What's Changed

This is an LCM update, with as special upgrade: moving to Kubernetes version 1.34, which should allow us to use the project in many future K8s deployment configurations.

New features & Upgrades

• Update to k8s 1.34 by @za in #2300

LCM

• build(deps): bump validator from 13.15.15 to 13.15.20 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2301
• build(deps-dev): bump validator from 13.15.15 to 13.15.20 in /js by @dependabot[bot] in #2302
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2303
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.8.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2304
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.39.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2311
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.7 by @renovate[bot] in #2310
• fix(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2309
• chore(deps): update frontend dependencies to v7.28.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2308
• chore(deps): update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin to v3.6.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2307
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.14.7 by @renovate[bot] in #2306
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2305
• build(deps): bump org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java from 11.0.0 to 11.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #2312
• fix(deps): update dependency org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java to v11.0.1 [security] by @renovate[bot] in #2313
• build(deps-dev): bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #2319
• chore(deps): update dependency globals to v16.5.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2322
• chore(deps): update dependency minimatch to v10.1.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2323
• chore(deps): update docker/dockerfile docker tag to v1.20 by @renovate[bot] in #2324
• build(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.43.0 to 0.45.0 in /gcp by @dependabot[bot] in #2325
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v2.8.14 by @renovate[bot] in #2321
• fix(deps): update asciidoctorj.version to v3.0.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2318
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.14.9 by @renovate[bot] in #2317
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.25.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2316
• fix(deps): update dependency org.owasp:dependency-check-maven to v12.1.9 by @renovate[bot] in #2320
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.39.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2315
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.45.0 [security] by @renovate[bot] in #2326
• build(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2327
• build(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2329
• build(deps): bump urllib3 from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0 in /scripts/sort_contibutors by @dependabot[bot] in #2341
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.55.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2337
• build(deps): bump validator from 13.15.20 to 13.15.23 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2340
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2332
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.8.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2331
• chore(deps): update dependency @eslint/eslintrc to v3.3.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2330
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate[bot] in #2336
• chore(deps): update lycheeverse/lychee-action action to v2.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2335
• build(deps-dev): bump validator from 13.15.20 to 13.15.23 in /js by @dependabot[bot] in #2342
• chore(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v3.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2333
• chore(deps): update dependency javascript-obfuscator to v4.2.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2334
• chore(deps): update dependency python to 3.14 by @renovate[bot] in #2291
• chore(deps): update dependency @commitlint/config-conventional to v20.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2348
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate[bot] in #2346
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.13 by @renovate[bot] in #2345
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.40.9 by @renovate[bot] in #2355
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v7.4.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2356
• chore(deps): update pre-commit hook renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks to v42.57.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2350
• chore(deps): update zaproxy/action-baseline action to v0.15.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2354
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to ~> 7.13.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2353
• chore(deps): update terraform-aws - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2352
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.56.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2351
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.25.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2344
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.39.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2343
• build(deps): bump validator from 13.15.20 to 13.15.23 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2349

Full Changelog: 1.12.9...1.12.10

Special Thanks

Special thanks to @za , @commjoen for their hard work on this release!

What's Changed

We are delighted to share that this is the first java 25 based release! Though we are not leveraging all the benefits yet, we already see quite the improvements and possible future features around us!

Bugfixes and new content

• Fix for oss index scanning by @commjoen in #2255
• Upgrade to Java 25 by @Copilot in #2279

