Container Backend Changelog

All notable changes to the Container Backend

v1.78.0 (2026-03-04)

  • Improve API health checks accuracy and reliability see #4706

v1.77.0 (2026-02-05)

  • Remove obsolete endpoint NugetPackageConfig see #4644

v1.76.0 (2025-11-19)

v1.75.0 (2025-09-25)

  • Add Azure DevOps pipeline agents demands as environment variable see #4450

v1.74.3 (2025-09-10)

  • Fix issue where project with long names could no longer create Azure DevOps pipeline agents see #4462

v1.74.2 (2025-09-08)

  • Fix issue where Azure DevOps pipeline agents were not created for release pipelines see #4460

v1.72.0 - v1.74.1 (2025-09-04)

  • Update Version of Azure DevOps dummy pipeline agent
  • Fix issue where project with long names or whitespaces in the name could no longer create Azure DevOps pipeline agents see #4453

v1.71.0 (2025-09-04)

  • Add support for Node.js agents and support different agent images see #4450

v1.70.0 (2025-08-20)

v1.69.0 (2025-08-14)

  • Update BuildBcContainerDeadline to stop build bc containers after 4 hours per default see #4430

v1.68.1 (2025-08-04)

  • Fix issue where the auto-stop configuration of a container was reset to the default values when starting the container see #4423

v1.68.0 (2025-07-24)

  • Do not lower the whole name of the backup folder when backing up a container see #4413

v1.67.0 (2025-07-16)

  • Use new ArgoCD tracking id annotation to correctly delete SSH secrets see #4409

v1.66.0 (2025-07-08)

  • Remove obsolete owner labels, read owner(s) always from annotations see #4397
  • Make agent job deadline based on BC build container deadline see #4398
  • Reset autostop override time on manual stop see #4396

v1.65.2 (2025-07-02)

v1.65.1 (2025-07-02)

  • Update Alpaca-API and add dedicated endpoint to retrieve the assigned entity of a GitHub repository again see #4388

v1.65.0 (2025-07-02)

  • Add support for server file cache persistence to container/service creation see #4387
  • Update Alpaca-API see #4388

v1.64.0 (2025-06-30)

v1.63.3 (2025-06-12)

  • Fix issue where the owner of a container could not be determined correctly see #4363

v1.63.1 - v1.63.2 (2025-06-05)

  • Fix issue where the owner of a container could not be determined correctly see #4363

v1.63.0 (2025-05-30)

  • Fix issue where a container may not be restarted correctly after changing the owner(s) see #4357
  • Update Alpaca API client and remove dedicated Authorization Header for GitHub requests see #4358

v1.62.0 (2025-05-14)

  • Add support for async mode to container/service creation see #4320
  • Validate syntax when changing the owner(s) of a container based on the container origin (Azure DevOps or GitHub) see #4277

v1.61.0 (2025-05-08)

  • Fix issue where an orphaned service could lead to a crash of the API see #4333
  • Add new property for custom nuget feeds in Container creation model for GitHub see #4271
  • Adapt implementation of namespace determination for COSMO GitHub repositories to recent changes in AlpacaAPI see #4278

v1.60.0 (2025-04-30)

  • Add branch filter to the endpoint for getting services/containers of a repository see #4317

v1.59.0 (2025-04-01)

  • Add better error handling when retrieving container configuration fails see #4290

v1.58.0 (2025-03-19)

  • ConfigHelper for managing application settings and configurations see #4240
  • Add new property for custom nuget feeds in Container creation model see #4268

v1.57.0 (2025-03-12)

  • New endpoint to get Nuget Package config for VS Code see #4262

v1.56.0 (2025-03-07)

  • Determine Namespace based on custom property for COSMO GitHub repositories see #4251
  • Update launch.json creation process with the attach configuration see #4238

v1.55.0 (2025-02-14)

  • Update Alpaca API client see #4229
  • Update backup-converter chart version to 1.11.0 (appVersion 1.2.3) see #4230

v1.54.0 (2025-02-14)

