Kiwi TCMS 16.1

security improvements, database migrations, new API and translations

Posted by Kiwi TCMS Team on Wed 24 June 2026 under releases

Dear testers, we're happy to announce Kiwi TCMS version 16.1!

IMPORTANT:

This is a minor version release which includes security related updates, several improvements, database migrations, new API methods and updated translations.

You can explore everything at https://public.tenant.kiwitcms.org!

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Public container image (x86_64):

pub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/kiwitcms   latest  12fc270ef5b9    862MB

IMPORTANT: version tagged and multi-arch container images are available only to subscribers!

Changes since Kiwi TCMS 16.0

Security

Improvements

  • Update bleach from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0
  • Update django from 5.2.15 to 6.0.6
  • Update django-guardian from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2
  • Update django-simple-history from 3.11.0 to 3.12.0
  • Update node_modules/js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0
  • Update node_modules/pdfmake from 0.3.7 to 0.3.11
  • Update node_modules/webpack from 5.106.0 to 5.107.2
  • Update node_modules/webpack-cli from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3
  • Remove the handle_attachments_post_save() signal. Going forward files uploaded via rich text editor will be linked to the user who uploaded them

Database

  • Add migration testcases.0024_alter_testcase_extra_link
  • Add migration testplans.0011_alter_testplan_extra_link
  • Add migration testruns.0020_testexecutiontag

API

  • Add TestExecution.remove_tag() method. Refs Issue #4349
  • Method Tag.filter() now returns the execution field

Bug fixes

  • Fix invalid multiline {% trans %} on password reset confirm page

Refactoring and testing

  • Update actions/checkout from 6 to 7
  • Update codecov/codecov-action from 6 to 7
  • Update isort from 6.1.0 to 8.0.1
  • Update locust from 2.44.1 to 2.44.4
  • Update pylint from 3.3.9 to 4.0.6
  • Silence false-positive errors & adjustments for newer pylint
  • Skip English plural forms of seen strings in similar-string linter
  • Add XML-RPC API test case with non-printable character

Translations

Changes since Kiwi TCMS Enterprise v16.0-mt

  • Based on Kiwi TCMS v16.1
  • Compatible with Django 6
  • Update kiwitcms-github-app from 2.2.2 to 2.3.0
  • Update kiwitcms-tenants from 4.4.4 to 4.5.0
  • Update kiwitcms-trackers-integration from 1.3.1 to 1.4.0
  • Update sentry-sdk from 2.61.1 to 2.63.0

Private container images

hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/version          16.1 (aarch64)          ae3442ef043b    24 Jun 2026     715MB
hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/version          16.1 (x86_64)           8a98927b8581    24 Jun 2026     696MB
hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/enterprise       16.1-mt (aarch64)       0610f65a5fd5    24 Jun 2026     913MB
hub.kiwitcms.eu/kiwitcms/enterprise       16.1-mt (x86_64)        a3f823870351    24 Jun 2026     892MB

IMPORTANT: version tagged, multi-arch and Enterprise container images are available only to subscribers!

How to upgrade

Follow the Upgrading instructions from our documentation.

Happy testing!

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