LCM updates

• Update terraform-aws (major) by @renovate[bot] in #2157
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to v7 (major) by @renovate[bot] in #2223
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v11.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2263
• fix(deps): update dependency org.projectlombok:lombok to v1.18.42 by @renovate[bot] in #2262
• chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to plucky-20250925.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2260
• chore(deps): update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin to v3.5.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2259
• chore(deps): update dependency maven-wrapper to v3.3.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2257
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.14.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2256
• fix(deps): update dependency org.owasp:dependency-check-maven to v12.1.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2261
• chore(deps): update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin to v3.14.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2258
• fix(deps): update dependency org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java to v11 by @renovate[bot] in #2269
• chore(deps): update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin to v3.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2266
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v2.8.13 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2264
• chore(deps): update dependency globals to v16.4.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2265
• chore(deps): update dependency @commitlint/config-conventional to v20 by @renovate[bot] in #2267
• fix(deps): update dependency com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies to v6 by @renovate[bot] in #2268
• chore(deps): update docker/dockerfile docker tag to v1.19 by @renovate[bot] in #2270
• chore(deps): update eslint - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2271
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate[bot] in #2272
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.35.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2273
• fix(deps): update go by @renovate[bot] in #2274
• chore(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v3 by @renovate[bot] in #2275
• chore(deps): update github actions (major) by @renovate[bot] in #2276
• chore(deps): update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate[bot] in #2277
• chore(deps): update terraform-linters/setup-tflint action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in #2278
• update precommit and dead link checker config by @commjoen in #2280
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2284
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.25.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2283
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.7 by @renovate[bot] in #2281
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2282
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.14.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2285
• chore(deps): update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin to v3.6.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2286
• chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to plucky-20251001 by @renovate[bot] in #2287
• fix(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.7 by @renovate[bot] in #2289
• fix(deps): update dependency org.owasp:dependency-check-maven to v12.1.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2290
• chore(deps): update go by @renovate[bot] in #2292
• chore(deps): update actions/setup-node action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in #2297
• chore(deps): update github/codeql-action action to v4 by @renovate[bot] in #2298
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.35.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2288
• chore(deps): update pre-commit - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2293
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.48.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2294
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to ~> 7.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2296
• chore(deps): update terraform-aws by @renovate[bot] in #2295
• build(deps): bump validator from 13.15.15 to 13.15.20 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2299

Special thanks

We would like to thank @bendehaan , @commjoen for their hard work on this release.

Full Changelog: 1.12.8...1.12.9

What's Changed

This is another wonderful patch release, before we start migrating to java 25! In this release we have challenge 59, tons of LCM updates and some smaller changes.
We understand that it has been a while since our previous release! This has everything to do with the fact that this is a volunteered unpaid effort which sometimes cannot get the love it needs to keep up a higher pace.

New Content and Bugfixes

• Implement Challenge 59: Slack Webhook URL Vulnerability with Java 23 Support and Docker Build Configuration by @Copilot in #2203
• Add user agent to Slack notifications and Cypress configuration, fix GitHub Actions Java distribution by @Copilot in #2225
• Fix dotnet installation failure and add GHCR support for wrongsecrets-desktop containers by @Copilot in #2227
• Fix Docker build pipeline matrix variable references in desktop-container-publish.yml by @Copilot in #2229
• Fix text-muted visibility in dark mode on welcome page by @Copilot in #2231
• Fix deadlink checker by updating HashiCorp URLs and adding ignore patterns by @Copilot in #2241
• fix for new container fixes by @commjoen in #2254

LCM updates

• Update dependency OWASP/wrongsecrets-binaries to v0.2.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2212
• Update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v2.8.11 by @renovate[bot] in #2210
• Update dependency maven-wrapper to v3.3.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2209
• Update go by @renovate[bot] in #2217
• Update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v7.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2216
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.33.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2215
• Update lycheeverse/lychee-action action to v2.6.1 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2214
• Update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v2.8.12 by @renovate[bot] in #2218
• Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v11.0.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2207
• Update pre-commit hook renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks to v41.91.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2219
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2208
• Update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate[bot] in #2222
• Update pre-commit hook renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks to v41.92.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2220
• Update Terraform azurerm to v4.42.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2221
• Update dependency org.webjars:bootstrap to v5.3.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2211
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.33.9 by @renovate[bot] in #2232
• Update dependency @babel/eslint-parser to v7.28.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2233
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2234
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.4.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2236
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2235
• Update dependency go to v1.25.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2238
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2239
• update desktop container by @commjoen in #2250
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.6.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2249
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2248
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2247
• Update dependency com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin to v1.15.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2246
• Update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v7.3.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2251
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2252
• Update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2253

Thank you

We would like to thank @commjoen for his hard work on this release.

Full Changelog: 1.12.5...1.12.8

What's Changed

• Bugfix for challenge55 by @commjoen in #2202

• Update module github.com/ulikunitz/xz to v0.5.14 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in #2205

• Add Challenge 58: Database Connection String Exposure by @Copilot in #2123

Full Changelog: 1.12.3...1.12.5

What's Changed

This is one of our biggest updates yet. Only then packed in a small version update. In this version we made it a lot easier for both contributors and reveiwers to build out new challenges and tes them. From this verison onwars we have GHCR support where you can run live previews from. We also made it a lot easier to work with copilot and cursor.
Last but not least, we added a new challenge!

