Release notes for Cloud Manager 2018.8.0 release-notes-for

The Cloud Manager 2018.8.0 release adds support for triggering the CI/CD pipeline automatically upon Git commits and a new wizard for creating application projects in Git based on the AEM Project Archetype.

Release date release-date

The release date for Cloud Manager 2018.8.0 is October 4, 2018.

What’s new what-s-new

  • Program Setup - New wizard to create an application project in Git using the AEM Project Archetype

  • CI/CD pipeline - The following changes are added to the CI/CD pipeline. See Configure Production Pipelines to learn more.

    • On Git Changes trigger, which starts the CI/CD pipeline whenever there are commits added to the configured Git branch.
    • Cards on the home screen now deep link into specific sections of the pipeline execution page.
    • The activity page now lists the specific branch used for each execution.
    • The activity page now indicates the duration in hours and minutes.
    • Pipeline execution page now displays the version/tag name created for the execution.
    • Apache Maven version updated to 3.5.3.
  • Navigation - The following changes are added to the Cloud Manager.

    • The resources link in global navigation now navigates to the Runbook in Sharepoint.
    • The Help menu is now reorganized to include more specific content about Cloud Manager.

Bug fixes bug-fixes

  • Some details in the Performance Testing dialog were not visible in Firefox.
  • Timeouts between internal systems would occasionally cause deployment failures to be reported.
  • The icon color on the Activity page was not correct for some successful pipeline executions.
  • In some cases, the Performance Testing dialog listed the same metric multiple times.
  • If a new instance is added after the CI/CD pipeline started, the deployment is not executed on the newly created instance.

Known issues known-issues

  • Branches created using the Application Project Wizard cannot contain dashes.
  • The Experience Cloud notification sidebar may not load notifications consistently. Notifications, however, are visible in the Experience Cloud and, if configured, are sent through email.
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