The GitHub Enterprise Server 3.15 Release Candidate is available

The GitHub Enterprise Server 3.15 release candidate is here

You can now download the GitHub Enterprise Server 3.15 release candidate to try out the new features in this latest version. Version 3.15 gives customers enhanced deployment requirements and security controls. Here are a few more highlights in the 3.15 release:

• We have updated root disk size requirements. New installations of GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.15 and upgrades to 3.15 now require a root disk size of at least 400GB. System will not boot otherwise. For more information on how to increase the root disk size in the appliance, see increasing storage capacity.

• We have also updated minimum server specs recommended to run GHES. For more information, see minimum recommended requirements.

• You can now interact with project status updates using GraphQL and webhooks. This unlocks new ways to automate how you provide and gather project status update information. For more information, see GitHub Projects.

• Custom properties now support new property types: multi select and true/false. Organization repositories can now be queried and filtered via properties. Both the UI and API are supported. Read about filtering repositories.

• Code security configurations are now available in GHES. These configurations simplify the rollout of GitHub security products at scale. They help you define collections of security settings and apply them across groups of repositories. We have retired the old organization-level code security settings UI experience along with the API parameters that complemented it. For more information, see code security configurations.

• Secret scanning push protection is now supported for content upload REST API endpoints – create a blob and create or update file contents. Push protection blocks you from pushing secrets to a repository and generates a secret scanning alert whenever you bypass the block.

• CodeQL‘s support for Swift and Kotlin is now generally available. CodeQL is the static analysis engine that powers GitHub code scanning.

• Organization owners can now grant a user or team access to all of the repositories in their org with a single click. New pre-defined roles have been added to the organization settings, under Organization Roles > Role Management, where all organization owners can view and assign them. These can be further customized as well to grant specific repository permissions across your organization. For more information, see organization roles.

Release Candidates are a way for you to try the latest features early, and they help us gather feedback to ensure the release works in your environment. They should be tested on non-production environments. Read more about the release candidate process.

To learn more about GHES 3.15, check out release notes, or download the 3.15 release candidate now.

If you have any feedback or questions about the release candidate, please contact our Support Team.