  • Update backup-converter chart version to 1.8.0 (appVersion 1.2.0) see #4226
  • Set auto start and stop deactivated for backup conversion containers see #4226

v1.53.0

v1.52.0

  • Replace GitHubAPI client by AlpacaAPI client see #4220

v1.51.0

  • Resolve target namespace for GitHub containers see #4218

v1.50.0

  • Add Endpoint to get artifacts for a GitHub container configuration see #4210

v1.49.0

v1.48.0 (2025-01-22)

v1.47.5 (2025-01-15)

  • Allow longer startup time for containers with saasbak see #4196

v1.47.4 (2025-01-08)

  • Fix saasbak and bak are handled as nuget see #4191

v1.47.3

  • Fix problem in namespace resolution see #4189

v1.47.2

  • Fix upgrades for containers by always removing all apps before the upgrade see #4178

v1.47.1

v1.47.0

  • Support configuration of artifacts for GitHub containers

v1.46.0

  • Fix issue where the name of the owner of a container is incorrectly normalized see #4172

v1.45.0

  • Add DevOpsIdentifierAttributes to ContainerInfo see #4154
  • Adjust health check to not fail in case Azure DevOps is unhealthy or unresponsive see #4164

v1.44.0

v1.43.0

  • Add new endpoint for GitHub build containers

v1.42.0 - v1.42.2

  • Replace individual OpenTelemetry components with Azure Application Insights see #4133

v1.41.0

  • Add property IsBuildContainer to CreateContainerRequest see #4128

v1.40.1

  • Retry requests during authentication on timeouts see #4082

v1.40.0

  • Add logging to custom auth handler see #4082

v1.39.1

  • Fix issue where the owner instead of the username was used to create containers see #4086

v1.39.0

  • Update GitHub API client and support creating GitHub containers based on a branch see #4078

v1.38.1

  • Improve auth handler to retry on timeout see #4082

v1.38.0

  • Add BcArtifact documentation comments see #4077

v1.37.0

  • Improve exceptions for invalid artifacts see #4075

v1.36.0

  • Validate maximum length of branch name when getting containers see #4074

v1.35.0

  • Add new endpoints to prune obsolete configurations of the vscode launch.json see #2282
  • Validate maximum length of kubernetes labels (esp. branch name) see #4066
  • Add more countries for app creation see #4070

v1.34.1

  • Fix create ssh key for every environment see #4062

v1.34.0

  • Always create SSH key for DynamicArgoApps see #4062

v1.33.0

  • Always set public DNS name container environment variable see #4035
  • Always enable ingress for containers (v12) see #4033
  • Extend BC Build container deadline to DynamicArgoApp TTL see #4059

v1.32.0

  • Create containers by referencing an AL-Go project see #3678

v1.30.0

  • Make BC Build container deadline configurable see #4059

v1.29.0

  • fix Service/Get results in serialization error when companions exist see #4056

v1.28.0

v1.27.0

  • Refactor and improve major service/container actions v0.12 see #4049

v1.26.0

  • Add new endpoints to create or update the vscode launch.json for a container see #4004
  • Add support for New Zealand localisation see #4039
  • Update backup-converter chart version to 1.7.0 (appVersion 1.1.3) see #4041

v1.25.0

  • Allow update of customNavSettings for a container based on potentially changed cosmo.json see #3993
  • Improve establishing SSH connection to containers see #4017

v1.24.0

  • Allow enforcement of autostart/stop through configuration and whitelist for enabled users see #3966
  • Extend ContainerInfo with additional fields see #3981

v1.23.0

  • Set large configurations through a config map instead of environment variables see #3952
  • Fix and optimize devcontainer and VS Code handling see #3961

v1.22.0

  • Add servicename to ExecStatus, add XMLdoc see #3957

v1.21.1

v1.21.0

  • Remove service environment variables from agents to prevent overflows see #3913

