-11686](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11686) Clickhouse DGGS stores cannot properly read dates
+* [GEOS-11687](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11687) OGC API packages contain gs-web-core
+
+Community modules are shared as source code to encourage collaboration. If a topic being explored is of interest to you, please contact the module developer to offer assistance. 
+
+# About GeoServer 2.25 Series
+
+Additional information on GeoServer 2.25 series:
+
+* [GeoServer 2.25 User Manual](https://docs.geoserver.org/2.25.x/en/user/)
+* [GeoServer 2024 Roadmap Plannings]({% post_url 2024-01-03-roadmap %}) 
+* [Raster Attribute Table extension](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-222)
+* [Individual contributor clarification](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-224)
+
+Release notes:
+( [2.25.6](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.6)
+| [2.25.5](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.5)
+| [2.25.4](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.4)
+| [2.25.3](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.3)
+| [2.25.2](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.2)
+| [2.25.1](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.1)
+| [2.25.0](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25.0)
+| [2.25-RC](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.25-RC)
+) 
+

bin/announcement.py

@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ def command_line_arguments():
     community_updates = include_issues(project_issues,'Community modules')
     if len(community_updates) > 0:
         community = True
+    else:
+        community = False
 
     issues = exclude_issues(project_issues,'Community modules')