Opencast 17: Release Notes

Opencast 17.4

This release contains a few bug fixes and enhancements of existing features. Among others, it enables the use of Elasticsearch even if the setup is in yellow state (#6681). It also adds an endpoint to trigger the update of a single event in search (#6653).

Most importantly, this contains a new version of both the Editor (17.x-2025-05-23) and the Admin UI (17.x-2025-05-24).

Additionally it contains a new version of Opencast Studio (2025-04-30) with a bugfix regarding incorrect error messages when uploading.

Opencast 17.3

This release contains a few bug fixes, among them performance improvements for the metrics endpoint (#6627). It's now also possible to trigger an index update for the archived information of an event (#6575).

Additionally, this contains new versions of both the Admin Interface (2025-04-17) and Studio (2025-04-02).

Opencast 17.2

This is a maintenance release of Opencast 17. It fixes a few minor bugs.

Opencast 17.1

This release contains a couple of bug fixes. It also includes new versions for the editor (2025-01-08) and the admin interface (2025-01-21). See the respective release notes for more details.

One can now also remove subtitles from within the editor [#6361] and configure asset upload options in more detail [#6362].

Opencast 17.0

Features

Breaking Changes

Configuration Changes

For more details, please take a look at the full changelog. If you want to update Opencast from a previous version, you should also read the upgrade guide.

Release Schedule

Date Phase
November 6, 2024 Release Branch Cut
December 4, 2024 Release of Opencast 17.0

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