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Mark Waite

Mark is a Jenkins user and contributor, a core maintainer, and maintainer of the git plugin, the git client plugin, and several others. He is one of the authors of the "Improve a plugin" tutorial.

Jenkins 2.543 and 2.541.1: New Linux Repository Signing Keys

Beginning December 23, 2025 with 2.543, the Jenkins weekly releases will use new repository signing keys for the Linux installation packages. The same change will be made in Jenkins LTS releases beginning January 21, 2026. Administrators of Linux systems must install the new signing keys on their Linux servers before installing Jenkins Jenkins weekly 2.543 or Jenkins LTS 2.541.1. Debian/Ubuntu Update Debian compatible operating...

Mark Waite
Damien DUPORTAL December 23, 2025
Jenkins 2024 in Review

As we welcome 2025, we take a moment to reflect on the past year and celebrate some of our most memorable achievements, impactful projects, and significant changes over the last 366 days. Every contribution, no matter its form, plays a vital role in shaping the Jenkins project. Without the collective efforts of our contributors, supporters, and community members, Jenkins wouldn’t be...

Damien DUPORTAL
Mark Waite
Bruno Verachten
Wadeck Follonier
Kevin Martens
Alyssa Tong
Jan Faracik
Tim Jacomb January 16, 2025
2024 Jenkins Board and Officer Election Results

The Jenkins community has completed the 2024 elections. On behalf of the Jenkins community and the elections committee, we congratulate all newly elected board members and officers! We also thank all candidates and voters who participated this year. Election results: Alexander Brandes, Valentin Delaye, and Alex Earl join Basil Crow and Mark Waite on the Jenkins Governance Board Tim Jacomb will continue as Release Officer Alyssa Tong...

Mark Waite
Basil Crow December 3, 2024
Alpha Omega Foundation Content Security Policy Grant

Alpha-Omega has provided a grant for three months of full-time work to improve the Jenkins implementation of Content Security Policy. The improvements will be implemented in October, November, and December of 2024. Shlomo Dahan is implementing the improvements with technical guidance from Basil Crow and project management support from Bruno Verachten. Alpha-Omega is an associated project of the OpenSSF, established in February 2022,...

Mark Waite October 4, 2024
2024 Jenkins Election Candidate Statements

Candidate nominations for the 2024 Jenkins elections are now complete. Thanks to everyone who submitted nominations and to the candidates that have accepted the nominations. Register to vote Voters must register an account on the Jenkins community forums and must have made at least one contribution to Jenkins before September 1, 2024. You can use an existing GitHub account or create a new account...

Basil Crow
Mark Waite
Valentin Delaye
Kris Stern
Alexander Brandes
Oleg Nenashev
Alex Earl
Stefan Spieker
Tim Jacomb October 3, 2024
Hacktoberfest 2024

Hacktoberfest is back! Join us as we celebrate and support open-source during October. Contributors can earn badges and improve their open source contribution skills. The Jenkins community will participate once again in the event. We invite you to contribute to Jenkins projects but also, as maintainers, to welcome and help newcomers. Contributors This is what contributors need to know to participate and complete Hacktoberfest: Register anytime between...

Mark Waite September 30, 2024
Voter Registration for Jenkins Board and Officer Elections 2024

Voter registration has started for the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections! Voter registration Nominations for the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections have finished. Voter registration opened September 16, 2024 and closes on October 31, 2024. Participation in the election process requires registering an account on the Jenkins community forums and at least one contribution made before September 1, 2024. When registering,...

Mark Waite
Basil Crow September 25, 2024
Jenkins Board and Officer Elections 2024 - Nominations Open

We are excited to announce the 2024 Jenkins Governance Board and Officer elections! Nominations Nominations can be submitted for governance board positions and all officer positions (Security, Events, Release, Infrastructure, and Documentation). During the registration period, we invite community members to nominate candidates by sending a message to the election-committee group. In your message, please include the name of the nominee, the specific position...

Mark Waite
Basil Crow August 1, 2024
Microsoft donates $60,000 to Jenkins

Microsoft Azure has donated $60,000 in cloud credits to the Jenkins project. We thank them most sincerely for their donation and for their continuing support of open source software projects like Jenkins. The Jenkins project uses Microsoft Azure cloud to provide a wide range of services, including all the Jenkins controllers that build Jenkins core, Jenkins components, and over 1000 Jenkins plugins. Microsoft...

Mark Waite July 26, 2024