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+date: "2020-11-16T15:00:00+00:00"
+author: "gary-kim"
+title: "Gitea 1.12.6 is released"
+tags: ["release"]
+draft: false
+---
+
+We are proud to present the release of Gitea version 1.12.6.
+
+We highly encourage users to update to this version as it contains some important security and bug fixes.
+
+We have merged [27](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pulls?q=is%3Apr+milestone%3A1.12.6+is%3Amerged) pull requests to release this version.
+
+We would like to give a special thanks to [stypr](https://github.com/stypr) of Flatt Security Inc. for reporting security issues that have been patched in this release.
+
+You can download one of our pre-built binaries from our [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.12.6/) - make sure to select the correct platform! For further details on how to install, follow our [installation guide](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/).
+
+
+We would also like to thank all of our supporters on [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/gitea) who are helping to sustain us financially.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Changelog
+
+## [1.12.6](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.12.6) - 2020-11-11
+
+* SECURITY
+  * Prevent git operations for inactive users ([#13527](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13527)) ([#13537](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13537))
+  * Disallow urlencoded new lines in git protocol paths if there is a port ([#13521](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13521)) ([#13525](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13525))
+* BUGFIXES
+  * API should only return Json ([#13511](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13511)) ([#13564](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13564))
+  * Fix before and since query arguments at API ([#13559](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13559)) ([#13560](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13560))
+  * Prevent panic on git blame by limiting lines to 4096 bytes at most ([#13470](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13470)) ([#13492](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13492))
+  * Fix link detection in repository description with tailing '_' ([#13407](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13407)) ([#13408](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13408))
+  * Remove obsolete change of email on profile page ([#13341](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13341)) ([#13348](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13348))
+  * Fix permission check on get Reactions API endpoints ([#13344](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13344)) ([#13346](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13346))
+  * Add migrated pulls to pull request task queue ([#13331](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13331)) ([#13335](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13335))
+  * API deny wrong pull creation options ([#13308](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13308)) ([#13327](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13327)) 
+  * Fix initial commit page & binary munching problem ([#13249](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13249)) ([#13259](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13259))
+  * Fix diff parsing ([#13157](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13157)) ([#13136](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13136)) ([#13139](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13139))
+  * Return error 404 not 500 from API if team does not exist ([#13118](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13118)) ([#13119](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13119))
+  * Prohibit automatic downgrades ([#13108](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13108)) ([#13111](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13111))
+  * Fix GitLab Migration Option AuthToken ([#13101](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13101))
+  * GitLab Label Color Normalizer ([#12793](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/12793)) ([#13100](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13100))
+  * Log the underlying panic in runMigrateTask ([#13096](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13096)) ([#13098](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13098))
+  * Fix attachments list in edit comment ([#13036](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13036)) ([#13097](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13097))
+  * Fix deadlock when deleting team user ([#13093](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13093))
+  * Fix error create comment on outdated file ([#13041](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13041)) ([#13042](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13042))
+  * Fix repository create/delete event webhooks ([#13008](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13008)) ([#13027](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13027))
+  * Fix internal server error on README in submodule ([#13006](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13006)) ([#13016](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13016))