The 2.17 series release notes contain important changes in this release series.

Security Fixes

• Packages have been updated to the latest security versions.

Bug Fixes

• When an organization member was reinstated, the webhook payload reported the ghost user as the sender and not the actual user performing the reinstatement.
• The garbage collection of temporary files could lead to a license validation error.

Upcoming deprecation of GitHub Enterprise Server 2.17

GitHub Enterprise Server 2.17 will be deprecated as of May 23, 2020 That means that no patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues, after this date. For better performance, improved security, and new features, upgrade to the newest version of GitHub Enterprise Server as soon as possible.

Known Issues

• On a freshly set up GitHub Enterprise Server without any users, an attacker could create the first admin user.
• Custom firewall rules aren't maintained during an upgrade.
• Subversion (SVN) checkout may timeout while the repository data cache is being built. In most cases, subsequent svn checkout attempts will succeed.
• Git LFS tracked files uploaded through the web interface are incorrectly added directly to the repository.
• Issues cannot be closed if they contain a permalink to a blob in the same repository where the file path is longer than 255 characters.
• Lines in gists are not selectable.
• When "Users can search GitHub.com" is enabled with GitHub Connect, issues in private and internal repositories are not included in GitHub.com search results.

Thanks!

The GitHub Team