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.

2024-03-18: Stable release 19017 (24.02)

• Major enhancements:
  • Fix #22810: OSM OAuth 1.0a/Basic auth deprecation and removal -- remove OAuth 1.0 from JOSM
  • JOSM now requires Java 11 or later to finish startup
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • Fix #23361: Add mouth as an optional role for waterway relations (patch by hhtznr)
  • Add turning_circle tag (a subkey for highway=turning_circle) (patch by guylamar2006, see ​https://github.com/JOSM/josm/pull/137)
  • Fix #23148: Remove fenced from deprecation warnings (fenced is no longer deprecated as of 2023-06-14)
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 24.02

2024-02-06: Stable release 18969 (24.01)

• Medium enhancements:
  • Fix #23397: Improve the results of partial validations
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 24.01

2024-01-17: Stable release 18940 (23.12)

• Major enhancements:
  • Fix #23227: Use the appropriate Bing layer -- notably, there may be some quality differences, and the imagery may be newer or older than what would be seen on the previously used Bing imagery layer
• Medium enhancements:
  • Fix #23290: Validate the regions a tag is expected to be in (patch by Sarabjeet108, modified)
• Minor enhancements
  • Fix #23399: Simplify way crashes by significantly improving the performance of simplifying many ways
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules
  • Fix #23302: Create a preference for address duplicate detection to include buildings and POIs (patch by zyphlar, modified)
  • Fix #23308: Fix a false positive for "Water area inside water area" validation (patch by gaben, modified)
  • Fix #23067: Don't warn on unisex, female, and male tag combinations for shop=hairdresser
  • Fix #23339: Improve preset for charging stations (patch by dbrgn)
  • Fix #22546: Warn about floating railway switches and crossing (patch by Famlam)
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 23.12

Older stable releases

• Changelog/2023: Releases from r18623 to r18905
• Changelog/2022: Releases from r18361 to r18622
• 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

See also

• There is a similar changelog for plugins, which is no longer updated.