# Release Notes ## October 2026 9 October - CVE UI now shows its CVSS. - Vulnerability UI now shows date notice issued, date coordinated release and CVSS. 7 October - Launchpad API now shows `cve.references` as the list of references/links for that CVE. - Launchpad API now shows 3 new `bugtask` fields: `package_type`, `channel` and `metadata`. - Bug tracker UI now shows a Bug Presence portlet when the bug has associated a `BugPresence`. - Bug Fix [#2165957](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/2165957) : Corrects `ArchivePermission` viewing for anonymous and authenticated users. ## September 2026 11 September - Launchpad now sets the `noudeb` and `derivative.ubuntu` build profiles on `sbuild` during a deb build. More context: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-buildd/+bug/2166467](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-buildd/+bug/2166467) The changes are rolled out on the `268~803~ubuntu24.04.1` buildd version - Bug Fix [#2155115](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/2155115) : Strips trailing slash from the `build_path` of charm recipes to avoid internal path resolution errors. - Bug Fix [#1940431](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1940431) : Makes Edit/Delete comment buttons editable immediately after posting. ## August 2026 28 August - Allowed pin priority setting for PPA dependencies. For more information, see the [guide on creating a Personal Package Archive (PPA)](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/user/how-to/packaging/create-ppa/). - Added `maintained_by`, `changed_by`, `signed_by`, `packageset` and `team` filters to `Archive.getPublishedSources()`. - Added new `order_by` keys to `Archive.getPublishedSources()`. It now also allows to order by multiple keys. - Fixed bug that caused package picker to crash when searching for distribution packages to target for bugs reported on projects. See [bug report](https://code.launchpad.net/bugs/2161954) ## July 2026 3 July - Changed the publisher to hold a per-series configurable list of published hashes in allowed_hashes - Fixed the serialization of Phased-Update-Percentage to publish the attribute if it is set to 0 ## June 2026 9 June - Added support for filtering by distro_series, published_since, and published_until, as well as sorting by order_by_published in Archive APIs. For more information, see [Launchpad’s API documentation](https://api.launchpad.net/devel.html). ## May 2026 22 May - Updated resolute chroots in build farm. The builds will start faster now. 13 May - Provide an RSS feed for accepted uploads in an Ubuntu series similar to the emails sent to the configured mailing list address on lists.ubuntu.com. - Fixed the CD image mirror prober to check the Content-Type returned by the probed URLs for the .iso images to better detect broken mirrors. 12 May - Removed suppression of snap manifest generation for private snap builds. For more information, see [Bug #2030668](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-buildd/+bug/2030668). 10 May - Enabled post-quantum key exchange algorithms for SFTP package uploads and git operations using the git+ssh protocol. ## April 2026 28 April - Deployed the changes to support “Valid-Until” tag in the Release files on the archive. The tag is disabled by default for all the series. For more information, see [Valid-Until configuration for distribution series](https://ubuntu.com/docs/launchpad/developer/explanation/core-components-and-set-up/publisher/valid-until/index.html.md#valid-until-config). ([Bug #716535](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/716535)) 23 April - Changed most user-facing help.launchpad.net links to documentation.ubuntu.com/launchpad links. - Released a new version of the distro series page. See [launchpad.net/ubuntu/resolute](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/resolute) for an example. 13 April - Added the build_path option to snap package recipes, allowing for having multiple snapcraft.yaml in the same repository. - Fixed bug that prevented private teams from subscribing to PPAs. Fixed [LP: #2116990](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/2116990) - Removed blog posts from front page (link to blog is still available in the footer) 6 April - Switched to python-debian from apt_pkg to process upload files. ## March 2026 31 March - Fixed Ubuntu milestones timeout. 20 March - Fixed snap, charm and source package listings and Merge Proposals active reviews timeouts. 12 March - Export BinaryPackageBuild.distro_series to the API. - Add admin-only cancel_upload API endpoint for builds. ## February 2026 16 February - Add a Package column in the milestone page 9 Feb - Bug fix #1893791: Allow users to add a package back to a bug task with existing packages. ## January 2026 5 Jan - Add more builder metrics in the builder overview page. ## December 2025 17 December - Removed translations automatic synchronisation as part of bzr decommissioning. 1 December - Owners of a PPA can now see “Manage Webhooks” button in the PPA page. For more information, see [Introducing Webhooks for Package Uploads in PPAs](https://blog.launchpad.net/general/introducing-webhooks-for-package-uploads-in-ppas). - Builder farm’s home page now also displays “Cleaning” and “Idle” builders. - Explicitly specify the mirror page URLs while registering new mirrors, as some users were misunderstanding the “Official” mirror option as referring to a country’s official mirror. ## November 2025 27 November - Users can now add GitHub accounts to their profile’s social links. - Fixed archive webhook trigger function. Webhooks configured on an archive are now correctly triggered, and can be set for rejected package upload use cases. 26 November - Launchpad mailing lists have been fully shut down. The static HTML archives for all the public Launchpad mailing lists are now available at [https://archive.lists.launchpad.net](https://archive.lists.launchpad.net). - The correct social links are now shown in Launchpad error pages ([LP: #2132134](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/2132134)) ## October 2025 27 October - Webhooks can now be configured on archives for successful or unsuccessful source and binary package uploads, and binary build events. 17 October - Support for the `core26` snap base has been enabled and recipes can use it. ## September 2025 1 September - The ‘Use Fetch Service’ and ‘Fetch Service Policy’ options are available for charms via the API and the Edit recipe page. ## August 2025 21 August - The ‘Use Fetch Service’ and ‘Fetch Service Policy’ options are available for rocks and sourcecraft packages via the APIs. 5 August - The ‘Use Fetch Service’ button for snaps has been moved from Administer recipe to Edit recipe. ## July 2025 30 July - Update appserver log rotation from daily to hourly - Fixed [#2032180 The parse-ppa-apache-access-logs.py script should report an error parsing a log line just once](https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/2032180). 11 July - Launchpad no longer supports the creation of new mailing lists. For more information, please refer to this [announcement](https://blog.launchpad.net/general/sunsetting-launchpads-mailing-lists). ## June 2025 27 June - The bzr codebrowse interface (loggerhead) has been disabled and all codebrowse URLs will receive a ‘404 Not Found’ response status code. Accessing bzr repositories using the bzr CLI tool via HTTP and SSH continues to work. 17 June - Removed bzr codebrowse links on all pages that had them. This is in preparation for the upcoming shutdown of the loggerhead bzr codebrowse interface. ## May 2025 12 May - New snaps, OCI recipes, and PPAs no longer build for i386 [by default](https://blog.launchpad.net/general/build_by_defaultfalse-for-i386). - Added new [webhook scopes](https://help.launchpad.net/API/Webhooks) for merge proposal events. 5 May - Adoption of [craft-platforms](https://canonical-craft-platforms.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest): supports multi-base platforms syntax for Charm builds and short-form platforms syntax for Snap builds in recipe configurations.