We are proud to present the release of Gitea version 1.15.8.
We highly encourage users to update to this version for some important bug-fixes.
We have merged [16](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pulls?q=is%3Apr+milestone%3A1.15.8+is%3Amerged) pull requests to release this version.
:exclamation: We remind users that a bug was discovered with `gitea dump` in 1.14.3–1.14.6 and 1.15.0. Database dumps from these versions cause
broken fields in the `repo_unit` and `login_source` tables causing the issue identified in [#16961](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/16961).
Users on 1.14.x must upgrade to 1.14.7 before running `gitea dump`. If this is not possible and you are affected [#17137](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17137)
provides a new `gitea doctor` command to fix the `repo_unit` issue:
You can download one of our pre-built binaries from our [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/1.15.8/) - make sure to select the correct platform! For further details on how to install, follow our [installation guide](https://docs.gitea.com/installation/install-from-binary).
* Move POST /{username}/action/{action} to simply POST /{username} ([#18045](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18045)) ([#18046](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18046))
* Fix outType on gitea dump ([#18000](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18000)) ([#18016](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18016))
* Ensure complexity, minlength and isPwned are checked on password setting ([#18005](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18005)) ([#18015](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18015))
* Prevent double decoding of % in url params ([#17997](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17997)) ([#18001](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18001))
* Prevent hang in git cat-file if the repository is not a valid repository (Partial [#17991](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17991)) ([#17992](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17992))
* Prevent deadlock in create issue ([#17970](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17970)) ([#17982](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17982))
* TESTING
* Use non-expiring key. ([#17984](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17984)) ([#17985](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/17985))