Liquibase 4.29.0 release notes

Liquibase 4.29.0 is a major release. Liquibase 4.29.0 contains several new capabilities and notable enhancements for Liquibase Pro users: Python-based Liquibase Pro custom policy checks, a new Google BigQuery extension, and operation reports being enabled by default in certain conditions.

See GitHub formatted release notes for more information. Full changelog: 4.28.0–4.29.0 (July 25, 2024)

Notable changes

Liquibase Pro

BigQuery extension: Using Liquibase Pro with Google BigQuery

With Liquibase 4.29.0, Google BigQuery is now supported as an "out-of-the-box" database, enabling users to achieve value more quickly. Also included is support for Liquibase Pro features such as Flows, Policy Checks, and Operation Reports with Google BigQuery, so users will have the efficiency and productivity benefits of Liquibase Pro when working with the platform.

Learn more: Using Liquibase with Google BigQuery Platforms

Operation reports are enabled by default

With Liquibase 4.29.0, operation reports for key Liquibase commands are generated and presented to users who meet the following conditions: Running Liquibase commands that create reports, on systems with read/write permissions, which are not "headless" in automation, and who have not explicitly set LIQUIBASE_REPORTS_ENABLED=false.

Learn more: Operation Reports.

Custom policy checks: Create and run Python-based checks that fit your specific needs.

Liquibase checks have been opened to the world of Python development. With this release, you can point your custom checks to your custom Python scripts to solve your nuanced conditions for better risk mitigation, compliance, code quality, security, and more. (Extension release: 29 July 2024)

Learn more: Liquibase Pro Custom policy checks

Liquibase Pro and Liquibase Open Source

  • Java API: undeprecated Liquibase class methods, improved Javadocs, and removed deprecated dependencies/sonar warnings as requested by the community in GitHub, the forum, and other locations. (#5663)

  • Added liquibase:snapshot command to liquibase-maven-plugin (#1379)

  • Added support for NULL placeholders on loadData (#5966)

  • When multiple databaseChangeLog tags are present, an error will now be thrown instead of failing silently (#5963)

  • Released liquibase-cli to Maven, making it available to people who use Liquibase as a library (#6085)

Liquibase Pro changelog

New features

  • DAT-16671: Custom policy checks in #1671 by @wwillard7800

  • DAT-17725: Enable reporting by default, swallow all report generation exceptions in #1763 by @abrackx

  • DAT-17871: Allow multiple checks to be specified in checks enable/disable commands in #1814 by StevenMassaro

  • DAT-17490: Enhance update report to split skipped changesets into their own collapsible section in #1752 by @abrackx

  • DAT-17635: Add wildcard support for --check-name parameters for checks run, show, bulk-set in #1787 by @StevenMassaro

Changes

  • DAT-17988: PRO: checks run --checks-output=nonapplicablechecks is broken in #1792 by @wwillard7800

  • DAT-17870: Add aliases for parameters in checks run, show, and create commands in #1799 by StevenMassaro

  • DAT-17972: Abstract report writing to interface for IO in #1795 by @StevenMassaro

  • DAT-18086: Update minor versions for Azure Uber Jar in #1868 by @filipelautert

  • DAT-17654: Add test for starting and stopping H2 in detached mode in #1735 by @StevenMassaro

  • DAT-17883: Expand Java and default file properties when using --property-substitution-enabled flag in

  • #1782 by @abrackx

  • DAT-15723: Include arguments in generated drop function changes for Postgres in #1765 by @StevenMassaro

  • DAT-17621: Add ChangesetAttributesSetTrueOrFalse check in #1754 by @StevenMassaro

  • DAT-17657: Handle non-String arguments in Flow in #1721 by wwillard7800

  • DAT-16603: Do not append to open stream in flow in #1738 by @wwillard7800

  • DAT-8223: Add split statements option to SqlUserDefinedPatternCheck in #1744 by @StevenMassaro

  • DAT-17535: Update parameters for regex helper checks in #1716 by @StevenMassaro

  • DAT-15916: Give each SQLCMD log file a unique name by adding the changeset author and id in #1732 by @wwillard7800

  • DAT-16597: Fully qualify names when loading DDL of sprocs and funcs in Snowflake in #1724 by @StevenMassaro

Bug fixes

  • DAT-18207: Do not open report when headless is true in #1843 by @abrackx

  • DAT-18052: make --check-name case-insensitive for checks bulk-set in #1815 by @StevenMassaro

Security, driver, and other updates

  • (#1825) Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.26.0 to 3.26.3 by @dependabot

  • (#1824) Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.16.1 to 3.17.0 by @dependabot

  • (#1819) Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jaxb-annotations from 2.17.1 to 2.17.2 by @dependabot

  • (#1820) Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind from 2.17.1 to 2.17.2 by @dependabot

  • (#1818) Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations from 2.17.1 to 2.17.2 by @dependabot

  • (#1807) Bump org.apache.groovy:groovy-all from 4.0.21 to 4.0.22 by @dependabot

  • (#1804) Bump org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine from 5.10.2 to 5.10.3 by @dependabot

  • (#1803) Bump org.junit:junit-bom from 5.10.2 to 5.10.3 by @dependabot

  • (#1805) Bump org.projectlombok:lombok from 1.18.32 to 1.18.34 by @dependabot

  • (#1791) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2 by @dependabot

  • (#1817) Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core from 2.17.1 to 2.17.2 by @dependabot

  • (#1816) Bump com.networknt:json-schema-validator from 1.4.2 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot

  • (#1786) Bump com.github.xmlet:xsdParser from 1.2.14 to 1.2.15 by @dependabot

  • (#1794) Bump com.networknt:json-schema-validator from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2 by @dependabot

  • (#1783) Bump com.azure:azure-identity from 1.8.1 to 1.12.2 in /liquibase-azure-deps by @dependabot

  • (#1781) Bump com.microsoft.azure:msal4j from 1.13.8 to 1.15.1 in /liquibase-azure-deps by @dependabot

  • (#1746) Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.16.0 to 3.16.1 by @dependabot

  • (#1737) Bump org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client from 3.3.3 to 3.4.0 by @dependabot

  • (#1760) Bump org.hsqldb:hsqldb from 2.7.2 to 2.7.3 by @dependabot

  • (#1758) Bump liquibase/build-logic from 0.7.7 to 0.7.8 by @dependabot

  • (#1718) Bump org.mockito:mockito-core from 5.11.0 to 5.12.0 by @dependabot

  • (#1717) Bump com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc8 from 19.22.0.0 to 19.23.0.0 by @dependabot

  • (#1736) Bump org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 by @dependabot

  • (#1745) Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.25.3 to 3.26.0 by @dependabot

  • (#1762) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin from 3.5.3 to 3.6.0 by @dependabot

Liquibase Pro and Liquibase Open Source changelog

Breaking changes

(#6089) refactor the history command to use command framework (DAT-17970) @StevenMassaro

New features

  • (#5850) Change visibility of practical methods to support custom checks (DAT-16671) @wwillard7800

  • (#1379) Added liquibase:snapshot command to the liquibase-maven-plugin @malikin

  • (#6036) Feat: Allow setting row-level dependency tracking in the create table statement on Oracle Database @matheusviegas

  • (#6085) Feat: Release liquibase-cli package to maven @filipelautert

  • (#5975) Update diff summary results in mdc to not be recalculated (DAT-17725) @abrackx

  • (#6099) Chore: Include slf4j-simple and pin version to allow dependabot to upgrade it for us @filipelautert

  • (#6046) Feat: Add current Java version to Banner @filipelautert

  • (#6039) Command argument aliases that can be printed to help (DAT-17870) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5965) Do not show message for bigquery database (DAT-17497) @vitaliimak

  • (#5966) Add support for NULL placeholders on loadData @davidecavestro

  • (#5924) Optimize parsing big xml files @asolntsev

  • (#6021) Feat: Add dependencies for Apache Commons libraries that are being used @filipelautert

  • (#6034) Feat: Add the status command output + tests to make sure that it runs at the same time than update @filipelautert

Changes

  • (#6042) Fix/windows value DAT-17704 @sayaliM0412

  • (#5704) Fix SQL execution issue with endDelimiter '/' and splitStatements @MalloD12

  • (#6037) DAT-17939 fix Java version to 17 @jandroav

  • (#6032) DAT-17939 Add ability to generate Liquibase zip with extensions for any PR @jandroav

  • (#6017) Fix issue 5944 @MalloD12

  • (#5925) Feat: FastCheck refactoring @filipelautert

  • (#5802) Refactored data clumps @compf

  • (#6022) Changed condition to trigger tests @rberezen

  • (#5988) High Level API (aka undeprecate Liquibase class) @filipelautert

  • (#5929) Add detached mode for running H2 (DAT-17654) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5993) Move ChangeLogParameters helper methods to ChangeLogParameters class (DAT-17883) @abrackx

  • (#5766) Use lombok getter and setter. @asashour

  • (#5982) DAT-17770 Package BQ commercial jar inside liquibase tar ball \& zip @jandroav

  • (#5985) DAT-16264 DevOps: Liquibase build fails on Publish to Maven Central - Nexus @jandroav

  • (#5986) Fix incorrect line breaks and wrapping when generating table output (DAT-17891 and DAT-17288) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5911) Fix sequenceExists check that became case sensitive for Postgresql @davidecavestro

  • (#5598) Changeset execution information properties @jasonlyle88

  • (#5774) Prevent spurious SET SEARCH\_PATH SQL statements for Postgres during update-sql command. Fixes #5316 @mpvvliet

  • (#5875) GH issue #5872: Improve regex for endDelimiter and rollbackEndDelimiter @wwillard7800

  • (#5957) Retain original dbms string (DAT-17621) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5980) DAT-17768: Add new directory internal/ext to classpath @filipelautert

  • (#5977) Fully qualify names of tables when snapshotting unique constraints in Snowflake (DAT-17880) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5950) Add default constructor + setters to `DatabaseChangeLogLock` @rursprung

  • (#5961) Make the message more accurate when an exception occurs during database close @wwillard7800

  • (#5967) DAT-17842 @suryaaki2

  • (#5898) Do not log stack trace if isExpected flag is true for CommandFailedException @wwillard7800

  • (#1826) Prevent silent failures when two databaseChangeLog tags are present @danielthegray

  • (#5953) CheckSum: add getter for storedCheckSum @rursprung

  • (#901) Microsoft SQL Server doesn't support ORDER in sequences @danielthegray

  • (#5915) Added connect command to Maven DAT-17411 @wwillard7800

  • (#5932) Use Commons-IO where possible (DAT-17634) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5812) DAT-16825: RawSqlStatement refactoring @MalloD12

  • (#5922) Generated addPrimaryKey changes should not include column direction (DAT-17467) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5939) Adding property to build so that liquibase-scripting shows up in the tarball @wwillard7800

  • (#5941) Run-Test configuration updated to avoid building jakarta.enterprise jakarta.enterprise.cdi api with Java 11 @MalloD12

  • (#5903) [DAT-16377] Verify if supports method is implemented in a change to prevent unexpected behaviors @filipelautert

  • (#5919) Fully qualify names for Snowflake unique constraints (DAT-16598) @StevenMassaro

  • (#5937) DAT-17536: Update weekly-integration-tests.yml @sayaliM0412

  • (#5926) Throw an exception from diff-changelog when failure occurs (DAT-17623) @StevenMassaro

Bug fixes

  • (#6117) Remove the unneeded inclusion of commons-io in liquibase-core pom.xml @wwillard7800

  • (#6097) Fixed performance issue with valueBlobFile on Postgres databases introduced in v4.18.0 @Shauren

  • (#6083) Fix defaultValueComputed inside addColumn producing bad SQL with Postgres @micopiira

  • (#6045) Add osgi.serverloader manifest header entries for liquibase.changelog.visitor.ValidatingVisitorGenerator #6040 fix @steinarb

  • (#6024) fix #6019 NullPointerException when using CharType or VarcharType with H2 database @cchoz

  • (#6015) Fix OSGi import for org.apache.commons.io @vkolomeyko

  • (#6041) Rawsqlstatement refactoring fixes @MalloD12

  • (#6027) Chore: Allow slf4j library to be included in Liquibase zip/installer @filipelautert

  • (#5958) Clone system properties to prevent ConcurrentModificationException @Alf-Melmac

Security, driver, and other updates

  • (#6028) Bump spring.version from 5.3.28 to 5.3.37 @dependabot

  • (#6013) Bump org.firebirdsql.jdbc:jaybird from 5.0.4.java8 to 5.0.5.java8 @dependabot

  • (#6029) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2 @dependabot

  • (#6011) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin from 3.2.5 to 3.3.0 @dependabot

  • (#6018) Bump targetMavenVersion from 3.9.7 to 3.9.8 @dependabot

  • (#6012) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin from 3.2.5 to 3.3.0 @dependabot

  • (#5952) Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.16.0 to 3.16.1 @dependabot

  • (#5969) Bump org.hsqldb:hsqldb from 2.7.2 to 2.7.3 @dependabot

  • (#5951) Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.45.3.0 to 3.46.0.0 @dependabot

  • (#5971) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.6.3 to 3.7.0 @dependabot

  • (#5973) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin from 3.5.3 to 3.6.0 @dependabot

  • (#5972) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin from 3.13.0 to 3.13.1 @dependabot

  • (#5970) Bump org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin from 3.11.0.3922 to 4.0.0.4121 @dependabot

  • (#5964) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin from 3.4.1 to 3.5.0 @dependabot

  • (#5959) Bump liquibase/build-logic from 0.7.7 to 0.7.8 @dependabot

  • (#5949) Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.25.3 to 3.26.0 @dependabot

  • (#5948) Bump targetMavenVersion from 3.9.6 to 3.9.7 @dependabot

  • (#5900) Bump com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc8 from 19.22.0.0 to 19.23.0.0 @dependabot

  • (#5931) Bump org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 @dependabot

  • (#5889) Bump info.picocli:picocli from 4.7.5 to 4.7.6 @dependabot

  • (#5895) Bump org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom from 1.19.7 to 1.19.8 @dependabot

  • (#6090) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 @dependabot

  • (#6091) Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 @dependabot

  • (#6092) Bump actions/setup-python from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1 @dependabot

  • (#6088) Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.26.0 to 3.26.3 @dependabot

  • (#6048) Bump junit-jupiter.version from 5.10.2 to 5.10.3 @dependabot

  • (#6047) Bump org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter from 5.10.2 to 5.10.3 @dependabot

  • (#6043) Bump org.apache.commons:commons-text from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0 @dependabot

  • (#6049) Bump org.projectlombok:lombok from 1.18.32 to 1.18.34 @dependabot

  • (#6050) Bump org.junit.platform:junit-platform-suite from 1.10.2 to 1.10.3 @dependabot

  • (#6060) Bump groovy.version from 4.0.21 to 4.0.22 @dependabot

  • (#6059) Bump robinraju/release-downloader from 1.10 to 1.11 @dependabot

  • (#6026) Bump Spring-core version to 5.3.37 @filipelautert

  • (#5810) Bump jakarta.enterprise:jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api from 4.0.1 to 4.1.0 @dependabot

  • (#5790) Bump stCarolas/setup-maven from 4.5 to 5 @dependabot

  • (#5824) Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from 1 to 3 @dependabot