V1.14.0: Major upgrade with AI

What's Changed

This release is action packed with 4 new challenges, Java26, Node26 and much more! Have fun with it!

New content and challenges

• Feature/challenge68: shared chatgpt chat by @commjoen in #2646
• feat(challenges): add challenges 70 and 71 with AI agent skills by @kekubhai in #2647
• Feature/scandevctontainer by @commjoen in #2667
• Fix devcontainer CI base-image resolution in Build and scan jobs by @commjoen with @Copilot in #2668
• feat(challenges): add AI coding-agent transcript challenge by @kekubhai in #2660
• feat(docker): introduce Java 26 dev/build container and build-secret challenge 71 by @sandeshkuldharme1 in #2650
• Feature/build dev container by @commjoen in #2665
• feat: add cloud log secret leakage challenge (#345) by @Jeffy123-zhu in #2638

Bugfixes

• Fix GCP deployment documentation typo by @bte808 in #2549
• fix: exclude false-positive and broken links from dead link checker by @commjoen with @Copilot in #2563
• fix: align maven compiler plugin configuration and docs with Java 26 by @SatyamPandey-07 in #2649
• fix: align Spring Boot version property and adoption checklist with Java 26 and Boot 4.1.1 by @SatyamPandey-07 in #2652
• fix: bump to k8s 1.36 by @bendehaan in #2659
• fix: extract maven-dependency-plugin property and synchronize version management docs by @SatyamPandey-07 in #2662
• css fixes for snippets by @commjoen in #2658
• cleanup challenge 71 by @commjoen in #2679
• Hotfix rc6 by @commjoen in #2680

