Announcements
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Rolling releases
For better visibility of stable LTS releases, rolling releases have been removed from GitHub and are now listed on a separate page. Bazelisk users can still access rolling releases with USE_BAZEL_VERSION=rolling.
LTS release candidates
Starting this quarter, we’re publishing release candidates to GitHub along with final LTS releases.
For more information on our release model, cadence, and differences between rolling and LTS releases, please refer to our documentation.
Bazel 4 is deprecated
Support for Bazel 4 has ended. We'll no longer backport critical fixes for security or OS-compatibility. Please consider upgrading to the latest LTS release or using rolling releases.
Product updates
Releases
Bazel 7.1.0 (along with patch releases 7.1.1, 7.0.2, and 7.0.1) was released in Q1 ‘24.
Bazel 7.2.0 is in progress and scheduled to be released in May. Follow the release tracker issue for updates.
Bazel plugin for IntelliJ
Take a look at our recent blog post summarizing key changes to the Bazel plugin for IntelliJ from Q2 ‘23 - Q1 ‘24. We discuss the status of master vs google branches, significant product updates, and more.
Compact execution log
The Bazel 7.1.0 release introduced a new execution log format. This format, enabled by the --experimental_execution_log_compact_file flag, is similar in purpose to the preexisting --execution_log_{binary,json}_file formats, but is much cheaper to produce (2% wall time overhead or less) and takes significantly less disk space (a reduction of 100x or more in relation to the old formats). The //src/tools/execlog:converter tool can be used to convert between them.
Community corner
- LinkedIn Bazel community
- How to migrate an iOS app to Bazel
- Bazel Bites: A Tasty Metaphor for Streamlined Builds
Resources
- GitHub repository: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel
- Releases: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases
- Slack chat: https://slack.bazel.build
- Google group: bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com
- Special Interest Groups (SIG):
Reach out the email(s) listed below if you’d like to be added to the SIG calendar invites.
| SIG | Meeting frequency | Point of contact |
|---|---|---|
| Rules authors | Every two weeks | bazel-contrib@googlegroups.com |
| Android app development | Monthly | ahumesky@google.com |
| Bazel plugin for IntelliJ | Monthly | messa@google.com |
| Remote execution API working group | Monthly | chiwang@google.com |
Interested in learning about SIGs or starting a new one? Find more information on our website.
Want to get your SIG listed? Please add it to the Community repository.
Ideas, feedback, and submissions are welcome!
Thank you for reading this edition! Let us know if you’d like to see any new information or changes in future community updates by reaching out to product@bazel.build. We look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Google Bazel team