v1.20.0

  • Add Belgium as supported country see #3914
  • Improve exception handling, add support for async script execution within containers see #3917

v1.19.0

  • Improve startup speed by keeping compiled C# assemblies see #3889
  • Update SSH dependency to enable trimming again see #3848
  • Better handling for auto-stop corner cases see #3902
  • Make oldest available license version configurable see #3904

v1.18.0

  • Support configuring Azure Pipeline Agents see #3893

v1.17.0

  • Normalize branch name in kubernetes labels see #3882

v1.16.1

  • Handle all types of github tokens during authentication see #2179

v1.16.0

v1.15.3

v1.15.2

  • Move to new registry

v1.15.1

  • Clone should use the exact same image as cloned see #3570
  • Status endpoint should give recognizable return if container can't be found see #3572

v1.15.0

v1.14.0

  • Fix issues for BC22+ containers running without license see #3505
  • Improve error for organizations with ambiguous COSMO entity assignment see #3495

v1.13.1

v1.13.0

  • Add ability to get apps in container filesystem see #3487

v1.12.0

  • Move to versioned production build agent image see #3481

v1.11.2

v1.11.1

  • Enforce autostop, disable autostart in 4PS see #3451

v1.11.0

  • Add bacpac to bak conversion for Kubernetes see #3192

v1.10.1

  • Fix missing TTL on build services see #3420

v1.10.0

v1.9.0

v1.8.0

  • Make liveness / readiness / startup probes configurable see #3353

v1.7.0

v1.6.0

  • Allow startup of arbitrary containers see #3332

v1.5.0

v1.4.0

  • Support authentication via App registration see #3126

v1.3.0

  • Add configuration option for disk size (and performance) of BC database disks see #3311

v1.2.0

  • Add configuration option for CPU and memory limits of BC containers see #3294
  • Fix issue where locale was handed in incorrectly see #3286

v1.1.4

  • Fix issue where branch name and org name was not passed correctly to container see #3275

v1.1.3

  • Fix issue where Release Pipeline Start Agent fails, introduced by v1.0.1 see #3255

v1.1.2

v1.1.1

  • Fix empty version prevented from using AAD-Authentication see #3280

v1.1.0

v1.0.1

  • Also support old-style Azure DevOps URLs see #3255

v1.0.0

  • Allow disabling persistence for containers see #2995

v0.11.56

v0.11.55

  • Add external image pull secret to agents and BC containers see #2995

v0.11.54

  • Keep mounting dev licenses for non-trial users when set in cosmo.json see #2995

v0.11.53

  • Support shared customer cluster scenarios see #2995
  • Introduce API Versioning

v0.11.50

  • Fix failing base app deployment with increased proxy timeouts and memory limit see #3149
  • Allow execution of PowerShell commands in a k8s-container see #3158
  • Add creation time see #3159

v0.11.49

  • Fix AAD auth by enlarging the Nginx buffer see #3142

v0.11.45

v0.11.44.1

  • Fix issue that prevented exec calls on containers see #2864
  • Fix multiple issues with nextMajor / nextMinor and latest onprem builds see #2865
  • Support for access by additional users, e.g. freelancers working for COSMO see #2855

v0.11.44

  • Implement backend code to upgrade a container see #2145
  • Improve logging see #2746
  • Fix nextMajor/nextMinor image create for ondemand containers see #2828
  • Add devcontainer support see #2850
  • Support for opt-in AD guest support see #2855

v0.11.43

  • Support building images without license see #2774

v0.11.42

  • Fix licenseVarName handling during container clone see #2744

v0.11.41

  • Exclude containers shared with me from admin-set limits see #2554
  • Cleanup outdated container limit warning see #2688
  • New Controller "Features" see #2693
  • Fix eventlog download since change in containerhelper broke it see #2694

v0.11.40

  • Support BC22 with *.bclicense only see #2581

v0.11.39

  • Allow adding new service labels see #2547
  • Added labels for better evalution pipelines in grafana see #2553