New Content

• create link to simplify challenge by @commjoen in #2102
• Add bsky button by @commjoen in #2106
• update twitter button by @commjoen in #2107
• Auto-create master Docker containers and publish to GitHub Container Registry by @Copilot in #2115
• docs: Add comprehensive documentation for AI agent efficiency by @Copilot in #2117
• Update pr-preview.yml to multiplatform by @commjoen in #2118
• Update master-container-publish.yml for mp by @commjoen in #2119
• Add comprehensive secret scanner comparison GitHub Action workflow by @Copilot in #2120
• Add GitHub Pages static preview system for PR reviews by @Copilot in #2127
• Fix GitHub Pages preview for multiple PRs - enable parallel deployments with shared index by @Copilot in #2129
• Extend PR preview with Thymeleaf generated HTML pages by @Copilot in #2133
• Setup Copilot instructions and pre-commit workflow for OWASP WrongSecrets by @Copilot in #2164
• Add Challenge 57: JavaScript-based In-Browser LLM Challenge with Enhanced OWASP WrongSecrets Conversational Content by @Copilot in #2125

Bugfixes

• Fix eslint config by @commjoen in #2104
• fix js vulns by @commjoen in #2111

LCM

• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.19.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2091
• chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to plucky-20250619 by @renovate[bot] in #2093
• chore(deps): update go by @renovate[bot] in #2098
• chore(deps): update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate[bot] in #2101
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate[bot] in #2092
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to ~> 6.44.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2100
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.37.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2099
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.31.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2097
• chore(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v2.46.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2096
• chore(deps): update babel monorepo to v7.28.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2095
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.32.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2094
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2090
• chore(deps): update eslint (major) by @renovate[bot] in #2031
• Bump form-data from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2103
• Update node lts by @commjoen in #2105
• Bump form-data from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2110
• Update e2e js packages by @commjoen in #2112
• Update readme and other instructions by @commjoen in #2108
• Fix java deprecations and update to vault 1.19 by @commjoen in #2113
• Update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2137
• Update dependency maven to v3.9.11 by @renovate[bot] in #2136
• Update go by @renovate[bot] in #2139
• Update dependency kubernetes-sigs/aws-alb-ingress-controller to v2.13.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2135
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.32.13 by @renovate[bot] in #2134
• Update Node.js to v22 by @renovate[bot] in #2156
• Update dependency node to v22 by @renovate[bot] in #2153
• Update jruby.version to v10.0.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2140
• Update docker/build-push-action action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in #2154
• Update actions/setup-python action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #2151
• Update ubuntu Docker tag to plucky-20250714 by @renovate[bot] in #2142
• Update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v7 by @renovate[bot] in #2152
• Update pre-commit by @renovate[bot] in #2148
• Update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate[bot] in #2155
• Update dependency eslint to v9.32.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2144
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.32.14 by @renovate[bot] in #2158
• Update terraform-gcp to ~> 6.46.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2150
• Update dependency io.netty:netty-bom to v4.2.3.Final by @renovate[bot] in #2146
• Update Terraform azurerm to v4.38.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2149
• Update dependency python to 3.13 by @renovate[bot] in #2147
• Bump tmp from 0.2.3 to 0.2.4 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2161
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2145
• Bump tmp from 0.2.3 to 0.2.5 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2162
• Update README.md by @commjoen in #2165
• Update Node.js version from 22 to 24 across all configurations with compatible engines constraint by @Copilot in #2160
• Update dependency @babel/preset-env to v7.28.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2168
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.32.23 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2167
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2170
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.4 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2169
• Update dependency org.webjars:datatables to v2.3.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2138
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.20.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2171
• Update go by @renovate[bot] in #2173
• Update jruby.version to v10.0.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2174
• Update eslint by @renovate[bot] in #2178
• Update dependency go to v1.25.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2177
• Update dependency com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies to v5.23.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2175
• Update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v7.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2176
• Update pre-commit by @renovate[bot] in #2180
• Update actions/checkout action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #2181
• Update terraform-linters/setup-tflint action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #2185
• Update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate[bot] in #2184
• Update pre-commit hook pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks to v6 by @renovate[bot] in #2182
• Update lycheeverse/lychee-action action to v2.5.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2179
• Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v11 by @renovate[bot] in #2183
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.32.24 by @renovate[bot] in #2186
• Update Terraform azurerm to v4.40.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/OWASP/wrongsecrets/pull...

