Opencast 16.12

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.12 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

This is the final maintenance and security release of Opencast 16. Please consider updating to opencast 17 or Opencast 18 soon.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers

Opencast 16.11

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.11 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release fixes minor bugs.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and I am glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Manager
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 17.2 and 16.10

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that both Opencast 17.2 and 16.10 have been released:

The documentation for the releases can be found at:

This release primarily contains several bug fixes.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

The Opencast 16 Release Managers

Opencast 16.9

Hi everyone,
it is my pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.9 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release mostly enables Opencast to wait until the index becomes available during boot-up.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and I am glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Not an Opencast 16 Release Manager
Katrin Ihler

Opencast 16.8

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.8 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release primarily contains several bugfixes.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.7

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.7 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

Opencast 16.7 is a security and maintenance release.

The release contains a major bug fix release of the admin interface. For specific details, please refer to the release notes of the Admin Interface release 2024-11-19.

It also fixes a security vulnerability (CVE-2024-52797) with moderate severity, which may be exploitable for a denial-of-service attack. Therefor, we recommend upgrading to this release.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available shortly. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.6

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.6 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release primarily contains several bugfixes.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.5

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.5 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release primarily contains several minor bugfixes.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.3

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.3 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This is again a bugfix release of Opencast 16. For example the broken docker compose command is fixed. A new version of
Opencast’s admin interface is included as well. [#6100]

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.2

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.2 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This is a biugfix release of Opencast 16. Among several other problems, this fixes an important bug causing problems for non admin users when (re)publishing events. We recommend updating to this as soon as possible.

Additionally, this includes a new version of Opencast’s admin interface, which in turn fixes a number of bugs including one which could cause data corruption.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk