Release notes for version: 15.0.0 + 15.1.0

Technological stack
Integrated AI features
Automations
For ER developers - codebase change

Technological stack

This section is important for Server solution. Cloud users need not worry about any of this.

OS: Debian 12 on amd64 architecture
Redmine: upgradable from version 6.0.6
Ruby: 3.4.4
Bundler: 2.7.1+
Rubygems: 3.7.x
Database: Percona/MySQL 8
redis-server: 8
NodeJS: 22.18
Docker engine: 28.3.0
Docker compose: 2.37.3

⚠️ Ruby and NodeJS ⚠️ are strictly mandatory, without these versions you will not be able to run Easy Redmine.

✅ Or, forget about the management of technological stack and use Docker deployment. It combines the security of on-premises solution with nearly the comfort of cloud solution.

Before every application upgrade, please carefully refer to all release notes between your existing version and the new version - there may be critical technical or functional changes explained.

To avoid sifting through too many release notes in the future, we recommend updating your application regularly. With Docker updating is very simple, and brings you advantages:

Latest security fixes
Latest bug fixes
Fewer changes at a time - better digestible for your users

Integrated AI features

In our initial Easy AI release last year, we bundled all of the AI features into a big add-on. Starting from September 2025 they are integrated into the product structure by logical components.

Easy AI Basic

AI Basic is a part of the Business plan, or as add-on for Essentials.

This part consists of features:

Write assistant
Task summary
Project status
Project planner
Knowledge assistant lite - in-app chatbot, without possibility to use own information sources

Knowledge Assistant Pro

This AI feature is part of the Platform plan, or as add-on for Essentials or Business.

In-app chatbot and includes the possibility to use own data collections as AI resources (PDFs, website content, task history, Knowledge base, Confluence).

Help Desk Premium

Part of the Platform plan, or as add-on for Help desk.

Contains assistant for answering tickets, based on your data collections (history of solved tickets, PDFs, website content, Knowledge base, Confluence).

General information

The AI features are enabled per user (disabled by default).

Easy AI requires an LLM to function. The connection to LLM is provisioned from our side based on your demand. If your plan contains Easy AI, please contact support to request activation.

Documentation of Easy AI is available here.

Automations

What is it

New feature for automating repeated processes:

One click to update multiple task fields and add comment (replacement of legacy Easy buttons)
One click to trigger creating task, subtask or related task from template
Send webhook from the task to an external system

Detailed documentation is available here.

What about legacy buttons

Legacy Easy buttons will still remain functional, but will eventually be removed. There is a feature for migrating your existing Easy buttons to Automation buttons directly in the application. Go to the list of legacy Easy buttons, right click on a specific button to find the migrator.

We're just getting started

Upcoming minor releases will further expand the possibilites of automations, such as periodic triggering, list as an input, or triggering via link.

Have you developed into Easy Redmine code? - Warning for ER developers

Starting from version 15 all code MUST be Zeitwerk compatible. If you have self-made modifications in Easy Redmine codebase, before the upgrade you need to verify Zeitwerk compatibility and, if needed, adjust the structure:

Enable "zeitwerk mode" in your ENV
Check deprecations warnings
Follow our guide to fix them
Treat yourself to a reward

Developers' documentation is available here.

Modifications delivered by Easy Software are, of course, fully handled on our side, including such technological maintenance.

Changelog

Smaller changes are listed in the changelog.