v0.11.38.1

  • Fix missing traefik label connection the middleware and router see #2539

v0.11.38

  • Increase Docker API timeouts, fix issue during service start see #2532

v0.11.37

  • Allow default setup for the mechanism to trigger different behavior for custom startup scripts per Swarm see #2194

v0.11.36

  • Send a notification when a container is created without respecting the limits see #2304
  • Enable setting container orgname, projectname & reponame directly via the service definition see #2353

v0.11.35

  • Define a simple mechanism to trigger different behavior for custom startup scripts per Swarm see #2194
  • Add support for cloning a container see #1486
  • Limit number of containers per customer via customer resolution service (e.g. active subscription for "Project Tooling" bought by customer) see #2141
  • Fix an issue where BcArtifact determination fails on rebuild of base images see #2235
  • Differ between build/nonbuild containers for default customer container limit see #2273
  • Consider additional setup when checking health and use container health state directly see #2232
  • Support configuration for publishing SwaggerUI for BC APIs see #2315

v0.11.34

  • Fix bug where cleanup fails because one search criteria gave an empty result see #2143
  • Fix issue where wrong the image was used when specifying version partly see #2129

v0.11.33

  • Fix a problem where empty REST responses (e.g. HTTP 204) caused internal server errors because of missing HTTP/2 support in BC 19 and older see #784
  • Fix a problem where AAD settings for BC 20 didn't work if the client sent customWebSettings see #2016
  • Retry service creation with an exponential backoff if it fails see #2118
  • Disable TLS for BC container created from pipeline see #2122

v0.11.32

  • Better error message if container start causes limit violation see #2035
  • Support AAD authentication for BC 20 and newer as well see #2016
  • Additional AAD fixes see #1775

v0.11.30

  • Respect container limits on start as well see #2035
  • Add option to prevent starting build agent if a pipeline template is too old see #2045

v0.11.29

  • Only cleanup build directories on Azure File Share older than 1 day see #1884
  • Support Azure AD authentication for containers in the self-service see #1775
  • Fix issue where images of services starting with docker.io couldn't be started see #2013

v0.11.28

  • Enable Symbol Loading was ignored during docker start for build containers (BC13/BC14 + container with DB-Backup) see #1998

v0.11.27

  • Add weekly worker cleanup for BC build services and build directories on Azure File Share see #1884
  • Add daily manager cleanup for docker system incl. unused images see #1973
  • Return a good message if a container is attempted to be started, but the image build fails, e.g. because the base artifacts are no longer available see #1981

v0.11.26

  • Suppress output messages when importing BCCH as ith messes with result interpreation see #1912
  • Run worker cleanup every day instead of once a week see #1941
  • Fix problem where containers couldn't be started after failure / shutdown see #1929
  • Optionally limit number of containers per user and overall, both running and total, as well as total number of build containers see #1925
  • Added health check API endpoints see #1916

v0.11.25

  • Added weekly cleanup of BCCH PerfmonLogs see #1820
  • Added custom header to RabbitMQ messages to determine if it is an error message see #1811
  • API changes to allow creation of build services/containers and getting container logs see #1869
  • Fix bug where logs couldn't be retrieved with a PAT see #1869
  • Support specifying either image or BC Artifact when creating a container see #1883
  • Add env variable to container when creating a BC build service see #1869
  • Make RabbitMQ hostname configurable to support external RabbitMQ instances see #1890
  • Make artifacts more stable see #1883
  • Fix image rebuild during container start when there's no defualt license for the artifact see #1901

v0.11.24

v0.11.23

v0.11.22

  • Support bcArtifact configurations with type OnPrem and empty version see #1602

v0.11.21

  • Add branch name to the service and containers labels in order to later identify it see #1337
  • Fix bug where "successfully started container" was posted after stopping a container see #1494
  • More clear message if image needs to be regenerated on container start see #1514
  • Fix bug where a stopped container isn't started when no license variable is present in the service labels see #1523

