2.12.0

What's Changed

• Mark build stage as unstable if plugins failed to build by @gaiksaya in #4224
• Move unstable functional call to post always block by @gaiksaya in #4287
• Fix k-NN 2.10 Release Notes by @naveentatikonda in #4244
• Bump lib version to 5.12.0 and remove previous unstable code by @gaiksaya in #4288
• Add onboarding guide for pypi GHA release by @zelinh in #4270
• [AUTO] Update input manifests by @opensearch-ci-bot in #4284
• Add jenkins build number to benchmark metric user-tags by @rishabh6788 in #4293
• Add mavenCentral to the list of repositories in build.gradle by @Divyaasm in #4298
• Plugin ITs manifest with concurrent segment search enabled on OS-2.x by @sohami in #4283
• [Release 2.12.0] Add test manifests by @prudhvigodithi in #4299
• [Release 2.12.0] Update the check-for-build.jenkinsfile with test manifest. by @prudhvigodithi in #4300
• Support security demo script changes by @rishabh6788 in #4304
• Add strong password check on cluster connection. by @rishabh6788 in #4306
• Central workflow to trigger pre-release workflows by @prudhvigodithi in #4280
• OpenSearch Dashboards restrict version increment files by @prudhvigodithi in #4315
• Fix path for publish wiki workflow by @chawinphat in #4310
• Replace jenv local with jenv global for macOS snapshots JDK switch by @peterzhuamazon in #4318
• Build incremental components through build workflow with loading previous build manifest by @zelinh in #4289
• Categorize the on-boarding document to plugins and standalone components by @gaiksaya in #4321
• Default not to create/update issues during integration test runs by @peternied in #4323
• Add wiki page for testing a distribution by @gaiksaya in #4324
• Update wiki home page by @gaiksaya in #4325
• Pass in strong password instead to fix integtest workflow by @derek-ho in #4302
• Change password based on version in integtest health check by @derek-ho in #4331
• Pass in strong password to OSD integ test if version >= 2.12.0 by @derek-ho in #4334
• Updating jenkinsfile with using update-alternatives to switch JDK version by @jordarlu in #4333
• Add release process wiki by @gaiksaya in #4326
• Fix the hyperlink in home page by @gaiksaya in #4339
• Bump lib version for snapshots to 5.12.0 by @gaiksaya in #4338
• add dashboards-assistant to build repo by @joshuali925 in #4317
• Fix maven multi url issues and update awscli==1.32.17 to support PyYAML 6.0.1 in ppc64le by @peterzhuamazon in #4340
• Fix the infra deployment info in readme by @gaiksaya in #4346
• Fix release document broken links by @prudhvigodithi in #4347
• Ensuring cleanup with OSD plugins when failed during continue-on-error by @peterzhuamazon in #4343
• Updates tar distribution to conform to changes in install demo configuration script in security plugin by @DarshitChanpura in #4250
• Improve osd components repo cleanup logics by @peterzhuamazon in #4351
• Tweak the path that get removed by osd plugin cleanups by @peterzhuamazon in #4353
• Run integtest for components present in test manifest by @gaiksaya in #4349
• Trigger manifest check only for mentioned paths by @gaiksaya in #4355
• Updates rpm and deb distribution to adapt to admin password change by @DarshitChanpura in #4332
• Revert "Revert rpm/deb changes pending decision" by @derek-ho in #4341
• Updates Docker and windows distribution build files to reflect to changes in admin user setup by @DarshitChanpura in #4274
• Add monthly rebuild cron for docker re-release by @peterzhuamazon in #4354
• add update test procedure for nyc_taxis by @rishabh6788 in #4359
• add assistant to dashboard by @raintygao in #4363
• Adds security to 1.3.15 and 1.4.0 manifests by @DarshitChanpura in #4365
• Added documentation for Github Wiki Docs by @chawinphat in #4311
• Update index.json file at stage level for each distribution by @Divyaasm in #4286
• Refactor and enable triggering integ-test for RPM, debian and windows by @gaiksaya in #4368
• Update distribution build jenkins job with option for incremental build by @zelinh in #4356
• feat: add experimental feature flag for dashboards-assistant plugin by @SuZhou-Joe in #4362
• Add opensearch cluster stdout and stderr logs to test results manifest by @rishabh6788 in #4352
• Refactor distribution-build.jenkinsfile for opensearch-dashboards by @jordarlu in #4371
• Update groovy library version for distribution build jobs by @zelinh in #4372
• Refactor distrubution build job for dashboards by @gaiksaya in #4373
• Fix deb/rpm integTest not install distribution correctly due to 2.12 security changes by @peterzhuamazon in #4376
• Remove manifest addition workflow from GHA by @gaiksaya in #4380
• Removed BWC test for flow framework by @owaiskazi19 in #4382
• Fix the variable name for issue creation by @gaiksaya in #4385
• Override browser default from chromium to electron as Cypress 9.5.4 does not run with chromium 114+ by @peterzhuamazon in #4383
• Remove opensearch 2.12.0/1.3.15 checks as distribution-build already taken care of issue reporting by @peterzhuamazon in #4381
• Fix the updateGitHubIssue boolean param by @gaiksaya in #4388
• Reactor and enable integ-tests for all distributions in OSD by @gaiksaya in #4374
• Fix the release branch bug in component_release_template.md by @prudhvigodithi in #4391
• Onboarding skills repo by @zane-neo in #4387
• Enable incremental build as default for distribution build Jenkins job by @zelinh in #4390
• [Release 2.12.0] Update 2.12.0 build frequency by @prudhvigodithi in #4394
• Switch docker re-release to use 6.2.0 lib in jenkinsfile by @peterzhuamazon in #4393
• Updates Docker release README to reflect admin password requirements by @DarshitChanpura in #4395
• Adds doc website link in the message printed for custom admin password requirement by @DarshitChanpura in #4397
• Update the build library tag for distribution build jobs by @zelinh in #4398
• Pass in cred to admin credentials based on version to alerting integtest by @derek-ho in #4403
• remove sub working directory for gantt-chart by @joshuali925 in #4375
• Windows integTest fix for 2.12 with admin:admin security changes by @peterzhuamazon in #4409
• update concurrent search settings by @rishabh6788 in #4410
• feat: remove useless config by @SuZhou-Joe in #4402
• Fix build failure issue operation by @gaiksaya in #4401
• Enable label handling for integ-test workflows by @gaiksaya in #4400
• [Release 2.12.0] Update 2.12.0 manifests to release branch by @prudhvigodithi in #4414
• Update the 3.0.0 manifest to schema 1.1 with depends_on by @zelinh in #4408
• Disable remote cluster test settings added in 998 PR of ftrepo by @peterzhuamazon in #4415
• Add zstd and zstd_no_dict codec runs by @rishabh6788 in #4412
• Update Jenkinsfiles to reduce cron builds by @prudhvigodithi in #4418
• Install fonts on windows docker image for chromium-based browser and lock docker version by @peterzhuamazon in #4417
• Enable issue notification and labelling for all distributions by @gaiksaya in #4420
• Switch ftrepo checkout based on ref instead of commit_id by @peterzhuamazon in #4419
• Disable testing for 3.0.0 by @gaiksaya in #4422
• Upgrade node version to 18.19.0 in sync with OSD core by @peterzhuamazon in #4426
• Add 2.13.0 manifests by @reta in #4429
• Update the template manifest for manifest workflow by @zelinh in #4431
• Add publishToMavenLocal in default script by @zane-neo in #4434
• Remove publishToMavenLocal from default build scripts by @prudhvigodithi in #4436
• Disable incremental build for 2.12.0 release by @prudhvigodithi in #4440
• Add option to validate with/without security and new password for latest versions by @Divyaasm in #4377
• Change publishToMavenLocal to publishPluginToMavenLocal only by @zane-neo in #4437
• [Release 2.12.0] Disable 2.12.0 auto runs by @prudhvigodithi in #4443
• Remove the concurrent search experimental flags from manifest by @sohami in #4449
• [Docker] Fixes security enabled logic to execute demo config only if security plugin is enabled by @DarshitChanpura in #4446
• Schedule new nightly runs for concurrent search by @rishabh6788 in #4448
• Fixes docker release README by @DarshitChanpura in #4450
• Removes check to validate presence of OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD variable from preinst script of DEB distribution by @DarshitChanpura in #4453
• Properly separate 1.x/2.x/default opensearch docker entrypoint like in opensearch-dashboards by @peterzhuamazon in #4452
• Fix typo in benchmark run by @rishabh6788 in #4456
• Remove BROWSER_PATH=electron for Windows so integTest can run chromium114 by @peterzhuamazon in #4457
• Support new distribution-validations and add few enhancements to validation workflow by @Divyaasm in #4447
• [Release 2.12.0] RC commit lock by @prudhvigodithi in #4460
• [Release 2.12.0] Consolidated release notes by @prudhvigodithi in #4463
• Update dockercomposefiles with additional release notes changes in 2.12.0 release by @peterzhuamazon in #4464

New Contributors

• @raintygao made their first contribution in #4363
• @zane-neo made their first contribution in #4387

Full Changelog: 1.3.14...2.12.0