What's Changed

New content

• Enable challenge 53 for CTF, add the gdb to desktop container by @commjoen in #2075
• Challenge56: Agentic plan challenge by @commjoen in #2089

Bugfixes

• Update challenge texts of 52, 39 and Railway by @commjoen in #2067
• Get the GCP project_id for terratest from terraform.tfvars file by @za in #2072
• Update k8s-vault-minikube-start.sh by @commjoen in #2069
• fix for challenge51 texts by @commjoen in #2074
• Add go mod tidy while executing go mod download by @za in #2076

LCM

• Ugrade k8s version to 1.33 by @za in #2054
• chore(deps): update dependency org.testcontainers:testcontainers to v1.21.3 by @renovate in #2078
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #2084
• fix: enable ctf mode for challenge 48 by @bendehaan in #2088
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v6.2.3 by @renovate in #2087
• chore(deps): update dependency globals to v16.3.0 by @renovate in #2083
• chore(deps): update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate in #2086
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.3.2 by @renovate in #2077
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.30.1 by @renovate in #2082
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.26.1 by @renovate in #2081
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.77 by @renovate in #2080
• chore(deps): update go by @renovate in #2079
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to ~> 6.42.0 by @renovate in #2085

Special Thanks

We would like to thank @bendehaan , @za , @commjoen for their work on this release

Full Changelog: 1.12.0...1.12.1

What's Changed

In preparation of the new java LTS release, we have released a new LCM update! Loads of dependencies got updated, and we finally said goodbye to some nasty dependency based bugs in GCP.

Bugfixes

• fixes for cypress and for other tools by @commjoen in #1992
• Fix for M1(+) binary executions outside of docker by @commjoen in #2000
• Small UI bugfix in table rendering

LCM

• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.35 by @renovate in #1991
• chore(deps): update terraform random to v3.7.2 by @renovate in #1990
• chore(deps): update dependency org.testcontainers:testcontainers to v1.21.0 by @renovate in #1999
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.4.5 by @renovate in #1995
• chore(deps): update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-maven-plugin to v1.5 - autoclosed by @renovate in #1998
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v2.8.8 by @renovate in #1994
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.vault:spring-vault-core to v3.1.3 by @renovate in #1996
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.38 by @renovate in #1993
• chore(deps): update dependency kubernetes-sigs/aws-alb-ingress-controller to v2.13.0 by @renovate in #2008
• chore(deps): update dependency globals to v16.1.0 by @renovate in #2007
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.40 by @renovate in #2006
• chore(deps): update dependency com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5 to v1.4.1 by @renovate in #2005
• chore(deps): update dependency @commitlint/config-conventional to v19.8.1 by @renovate in #2004
• chore(deps): update docker/dockerfile docker tag to v1.15 by @renovate in #2002
• chore(deps): update dependency @babel/preset-env to v7.27.2 by @renovate in #1985
• chore(deps): update dependency com.h3xstream.findsecbugs:findsecbugs-plugin to v1.14.0 by @renovate in #1997
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.3 by @renovate in #2001
• chore(deps): update lycheeverse/lychee-action action to v2.4.1 by @renovate in #2010
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.14.1 by @renovate in #2012
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.45 by @renovate in #2011
• chore(deps): update dependency kubernetes-sigs/aws-alb-ingress-controller to v2.13.2 by @renovate in #2009
• fix(deps): update go by @renovate in #2003
• chore(deps): update dependency owasp/wrongsecrets-binaries to v0.2.0 by @renovate in #2017
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.19.0 by @renovate in #2016
• Upgrade minikube to 1.36 by @commjoen in #2018
• chore(deps): update pre-commit hook eslint/eslint to v9.27.0 by @renovate in #2022
• chore(deps): update docker/dockerfile docker tag to v1.16 by @renovate in #2021
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.24.0 by @renovate in #2020
• fix(deps): update dependency org.webjars:datatables to v2.3.0 by @renovate in #2030
• chore(deps): update pre-commit hook renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks to v40 by @renovate in #2033
• chore(deps): update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate in #2032
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.14.3 by @renovate in #2013
• chore(deps): update go by @renovate in #2019
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.vault:spring-vault-core to v3.2.0 by @renovate in #2029
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.51 by @renovate in #2014
• chore(config): migrate renovate config by @renovate in #2036
• chore(deps): update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin to v3.5.1 by @renovate in #2035
• chore(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v2.44.5 by @renovate in #2034
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies to v2025 and spring boot 3.5.0 by @renovate in #2037
• chore(deps): update dependency org.testcontainers:testcontainers to v1.21.1 by @renovate in #2038
• chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to plucky-20250521 by @renovate in #2040
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.56 by @renovate in #2041
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.25.0 by @renovate in #2043
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #2039
• chore(deps): update terraform http to ~> 3.5.0 by @renovate in #2024
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.28.0 by @renovate in #2015
• chore(deps): update terraform-aws by @renovate in #2025
• fix(deps): update dependency org.owasp:dependency-check-maven to v12.1.2 by @renovate in #2044
• fix(deps): update dependency org.webjars:bootstrap to v5.3.6 by @renovate in #2042
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to ~> 6.38.0 by @renovate in #2026
• Bump requests from 2.32.0 to 2.32.4 in /scripts/sort_contibutors by @dependabot in #2045
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.4 by @renovate in #2047
• chore(deps): update dependency @babel/eslint-parser to v7.27.5 by @renovate in #2046
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v2.8.9 by @renovate in #2052
• fix(deps): update dependency org.owasp:dependency-check-maven to v12.1.3 by @renovate in #2051
• chore(deps): update dependency maven to v3.9.10 by @renovate in #2049
• Bump urllib3 from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0 in /scripts/sort_contibutors by @dependabot in #2053
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.34.0 by @renovate in #2023
• chore(deps): update dependency kubernetes-sigs/aws-alb-ingress-controller to v2.13.3 by @renovate in #2048
• chore(deps): update dependency python to 3.13 by @renovate in #1916
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.3 by @renovate in #2057
• chore(deps): update docker/dockerfile docker tag to v1.17 by @renovate in #2060
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #2056
• fix(deps): update dependency org.webjars:bootstrap to v5.3.7 by @renovate in #2058
• chore(deps): update dependency org.testcontainers:testcontainers to v1.21.2 by @renovate in #2055
• chore(deps): update dependency globals to v16.2.0 by @renovate in #2059
• chore(deps): update eslint by @renovate in #2061
• fix(deps): update dependency minimatch to v10.0.3 by @renovate in #2050
• fix(deps): update dependency org.jruby:jruby-complete to v10 by @renovate in #1983
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to ~> 6.40.0 by @renovate in #2062
• fix(deps): update go by @renovate in #2064
• chore(deps): update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate in #2066
• chore(deps): update terraform-aws by @renovate in #2065
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.68 b...

What's Changed

In this version we added 2 more exciting challenges by @Pastekitoo based on real-life examples! Next, we got upgraded to K8s 1.32 by @za , so we can use the Kubernetes challenges for more than a year to come! On top of that @nbaars fixed the major performance issue we had since 1.11 and got rid of some conflicting Netty versions. Apart from that we did our usual LCM. Enjoy this new release!

New Content

• Update README.md by @commjoen in #1934
• Challenge 54 & Challenge55 hidden secrets in gitignore and .ssh by @Pastekitoo in #1929
• Upgrade to k8s 1.32 by @za in #1976

Bugfixes

• Fixes in golang challenge by @commjoen in #1940
• fix: Azure SDK warning about Netty mismatch. by @nbaars in #1942
• fix: performance issue with Thymeleaf by @nbaars in #1941
• fix smaller bugs from startup (authenticated EP) by @commjoen in #1943
• fix for head url link by @commjoen in #1944
• Update fly.toml to latest fast container by @commjoen in #1962
• start of putting all challenges to cached answers by @commjoen in #1961

