GeoServer 2.28.1 release is now available with downloads (bin, war, windows), along with docs and extensions.

This is a stable release of GeoServer recommended for production use. GeoServer 2.28.1 is made in conjunction with GeoTools 34.1, and GeoWebCache 1.28.1.

Thanks to Andrea Aime for making this release.

Security Considerations

This release addresses security vulnerabilities and is considered an important upgrade for production systems.

The use of the CVE system allows the GeoServer team to reach a wider audience than blog posts.

See project security policy for more information on how security vulnerabilities are managed.

Release notes

Improvement:

  • GEOS-11950 WMS cascade: fully respect ‘restrict to layer bounds’ flag on GetMap requests

Bug:

  • GEOS-4159 Layer from SQL view feature type details not refreshing after editing sql query (and refreshing attributes there)
  • GEOS-11930 OGC-API extension breaks security REST API
  • GEOS-11963 BlobStorePage breaks when failing to save a blob store configuration
  • GEOS-11965 KMZ export incorrectly references remote icon URLs instead of embedding them in the KMZ archive
  • GEOS-11981 POST /security/authproviders 400: Unsupported className
  • GEOS-11988 Fix bug: preserve metaTilingThreads=0 in saneConfig()

Task:

  • GEOS-11898 GeoFence: issues in evaluation of virtual layer services access
  • GEOS-11962 Run CITE tests against Java 17, 21 and 25
  • GEOS-11987 ImageN 0.9.1 migration requires renaming of registryFile.jai to registryFile.imagen

For the complete list see 2.28.1 release notes.

Community Updates

Community module development:

  • GEOS-11959 New community module GeoWebCache Google Cloud Storage
  • GEOS-11961 OSEO layer management: Support creation of image mosaics in CRS other than 4326
  • GEOS-11980 Add support for uploading a single parquet file to GeoServer via REST
  • GEOS-11983 GSR /query fails with HTTP 500 when where parameter is empty

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:

Release notes: ( 2.28.1 | 2.28.0 | 2.28-M0 )