Jenkins.war 2.357 and greater does not launch

Using Jenkins
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Hello,

I am trying to update Jenkins for the first time since first installing it over a year ago. The most recent version does not launch. And through trial and error I determined that 2.356 is the last version that runs for me.

I am running it from a batch file like so:
java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=8081

So to update, I am just replacing jenkins.war with the new version. The command line does not show any error - the window just closes shortly after I run the command, with no other output.

Any idea what the problem could be? Was there something big that changed with version 2.357?

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Java 11 is required to run Jenkins beginning with Jenkins 2.357.

Newer versions like Jenkins 2.361 will print a message that notes Java 11 is required.

3

Ah, okay. Thank you!

4

Btw you are running a weekly (single decimal place).

Would also recommend using the stable/lts releases so changelog and upgrade guides are easier to follow.

5

Just for future knowledge. Changelog had that detail on the first line of the first broken version.