LCM

• chore(deps): update go by @renovate in #1930
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.3 by @renovate in #1932
• fix(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.3 by @renovate in #1933
• chore(deps): update pre-commit hook renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks to v39.200.2 by @renovate in #1926
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.1 by @renovate in #1937
• chore(deps): update module github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 to v16 by @renovate in #1928
• chore(deps): update terraform aws to v5.91.0 by @renovate in #1935
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.23.0 by @renovate in #1936
• chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to plucky-20241213 by @renovate in #1931
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies to v2024.0.1 by @renovate in #1939
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.4.4 by @renovate in #1938
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.3.0 by @renovate in #1946
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.22.0 by @renovate in #1956
• fix(deps): update dependency com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies to v5.21.0 by @renovate in #1960
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.13 by @renovate in #1951
• chore(deps): update lycheeverse/lychee-action action to v2.4.0 by @renovate in #1959
• chore(deps): update dependency org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-maven-plugin to v3.2.0 by @renovate in #1958
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v2.8.6 by @renovate in #1954
• fix(deps): update dependency org.projectlombok:lombok to v1.18.38 by @renovate in #1953
• chore(deps): update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin to v3.5.3 by @renovate in #1948
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.23.0 by @renovate in #1957
• chore(deps): update dependency @babel/eslint-parser to v7.27.0 by @renovate in #1955
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.16.3 by @renovate in #1947
• chore(deps): update go by @renovate in #1949
• chore(deps): update dependency uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter to v2.1.8 by @renovate in #1964
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.23.0 by @renovate in #1966
• chore(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v2.44.4 by @renovate in #1963
• fix(deps): update dependency org.owasp:dependency-check-maven to v12.1.1 by @renovate in #1965
• fix(deps): update dependency com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies to v5.22.0 by @renovate in #1973
• fix(deps): update dependency org.webjars:bootstrap to v5.3.5 by @renovate in #1970
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #1978
• chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to plucky-20250402 by @renovate in #1968
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.31.24 by @renovate in #1969
• chore(deps): update ubuntu docker tag to plucky-20250415 by @renovate in #1981
• chore(deps): update eslint by @renovate in #1971
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #1982
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.2 by @renovate in #1977
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.26.0 by @renovate in #1979
• chore(deps): update go by @renovate in #1972
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #1989
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.23.1 by @renovate in #1986

Special Thanks

We would like to thank @nbaars , @Pastekitoo , @za, @bendehaan and @commjoen for their hard work on this release!

Full Changelog: 1.11.1...1.11.2

What's Changed

In this version we upgraded to a much newer version of Spring boot, K8s, did tons of LCM and bugfixes and added a new Challenge!

New Content

• Automate docker compose testing for challenge51 by @commjoen in #1851
• Update k8s version to 1.31 by @za in #1853
• Challenge 53: k8s debug container sidecars by @Pastekitoo in #1833
• Explicitly write in the README the required helm version to be installed by @za in #1905
• Remove scripts/install-consul.sh by @za in #1923
• add new contributors by @commjoen in #1924

Bugfixes

• support for non lts java in renovate by @commjoen in #1869
• Fixes for Azure deployment: update readme, TF process, and K8s templates by @commjoen in #1887
• fix: patch storage class to use standard as default by @bendehaan in #1900
• update gcp readme and scripts by @commjoen in #1901
• Nety fix for GCP: prevent segfault when running on GCP with cloud challenges by @commjoen in #1903
• updated time-out as clusters might be underprovisioned by @commjoen in #1891
• Fix: updated cloud deployment dependencies in de readme and pre-checks by @commjoen in #1899

