JobScheduler News

We are pleased to announce the 2.8.3 LTS maintennace release of the JS7 JobScheduler.

This release brings a number of bug-fixes and features to the JobScheduler Controller, Agent and JOC Cockpit. JobScheduler is rebranded to JS7 JobScheduler to indicate major changes to architecture and features.

JS7 is the next generation Open Source JobScheduler, designed for performance, resilience and security.

Release

• Release Notes:
  • Release 2.8.3
• Features (major)
  • JS-2230: if-instruction querying clock waits until scheduled time is reached
  • JS-2240: Offer Python Client for JS7 REST API
  • JITL-762: Support for OIDC Client Credentials Flow in RESTClientJob
  • JOC-2199: Support for Spanish interface language
  • JJOC-2119: Add Japanese language context help to GUI
  • JOC-2180: Bulk operation for adding orders in the Workflows view
  • JOC-2159: Implement Job Execution Progress Bar
  • YADE-643: Add encryption/decryption capabilities
  • YADE-405: YADE should recover/resume file transfers
  • YADE-646: YADE configuration - full support for variables using ${VAR} syntax
• Bug-fixes (major)
  • JS-2239: Job Resource reference error on subsequent order execution
  • JS-2243: The Agent should always restart after performing a "reset" operation
  • JS-2236: StickySubagent instruction may break a failing Order
  • JS-2234: After FileWatch deletion, finished orders may not be deletable
  • JS-2244: js7ClusterProcessCount: Calculation of metrics in Subagent Cluster

3rd-Party Vulnerabilitiy Remediation

• JS-2241: Upgrade log4j-core to version 2.25.3 due to 3rd-party vulnerability CVE-2025-68161
• JOC-2194: Upgrade log4j-core to version 2.25.3 due to 3rd-party vulnerability CVE-2025-68161
• JOC-2187: Upgrade jersey-client to version 4.0.2 due to 3rd party vulnerability CVE-2025-12383
• JOC-2182: Drop c3p0 and mchange-common-java due to 3rd party vulnerability issues (CVE-2026-27727, CVE-2026-27830)

Important

• Branch 1.13 of JobScheduler reached its end-of-life in August 2023.
• Users of JobScheduler releases 1.x should consider changes and migration tools.
• JS7 is available from the Online Demo, from Images for Docker Containers and for Download. Find more information about Getting Started.

Download

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• SOS Berlin