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This webpage describes the updates Acquia made to Cloud IDE in 2021. For the latest updates, see Release notes.
Cloud IDE - December 12, 2021
Change PHP is updated to 8.0.12 and 7.4.25.
Fix Composer 2 can run into memory limits.
Cloud IDE - December 05, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE now supports pulling applications behind Federated Sign-On.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.19.0.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.14.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.5 and 3.0.3.
Fix The Cloud IDE web URL is forced over HTTPS only.
Cloud IDE - November 22, 2021
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.18.0.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.12.
Change BLT Launcher is updated to 1.1.0.
Cloud IDE - November 8, 2021
Fix Dramatically improved performance of all Cloud IDE processes, improving terminal load time and removing keystroke lag.
Cloud IDE - November 2, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE now autoselects the database and files when a site is selected.
Feature You can now start and stop services with Acquia CLI’s ide:service-start and ide:service-stop commands.
Change Support for PHP 7.3 is removed.
Change PHP is updated to 7.4.24 and 8.0.11.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.16.0.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 2.2.0.
Change NVM is updated to 0.39.0.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.9.
Change Composer is updated to 1.10.23.
Cloud IDE - October 29, 2021
Fix The Environments page in the Cloud UI was sometimes not displaying Cloud IDE environments when navigating to an application from the Applications page.
Cloud IDE - October 27, 2021
Change You can create and manage Cloud IDEs through the Cloud Platform user interface.
Cloud IDE - October 8, 2021
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.8.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 2.0.0.
Cloud IDE - September 12, 2021
Change Git is updated to 2.33.0
Fix Drupal functional JavaScript tests fail to run.
Cloud IDE - August 15, 2021
Change Github CLI is updated to 1.13.1.
Change PHP is updated to 7.3.29 and 7.4.21.
Change Composer 2 is updated to 2.1.5.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.4 and 3.0.2.
Change Chromedriver is updated to 92.0.4515.131.
Cloud IDE - July 26, 2021
Fix The automated database connection and Drupal config overrides could fail to be applied.
Cloud IDE - July 25, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE does not require manual authentication against the Cloud Platform API.
Cloud IDE - July 04, 2021
Feature Image processing libraries (imagemagick, pngcrush, jpegtran) are now supported.
Change PHP is updated to 7.3.28 and 7.4.18
Fix Opening up the visual database editor for the first time returned the preview site instead.
Cloud IDE - June 13, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE is preconfigured to support Acquia Migrate Accelerate.
Change NVM and RVM are lazy loaded so the Terminal loads faster.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.2.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.11.0.
Fix Drupal 7 applications returned PHP notices.
Fix On the existing IDEs, installing a different version of Node.js with NVM returned a permission denied message.
Cloud IDE - June 06, 2021
Feature A visual database editor is now supported at /database.
Feature Decoupled (aka headless) Drupal is supported.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.12.1.
Change Composer is updated to 2.0.14.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.10.3.
Fix The Drupal watchdog file returned a permission denied message.
Fix Large Git repositories could time out and fail to be pulled.
Fix Cloud IDE could run into GitHub API rate limits.
Cloud IDE - May 23, 2021
Change Theia is updated to 1.13.0.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.12.0.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.9.2.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.3 and 3.0.1.
Change Composer is updated to 2.0.13 and 1.10.22.
Fix In certain cases, creating the /mnt/gfs/sitegroup.ide symlink failed.
Fix Cloud IDE is incompatible with SimpleSAMLphp.
Cloud IDE - April 08, 2021
Change Drush is now aliased to dr.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.9.0.
Change PHP is updated to 7.3.27 and 7.4.15.
Change MySQL is updated to 5.7.32.
Change Composer is updated to 1.10.21 and 2.0.12.
Change Drush is updated to 8.4.8.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.8.1.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.2.
Change NVM is updated to 0.38.0.
Change Chromedriver is updated to 90.0.4430.24.
Fix Applications with many sites could run into degraded performances.
Cloud IDE - April 04, 2021
Change Acquia Developer Studio CLI is removed from Cloud IDE.
Fix Pulling the database and files from the Get Started page failed.
Fix Cloud IDE file system mappings and symlinks did not match Cloud Platform.
Fix The /mnt/files/<sitegroup>.ide directory was not writable.
Cloud IDE - March 21, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE allows you to pull the production application.
Feature You can file support requests from Theia’s Help menu.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you encounter any errors, contact Acquia Support.
2021 Release notes - Cloud IDE
This webpage describes the updates Acquia made to Cloud IDE in 2021. For the latest updates, see Release notes.
Cloud IDE - December 12, 2021
Change PHP is updated to 8.0.12 and 7.4.25.
Fix Composer 2 can run into memory limits.
Cloud IDE - December 05, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE now supports pulling applications behind Federated Sign-On.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.19.0.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.14.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.5 and 3.0.3.
Fix The Cloud IDE web URL is forced over HTTPS only.
Cloud IDE - November 22, 2021
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.18.0.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.12.
Change BLT Launcher is updated to 1.1.0.
Cloud IDE - November 8, 2021
Fix Dramatically improved performance of all Cloud IDE processes, improving terminal load time and removing keystroke lag.
Cloud IDE - November 2, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE now autoselects the database and files when a site is selected.
Feature You can now start and stop services with Acquia CLI’s ide:service-start and ide:service-stop commands.
Change Support for PHP 7.3 is removed.
Change PHP is updated to 7.4.24 and 8.0.11.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.16.0.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 2.2.0.
Change NVM is updated to 0.39.0.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.9.
Change Composer is updated to 1.10.23.
Cloud IDE - October 29, 2021
Fix The Environments page in the Cloud UI was sometimes not displaying Cloud IDE environments when navigating to an application from the Applications page.
Cloud IDE - October 27, 2021
Change You can create and manage Cloud IDEs through the Cloud Platform user interface.
Cloud IDE - October 8, 2021
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.8.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 2.0.0.
Cloud IDE - September 12, 2021
Change Git is updated to 2.33.0
Fix Drupal functional JavaScript tests fail to run.
Cloud IDE - August 15, 2021
Change Github CLI is updated to 1.13.1.
Change PHP is updated to 7.3.29 and 7.4.21.
Change Composer 2 is updated to 2.1.5.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.4 and 3.0.2.
Change Chromedriver is updated to 92.0.4515.131.
Cloud IDE - July 26, 2021
Fix The automated database connection and Drupal config overrides could fail to be applied.
Cloud IDE - July 25, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE does not require manual authentication against the Cloud Platform API.
Cloud IDE - July 04, 2021
Feature Image processing libraries (imagemagick, pngcrush, jpegtran) are now supported.
Change PHP is updated to 7.3.28 and 7.4.18
Fix Opening up the visual database editor for the first time returned the preview site instead.
Cloud IDE - June 13, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE is preconfigured to support Acquia Migrate Accelerate.
Change NVM and RVM are lazy loaded so the Terminal loads faster.
Change Composer is updated to 2.1.2.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.11.0.
Fix Drupal 7 applications returned PHP notices.
Fix On the existing IDEs, installing a different version of Node.js with NVM returned a permission denied message.
Cloud IDE - June 06, 2021
Feature A visual database editor is now supported at /database.
Feature Decoupled (aka headless) Drupal is supported.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.12.1.
Change Composer is updated to 2.0.14.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.10.3.
Fix The Drupal watchdog file returned a permission denied message.
Fix Large Git repositories could time out and fail to be pulled.
Fix Cloud IDE could run into GitHub API rate limits.
Cloud IDE - May 23, 2021
Change Theia is updated to 1.13.0.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.12.0.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.9.2.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.3 and 3.0.1.
Change Composer is updated to 2.0.13 and 1.10.22.
Fix In certain cases, creating the /mnt/gfs/sitegroup.ide symlink failed.
Fix Cloud IDE is incompatible with SimpleSAMLphp.
Cloud IDE - April 08, 2021
Change Drush is now aliased to dr.
Change Acquia CLI is updated to 1.9.0.
Change PHP is updated to 7.3.27 and 7.4.15.
Change MySQL is updated to 5.7.32.
Change Composer is updated to 1.10.21 and 2.0.12.
Change Drush is updated to 8.4.8.
Change GitHub CLI is updated to 1.8.1.
Change Ruby is updated to 2.7.2.
Change NVM is updated to 0.38.0.
Change Chromedriver is updated to 90.0.4430.24.
Fix Applications with many sites could run into degraded performances.
Cloud IDE - April 04, 2021
Change Acquia Developer Studio CLI is removed from Cloud IDE.
Fix Pulling the database and files from the Get Started page failed.
Fix Cloud IDE file system mappings and symlinks did not match Cloud Platform.
Fix The /mnt/files/<sitegroup>.ide directory was not writable.
Cloud IDE - March 21, 2021
Feature Cloud IDE allows you to pull the production application.
Feature You can file support requests from Theia’s Help menu.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you encounter any errors, contact Acquia Support.
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