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Please review our [[Upgrading_Obsidian|Upgrade Instructions]].
Please review our [[Upgrading_Obsidian|Upgrade Instructions]].
Read about our [[Planned_Releases|Planned Releases]].


Looking for old release notes? See [[Release_Notes_-_Older_Releases|Release Notes - Older Releases]].
Looking for old release notes? See [[Release_Notes_-_Older_Releases|Release Notes - Older Releases]].
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== Obsidian 4.2.0 ==  
== Obsidian 6.4.0 ==
Released March 2017.  
Released December 2025
 
=== Enhancements ===
* New [[Built-in_Jobs#Obsidian_Execution_Statistics_Job|Execution Statistics Job]] and built in [[Admin_Job_Stats|UI]] and [[Embedded_API#List_Stats|Embedded API]] and [[REST_Endpoints#GET_a_list_of_job_execution_statistics|REST API]]
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Fixed issue preventing [[Admin_Jobs#Deleting|job deletion]] when resubmissions of failed executions existed. Bug existed in UI and APIs.
* Fixed UI styling issue for [[Admin_Jobs#Deleting|job deletion]] where checkbox label did not appear.
 
== Obsidian 6.3.3 ==
Released November 2025
 
=== Enhancements ===
* [https://web.obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/com/carfey/suite/security/LdapAuthenticator.html LDAPAuthenticator] supports configurable check user active override - com.carfey.suite.security.LdapAuthenticator.checkActiveAttribute
* [https://web.obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/com/carfey/suite/security/LdapAuthenticator.html#isUserActive(javax.naming.directory.DirContext,java.lang.String) LDAPAuthenticator.isUserActive(DirContext,String)] visibility increased to protected to allow for functionality override in subclasses.
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Correct LdapAuthenticator case with delimited configuration where active check wasn't applied.
* [https://web.obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/com/carfey/suite/security/LdapAuthenticator.html#isUserActive(javax.naming.directory.DirContext,java.lang.String) LDAPAuthenticator.isUserActive(DirContext,String)] javadoc added for isUserActive fully detailing the implementation.
 
== Obsidian 6.3.2 ==
Released October 2025
 
=== Enhancements ===
* Notification failures now trigger Dispatch category Error level event on first failure. For use in log alerts and Event Hooks.
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Notification failures no longer log on every failure reducing chatty failure logs.
* No-arg constructors added to multiple JSON serializable candidate POJOs missing them. Addresses GSON's workaround use of sun.misc.Unsafe.
 
== Obsidian 6.3.1 ==
Released August 2025
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Fix failure response codes on [[REST_Endpoints#GET_health_details_on_an_existing_scheduling_host|REST health endpoint]]
* Fix automatic upgrade issue from 6.1.0 to any of 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.3.0
* Fix auth issue when [[Admin_User_Management#Multi-Factor_Authentication_.28MFA.29|MFA]] is enabled that allows REST access when account has been locked out due to MFA not being setup.  [[Contact_the_Obsidian_Scheduler_Team|Contact us]] if you need workaround details for earlier versions.
* Fix native auth issue that allows REST access when account has been flagged as inactive.
 
== Obsidian 6.3.0 ==
Released July 2025
 
=== Features / Enhancements ===
 
* Cron day of month expansion for [[Cron#Special_Character_Usage|day of week proximity]] using [[Cron#Examples|~]]
* Annotation based job and chain configuration [[Initializing_and_Restoring#Annotation_Initialization|initialization]]
* Health endpoint with details for Job Queuer and Job Spawner - [[REST_Endpoints#GET_health_details_on_an_existing_scheduling_host|REST API]] or Embedded API [https://web.obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/com/carfey/ops/api/embedded/HostManager.html#getHealth(java.lang.String) by hostname] or [https://web.obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/com/carfey/ops/api/embedded/HostManager.html#getHealth(long) by host id]
* JDBC URL construction from parts [[Advanced_Configuration#Database_Properties|host/port/databaseName/dbType/oracleSid]]
 
== Obsidian 6.2.1 ==
Released June 2025
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Certain recoveries greater than 24 hours using new day of month proximity patterns introduced in 6.2.0 would result in no jobs spawning.
* Migrations targeting 6.0.0 and greater that start earlier than 5.0.0 skip the 5.0.0 migration. Migrating to any 5.x version first and then to 6.0.0 or later works around this issue.
 
