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OpenProject

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Velocity6.3

Open source web-based project management software supporting classical, agile and hybrid project management approaches.

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OpenProject settles into patch work after 17.7 shipped resource management.

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◆Current state
17.7.0 was the substantial release — a resource management module with departments and work schedules, pushing OpenProject past task tracking into staffing. The two releases since are patches. 17.7.2 fixes four bugs, among them project-level hourly rates that could not be adjusted and non-working days silently dropped when saved while a reschedule job was running — both in the scheduling and cost areas 17.7 had just expanded.
◆Where it's heading
The release rhythm is a feature minor followed by a short tail of patches repairing the surface it just added, and this tail sits squarely in resource-management territory. Rate and non-working-day bugs are the predictable cost of shipping scheduling and cost tracking together. For self-hosted operators the advice does not change between these releases: take the patch.
◆Prediction
Expect one or two more 17.7.x patches against the resource management surface before 17.8 opens a new feature line.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    Patch fixes hourly rates, non-working days, custom styles

    The second patch on the 17.7 line, with four bug fixes. Two land in the area 17.7.0 just expanded: hourly rates that could not be adjusted per project, and non-working days silently dropped when saved while a reschedule job was running.

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  2. 12d ago

    Patch fixes duplicate users on retried imports

    A four-fix patch a day after 17.7.0, mostly cleaning up the Jira import path (duplicate users on retry, attachment authors not created) plus two permission and project-attribute fixes. Standard same-week stabilization after a feature minor.

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  3. 13d ago

    Resource management module lands with departments and work schedules

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    The clearest directional move in this window: OpenProject adds organizational structure it never modeled before — hierarchical departments, job-title and skills attributes, and per-user work schedules with working days, hours, and availability factors — then builds a Resource management module on top. It extends the annexation pattern of the last three minors from documentation into staffing.

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  4. 1mo ago

    XWiki integration links work packages to external docs

    17.6 wires OpenProject to XWiki through a wiki-provider setting, adding a Wiki tab on work packages and two-way references between issues and pages. The internal wiki is refitted as a provider under the same interface, and Backlogs gains sprint goals. A real extension of surface, though the documentation capability itself is borrowed rather than built.

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  5. 2mo ago

    Patch fixes work package creation broken by 17.5

    Five fixes days after 17.5.0, including work package creation and status transitions failing after the upgrade and a project rename breaking AMPF sync. The recurring shape here: a feature minor lands, a corrective patch follows within a week.

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  6. 2mo ago

    Project-based work package IDs arrive in Beta

    Administrators can switch the whole instance from a numerical sequence to project-scoped work package identifiers, with existing numbers still resolving. The stated driver is preserving Jira issue keys through migration — an early step in the same suite-replacement arc that 17.6 and 17.7 continue. Still Beta, and some surfaces continue to show numerical IDs.

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