Bitbucket Server 6.6 Release Notes
In Bitbucket Server 6.6 we've added new features that lighten the load for admins and streamline the developer workflow.
Self-protect with rate limiting
Suggest changes directly in pull requests
Link projects between Bitbucket Server and other Atlassian Applications
For a list of resolved issues, check out the change log.
Self-protect with rate limiting
Without protections in place, automated integrations and scripts can hammer your Bitbucket Data Center instance with huge bursts of requests, leading to drops in performance and downtime. This creates unnecessary work for admins who get paged (often after hours) to fix issues, and then have to comb through logs to find the culprit so it doesn’t happen again.Rate limiting changes all this by giving your Bitbucket Data Center instance the power to self-protect. Admins can now control how many HTTP requests (e.g. REST API requests) automations and scripts can make, and how often they can make them, meaning increased performance and team productivity (and hopefully for admins, more sleep too).Rate limiting is available for all Bitbucket Data Center customers.
Suggest changes directly in pull requests
Commenting on a pull request isn’t an unfamiliar task. Having that comment quickly become the actual code change that you suggest is something new we think you’ll appreciate for this release of Bitbucket Server. Save time from the back-and-forth by providing feedback to make a suggested change directly in a pull request. Head over here to see how.
Link projects between Bitbucket Server and other Atlassian Applications
Project Links help to save time and prevent mistakes. For example, with Project Links set up between Bitbucket Server and Jira, when you create Bitbucket branch from Jira, repos from the linked Bitbucket project are prioritized in the repo list, making it easy to pick the right one. What's more, these links also work the other way, and when you create a Jira issue from a comment in Bitbucket the linked Jira project is pre-selected in the project list.Check out Configuring Project Links across Applicationsto learn more about connecting your projects, spaces, and repositories.
Git 2.23 now supported on the server. See our supported platforms page for more info.
Smart Mirrors with Bitbucket Cloud support
From version 6.6 onwards, Bitbucket Data Center must be used as the primary server for Smart Mirrors. To continue to use Bitbucket Cloud with Smart Mirrors, you’ll have to use version 6.5 or below. For details on setup and usage, see Smart mirroring for Bitbucket Cloud .
Before upgrading from an earlier version, check out our upgrade guide and
upgrade matrix. Remember to renew your active software maintenance too.
End of support announcements
Suggestion: Allow users to apply suggestions to pull requests
Fixed: Capital case username does not work with updating PR participant status API
Fixed: Project avatars do not include alternative text
Fixed: Initial attachments on pull requests cannot be seen by reviewers that have no access to source forked repository
Fixed: Escape pipe in code section of table leaves escape character
Suggestion: Support for Git 2.23
Fixed: StackOverflowError in org.commonmark.internal.InlineParserImpl
Fixed: Creating a branch via REST with an incorrect body returns a 500 response code
Fixed: Changing language in users Account setting on viewing individual commit of pull requests cause "error page not found" message
Fixed: Bitbucket sends email notifications to unlicensed users for pushed commits in a repository
Fixed: Announcement banner does not visually persist settings when saving the banner with a status set to "off"
Fixed: Clicking "Unable to access your account" for read-only directory users displays an erroneous message
Fixed: Help pop-up for system administrator global permissions have incorrect translation in French
Fixed: Filtering users by permission drops users depending on the page size
Fixed: Pushing a code with an unlicensed user is possible if it was once a licensed user and an SSH key is added to user's profile
