Releasesby IbisTeardown now available for run steps
Update2 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 10, 2026
For customers needing cleanup work to run no matter how a job ends, we now support teardown steps. Add a teardown list to any run step, and CircleCI runs those steps at the end of the job, including when the job fails, is canceled, or times out.
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Every CircleCI releaseApprove or cancel on-hold jobs directly from Slack
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Deprecation of v1 and v1.1 Trigger and Rerun APIs, February 1, 2027
CircleCI is retiring 10 legacy v1 and v1.1 API endpoints used to trigger and rerun builds. They will be removed on February 1, 2027. This extends the date previously communicated by email (November 1, 2026). After that date, requests to these endpoints return HTTP 410 Gone.
In-app support chat now available
You can now get additional assistance and file support tickets directly from the CircleCI web app with the new in-app support chat. To use it, open the Help menu at the top right of the web app and enable the support chat toggle.
CircleCI API v3 is now available
API v3 is CircleCI’s current API version, and all new API development happens in v3. Every endpoint follows the same conventions, so you can predict how the API works without reading a spec for each one: UUID resource IDs instead of project slugs Cursor-based pagination One error format with structured error objects Standard rate limit headers, so tools can...
Self-Hosted Runner: Bitbucket Cloud is retiring SSH access via bitbucket.org
Bitbucket Cloud is retiring SSH access via bitbucket.org on 12 November 2026 and moving it to ssh.bitbucket.org(Atlassian announcement). We are updating CircleCI’s build agent to use the new host so that Bitbucket Cloud checkouts continue to work after the cutover.
Xcode 27.2 Beta 2 Available
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Deprecation of Xcode 14.3.1, 26.3.0, 26.2.0, and 26.1.1
Following our Xcode image retention policy , Xcode 14.3.1, 26.3.0, 26.2.0, and 26.1.1 have been marked as deprecated and will be removed on October 30th, 2026. We will be performing 24 hour brownouts from 00:00:01 to 23:59:59 UTC during which these images will be unavailable. The brownout and deprecation schedule can be found below.
Native GitHub Actions YAML Workflow Support , Preview
Native GitHub Actions YAML Workflow Support , Open Preview CircleCI now supports running GitHub Actions YAML-defined workflows directly on CircleCI compute. This is an open preview release. Some GitHub Actions features are not yet supported, and Linux runners are currently the only supported execution environment.
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Cloud SQL for MySQL supports blue-green deployments ( Preview )
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Updates to Intelligent Workloads and Standard Workloads
Create and define Intelligent Workloads Intelligent Workloads is now generally available (GA), designed for teams that want to proactively monitor business-impacting transactions and associated KPIs. You can now leverage bulk creation to build multiple workloads at once.
Performance Risks Inbox is now generally available
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CLI v0.9.0 | CLI, Beta
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