Changelog

Gitlab projects now support Auto-Cancel Redundant Workflows. Reducing spend and queuing for highly active projects. For more information on see our documentation.

We have removed the ability to generate in-app invites for GitHub OAuth and Bitbucket integrated organizations. Users trying to join existing CircleCI organizations with a GitHub OAuth or Bitbucket integration will no longer need an invitation from an existing team member.

For more information on the updated steps, see our documentation.

We have optimized config compilation, with up to 40% improvement in compilation times for very large configs.

Following the adoption of HTTPS checkout in place of SSH-based checkout for projects that connect to GitHub App, the project creation page and the trigger creation page have been updated so users are no longer required to enter a SSH key.

Projects integrated through GitHub App that have public repositories as trigger sources are now correctly recognized as Open Source in CircleCI. This has two implications:

• Job links are accessible to anyone, including users who are not logged in.
• Open Source projects on a free plan are no longer capped by the 30,000 free credit limit.

Projects setup using the GitHub App integration no longer show “Not Run” pipelines in the pipelines page on commits labeled with [skip ci] or [ci skip]. Instead, CI is skipped silently.

Three new environment variables have been added, making it easier to use common identifiers in jobs: CIRCLE_PROJECT_ID, CIRCLE_ORGANIZATION_ID, and CIRCLE_PIPELINE_ID. https://circleci.com/docs/variables/#built-in-environment-variables

Orgs that use CircleCI’s GitHub App integration now use a different mechanism for checking out code. Instead of using an SSH-based deploy key, a more secure method, HTTPS, is now used to clone source code from GitHub.

Customers using CircleCI with GitHub App and GitLab now have the option to debug builds using rerun with SSH. https://circleci.com/docs/ssh-access-jobs/

Changes:

• Added support for missing progressive canary step types. These include:
  • Experiment
  • Set canary scale
  • Set header route
  • Set mirror route
• Fixed a bug where a CANCEL RELEASE command canceled the wrong release

Deprecation Note:

• After April 1, 2024 all Release Agent versions prior to 1.0.0 will no longer be supported. Please update your agent before then to continue seeing your releases in the CircleCI UI.
• For update instructions, review the Release Agent documentation.