ColdBox 6.8.2 Released

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Luis Majano May 02, 2023

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Luis Majano

May 02, 2023

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Today is a happy day, that we get to release ColdBox v6.8.2. This is our first in our commitment to an LTS release cycle for ColdBox with the upcoming ColdBox 7 release.

Updating ColdBox


update coldbox

# If you are using standalone libraries, then update those
update wirebox
update cachebox
update logbox

You can find our what's new document here: https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-6.8.2.

LTS Support

For all ColdBox releases, updates are provided for 12 months and security fixes are provided for 2 years after the next major release.

ColdBox 6.x will receive bug fixes until 2024 and security fixes until 2025.

Version	Release	Updates	Security Fixes
6.x	2022	2023	2025
7.x	2023	2024	2026
8.x	2024	2025	2027
9.x	2025	2026	2028

Release Notes

Added

Github actions for LTS Releases
LTS Updates

Bugs

COLDBOX-1219 CFProvider ACF versions are Hard-Coded
WIREBOX-132 WireBox caches Singletons even if their autowired dependencies throw exceptions.

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