v0.11.20

  • Support regerating cosmoartifact images on container start see #1460

v0.11.19

  • Add number of current image builds to monitoring metrics see #960
  • Regenerate image when starting a stopped container where the image was cleaned up in the meantime see #998
  • Regenerate "latest" images every night as well see #1352
  • Fix license file variable name storage see #1363

v0.11.18

  • Support retrieving starting Containers as well. Old logic can be enabled with flag feat-gettask-onlyrunning see #1085
  • Non-BC services like build agents may also need to mount the bccontainerhelper cache folder see #1128
  • Support use of Performance Counters the counters are activated per default see #422
  • Support license file paths including blanks see #1137
  • Avoid case problems by making the check for container ownership case-insensitive see #1139
  • Add additional info about the connection to the KeyVault see #573
  • Only notify users about deleted containers if no other task is running or starting for the same service see #1088
  • Add an option to mount the bcartifacts cache to any container see #1201
  • Handle a potential problem if no repository id was given see #1201
  • Add project template support for product management. see #1103
  • Allow to easily define COSMO IP artifacts as dependency in a container see #1034
  • Support lang subcodes see #1285
  • Support async creation of a new container and allow to separately check if image needs to be built see #274

v0.11.17.3

  • Fix bug where NAV 2018 (!) wasn't handled correctly see #1254

v0.11.17.2

  • Fix bug where identification of a container didn't work when it has multiple owners see #1114

v0.11.17.1

  • Fix bug where starting a container created before v0.11.17 failed because the license could not be updated see #1099
  • Fix bug where creating a backup didn't work because of the way we identify who owns a container with the multi-owner feature see #1106

v0.11.17

  • Pass PAT authentication to sub-requests when collecting system information see #997
  • Added endpoint for Snapshotdebugging according to navcontainerhelper see #950
  • Support multiple owners per services as a comma-separated list see #500
  • Add an action to update the license variable (might be needed if it expires) and automatically call it on service start after a previous stop see #1004
  • Minimize number of times when images are generated and automatically update images during the night, starting at 21:30 per default but overridable via KeyVault see #478
  • Fix bug where Azure DevOps artifacts couldn't be validated when the optional scope field is not set see #1031
  • Fix bug where artifact validation failed because of a non-needed auth header see #1039
  • Update bccontainerhelper zo version 2.0.13 see #1066

v0.11.16

  • Add more information to the system information service see #573
  • Add action to invoke backup of container see #443
  • Validate artifacts when creating a new container see #862
  • Fix bug which prevented the Azure KeyVault configuration provider to refresh secret values see #983

v0.11.15

  • Add worker information to system information service see #877
  • Support optionally enabling premium SKU for the default user see #727

v0.11.14

  • Extend system information service to also include the Windows version of the host see #877
  • Fix Bug where stopped services where deleted during cleanup see #890

v0.11.13

  • Add service to provide system information see #877

v0.11.12

  • Disable cleanup of stopped BC service because we can now restart them see #651
  • Allow to "stop" and "start" the service by scaling the service to 0 or 1. This looks to the user like the container has started or stopped see #128
  • Allow to set a locale when starting a BC container as this can be used to set locale and culture information in the container see microsoft/nav-docker
  • Allow configuring the valid domains within the KeyVault for authenticating against the API see #698
  • Only run background tasks in production environments, identified by env variable "CosmoProduction" see #737
  • Remove default AppInsights key and retrieve it from the KeyVault instead see #711
  • Fix a problem where setting additional labels made creating a BC service impossible see #628
  • Add a background task that synchronizes the central key vault with the entity key vault. This can also be triggered through a REST call (POST /sync)
  • Define the possible projects to create by looking at the available licenses: Everything for which we have a license can be built see #703
  • Validate users against a list of tenant ids instead of emails. The tenant id is always the same for guests and regular users, making it easier to decide if a request is valid or not see #759
  • Add a controller for retrieving the RabbitMQ client credentials for the VS Code Extension
  • Allow configuring Symbol Loading, the default value if nothing is specified is true see #681
  • Restrict access to COSMO-internal Swarm backends to Cosmonauts from any valid tenant see #770
  • Resolve secret variables when creating a new BC container see #791