LCM

• chore(deps): update dependency org.testcontainers:testcontainers to v1.20.5 by @renovate in #1856
• chore(deps): update dependency com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5 to v1.4.0 by @renovate in #1861
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.0 by @renovate in #1864
• chore(deps): update dependency globals to v15.15.0 by @renovate in #1863
• chore(deps): update dependency eslint to v9.21.0 by @renovate in #1862
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.1.0 by @renovate in #1860
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.30.31 by @renovate in #1858
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.21.3 by @renovate in #1855
• fix(deps): update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.4.3 by @renovate in #1866
• chore(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v2.44.3 by @renovate in #1854
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #1857
• chore(deps): update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin to v3.14.0 by @renovate in #1872
• fix(deps): update dependency com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies to v5.20.1 by @renovate in #1870
• fix(deps): update dependency nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-layout-dialect to v3.4.0 by @renovate in #1868
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.16.1 by @renovate in #1871
• chore(deps): update dependency maven-wrapper to v3 by @renovate in #1867
• chore(deps): update docker/dockerfile docker tag to v1.14 by @renovate in #1873
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v5.11.1 by @renovate in #1877
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.cloud:spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies to v6 by @renovate in #1878
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.30.33 by @renovate in #1879
• chore(deps): update lycheeverse/lychee-action action to v2.3.0 by @renovate in #1874
• chore(deps): update dependency org.testcontainers:testcontainers to v1.20.6 by @renovate in #1884
• chore(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.1 by @renovate in #1883
• chore(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.21.4 by @renovate in #1882
• fix(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.2 by @renovate in #1885
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.9.2.0 by @renovate in #1881
• chore(deps): update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.2 by @renovate in #1880
• chore(deps): update terraform random to ~> 3.7.0 by @renovate in #1876
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.21.1 by @renovate in #1875
• fix(deps): update dependency org.owasp:dependency-check-maven to v12 by @renovate in #1886
• fix(deps): update dependency org.linguafranca.pwdb:keepassjava2 to v2.2.4 by @renovate in #1890
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.30.35 by @renovate in #1889
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.30.36 by @renovate in #1893
• chore(deps): update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:tidy-maven-plugin to v1.4.0 by @renovate in #1895
• fix(deps): update dependency org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java to v10 by @renovate in #1898
• chore(deps): update pre-commit hook psf/black to v25 by @renovate in #1897
• chore(deps): update dependency @commitlint/config-conventional to v19.8.0 by @renovate in #1894
• chore(deps): update pre-commit by @renovate in #1888
• fix(deps): update dependency org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java to v10.2.1 by @renovate in #1908
• chore(deps): update terraform-gcp to ~> 6.25.0 by @renovate in #1906
• chore(deps): update dependency globals to v16 by @renovate in #1910
• chore(deps): update go (major) by @renovate in #1911
• chore(deps): update terraform-aws by @renovate in #1920
• chore(deps): update dependency @babel/eslint-parser to v7.26.10 by @renovate in #1912
• chore(deps): update eslint - autoclosed by @renovate in #1917
• chore(deps): update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.13.5 by @renovate in #1913
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.22.0 by @renovate in #1919
• chore(deps): update pre-commit hook alessandrojcm/commitlint-pre-commit-hook to v9.22.0 by @renovate in #1918
• fix(deps): update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.30.38 by @renovate in #1914
• fix(deps): update go by @renovate in #1909
• chore(deps): update dependency kubernetes-sigs/aws-alb-ingress-controller to v2.12.0 by @renovate in #1915
• final updates before release by @commjoen in #1925

New Contributors

• @Pastekitoo made their first contribution in #1833

Special Thanks

We would like to thank @za , @nbaars , @Pastekitoo , @bendehaan and @commjoen for their hard work on this release!

Full Changelog: 1.10.3...1.11.1

What's Changed

In this new version we have bugfixes, and a new challenge!

New content

• Challenge52: Add misconfiguration for mounting in secret in during build by @Shubham-Patel07 in #1790

Bugfixes

• edit: fix for hints in challenge51_hint.adoc by @mahaputrailhamawal in #1845
• Hotfix/minikube: update sealed secrets and vault version by @commjoen in #1832
• fix: change AWS InstanceType to t3.large to allow running in multiple regions by @mahaputrailhamawal in #1849
• fix: change challenge51docker-compose.yml and challenge51_hint by @mahaputrailhamawal in #1850
• Fix: fix for the hints in challenge47_hint.adoc by @mahaputrailhamawal in #1846
• updated contributors by @commjoen in #1852

LCM

• Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.21.2 by @renovate in #1831
• Update dependency @babel/preset-env to v7.26.7 by @renovate in #1830
• Update dependency io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-charts-highcharts to v3.13.4 by @renovate in #1836
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations to v4.9.1 by @renovate in #1843
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs to v4.9.1 by @renovate in #1842
• Update dependency @commitlint/config-conventional to v19.7.1 by @renovate in #1840
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.30.23 by @renovate in #1834
• Update pre-commit by @renovate in #1838
• chore(deps): update babel monorepo by @renovate in #1835
• fix(deps): update dependency com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies to v5.20.0 by @renovate in #1841
• chore(deps): update terraform azurerm to v4.20.0 by @renovate in #1839

New Contributors

• @mahaputrailhamawal made their first contribution in #1845

Special Thanks

We would like to thank @mahaputrailhamawal , @Shubham-Patel07 , @bendehaan, and @commjoen for their hard work on this release!

Full Changelog: 1.10.2...1.10.3