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(tick) These are the notes for the Struts version 6.8.0 distribution.

(tick) For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 6.7.4

Maven users

If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.

Maven Dependency
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>6.8.0</version>
</dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

Struts Archetype Catalog
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/

Bug

  • [WW-2963] - default-action-ref fails to find wildcard named actions
  • [WW-3095] - URL has no setEncoding
  • [WW-3532] - client validation isn't generated when using a VisitorFieldValidator annotation
  • [WW-3540] - repopulateField config does not work correctly after conversion failed
  • [WW-4184] - When a getter of an action calls getText("getterName.something"), method call stack overflow occurs
  • [WW-4301] - includeProperties Does Not Work with a List of Lists
  • [WW-4421] - Duplicate @Action value annotation check skipped
  • [WW-4428] - Add support for new Java 8 LocalDate and LocalDateTime to the JSON plugin
  • [WW-4508] - DefaultActionMapperTest failures due to invalid mock type for parameterMap
  • [WW-4625] - Struts 2 XSS vulnerability with <s:textfield> when <s:include> is used.
  • [WW-4672] - StrutsApplicationResource incompatible with superclass PostfixedApplicationResource
  • [WW-5294] - s:url tag usage in a public page triggers a warning to not expose JSP pages directly
  • [WW-5368] - Access warning when get resource bundle which its name starts with "label"
  • [WW-5494] - Using struts2.ActionSupport instead of xwork2.ActionSupport cause interceptors stack corrupted
  • [WW-5504] - CSP Nonce changes within a page
  • [WW-5514] - Allow configuration of ProxyUtil for cache types
  • [WW-5523] - StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter, wrappedRequest or request when no action mapping is found?
  • [WW-5524] - Dependency injection not working in custom StrutsTypeConverter(s)
  • [WW-5528] - Multipart uploads with invalid characters in file or field name are silently dropped
  • [WW-5535] - HttpMethodInterceptor does not work with action names using wildcards
  • [WW-5537] - Memory Leak
  • [WW-5542] - Encoding issue in javascript included in JSPs
  • [WW-5546] - NPE in AbstractFileUploadInterceptor
  • [WW-5549] - i18n interceptor param supportedLocale (when set) disables request_locale param functionality
  • [WW-5559] - NotSerializableException: com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.ConversionData

New Feature

  • [WW-3526] - Augment JakartaMultiPartRequest to include optional progress listener
  • [WW-4483] - Add Listener for Configuration events
  • [WW-4759] - Dedicated struts2-api Maven artefact

Improvement

  • [WW-1742] - new token associated execute and wait interceptor
  • [WW-2867] - Add a method allowing to know what is the name of the "method" passed in the request
  • [WW-3209] - Select components do not allow setting attributes and JavaScript events on <option /> tags
  • [WW-3226] - Add optional support to AliasInterceptor to overwrite aliased parameters
  • [WW-3233] - @Result name aliases
  • [WW-3666] - TypeConverter should trim before conversion to things that are not Strings
  • [WW-3933] - Provide web-fragment.xml for easier deployment on Servlet 3.0 compliant containers
  • [WW-4147] - Have StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter initialize Freemarker rather than first actual Request
  • [WW-4291] - Can't use Spring bean name for type convertor
  • [WW-4329] - Support ConfigurationManagerListener
  • [WW-4395] - Make email validator regex comply with RFC 6531
  • [WW-4478] - Can't install own ValidatorFileParser
  • [WW-4858] - JSONInterceptor must not populate value stack directly
  • [WW-4904] - Support for cross context request processing
  • [WW-5249] - Move test related classes into new struts2-test module
  • [WW-5375] - Use GH Actions to publish SNAPSHOTS
  • [WW-5501] - Exclude malicious names
  • [WW-5511] - Remove deprecated CspSettings#addCspHeaders()
  • [WW-5513] - Struts 6.4.0 performance issue in jdk 21
  • [WW-5544] - Mark org.apache.struts2.util.reflection.ReflectionContextFactory
  • [WW-5560] - Support IntelliJ Platform 2024.2
  • [WW-5563] - Support IntelliJ Platform 2025.2

Task

  • [WW-4797] - orphaned Factory code never called from spring-plugin

Dependency

  • [WW-5564] - Upgrade commons-fileupload to version 1.6.0
  • [WW-5567] - Bump log4j2.version from 2.24.1 to 2.25.1
  • [WW-5568] - Bump jackson.version from 2.18.0 to 2.20.0
  • [WW-5570] - Bump org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 from 4.4 to 4.5.0
  • [WW-5571] - Bump org.apache.commons:commons-compress from 1.27.1 to 1.28.0

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