== Obsidian 6.2.0 ==
Released May 2025
 
=== Features / Enhancements ===
 
* Cron day of month expansion for [[Cron#Special_Character_Usage|day of week proximity]] using [[Cron#Examples|< > ≥ ≤]]
* Cron day of month expansion for [[Cron#Special_Character_Usage|weekday proximity]] using [[Cron#Examples|< > ≥ ≤]]
* [[Admin_Global_Parameters#Using_Global_Parameters_in_Jobs|Global Parameters]] reference in job edit page support mouseover/title display of actual value when permissions allow
* Host time displayed in [[Admin_Host_Status|hosts status]] in UI
* [[Admin_Job_Runtime_Preview|Runtime Preview]] optimizations for large date ranges in both UI and APIs.
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Combination of table prefix, sorting by clob column and Oracle metadata load failure no longer results in sql error. This occurred in the UI when viewing raw job history results and in API calls for job runtime results.
 
== Obsidian 6.1.1 ==
Released March 2025
 
=== Features / Enhancements ===
 
* [[Authenticator#Implementation_of_a_Custom_Authenticator|Authenticator]] supports optional <code>authenticateREST()</code> method.
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Native authentication REST logins do not apply 'last login' timestamps. Avoids noisy error that was appearing in logs.
 
== Obsidian 6.1.0 ==
Released March 2025
 
=== Features / Enhancements ===
 
* Native authentication now disables users after 4 invalid login attempts, either password or MFA code if applicable. Invalid attempts threshold is configurable.
* Native authentication last login datetime displayed on list user screen.
* Stronger licensing controls. Site and hardware licenses as of this version must be regenerated by Carfey Software and every 2 years. Contact us at licensing [[Image:atSymbol.png]] obsidianscheduler.com.
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Native authentication password complexity pattern properly created and no longer overwritten on restart.
 
== Obsidian 6.0.1 ==
Released February 2025
 
=== Features / Enhancements ===
 
* [[Built-in_Jobs#File_Archive_Job|File Archive Job]] and [[Built-in_Jobs#File_Scanner_Job|File Scanner Job]] both now support min/max file sizes and minimum age.
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Native authentication user updates now support long passwords.
 
== Obsidian 6.0.0 ==
Released December 27, 2024


=== Features / Enhancements ===
=== Features / Enhancements ===
* Time Zone support in [[Cron|Cron]] patterns. Allows a cluster running in a single time zone to run jobs designated in different timezones.


==== Bug Fixes ====
* Jakarta Servlet 5.0
* LAST [[Recovery_%26_Failover#Configurable_Job_Recovery|recovery mode]] wouldn't fire latest job on cluster recovery if the job had never fired or if the last runtime had been deleted by the maintenance job.
** Servlet container for Web Admin must support Jakarta Servlet 5.0 (e.g. Tomcat 10, Jetty 11)
* ALL [[Recovery_%26_Failover#Configurable_Job_Recovery|recovery mode]] would fire first missed job, but the remaining ones wouldn't run and would be set as OVERLAPPED.
* [[Micronaut_Integration|Micronaut]] integration support
* When creating a new schedule that overlaps one or more previously configured future runtimes with parameters, parameters are now deleted from the database.
* [[Advanced_Configuration#Dependent_Libraries|Groovy 4]] support
* [[Advanced_Configuration#Properties.2FYaml_File|Yaml]] configuration support<ref>
 
If you are using automated installer files from previous releases, you will need to add an additional configuration item to choose between yaml and properties formats in UserInputPanel.0.
<pre>
<com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel id="UserInputPanel.0">
        <userInput>
......snip......
            <entry key="config.format" value="yaml" />
OR
            <entry key="config.format" value="properties" />
......snip......
        </userInput>
    </com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel>
</pre></ref>
* Native authentication supports customizable [[Admin_Login#Password_Complexity|password complexity]] requirements
* XML support deprecated across the product including XML UI downloads, XML runner configurations and XML license leases.
** '''Starting January 1st 2027, XML license lease requests will stop being processed. All Obsidian instances running using internet-verified licenses (including licence key proxies) will be required to use release 6.0.0 or later as of January 1st 2027.'''
** Above noted XML support will be removed in the first Obsidian version released in 2027.
* License leases use JSON payloads.
 
== Obsidian 5.5.1 ==
Released December 16, 2024
 
=== Bug Fixes ===


* Admin only (no scheduler) UI no longer generates event hook errors while running nor during shutdown
* Quick start installer file no longer generates errors during installation
* A few small web UI enhancements


== Obsidian 4.1.0 ==  
== Obsidian 5.5.0 ==
Released February 2017.
Released October 2024


=== Features / Enhancements ===
=== Features / Enhancements ===
* [[Admin_Jobs#Nickname.2C_Class_and_Folder|Folder]]/tag support for jobs including a [[REST_Endpoints#GET_a_list_of_job_folders|REST]] endpoint and [[Embedded_API#List_Job_Folders|Embedded]] method.


==== Bug Fixes ====  
* Event Hooks management available in [[Admin_Host_Status#Event_Hook_Status|UI]], [[Embedded_API#Event_Hook_Resume_or_Pause|Embedded API]] and [[REST_Endpoints#POST_event_hook_pause_or_resume|REST API]].
* UI issue in Job Execution Subscriptions and Templates - selected jobs now displaying correctly after save/refresh.
* [[Installation_Guide#Additional_configuration_items|Installer]] supports custom add on configurations    '''Potential breaking change to automated installer files.''' <ref>
* [[Initializing_and_Restoring#Transfer_or_Restore_a_Configuration|UpdateConfigurationAction]] no longer fails in non-native Authentication mode if an empty Users element is provided.
 
If you are using automated installer files from previous releases, you will need to add a new section of xml as of Obsidian 5.5.0 to handle a new UserInputPanel. Immediately after the UserInputPanel.17 closing brace, add the following:
<pre>
<com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel id="UserInputPanel.18">
<userInput>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.1" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.2" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.3" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.4" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.5" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.6" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.7" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.8" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.9" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.10" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.11" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.12" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.13" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.14" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.15" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.16" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.17" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.18" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.19" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.20" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.1" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.2" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.3" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.4" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.5" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.6" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.7" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.8" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.9" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.11" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.10" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.12" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.13" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.14" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.15" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.16" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.17" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.18" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.19" value=""/>
<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.20" value=""/>
</userInput>
</com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel>
</pre>
</ref>
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Certain Cron expressions that fail to generate text descriptions no longer impact scheduling.
* Text database columns were previously restricted to maximum length of MySQL implementation. Corrected to validate length via DB implementation.


== Obsidian 4.0.2 ==  
== Obsidian 5.4.0 ==
Released October 2016.
Released June 2024


=== Features / Enhancements ===
=== Features / Enhancements ===
* [[Implementing_Jobs#Parameterization|Job Parameter]]s now support an optional <code>description</code> to be displayed in UI Help.


==== Bug Fixes ====
* Event Hooks available in [[Embedded_API#List_Event_Hooks|Embedded API]] and [[REST_Endpoints#GET_event_hooks|REST API]].
* Fixed an issue where [[Cron#Special_Character_Usage|Cron special character]] <code>L</code> would not work if specified as the only value in a field.
* [[Advanced_Configuration#Dependent_Libraries|GSON library]] upgrade to support Java 21
* Fixed 3.8.0 MySQL upgrade script.
* Fixed an issue where Obsidian continued to attempt regular licence verification after a valid site licence had been configured.
* Fixed an issue where table prefixes weren't used in all lookups.


== Obsidian 4.0.1 ==  
=== Bug Fixes ===
Released August 2016.


==== Bug Fixes ====
* Oracle identifier no longer too long when using prefixes.
* Fixed bug where a chained job that became conflicted would not evaluate chain conditions once it was no longer conflicted.
* Fixed catalina.base bug and dos line endings in jetty.sh script in bundled jetty server.
* Fixed job parameter edit box resizing bug.


== Obsidian 4.0.0 ==  
== Obsidian 5.3.0 ==
Released July 2016.
Released March 2024


=== Features / Enhancements ===
=== Features / Enhancements ===
* All New [http://obsidianscheduler.com/screenshots/ User Interface]
* Obsidian is now built using [[Getting_Started#Supported_Platforms|Java 7]]. No longer supports Java 6.
* [[Getting_Started#Really_Quick_Start_With_H2_and_Jetty|Quick Start]] now uses Jetty.
* Many [[Advanced_Configuration#Dependent_Libraries|updated libraries]] including some that had been updated to Java 7.
** ''Breaking Change'' New H2 library. If you're using the H2 database, you will want to look into [[Initializing_and_Restoring|exporting and restoring]] your Obsidian environment's configuration.
==== Bug Fixes ====
* [[REST_Endpoints#GET_a_system_restore_configuration|GetConfiguration]] filtering no longer fails when Templates/Subscriptions are job targeted.


== Obsidian 3.8.0 ==  
* New [[Admin_Host_Status#Event_Hook_Status| Event Hooks Status]] available in the UI.
Released June 2016.
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Some improvements throughout the [[Admin_Web_Application_Guide|Admin Web Application]] for autofocus of fields.
* Additional classes and interfaces added to [https://web.obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/ javadoc].
* Some cleanup in [https://web.obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/ javadoc] documenation.
 
