Changelog

This page provides an user-friendly changelog for the stable releases of JOSM. Its granularity lies between the contents of the StartupPage and the SVN log messages.

• This list contains mainly enhancements and changes.
• Bug fixes are seldom listed here (although a major part of each release are bug fixes). See the link SVN log messages of milestone YY.MM at the end of each chapter to search for fixed bugs.
• Changes of external resources (Presets, Map Paint Styles, Validator Rules, Imageries and Plugins) are not listed here.

2023-01-04: Stable release 18622 (22.12)

(First version r18621 was released as stable version and due to bug fix version r18622 was released as hotfix.)

• Major enhancements
  • #21605: Add tabs to Image Viewer Dialog. This allows users to have multiple geotagged image layers, and quickly switch between them.
• Medium enhancements
  • #22337: View GPX waypoint images also in Image Viewer Dialog
    • #22625 (hotfix): Fix SOE for GPX waypoint images in ImageViewer dialog (introduced after #22337 due to rework in #21605)
  • #22504: Enhance Align Nodes in Circle tool: When multiple ways are selected and they are not connected in a ring, then each of the selected closed ways will be circularized.
• Minor enhancements
  • #22489: Display JOSMs Mastodon account in about dialog
  • #22487: Don't re-enable object hover preview on layer change
  • r18598: Set Look And Feel back to default if an external Look and Feel blocks the JOSM start
  • #22515: Fix shortcuts for search string icons on toolbar made with Search tool
  • #20528: Allow to copy from welcome screen
  • #21324: Display correct number x of tags in Command stack when pasting tags instead of always "1" ("pasting x tags to y objects")
  • #13097: Allow Angle Snapping in WGS84 projection
  • #22064: Make Save Session available outside of Expert Mode
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • #19826: Fix cycleway rendering in combination with oneway:bicycle=no and for cycleway:both
  • #22375: Add subdivision Scotland (GB-SCT) and all subdivisions of Belgium - Flanders (BE-VLG), Wallonia (BE-WAL), Brussels (BE-BRU) to internal boundaries file
  • r18597: Update power=transformer preset: removed transformer=auto (replaced by windings:auto=true) and transformer=traction (replaced by transformer=main)
  • r18597: Update landuse=residential preset for newer in-use values: adds halting_site, single_family, and trailer_park
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.12

2022-11-01: Stable release 18583 (22.10)

• Medium enhancements
  • Fix #22378: Preview object properties on mouse hover (patch by Woazboat)
• Minor enhancements
  • Fix #22404: MVT background layer was not drawing polygons in some situations
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • Ignore
    • man_made=advertising (needs icon)
    • man_made=lamp (would need a broader icon than highway=street_lamp but could be deprecated in favor of light_source=* (#22568))
  • Preset updates
    • Add location=surface
    • Add dual_carriageway
    • Add building=sports_centre
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.10

2022-10-07: Stable release 18570 (22.09)

(First version r18565 was released as stable version and due to major bug fix version r18570 was released as hotfix.)

• Major bug fix:
  • Fix #22183: NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.SessionSaveAction (reason for hotfix)
• Medium enhancements
  • Fix #22333: Allow delete + move up/down actions in filter dialog to act on all selected filters (patch by Woazboat, modified)
  • Fix #22309: Add option to merge by default when dragging nodes (patch by Woazboat) (advanced preference only, edit.move.merge-by-default)
• Minor enhancements
  • Better tracking of suppressed exceptions in EDT and worker threads
  • Fix #22391: Support "image/png; mode=8bit" imagery (hotfix)
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • Fix #22397: Warn about temporary image URLs starting with https://westnordost.de/p/
  • Fix #19340: Validator complains about maxweightrating:X:conditional
  • Fix #22359: Change default color of landuse=railway and landuse=quarry as they were too similar to untagged ways color (#808080)
  • Fix #22379: Warn about parking=yes, add parking=layby
  • Fix #22367, see #11499: Don't warn anymore about payment:credit_cards=yes and payment:debit_cards=yes, Reduce warning of payment:electronic_purses=yes and payment:cryptocurrencies=yes to info level
  • Fix #20716: Search for missing power line support features (patch by gaben, modified)
  • Fix #21396: Add/ignore popular tags
    • Ignore: maxspeed:type
    • Ignore (TODOs): advertising=board, amenity=loading_dock, amenity=parcel_locker, amenity=payment_terminal, barrier=sliding_gate, boundary=forest_compartment, craft=grinding_mill, emergency=access_point, healthcare:speciality=general, hedge=hedge_bank, historic=bomb_crater, indoor=area, leisure=sports_hall, man_made=courtyard, man_made=gantry, military=trench, natural=crevasse, path=crossing, railway=proposed, road_marking=solid_stop_line, oneway (F::oneway/S:oneway:, but this probably ought to have better software support)
    • Issues: Suggest paving_stones:length/paving_stones:width for paving_stones:<digits>, indicate type="turnlanes:turns" is deprecated
    • Preset updates: Modify lit to be more than yes/no, add rock to surfaces, add none to religions (in other_religitons), add locked, add pavilion to building, add shop as possible value for entrance, add product as an optional key for man_made=works, add fuel as possible value for vending
  • Fix #22310: Rename "Parking Entrance" preset to "Parking Entrance/Exit"
  • Fix #22338: Warn about unnecessary area=yes on boundary, indoor, office, and place (patch by Famlam)
  • Fix #22295, see #18374: Don't warn about "collection_times with amenity=recycling. Probably opening_hours is meant." for cases where opening_hours is set.
  • Fix #22335: Deprecate toilet in favor of toilets
  • Fix #22336, see #13391: Autofix wood=deciduous to leaf_cycle=deciduous
  • Fix #22425: "house has no number" (hotfix)
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.09

2022-08-30: Stable release 18543 (22.08)

• Medium enhancements
  • #22307: Add popup menu for notes (patch by Woazboat)
• Minor enhancements
  • #22250: Abort on XML error elements
  • #22160: Retry on various SocketExceptions
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • #21046: Add description to the default naming tags for relations
  • #20682: Add natural=arete
  • #21836: Add some power/voltage validation rules
  • #22225: Draw unclosed leisure=track sport=running without area style
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.08

2022-08-02: Stable release 18531 (22.07)

• Medium enhancements
  • Vector layers can now be programmatically filtered (no support in UI yet)
• Minor enhancements
  • #22188: Add java.compiler module for scripting
  • #22176: Add subdivisions for the Federated States of Micronesia (patch by westnordost, modified)
  • Some performance fixes
  • Dependency updates (see r18514 for what changed)
  • Improve JOSM launchers for Linux platforms (may work on other Unix derivatives) (patch by sebastic)
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • #22048: building=construction preset missing some values (patch by skyper, modified)
  • #22102: Add a warning if surface does not match tracktype (patch by mkoniecz)
  • #22120: Add school=entrance to deprecation warnings
  • #21235: Stop whitelisting footway=* and add footway=separate to blacklist candidates for sidewalk=* (patch by JeroenHoek)
  • #22166: Ignore more barrier types for psv suspicious tag combination
  • #22225: Don't warn about sport=running on unclosed ways
  • #21630: Drop the "Riverbank" template (patch by zelonewolf)
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.07

2022-07-07: Stable release 18513 (22.06)

(First version r18511 was released as stable version and due to major bug version r18513 was released as hotfix.)

• Minor enhancements
  • Various reductions to memory allocations
  • #21720: Remove vi localization
  • #22088: Debian start script doesn't ensure that the chosen java path is executable
  • #20823: Reject uploads that do not follow either the comment policy or the source policy
  • #21600: Fire selectionChanged events when setting/updating notes to ensure that notes are properly selected
  • #21794: Allow for cases where tags can be URL or key values in Tag2Link
  • #21813: Improve marker handling in sessions (patch by Bjoeni)
  • #21923: Improve session workflow / Add "save session" (patch by Bjoeni)
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • #22187: "Empty relation" and "Role of relation member does not match template expression" shared the same error code, but had two different severities
  • #22172: Don't warn about barrier=berm looking like barrier=kerb
  • #22154: Add incline, surface, and fee to the slipway preset
  • #21997: Add general preset for power=generator (patch by skyper)
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.06

2022-05-29: Stable release 18463 (22.05)

(Stable release 22.04 was skipped.)

• Major enhancements
  • #22065: Mac now uses ⌘ instead of ctrl for most `Select` map mode actions (including `Rotate` and `Scale`)
• Minor enhancements
  • #17288: Notes progress bar shows no progress (patch by gaben, modified)
  • #21792: Request focus in Split Way window segment list (patch by gaben)
  • #22022: Allow for recursive geojson parsing
  • #17906: When dragging and dropping relation members to the same position, they are removed
  • #21935: Avoid leaking Authorization headers on redirects in HttpClient
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • #22084: Remove obsolete payment methods payment:ep_monedero and payment:ep_moneo
  • #22073: Optimized regexes (string starts with, ends with, contains) do not work
  • #22072: Add tunnel:name
  • #21973: Add building:levels:underground (patch by skyper)
  • #22033: Don't warn about "alternative name without name" in case of NHD:subbasin_name=Des Moines Headwaters|Upper Des Moines|East Fork Des Moines
  • #22009: Fix incorrect warning message *:lanes without highway (instead of lanes) (patch by skyper)
  • #22039: Remove warning about construction without highway/railway/waterway/building/landuse as it produces too much false positives
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.05

2022-04-05: Stable release 18427 (22.03)

• Minor enhancements
  • #21825: Delete relations by default when all members are deleted
  • #21953: Overpass now correctly remembers custom URLs
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • #20960: Warn about construction=* without or conflicting primary tag
  • #20963: Update preset for landuse=construction and add building=construction
  • #21954: Change surface=DecoTurf to surface=acrylic
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.03

2022-03-06: Stable release 18387 (22.02)

(Stable release 22.01 was skipped.)

• Minor enhancements
  • #21850: Improve support for {apikey} replacement for WMTS and WMS.
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • #21859: Move addr:place into optional
  • #21866: Improve railway gauge values and add validator tests for them
  • #21853: Improve interval validator test
  • #21736: Fix a false positive with oneway=yes, lanes:backward or lanes:forward, and oneway:*
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 22.02

Older stable releases

• Changelog/2021: Releases from r17429 to r18360
• Changelog/2020: Releases from r15629 to r17428
• Changelog/2019: Releases from r14261 to r15628
• Changelog/2018: Releases from r13266 to r14260
• Changelog/2017: Releases from r11426 to r13265
• Changelog/2016: Releases from r9230 to r11425
• Changelog/2015: Releases from r7907 to r9229
• Changelog/2014: Releases from r6763 to r7906
• Changelog/2013: Releases from r5697 to r6502
• Changelog/2012: Releases from r4878 to r5608