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title: “Gerrit 3.0.0 Release (release candidate)” permalink: 3.0.html hide_sidebar: true hide_navtoggle: true toc: true

Release Highlights

• Removal of GWT UI

  The GWT UI is removed and PolyGerrit is now the only UI.

• Removal of ReviewDb

  The database backend for changes, accounts, groups and projects (“ReviewDb”) is removed and all metadata is now stored in git (“NoteDb”).

Important Notes

Schema Changes

This release contains schema changes. To upgrade:

  java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path

Breaking Changes

• Reverse DNS lookup is now disabled by default

  The gerrit.disableReverseDnsLookup option with default value false is replaced by gerrit.enableReverseDnsLookp also with default value false. This means that reverse DNS lookup is now disabled by default.

New Features

Dependency Updates

Plugin API changes