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 17.1

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 17.1 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

This release primarily contains several bugfixes. RPM and Debian packages as well as Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you!

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 17.x
Katrin Ihler
Veronika Schröer

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 17.0

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 17.0 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

Please make sure to read and follow the upgrade guide carefully when upgrading from an older major version to Opencast 17.

RPM and Debian packages as well as Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the matrix channel or on the users list.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you for all your wonderful 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

Release Managers Opencast 17.0
Katrin Ihler
Veronika Schröer

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

Opencast 16.1

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.1 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

Most importantly 16.1 fixed a bug that made it impossible for Opencast 16 to work on clustered systems!

Please make sure to read and follow the upgrade guide carefully when upgrading from an older major version to Opencast 16.

RPM and Debian packages as well as Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you for all your 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

Release Managers Opencast 16.1
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk