5.19.0 Release Notes

docs/.vuepress/navbar-menus/about.js

@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ export default [
   },
   {
     text: 'Release Notes',
-    link: '/history/5_x/version-5.18.0.md'
+    link: '/history/5_x/version-5.19.0.md'
   }
 ]

docs/.vuepress/notes.mjs

@@ -65,7 +65,16 @@ async function main() {
   console.log(`Comparing versions: ${fromVersion} → ${toVersion}\n`);
 
   // Check if toVersion tag exists by attempting to fetch from main repos
-  const gh = new Octokit({ auth: process.env.GH_API_TOKEN });
+  // Use a quiet Octokit instance to avoid noisy 404 logs during tag detection
+  const gh = new Octokit({ 
+    auth: process.env.GH_API_TOKEN,
+    log: {
+      debug: () => {},
+      info: () => {},
+      warn: () => {},
+      error: () => {}
+    }
+  });
   let tagExists = false;
   let useHead = false;
 
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ async function main() {
         tag: tag
       });
       tagExists = true;
+      console.log(`✓ Found release tag: ${tag}\n`);
       break;
     } catch (error) {
       if (error.status !== 404) {
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@ async function main() {
             ref: `tags/${tag}`
           });
           tagExists = true;
+          console.log(`✓ Found git tag: ${tag}\n`);
           break;
         } catch (refError) {
           // Continue to next format
@@ -101,22 +112,34 @@ async function main() {
   // Determine behavior based on tag existence and mode
   if (!tagExists) {
     if (argv.draft) {
-      console.log(`\nWarning: Tag ${toVersion} not found, using HEAD for preview\n`);
+      console.log(`⚠ Tag ${toVersion} not found, using HEAD for preview\n`);
       useHead = true;
     } else {
-      console.error(`\nERROR: Tag ${toVersion} not found.`);
-      console.error(`       Create the tag first or use --draft mode to preview with HEAD.\n`);
-      console.log(`Continuing with empty results to create placeholder file...\n`);
-      // Continue execution but with empty results
+      console.log(`⚠ Tag ${toVersion} not found - creating placeholder file without PR data`);
+      console.log(`  Tip: Use --draft mode to preview with HEAD, or create the tag first.\n`);
+      // Continue execution but skip PR fetching
     }
   }
 
   const context = {};
-  context.core = await getRepoData({ repo: 'rundeck', owner: 'rundeck' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
-  context.enterprise = await getRepoData({ repo: 'rundeckpro', owner: 'rundeckpro' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
-  context.docs = await getRepoData({ repo: 'docs', owner: 'rundeck' }, fromVersion, toVersion, [], useHead); // No label filtering for docs (need all PRs for contributors)
-  context.ansible = await getRepoData({ repo: 'ansible-plugin', owner: 'rundeck-plugins' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
-  context.runner = await getRepoData({ repo: 'sidecar', owner: 'rundeckpro' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
+
+  // Skip PR fetching if tag doesn't exist and not in draft mode
+  const skipPRs = !tagExists && !useHead;
+
+  if (skipPRs) {
+    console.log('Skipping PR fetching (tag not found, not in draft mode)\n');
+    context.core = { contributors: {}, pulls: [] };
+    context.enterprise = { contributors: {}, pulls: [] };
+    context.docs = { contributors: {}, pulls: [] };
+    context.ansible = { contributors: {}, pulls: [] };
+    context.runner = { contributors: {}, pulls: [] };
+  } else {
+    context.core = await getRepoData({ repo: 'rundeck', owner: 'rundeck' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
+    context.enterprise = await getRepoData({ repo: 'rundeckpro', owner: 'rundeckpro' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
+    context.docs = await getRepoData({ repo: 'docs', owner: 'rundeck' }, fromVersion, toVersion, [], useHead); // No label filtering for docs (need all PRs for contributors)
+    context.ansible = await getRepoData({ repo: 'ansible-plugin', owner: 'rundeck-plugins' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
+    context.runner = await getRepoData({ repo: 'sidecar', owner: 'rundeckpro' }, fromVersion, toVersion, ['release-notes/include'], useHead);
+  }
   context.contributors = { ...context.core.contributors, ...context.docs.contributors, ...context.ansible.contributors };
 
   context.version = new RundeckVersion({ versionString: argv.milestone });
@@ -155,13 +178,22 @@ async function main() {
 
   // Only run update functions if not a draft
   if (!argv.draft) {
-    //Turning off docsearch update for version specific page
-    //updateDocsearchVersion(argv.milestone);
+    console.log('\n=== Updating Configuration Files ===\n');
+    // Turning off docsearch update for version specific page
+    // updateDocsearchVersion(argv.milestone);
     updateSetupJs(argv.milestone);
     addSidebarVersion(argv.milestone);
     updateLatestReleaseLink(argv.milestone);
     updateNavbarReleaseLink(argv.milestone);
     updatePRFeedConfig(argv.milestone);
+
+    console.log('\n✓ Successfully generated release notes and updated all configuration files!');
+    console.log(`  File: ${outPath}`);
+    if (!tagExists && !useHead) {
+      console.log('\n  Note: PR data not included (tag not found). Re-run after creating the tag to populate PR details.');
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.log(`\n✓ Draft release notes generated: ${outPath}`);
   }
 }
 
@@ -237,7 +269,16 @@ function updateNavbarReleaseLink(version) {
 }
 
 async function getRepoData(repo, fromVersion, toVersion, includeLabels, useHead = false) {
-  const gh = new Octokit({ auth: process.env.GH_API_TOKEN });
+  // Use quiet logging to avoid noisy 404 errors during tag format attempts
+  const gh = new Octokit({ 
+    auth: process.env.GH_API_TOKEN,
+    log: {
+      debug: () => {},
+      info: () => {},
+      warn: () => {},
+      error: () => {}
+    }
+  });
 
   console.log(`Fetching PRs from ${repo.owner}/${repo.repo}...`);
 

docs/.vuepress/pr-feed-config.json

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   "lastSelfHostedRelease": {
-    "version": "5.18.0",
-    "lastSelfHostedDate": "2025-12-16",
+    "version": "5.19.0",
+    "lastSelfHostedDate": "2026-02-02",
+    "lastSaasRelease": "2025-01-26",
     "lastSaasCut": "rba/5.19-RBA-20260122-adc13ef-8e5597d",
-    "description": "Last self-hosted GA release version and date"
+    "description": "Last self-hosted release version and date"
   }
 }

docs/.vuepress/pr-utils.mjs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export async function fetchPRsBetweenTags(octokit, owner, repo, fromVersion, toV
   let baseTagUsed = null;
   let headTagUsed = null;
 
-  // Try to find valid base tag
+  // Try to find valid base tag (silently try different formats)
   for (const baseTag of baseTagFormats) {
     for (const headTag of headTagFormats) {
       try {
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ export async function fetchPRsBetweenTags(octokit, owner, repo, fromVersion, toV
         });
         baseTagUsed = baseTag;
         headTagUsed = headTag;
-        console.log(`  Found tags ${baseTag}...${headTag}, ${comparison.data.ahead_by} commits ahead`);
+        console.log(`  ✓ Found tags ${baseTag}...${headTag}, ${comparison.data.ahead_by} commits ahead`);
         break;
       } catch (error) {
         if (error.status === 404) {
-          continue; // Try next format
+          continue; // Try next format silently
         }
         throw error;
       }
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ export async function fetchPRsBetweenTags(octokit, owner, repo, fromVersion, toV
   }
 
   if (!comparison) {
-    const errorMsg = `Tags for versions ${fromVersion}...${toVersion} not found in ${owner}/${repo}`;
-    console.warn(`  Warning: ${errorMsg} - skipping this repository`);
+    console.log(`  ⚠ Tags ${fromVersion}...${toVersion} not found - skipping ${owner}/${repo}`);
     return [];
   }
 

docs/.vuepress/setup.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { BaseTransition } from "vue"
 
-const RUNDECK_VERSION='5.18.0'
-const RUNDECK_VERSION_FULL='5.18.0-SNAPSHOT'
-const API_VERSION='56'
+const RUNDECK_VERSION='5.19.0'
+const RUNDECK_VERSION_FULL='5.19.0-SNAPSHOT'
+const API_VERSION='57'
 const API_DEP_REL='6.0.0'
 const API_DEP_VER='17'
 const API_MIN_VER='14'

docs/.vuepress/sidebar-menus/history.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default [
   {
     text: 'Latest Release',
     collapsible: false,
-    link: '/history/5_x/version-5.18.0.md',
+    link: '/history/5_x/version-5.19.0.md',
   },
   {
     text: 'Recent Changes',
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ export default [
         text: 'Version 5.x',
         collapsible: true,
         children: [
+          {
+            text: "5.19.0",
+            link: "https://docs.rundeck.com/5.19.0/"
+          },
+
           {
             text: "5.18.0",
             link: "https://docs.rundeck.com/5.18.0/"

docs/api/index.md

@@ -3911,10 +3911,16 @@ To narrow down the result set over which the metrics will be calculated, you can
 
 Paging parameters `max` and `offset` will have no effect on the result.
 
-**Response**
+**Additional Parameters (API v57+):**
+
+* `useStats` (boolean): If `true`, use snapshot-based metrics from SCHEDULED_EXECUTION_STATS table. If `false` or not provided, use execution table query. When `useStats=true`, the `jobIdListFilter` parameter is required unless `groupByJob=true`.
+* `groupByJob` (boolean): If `true` with `useStats=true`, returns metrics for all jobs in a single project (batch mode). The metrics query must be scoped to one project, either by using the project-specific endpoint (`/api/29/project/[PROJECT]/executions/metrics`) or by including a `project` query parameter when calling the global endpoint (`/api/29/executions/metrics`). Returns format: `{jobs: {uuid1: metrics, uuid2: metrics, ...}}`.
+* `begin` (string): When using `useStats=true`, filter metrics to include only executions that completed on or after this date. Format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ` (ISO8601).
+* `end` (string): When using `useStats=true`, filter metrics to include only executions that completed on or before this date. Format: `yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ` (ISO8601).
 
+**Response**
 
-An object with `duration` entry containing duration stats, and a `total` entry with total executions.
+When `groupByJob` is not used, the response is an object with `duration` entry containing duration stats, and a `total` entry with total executions:
 
 ``` json
 {
@@ -3927,6 +3933,33 @@ An object with `duration` entry containing duration stats, and a `total` entry w
 }
 ```
 
+When `groupByJob=true` with `useStats=true` (API v57+), the response format is:
+
+``` json
+{
+    "jobs": {
+        "uuid1": {
+            "total": 100,
+            "succeeded": 95,
+            "failed": 5,
+            "duration": {
+                "average": "5s"
+            },
+            ...
+        },
+        "uuid2": {
+            "total": 50,
+            "succeeded": 48,
+            "failed": 2,
+            "duration": {
+                "average": "3s"
+            },
+            ...
+        }
+    }
+}
+```
+
 
 ### Execution State
 
@@ -6319,7 +6352,26 @@ Same response as [Setup SCM Plugin for a Project](#setup-scm-plugin-for-a-projec
         "service": "NodeExecutor",
         "title": "Kubernetes / Pods / Node Executor",
         "iconUrl": "...",
-        "providerMetadata": { }
+        "providerMetadata": {
+            "groupBy": "Kubernetes",
+            "groupIconUrl": "/path/to/kubernetes-icon.svg"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "artifactName": "aws-vm-plugin",
+        "author": "Rundeck",
+        "builtin": false,
+        "description": "AWS VM management plugin",
+        "id": "abc123def456",
+        "name": "AwsVmStartPlugin",
+        "pluginVersion": "2.0.0",
+        "service": "WorkflowStep",
+        "title": "AWS VM Start",
+        "iconUrl": "...",
+        "providerMetadata": {
+            "groupBy": "AWS VM",
+            "groupIconUrl": "/path/to/aws-icon.svg"
+        }
     },
     {
         "artifactName": "py-winrm-plugin",
@@ -6340,6 +6392,8 @@ Same response as [Setup SCM Plugin for a Project](#setup-scm-plugin-for-a-projec
 
 * `iconUrl` - URL to icon file for the plugin if present. **since V40**
 * `providerMetadata` - Map of metadata about the plugin if present. **since V40**
+  * `groupBy` - The group name for the plugin, used for UI grouping. Plugins with the same `groupBy` value will be grouped together in the UI. **since V57**
+  * `groupIconUrl` - The icon URL for the plugin group. This may be explicitly defined for the group or automatically determined from the first plugin in the group. **since V57**
 
 ### Get Plugin Detail
 
@@ -6361,7 +6415,10 @@ Since: v49
   "targetHostCompatibility": "all",
   "ver": null,
   "id": "d36b17dfae7b",
-  "providerMetadata": {},
+  "providerMetadata": {
+    "groupBy": "MyGroup",
+    "groupIconUrl": "/path/to/group-icon.svg"
+  },
   "dynamicProps": null,
   "thirdPartyDependencies": null,
   "name": "<provider-name>",
@@ -6395,6 +6452,10 @@ Since: v49
 }
 ```
 
+The `providerMetadata` object may contain:
+* `groupBy` - The group name for the plugin, used for UI grouping. **since V57**
+* `groupIconUrl` - The icon URL for the plugin group. **since V57**
+
 ## Webhooks
 
 ### List Project Webhooks

docs/api/rundeck-api-versions.md

@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ Changes introduced by API Version number:
 API versions below `{{$apiDepVersion}}` are *deprecated*.  Clients using earlier versions should upgrade to use `{{$apiDepVersion}}` as the minimum version before release `{{ $apiDepRelease }}` to avoid errors.
 :::
 
+### Version 57
+
+* Updated Endpoints:
+  * [`GET /api/V/plugin/list`][GET /api/V/plugin/list] - Plugin list response `providerMetadata` now includes `groupBy` and `groupIconUrl` fields for plugin UI grouping
+  * [`GET /api/V/plugin/detail/[SERVICE]/[PROVIDER]`][GET /api/V/plugin/detail/\[SERVICE\]/\[PROVIDER\]] - Plugin detail response `providerMetadata` now includes `groupBy` and `groupIconUrl` fields for plugin UI grouping
+  * [`GET /api/V/executions/metrics`][/api/V/executions/metrics]
+    * Added `useStats` parameter: if `true`, use snapshot-based metrics from `SCHEDULED_EXECUTION_STATS` table. If `false` or not provided, use execution table query.
+    * Added `groupByJob` parameter: if `true` with `useStats=true`, returns metrics for all jobs in the project (batch mode). Requires `project` parameter.
+    * Added `begin` and `end` parameters for date range filtering when using `useStats=true`.
+  * [`GET /api/V/project/[PROJECT]/executions/metrics`][/api/V/project/\[PROJECT\]/executions/metrics]
+    * Added `useStats` parameter: if `true`, use snapshot-based metrics from `SCHEDULED_EXECUTION_STATS` table. If `false` or not provided, use execution table query.
+    * Added `groupByJob` parameter: if `true` with `useStats=true`, returns metrics for all jobs in the project (batch mode).
+    * Added `begin` and `end` parameters for date range filtering when using `useStats=true`.
+
 ### Version 56
 
 * Updated Endpoints: