GeoServer 2.28.3 Release
GeoServer 2.28.3 release is now available with downloads (bin, war, windows), along with docs and extensions.
This is a maintenance release of GeoServer providing existing installations with minor updates and bug fixes. GeoServer 2.28.3 is made in conjunction with GeoTools 34.3, and GeoWebCache 1.28.3.
Thanks to Andrea Aime (GeoSolutions) for making this release.
Release notes
Improvement:
- GEOS-11886 Sort entries in all .properties files alphabetically
- GEOS-12033 Allow to configure custom CRS authorities and transformations
- GEOS-12037 Support Metatiling on MapBox Vectortiles
Bug:
- GEOS-11964 Metadata Bulk Operations: wicket error
- GEOS-12038 ModificationProxy.replaceCatalogInfo() precludes converting Filters to native query language
- GEOS-12047 Lock timeout and nested lock support in GeoServer
- GEOS-12055 GeoServerSecurityManager.reload() not clearing service caches
- GEOS-12060 REST API with PUT does not allow un un-set a field
Task:
- GEOS-12027 Removing not needed org.restlet.ext.fileupload dependency
- GEOS-12028 Update ‘com.google.code.gson’ dependency version
- GEOS-12029 Update ‘com.google.protobuf’ dependency version
- GEOS-12049 Remove GWC InMemory cache support
For the complete list see 2.28.3 release notes.
Community Updates
Community module development:
- GEOS-11509 OGC API 3D GeoVolumes community module
- GEOS-12002 hz-cluster: homepage pop-up fails
- GEOS-12030 Features templating xstream tags conflict with geofence
- GEOS-12044 STAC search endpoint should report invalid collection names as invalid parameters instead of internal errors
- GEOS-12061 New Community Module for PNG-WIND output format for wind datasets
Community modules are shared as source code to encourage collaboration. If a topic being explored is of interest to you, please contact the module developer to offer assistance.
About GeoServer 2.28 Series
Additional information on GeoServer 2.28 series:
- GeoServer 2.28 User Manual
- GeoServer 2025 Q4 Developer Update* Advertise and Enforce Attribute Restrictions
Release notes: ( 2.28.3 | 2.28.2 | 2.28.1 | 2.28.0 | 2.28-M0 )
Behind The Scenes
- GeoServer 3 First public release date
- GeoServer 3 Sprint Update
- GeoServer 2025 Q4 Developer Update
- GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding Goal Surpassed!
- GeoServer 2025 Q2 Developer Update
- GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding – Last Call!
- GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches Major Step: 80% Funding Completion
- GeoServer 2025 Roadmap
- GeoServer 2024 Q4 Developer Update
- GeoServer 3 Call for Crowdfunding