== Obsidian 5.2.1 ==  
Released January 2024


=== Features / Enhancements ===
=== Features / Enhancements ===
* [[Job_Features#Resubmission_.26_Ad_Hoc_Runs|Ad Hoc]] runs now may be submitted multiple times per minute. [[Chaining|Chains]] may result in target jobs multiple times per minute. Existing behaviour of [[Admin_Jobs#Execution_.26_Pickup|Chain All]] job configuration remains unchanged.
* [[Built-in_Jobs#Script_Job|Script Job]] now supports best-effort interruption.
* APIs for GET System Restore Configuration support filtering for both [[REST_Endpoints#GET_a_system_restore_configuration|REST]] and [[Embedded_API#Get_System_Restore_Configuration|Embedded]].
* [[Implementing_Jobs#Parameterization|Context]] for job execution now supports retrieving the chain source job config, when applicable. See also the Javadoc for [http://obsidianscheduler.com/obsidianapi/com/carfey/ops/job/Context.html#getSourceConfig() Context].
* [[Getting_Started#Setting_Host_Names|Host names]] maximum length increased to 255 characters from 50.


==== Bug Fixes ====
* [[Built-in_Jobs#Maintenance_Jobs|Maintenance Jobs]] are now scheduled by default in new installations. Can be disabled via [[Advanced_Configuration#Miscellaneous_Properties|Configuration]] property.
* Fixed an issue where [[Admin_Jobs#Execution_.26_Pickup|auto-interrupts]] were not firing.
* New [[Event_Hooks#Standard_Output.2FError_Streams_Event_Hook | Standard Output/Error Streams Event Hook]].
 
=== Bug Fixes ===
 
* Schedule descriptions are now updated after edits are applied in all UI screens and APIs.


== Obsidian 3.7.1 ==  
== Obsidian 5.2.0 ==
Released April 2016.
Released December 2023


=== Features / Enhancements ===
=== Features / Enhancements ===
* Job APIs windows now with improved locking/blocking on schedule modifications.


==== Bug Fixes ====
* [[Cron]] & [[Cron#Recurrence|Recur]] patterns along with any use of [[Admin_Schedule_Aliases|Schedule Aliases]] now support plain language description of the patterns throughout the [[Admin_Web_Application_Guide|UI]], visible while hovering patterns, and in [[REST_Endpoints|REST]] and [[Embedded_API|Embedded]] API responses.
* [[REST_Endpoints#GET_a_system_restore_configuration|GET SystemRestoreConfiguration]] no longer fails when using non-native authentication.
* All screens supporting UI exports now support JSON ([[Admin_Job_Activity#Exporting_Results|Job Activity]], [[Admin_Jobs#Exporting_Results|Jobs]], [[Admin_Job_Runtime_Preview#Exporting_Results|Runtime Previews]], [[Admin_Job_Chains#Job_Chain_Listing|Job Chains]], [[Admin_Logs#Exporting_Results|Logs]], [[Admin_Notifications#Exporting_Results|Sent Notifications]], [[Admin_User_Management#Exporting_Results|Users]], [[Admin_Custom_Calendars#Calendar_Listing|Calendars]])
* All screens supporting UI exports and search criteria and/or inline filters now include any specified search criteria and filter text in Excel, XML and JSON downloads ([[Admin_Job_Activity#Exporting_Results|Job Activity]], [[Admin_Jobs#Exporting_Results|Jobs]], [[Admin_Job_Runtime_Preview#Exporting_Results|Runtime Previews]], [[Admin_Job_Chains#Job_Chain_Listing|Job Chains]], [[Admin_Logs#Exporting_Results|Logs]], [[Admin_Notifications#Exporting_Results|Sent Notifications]], [[Admin_User_Management#Exporting_Results|Users]])
* Support for [[Installation_Guide#Choosing_Email_Support|Jakarta EE mail]] '''Potential breaking change to automated installer files.''' <ref>


If you are using automated installer files from previous releases and had email configured, you will need to add a new section of xml as of Obsidian 5.2.0 to handle a new UserInputPanel. Immediately after the UserInputPanel.16 closing brace, add the following:
<pre>
<com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel id="UserInputPanel.17">
    <userInput>
        <entry key="mail.type.selection" value="javax"/>
    </userInput>
</com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel>
</pre>
</ref>
* New [[Event_Hooks#REST_Endpoint_Event_Hook|REST Endpoint Event Hook]]
* [[Key_Server_Proxy|Key Server proxy]] artifact obtained via web download during installation


== Obsidian 3.7.0 ==  
=== Bug Fixes ===
Released March 2016.
==== Features / Enhancements ====
* New maintenance job [[Built-in_Jobs#Disabled_Job_Cleanup_Job|Disabled Job Cleanup Job]].
* Support for parameters that are [[Implementing_Jobs#Parameterization|required at runtime]].
* Filter [[REST_Endpoints#GET_a_list_of_an_existing_job.27s_schedules|job schedules endpoint]] by start date and/or end date.
* Return [[REST_Endpoints#GET_details_of_an_existing_job|runtime parameters]] for schedule-based one-time runs.


==== Bug Fixes ====
* Time picker buttons (hour, minute, AM/PM) in [[Admin_Job_Activity#Filtering|Job Activity filtering]] no longer change other elements of the selected time.
* [[Embedded_API#Get_System_Restore_Configuration|SystemRestoreConfiguration]] export was only including the last schedule of a job.
* Cron pattern with [[Cron#Special_Character_Usage|LW]] and any other non-L value in day position no longer also incorrectly evaluates to last day.
* Admin-only hosts fail on startup if not in consistent timezone as cluster.


== Obsidian 3.6.1 ==  
== Obsidian 5.1.1 ==
Released February 2016.
Released June 2023
==== Features / Enhancements ====
* Enhance JobQueuer to reduce execution time when dealing with large numbers of chain-only jobs.


==== Bug Fixes ====
=== Bug Fixes ===
* Fix issue where job that is scheduled and chained is scheduled late after being chained.


== Obsidian 3.6.0 ==
* [[Authenticator|Native authentication]] no longer fails when user deletes are attempted from the UI.
Released January 2016.
* Built in maintenance job [[Built-in_Jobs#Job_History_Cleanup_Job|Job History Cleanup]] no longer leaves deletion candidate CHAIN SKIPPED records in the JOB_HISTORY table in rare circumstances.
==== Features / Enhancements ====
* [[Job_Forking|Forked Jobs]] offer support for [[Job_Forking#Interrupt_Support|interruption]].
* [[Implementing_Jobs#Job_Results|Job results]] support replacing job result value(s).
* [[Advanced_Configuration#Properties_File|Classpath com.carfey.properties]] no longer required. Applicable when using overrides.


==== Bug Fixes ====  
== Obsidian 5.1.0 ==
* AutoInterrupt not being set on jobs from [[Initializing_and_Restoring#Jobs|System Restore]].
Released April 2023
* RunningHostManager can, in rare cases, evaluate job metadata as a HostInformation entry.
* Schedule calculation on outage looks back one minute too far when considering pickup buffer.


== Obsidian 3.5.2 ==  
=== Features / Enhancements ===
Released December 2015.
==== Bug Fixes ====
* With native authentication, at least one Admin User must still exist when making [[Admin_User_Management#Changing_Users|Role Changes]].
* Cleanup of some internal host management functionality.


== Obsidian 3.5.1 ==
* [[Admin_Schedule_Aliases#Schedule_Alias_Fragments|Schedule Aliases]] now support fragments for configuration-time substitutions.
Released November 2015.
* New convenience job [[Built-in_Jobs#Database_File_Export_Job|Database File Export Job]] for generating basic file extracts from database queries.
==== Features / Enhancements ====
* New convenience job [[Built-in_Jobs#REST_Invocation_Job|REST Invocation Job]] for making simple REST calls and storing results.
* Obsidian nodes that are set to different timezones but have the same rules (functionally equivalent such as ''America/Los_Angeles'' and ''PST'') may now be run together.
* Performance improvements in job failure handling.
* [[Authenticator|LDAPAuthenticator]] now supports [[Advanced_Configuration#Authentication_Properties|non-dn user attribute logins]].


==== Bug Fixes ====  
== Obsidian 5.0.4 ==  
* [[Admin_User_Management#Viewing_Rights_.26_Changing_Your_Password|My User]] screen would fail when using LDAPAuthenticator. Now shows authorized roles.
Released February 2022
* Stale host and timezone records are predeleted on startup.


== Obsidian 3.5.0 ==
=== Features / Enhancements ===
Released November 2015.
* Log4j2 2.17.1 as fix for [https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html#log4j-2.17.1 RCE vulnerability] where attackers can modify log4j configuration.
==== Features / Enhancements ====  
* Restore missing default log4j2 configuration in installation artifacts.
* Support for scanning and locating CGLIB-enhanced classes in [[Spring_Integration|Spring]] and Grails.
* Improved [[Admin_Job_Run_Time_Preview|runtime preview]] listing performance.
* Automatic logging of Obsidian version number no longer requires special configuration.
* [[Authenticator]] implementations including LDAP now support checking user validity when the "remember me" option is used to authenticate.
* Runtime listing [[REST_Endpoints#GET_a_list_of_scheduled_runtimes_.28supports_multiple_jobs.29|REST endpoint]] and [[Embedded_API#List_Scheduled_Runtimes|Embedded API]] now support specifying a sort order, maximum quantity and parameter filtering, and now guarantee ordering by scheduled time.


==== Bug Fixes ====  
== Obsidian 5.0.3 ==  
* Capped [[Admin_Job_Run_Time_Preview|runtime preview]] results now respect ascending ordering.
Released December 2021


== Obsidian 3.4.1 ==
=== Features / Enhancements ===
Released September 2015.
* Log4j2 2.17.0 as fix for [https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html#log4j-2.17.0 DOS vulnerability]
==== Bug Fixes ====  
* Fix native login issue showing as inactive on some databases.
* Remove undesired field jobHistoryRunningId from runtime listing REST endpoint.
* Fixed standalone scripts that would not shutdown instance when hostname could not be determined.
* Shell scripts should always exit with non-zero code on error.
* Improve forked job shell script compatibility.


== Obsidian 3.4.0 ==  
== Obsidian 5.0.2 ==  
Released September 2015.
Released December 2021
==== Features / Enhancements ====
* [[Cron#Recurrence_Start_DateTime|Recurrence]] supports a start datetime.
* [[Implementing_Jobs#Interruptable_Jobs|Interruptable Jobs]] support [[Job_Features#Expected_Length_Handling_.28job_execution_duration.29|Auto Interruption]] when maximum expected run length is exceeded.
* [[Implementing_Jobs#Global_Parameters|Global Parameters]] support [[Implementing_Jobs#Global_Substitution_Mode|Global Substitution Mode]].
* Added ''jobClass'' parameter to job search in REST and Embedded APIs.
* Performance improvements in cron and recurrence calculations.
* Add database index for recovery performance.
* Support for [[Advanced_Configuration#Database_Properties|disabling internal connection pool]].
* Support [[Advanced_Configuration#Miscellaneous_Properties|base HREF overrides]] for load balancers, etc.
* JobHistoryCleanupJob always cleans up expired schedules according to <code>maxAgeDays</code> parameter.


==== Bug Fixes ====  
=== Features / Enhancements ===
* Default sequence_manager pool to 10% of connections with min of 2.
* Log4j2 2.16.0 as permanent fix for [https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html#log4j-2.16.0 RCE vulnerability]
* Fix issue where parameter order is not maintained consistently on PostgreSQL
* Fix issue where JobHistoryCleanupJob misses cleaning up jobs that are in MISSED state.
* JobHistoryCleanupJob leaves latest runtime record to ensure Recurrence schedules fire at correct time.


== Obsidian 3.3.3 ==  
== Obsidian 5.0.1 ==  
Released August 2015.
Released December 2021
==== Bug Fixes ====
* Chain Skipped and Conflict Missed job runtime enum values corrected to use underscores in REST/Embedded API when listing runtimes.
* In rare cases, outages or queuing delays could prevent first job history from ever being queued.
* Job initial schedule end time not editable via text entry when cloned.


== Obsidian 3.3.2 ==
=== Features / Enhancements ===
Released June 2015.
* Log4j2 2.15.0 as fix for [https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html#log4j-2.15.0 RCE vulnerability]
==== Bug Fixes ====  
* Restore missing fields on Runtime and RuntimeError classes for REST/Embedded API.
* Defensive handling of missing JOB_STATE records in chaining.
* Job class field in job edit screen loses content if enter is pressed without match.
* Obsidian version added to dispatcher logs.


== Obsidian 3.3.1 ==
=== Bug Fixes ===
Released June 2015.
* Fix sporadic native login issue on some databases.
==== Features / Enhancements ====  
* Formatting fix in quick installer file
* Case-sensitive collation support for SQL Server.
* Unicode support on SQL Server (please note that existing schemas will not be upgraded automatically).
* Unicode fixes for all platforms.
* Whitespace characters permitted in between delimited schedules.
* Improved logging on warning and error conditions.


==== Bug Fixes ====  
== Obsidian 5.0.0 ==  
* JobSearch not working on Oracle since 3.3.0.
Released August 2021.


