Release Date: February 2022
Build Number: 17.0.101 ( v17.0.100 was PowerFolder cloud internal release)
Type: Major Software Release

All production builds are starting from X.Y.100* and development builds (not for productive use) are starting from X.Y.1 - 99

* (Where X=Major software version and Y=Service pack number)

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Upgrade Information

Please read this complete Release Notes and instructions before upgrading.
Please follow the regular upgrade documentation for Windows or Linux
Upgrading any previous version higher or equal to version 11.8
Cluster: Running different versions on the servers in the cluster is supported but limited to version >= 14.3.5
Java Runtime (JDK) Upgrade (Windows Only, Linux still uses JDK 15)

OpenJDK 17.0.2 GA

Windows

Update the file wrapper.conf in installation path to include the new required additional runtime parameters (changes in bold):

Java Additional Parameters

wrapper.java.additional.1=-Dsystemservice=true
wrapper.java.additional.2=-XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=5
wrapper.java.additional.3=-XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=10
wrapper.java.additional.4=-XX:NewRatio=8
wrapper.java.additional.5=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
wrapper.java.additional.6=--add-exports=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.7=--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.8=--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.9=--add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
wrapper.java.additional.10=--add-exports=jdk.unsupported/sun.misc=ALL-UNNAMED*

In case you have customized your wrapper.conf please make sure the last five lines are included and all lines have correct running numbers.

Troubleshooting

In case you did not or wrongly apply the changes to wrapper.conf (Windows) your might see the following errors in your logs:

BasicLazyInitializer Javassist Enhancement failed

or while starting the service on Windows:

In this case please check again and/or contact our support including the files:

wrapper.conf
Logs

and we will assist you adopting your installation.

Downgrade Information (optional)

In case a downgrade to a previous version is necessary:
- For a downgrade you have to review our downgrade documentation.
- Simply replace the PowerFolder-Server.jar file with that from the previous version you would like to run.
Log messages due to the higher schema version of database can be ignored:
- [DatabaseMigrator]: Database layout version is newer than expected.

Changes

PFI-59 - Upgrade Windows openJDK to version 17.0.2 GA (Client + Server)
PFS-3931 - Fix wrong notification in folder management settings
PFS-3949 - Fix display error in file links on .docx and .pdf files
PFS-3943 - File links: Fix selective download for .zip files in cluster
PFS-3946 - Apply complete settings to the file links same as the upload form during uploads
PFS-3941 - 3.7.2 Upgrade jQuery framework to latest version
PFS-3935 - Fix "-2KB" in the account editor and in quota bar
PFS-3940 - Notes: Fix deletion and changes made throgh admin
PFS-3938 - News: Sub directories and uploads should be shown and clickable
PFS-3954 - API: Copy accounts with infos from source to target system
PFS-3952 - Provide sync of folders from source to target service
PFS-3951 - Test and implement server - server - sync as server admin
PFS-3957 - API: Copy organization from source to target server
PFS-3956 - API: Copy groups from source to target system
INT-618 - Security fix in register form
INT-619 - Security improvement regarding "Common directory"
INT-620 - Security improvement regarding X-Frame-Options header

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