Release notes for Magnolia CMS 6.2.56

LTS release • Delivered on March 21, 2025 • Page updated on March 21, 2025 • Changelog: 16216

Magnolia 6.2.56 is primarily a bug-fixing and security release.

You can find which modules were updated, including a list of unbundled modules released, since the previous version of Magnolia.

As with any Magnolia release, this release also delivers critical bug and security fixes. We keep the details of security fixes private in line with our security policy. Contact our Support team if you need more information.

magnolia-dx-core-webapp-6.2.56.war
magnolia-dx-core-demo-webapp-6.2.56.war
magnolia-community-demo-webapp-6.2.56.war
mtk_2.0.6.zip (as a light module)

ZIP extraction of assets upon upload

You can now upload and extract .zip files while preserving the original file and folder structures. This enhancement simplifies uploading and organizing assets efficiently, especially when dealing with big data sets.

Recreate nested folder structures in the dam workspace
Streamline uploading structured content
Improve efficiency for teams managing large asset collections

MGNLDAM-1586

Other improvements

IMGREC-125 Use get asset instead of getBytes to support S3 direct processing
MGNLCACHE-390 Clean up cacheStream file in a temp folder after the request is complete
MGNLGQL-192 Allow introspection to be disabled
MGNLTOMCAT-50 Log error if the Java version isn’t compatible with Magnolia

Bug fixes

IMGREC-123 Unclosed session when uploading an image
MGNLGQL-183 Definition names with hyphens can’t be queried
MGNLPN-700 Removing all variants from a page doesn’t remove hasVariants mixin type
MGNLUI-6116 Unable to keep Unicode character when uploading a .zip file (created in Windows) in Assets app
MGNLUI-8714 Date field uses browser time instead of system time
MULTISITE-212 Fallback site is now required to exist
PAGES-1232 Component inheritance fails on REST requests for pages below a certain depth
PAGES-1677 Show versions functionality not working correctly in headless mode
PUBLISHING-370 Unpublish command shouldn’t version content as a pre-requisite
PUBLISHING-371 Programmatically unpublishing from root node causes jcr:system nodes to be unpublished

For more, see Recursive and non-recursive publishing.

Miscellaneous

ADMINCTR-581 Foundation for a password change on the first login with default password
MAGNOLIA-9529 Foundation to remove the default password for superuser upon a fresh installation

Third-party library updates

This release comes with third-party library updates; see the Magnolia Third-party library BOM 6.2.56.

Notable updates

MGNLTOMCAT-51 Update org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to version 9.0.102

Updated modules

Bundled modules included with this release.

Admincentral 6.2.43
Barebones Tomcat Bundle 1.2.34
Cache 5.9.21
Community Edition 6.2.56
DAM 3.0.41
DX Core 6.2.56
Demo Projects 1.6.13
GraphQL 1.1.10
Image Recognition 1.2.6
Imaging 3.5.12
Magnolia 6.2.56
Multisite 2.1.7
Pages 6.2.41
Personalization 2.1.16
Publishing 1.3.19
REST Framework 2.2.29
Templating Essentials 2.0.6
Third-party library BOM 6.2.56
UI 6.2.56
Workflow 6.0.16

Unbundled modules

Unbundled modules released since Magnolia 6.2.55.

AI Accelerator module 1.3.2 was released on March 18, 2025. For more information, see the changelog.
External DAM module 1.1.10 was released on March 13, 2025. For more information, see the changelog.
Frontify module 1.0.6 as released on March 13, 2025. For more information, see the changelog.
Live Copy 3.2.19 was released on February 24, 2025. For more information, see the changelog.

Acknowledgements

The Magnolia team would also like to thank everyone who reported issues, contributed patches or simply commented on issues for this release. Your continued interest helps us make Magnolia better.

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