== Obsidian 3.3.0 ==
=== Features / Enhancements ===
Released May 2015.
* Java 11 (minimum Java version)
==== Features / Enhancements ====
* [[Admin_Schedule_Aliases|Schedule Aliases]] including support in [[REST_Endpoints#Schedule_Alias_Endpoints|REST API]] and [[Embedded_API#ScheduleAliasManager_API|Embedded API]]
* [[Implementing_Jobs#List_Parameterization|Job parameterization]] support for picklists of valid values.
* [[Admin_User_Management#Multi-Factor_Authentication_.28MFA.29|MFA Support]] for UI logins
* [[Implementing_Jobs#Dynamic_File_Lists|Server-side file listing]] support.
* New [[Admin_User_Management#User_Rights|Author and Operator]] roles
* Support for multiple [[Cron#Basic_Format|Cron]] schedule patterns.
* Convention-based role permissions by [[Admin_User_Management#Job_Folder_Rights|root job folder]] for Write, Author and Operator.<ref>
* [[Admin_Job_Chains#Chain_Tree_View|Tree visualization of chains]].
There is a possibility of a breaking change to Embedded or REST API use due to the need to change the [[Embedded_API#Enumerations|User Role enumeration]] from a Java enum to an enum-style class to support this feature. Bringing in the upgraded Obsidian library and compiling should reveal any such broken use of these enumerations. Needed changes should be minor and self-explanatory.</ref>
* [[Admin_Job_Chains#Conditional_Chaining_Configuration|Conditional chains]] now support text ordinal comparisons.
* Bundled Jetty 10.0.2
* Added optional [[Admin_Job_Chains#Adding_or_Updating_a_Job_Chain|chain description]].
* Legacy Embedded API (from Obsidian 1.5) dropped
* Spawning and queuing performance improvements.
* Signal handler disabled by default. Enabled only via [[Advanced_Configuration#Miscellaneous_Properties|configuration]].
* Many [[Advanced_Configuration#Dependent_Libraries|library upgrades]].
* UI javascript library updates.


==== Bug Fixes ====
== Footnotes ==
* Expired job schedules are no longer deleted when new schedules are applied. A patch is introduced in this release to find and create placeholder schedules for these jobs.
<references/>
* [[Built-in_Jobs#Job_History_Cleanup_Job|Job History Cleanup Job]] allowed configuration of maxAgeScheduleDays to be lower than maxAgeDays resulting in schedules being deleted for which there is still job history.

Latest revision as of 21:36, 21 January 2026

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Obsidian 6.4.0

Released December 2025

Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue preventing job deletion when resubmissions of failed executions existed. Bug existed in UI and APIs.
  • Fixed UI styling issue for job deletion where checkbox label did not appear.

Obsidian 6.3.3

Released November 2025

Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Obsidian 6.3.2

Released October 2025

Enhancements

  • Notification failures now trigger Dispatch category Error level event on first failure. For use in log alerts and Event Hooks.

Bug Fixes

  • Notification failures no longer log on every failure reducing chatty failure logs.
  • No-arg constructors added to multiple JSON serializable candidate POJOs missing them. Addresses GSON's workaround use of sun.misc.Unsafe.

Obsidian 6.3.1

Released August 2025

Bug Fixes

  • Fix failure response codes on REST health endpoint
  • Fix automatic upgrade issue from 6.1.0 to any of 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.3.0
  • Fix auth issue when MFA is enabled that allows REST access when account has been locked out due to MFA not being setup. Contact us if you need workaround details for earlier versions.
  • Fix native auth issue that allows REST access when account has been flagged as inactive.

Obsidian 6.3.0

Released July 2025

Features / Enhancements

Obsidian 6.2.1

Released June 2025

Bug Fixes

  • Certain recoveries greater than 24 hours using new day of month proximity patterns introduced in 6.2.0 would result in no jobs spawning.
  • Migrations targeting 6.0.0 and greater that start earlier than 5.0.0 skip the 5.0.0 migration. Migrating to any 5.x version first and then to 6.0.0 or later works around this issue.

Obsidian 6.2.0

Released May 2025

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Combination of table prefix, sorting by clob column and Oracle metadata load failure no longer results in sql error. This occurred in the UI when viewing raw job history results and in API calls for job runtime results.

Obsidian 6.1.1

Released March 2025

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Native authentication REST logins do not apply 'last login' timestamps. Avoids noisy error that was appearing in logs.

Obsidian 6.1.0

Released March 2025

Features / Enhancements

  • Native authentication now disables users after 4 invalid login attempts, either password or MFA code if applicable. Invalid attempts threshold is configurable.
  • Native authentication last login datetime displayed on list user screen.
  • Stronger licensing controls. Site and hardware licenses as of this version must be regenerated by Carfey Software and every 2 years. Contact us at licensing obsidianscheduler.com.

Bug Fixes

  • Native authentication password complexity pattern properly created and no longer overwritten on restart.

Obsidian 6.0.1

Released February 2025

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Native authentication user updates now support long passwords.

Obsidian 6.0.0

Released December 27, 2024

Features / Enhancements

  • Jakarta Servlet 5.0
    • Servlet container for Web Admin must support Jakarta Servlet 5.0 (e.g. Tomcat 10, Jetty 11)
  • Micronaut integration support
  • Groovy 4 support
  • Yaml configuration support[1]
  • Native authentication supports customizable password complexity requirements
  • XML support deprecated across the product including XML UI downloads, XML runner configurations and XML license leases.
    • Starting January 1st 2027, XML license lease requests will stop being processed. All Obsidian instances running using internet-verified licenses (including licence key proxies) will be required to use release 6.0.0 or later as of January 1st 2027.
    • Above noted XML support will be removed in the first Obsidian version released in 2027.
  • License leases use JSON payloads.

Obsidian 5.5.1

Released December 16, 2024

Bug Fixes

  • Admin only (no scheduler) UI no longer generates event hook errors while running nor during shutdown
  • Quick start installer file no longer generates errors during installation
  • A few small web UI enhancements

Obsidian 5.5.0

Released October 2024

Features / Enhancements

  • Event Hooks management available in UI, Embedded API and REST API.
  • Installer supports custom add on configurations Potential breaking change to automated installer files. [2]

Bug Fixes

  • Certain Cron expressions that fail to generate text descriptions no longer impact scheduling.
  • Text database columns were previously restricted to maximum length of MySQL implementation. Corrected to validate length via DB implementation.

Obsidian 5.4.0

Released June 2024

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Oracle identifier no longer too long when using prefixes.

Obsidian 5.3.0

Released March 2024

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Obsidian 5.2.1

Released January 2024

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Schedule descriptions are now updated after edits are applied in all UI screens and APIs.

Obsidian 5.2.0

Released December 2023

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Time picker buttons (hour, minute, AM/PM) in Job Activity filtering no longer change other elements of the selected time.
  • Cron pattern with LW and any other non-L value in day position no longer also incorrectly evaluates to last day.

Obsidian 5.1.1

Released June 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Native authentication no longer fails when user deletes are attempted from the UI.
  • Built in maintenance job Job History Cleanup no longer leaves deletion candidate CHAIN SKIPPED records in the JOB_HISTORY table in rare circumstances.

Obsidian 5.1.0

Released April 2023

Features / Enhancements

  • Schedule Aliases now support fragments for configuration-time substitutions.
  • New convenience job Database File Export Job for generating basic file extracts from database queries.
  • New convenience job REST Invocation Job for making simple REST calls and storing results.
  • Performance improvements in job failure handling.

Obsidian 5.0.4

Released February 2022

Features / Enhancements

  • Log4j2 2.17.1 as fix for RCE vulnerability where attackers can modify log4j configuration.
  • Restore missing default log4j2 configuration in installation artifacts.

Obsidian 5.0.3

Released December 2021

Features / Enhancements

  • Log4j2 2.17.0 as fix for DOS vulnerability
  • Fix native login issue showing as inactive on some databases.

Obsidian 5.0.2

Released December 2021

Features / Enhancements

Obsidian 5.0.1

Released December 2021

Features / Enhancements

Bug Fixes

  • Fix sporadic native login issue on some databases.
  • Formatting fix in quick installer file

Obsidian 5.0.0

Released August 2021.

Features / Enhancements

Footnotes

  1. ↑ If you are using automated installer files from previous releases, you will need to add an additional configuration item to choose between yaml and properties formats in UserInputPanel.0. 
    <com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel id="UserInputPanel.0">
        <userInput>
......snip......
            <entry key="config.format" value="yaml" />
OR
            <entry key="config.format" value="properties" />
......snip......
        </userInput>
    </com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel>
  2. ↑ If you are using automated installer files from previous releases, you will need to add a new section of xml as of Obsidian 5.5.0 to handle a new UserInputPanel. Immediately after the UserInputPanel.17 closing brace, add the following: 
    <com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel id="UserInputPanel.18">
	<userInput>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.1" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.2" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.3" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.4" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.5" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.6" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.7" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.8" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.9" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.10" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.11" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.12" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.13" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.14" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.15" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.16" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.17" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.18" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.19" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.log4j2.properties.20" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.1" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.2" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.3" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.4" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.5" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.6" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.7" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.8" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.9" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.11" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.10" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.12" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.13" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.14" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.15" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.16" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.17" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.18" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.19" value=""/>
		<entry key="extra.carfey.properties.20" value=""/>
	</userInput>
</com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel>
  3. ↑ If you are using automated installer files from previous releases and had email configured, you will need to add a new section of xml as of Obsidian 5.2.0 to handle a new UserInputPanel. Immediately after the UserInputPanel.16 closing brace, add the following: 
    <com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel id="UserInputPanel.17">
    <userInput>
        <entry key="mail.type.selection" value="javax"/>
    </userInput>
</com.izforge.izpack.panels.UserInputPanel>
  4. ↑ There is a possibility of a breaking change to Embedded or REST API use due to the need to change the User Role enumeration from a Java enum to an enum-style class to support this feature. Bringing in the upgraded Obsidian library and compiling should reveal any such broken use of these enumerations. Needed changes should be minor and self-explanatory.
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