v0.11.11

  • Enable symbol loading for NAV 2018 and BC 13 by default see #675
  • Enable API services by default on container startup as it is also enabled by default in the pipeline see #675

v0.11.10.2

  • Use TLS for the RabbitMQ connection
  • Support custom scripts within BC containers see #62

v0.11.10.1

  • Fix a bug where the version wasn't specified for Get-BcArtifactUrl (redo 0.11.9.1)

v0.11.10

  • Add async notifications on cleanup tasks as well as on image build see #221
  • Add Azure KeyVault configuration provider to access secrets and configs. This allows flexible configurations of the service behavior.
  • Store database on volume so that when a container is restarted/re-created the database still is in place see #407

v0.11.9.1

  • Fix a bug where the version wasn't specified for Get-BcArtifactUrl

v0.11.9

  • Add a configuration option to allow to selectively disable the import of the performance test toolkit into images while Microsoft fails to fix a bug that makes image generation fail with perf toolkit import see microsoft/navcontainerhelper#1617
  • Go to bccontainerhelper 2.0.4
  • Fix image name recognition. When creating a preview image (nextMinor/nextMajor) the image name was not always correctly identified see #539

v0.11.8.4

  • Go to bccontainerhelper 2.0.2
  • Additional artifacts for trial

v0.11.8.3

  • Additional trial users

v0.11.8.2

  • Additional trial user and image

v0.11.8.1

  • Additional trial user

v0.11.8

  • Allow to configure whether multi-tenancy is active or not see #465
  • Allow to configure whether the Azure File Share is mounted for non-BC services as well. This is needed whenever a non-BC container wants to access the Azure File Share.
  • Allow access for Non-COSMO users, in the first for a trial phase see #481
  • Add trial mode for image generation which allows only specific, predefined images to be generated for trials and will be set up in advance see #484
  • Go to bccontainerhelper 2.0.0 to use the new -before param for Get-BCArtifactUrl in order to not get artifacts after a specific date
  • Go to bccontainerhelper 2.0.1 as it fixes microsoft/navcontainerhelper#1646

v0.11.7

  • Automatically cleanup dangling Docker images weekly see #183
  • Automatically cleanup BC artifacts older than 7 days every week see #183
  • Automatically cleanup unused volumes see #183
  • License Download Check added and Error Message improved during CI-Setup Variables when Docker image creation is invoked see #456
  • Fix image creation to use a correct image name when building for next minor or major version
  • Automatically cleanup build agents, long-running BC build containers and other dead containers/services twice a day see #183

v0.11.6.1

  • Fix problem where image creation failed on older version because the perf test tool doesn't exist there see #425

v0.11.6

  • Remove requirement for PATValidationProject: Instead of setting a PATValidationProject query param, most of the time the org can be deduced from the user. If not, a Header "Collection-URI" is used

v0.11.5.1

  • Change time for the Portainer restart to 4am GMT

v0.11.5

  • Add test libraries (functional and performance) when creating images: Whenever a new image is created, the test libraries are imported into the database, so they are always directly available after the container starts. This also requires that a license file is added to the call when the image is created as it is not possible to import the test libraries with a Cronus license
  • Add scheduled restarts for Portainer services (first part of see #183)
  • Set access control using labels (Tobias Fenster blog)
  • Add cleartext org, project and repo for later usage
  • Get container startup scripts according to new logic and from new repo see #382
  • Fix status check when looking for containers: Now only running containers are considered
  • Add telemetry key to the core service, not to the agent service
  • Optionally get non-running task as well see #401