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Portainer 2.45.0 LTS is Here! Major Stability Update Fixes Critical Bugs for Docker Users on Synology 🚀
Portainer releases the latest 2.45.0 Long Term Support (LTS) update, focusing on stability and resolving a long-standing critical 'unhealthy stacks' bug. Ideal for Docker users on Synology and production systems.
📌 Key Highlights:
- Portainer has released a new version, 2.45.0, which is the Long Term Support (LTS) version, replacing the previous 2.39.6.
- This version particularly emphasizes stability, consolidating and refining features and improvements from previous Short Term Support (STS) versions.
- It resolves a critical, long-standing bug related to 'unhealthy stacks' (GitHub issue #13075) which made it difficult to edit problematic Stacks.
The Portainer development team has officially released the new 2.45.0 update, which is a Long Term Support (LTS) version. This is excellent news for users managing containers, whether Docker on Synology NAS or Kubernetes in production, as LTS versions are designed for environments that demand maximum stability over pursuing new features.
This update consolidates various features and improvements previously released in earlier Short Term Support (STS) versions, refining them through more rigorous testing. The result is a stable and reliable version, ideal for systems requiring continuous operation without frequent downtime.
🔧 Critical Bug Fixes
The most significant highlight in this version is the resolution of the long-standing 'unhealthy stacks' issue (GitHub issue #13075). This problem occurred when a Stack was in an unhealthy state, and users attempting to edit the Compose definition file would find Portainer perceiving existing containers as conflicts, making recovery difficult. This frustrating issue has finally been resolved in version 2.45.0 LTS.
🤔 What is Portainer?
Portainer is a lightweight and very user-friendly Web UI tool for managing Docker. It allows for convenient management of Docker environments, whether Docker hosts or Swarm clusters, making it a highly popular tool among Synology NAS and Home Lab users.
💬 Who among you is using Portainer on Synology? Have you updated to the new version yet? Encountered any issues? Feel free to share!