LCM

• chore(deps-dev): bump tmp from 0.2.5 to 0.2.7 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2544
• Update dependency maven to v3.9.16 by @renovate[bot] in #2547
• chore(deps): bump qs and cypress in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2550
• Update maven-surefire-plugin.version to v3.5.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2548
• Update gatling-maven-plugin.version to v4.21.7 by @renovate[bot] in #2545
• Update gatling.version to v3.15.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2546
• chore(deps-dev): bump tmp from 0.2.4 to 0.2.7 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2543
• Update alpine Docker tag to v3.24 by @renovate[bot] in #2555
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.46.15 by @renovate[bot] in #2556
• chore(deps-dev): bump @babel/core from 7.28.0 to 7.29.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #2562
• chore(deps): bump qs and cypress in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2560
• Update checkstyle.version by @renovate[bot] in #2558
• Update go toolchain directive to v1.26.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2553
• Update frontend-maven-plugin.version by @renovate[bot] in #2552
• Update azure-sdk-for-java monorepo by @renovate[bot] in #2557
• chore(deps-dev): bump form-data from 4.0.5 to 4.0.6 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2561
• chore(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2559
• chore(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.3.0 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2571
• Update module golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in #2570
• Update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v3.8.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2568
• Update eslint by @renovate[bot] in #2567
• Update dependency org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin to v2.9.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2566
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.46.21 by @renovate[bot] in #2565
• chore(deps-dev): bump js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2564
• Update dependency org.webjars:datatables to v2.3.8 by @renovate[bot] in #2551
• Update dependency org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies to v2025.1.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2554
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.51.0 to 0.52.0 in /aws by @dependabot[bot] in #2572
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.51.0 to 0.52.0 in /azure by @dependabot[bot] in #2573
• Update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.52.0 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in #2574
• Update dependency @eslint/eslintrc to v3.3.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2575
• Update dependency eslint to v9.39.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2576
• Update go toolchain directive to v1.26.5 by @renovate[bot] in #2578
• Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin to v3.11.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2584
• Update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v4.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2586
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.10.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2580
• Update Frontend Dependencies to v7.29.7 by @renovate[bot] in #2589
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.48.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2579
• Update dependency com.google.cloud:libraries-bom to v26.85.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2581
• Update dependency org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-core-java to v12.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2585
• Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v13.8.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2582
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.21.9 by @renovate[bot] in #2577
• Update dependency org.springframework.vault:spring-vault-core to v4.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2587
• Update docker/dockerfile Docker tag to v1.25 by @renovate[bot] in #2588
• Update dependency globals to v17.7.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2583
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.21.10 by @renovate[bot] in #2593
• Update dependency org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin to v2.9.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2595
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.50.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2596
• Update dependency globals to v17.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2601
• Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v13.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2600
• Update dependency com.google.cloud:libraries-bom to v26.86.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2599
• Update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v3.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2598
• Update dependency minimatch to v10.2.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2594
• chore(deps-dev): bump fast-uri from 3.1.2 to 3.1.5 in /js by @dependabot[bot] in #2603
• chore(deps-dev): bump brace-expansion from 1.1.13 to 1.1.18 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2602
• Update dependency com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin to v2.0.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2592
• chore(deps): bump brace-expansion from 1.1.12 to 1.1.18 in /js by @dependabot[bot] in #2605
• Update dependency com.azure.spring:spring-cloud-azure-dependencies to v7.4.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2597
• chore(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.3.0 to 4.3.1 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2604
• chore(deps-dev): bump brace-expansion from 1.1.13 to 1.1.18 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2607
• chore(deps): bump uuid and mochawesome in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2606
• chore(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.2.0 to 4.3.1 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2608
• Update to node 26 and java 26 by @commjoen with @Copilot in #2609
• chore(deps): bump org.springframework.security:spring-security-web from 7.0.5 to 7.0.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #2610
• Update dependency org.springframework.security:spring-security-web to v7.0.6 [SECURITY] by @renovate[bot] in #2611
• adding nvd api key to env var in actions to speed up the work by @commjoen in #2612
• Update go toolchain directive to v1.26.6 by @renovate[bot] in #2613
• Update Terraform http to v3.6.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2614
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.53.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2615
• Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v13.11.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2616
• Update pre-commit by @renovate[bot] in #2624
• Update go by @renovate[bot] in #2621
• Update docker/dockerfile Docker tag to v1.26 by @renovate[bot] in #2620
• Update dependency com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5 to v1.5.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2617
• Update lycheeverse/lychee-action action to v2.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2623
• Update jruby.version to v10.1.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2622
• Update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v3.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2619
• Update spotbugs.version to v4.10.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2625
• Update dependency globals to v17.11.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2618
• Update .lycheeignore to include Slack URL by @commjoen in #2626
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.10.4.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2627
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.21.11 by @renovate[bot] in #2628
• Update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v4.1.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2629
• Update dependency org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies to v2025.1.3 by @renovate[bot] in #2630
• Update spotbugs.version to v4.10.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2631
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.54.9 by @renovate[bot] in #2632
• fix precommit by @commjoen in #2637
• Update dependency com.google.cloud:libraries-bom to v26.87.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2634
• Update dependency globals to v17.12.0 by @renovate[bot] in #2636
• Update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v3.10.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2633
• Update dependency @eslint/eslintrc to v3.3.7 by @renovate[bot] in #2635
• chore(deps-dev): bump @humanfs/node from 0.16.6 to 0.16.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #2641
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo by @renovate[bot] in #2639
• Update dependency org.projectlombok:lombok to v1.18.48 by @renovate[bot] in #2640
• chore(deps-dev): bump browserslist from 4.28.1 to 4.28.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #2643
• chore(deps-dev): bump fast-uri from 3.1.5 to 3.1.7 in /js by @dependabot[bot] in #2642
• • updated contributors & removed bad contributor code \n - moved las… by @commjoen in #2654
• Beta release by @commjoen in #2655
• chore(deps): bump serialize-javascript and mocha in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2663
• chore(deps-dev): bump js-yaml from 4.3.1 to 4.3.2 in /src/test/e2e by @dependabot[bot] in #2664
• chore(deps): bump js-yaml from 4.3.1 to 4.3.2 in /src/test/K8s-tests by @dependabot[bot] in #2666
• Update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin to v3.10.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2670
• Update aws-java-sdk-v2 monorepo to v2.54.18 by @renovate[bot] in #2669
• Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.10.4.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2671
• Update dependency io.gatling:gatling-maven-plugin to v4.21.12 by @renovate[bot] in #2672
• Update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin to v3.6.4 by @renovate[bot] in #2673
• Update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:tidy-maven-plugin to v1.4.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2674
• Update dependency org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui to v3.1.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2675
• Update go - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in #2676
• Update Terraform random to v3.9.1 by @renovate[bot] in #2678
• Update Terraform http to v3.6.2 by @renovate[bot] in #2677
• rc7 release by @commjoen in #2681
• Rc8 by @commjoen in #2682
• Install Cypress binary in minikube Vault challenge workflow by @commjoen with @Copilot in #2683
• update docs: challenge numbers and contributors by @commjoen in #2684
• Build release by @commjoen in #2686

New Contributors

• @bte808 made their first contribution in #2549
• @SatyamPandey-07 made their first contribution in #2649
• @kekubhai made their first contribution in #2647
• @sandeshkuldharme1 made their first contribution in #2650
• @Jeffy123-zhu made their first contribution in #2638

Special Thanks

We would like to thank
@bte808 , @SatyamPandey-07 , @kekubhai , @sandeshkuldharme1 , @Jeffy123-zhu , @bendehaan , @commjoen for their hard work on this release.

Full Changelog: v1.13.5...v1.14.0