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+date: "2018-07-07T10:00:00+00:00"
+author: "techknowlogick"
+title: "Gitea 1.5.0 is released"
+tags: ["release"]
+draft: false
+---
+
+We are happy to release version 1.5.0 of Gitea.  We have merged [250 merged pull requests](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/milestone/21?closed=1) to release this version.
+You can download one of our pre-built binaries from our [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.5.0/), you just need to select the correct platform.
+For further details of the installation follow our [installation guide](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/).
+Thank you to all of our backers on [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/gitea), you are helping us deliver a better piece of software.
+
+To enhance security we are also signing all of our releases with the following [GPG Key](http://pool.sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=get&hash=on&fingerprint=on&search=0x2D9AE806EC1592E2)
+
+This release includes:
+* FIDO U2F to enchance security protections of Gitea accounts
+* Topic support for repos 
+* Global code search
+* Issue features/enhancements: Search for issues via API, multiple assignees for issues, label descriptions and more
+* Performance enhancements such as: reducing sql query times, reducing repo indexer disk usage, and Enable caching on assets and avatars.
+* UI enhancements: emoji autocomplete, symlink icons, user settings refactor, release page refactor and more
+
+Please see full changelog below for more details.
+
+We would also like to say special thanks to those who reported security issues fixed in this release.
+
+* [@cezar97](https://github.com/cezar97) ([#3878](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/3878))
+
+Deprecation notice: In the upcoming major release (1.6.0) we will remove support for Go 1.8 and also embedded tidb.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Changelog
+
+* SECURITY
+  * Limit uploaded avatar image-size to 4096px x 3072px by default (#4353)
+  * Do not allow to reuse TOTP passcode (#3878)
+* FEATURE
+  * Add cli commands to regen hooks & keys (#3979)
+  * Add support for FIDO U2F (#3971)
+  * Added user language setting (#3875)
+  * LDAP Public SSH Keys synchronization (#1844)
+  * Add topic support (#3711)
+  * Multiple assignees (#3705)
+  * Add protected branch whitelists for merging (#3689)
+  * Global code search support (#3664)
+  * Add label descriptions (#3662)
+  * Add issue search via API (#3612)
+  * Add repository setting to enable/disable health checks (#3607)
+  * Emoji Autocomplete (#3433)
+  * Implements generator cli for secrets (#3531)
+* ENHANCEMENT
+  * Add more webhooks support and refactor webhook templates directory (#3929)
+  * Add new option to allow only OAuth2/OpenID user registration (#3910)
+  * Add option to use paged LDAP search when synchronizing users (#3895)
+  * Symlink icons (#1416)
+  * Improve release page UI (#3693)
+  * Add admin dashboard option to run health checks (#3606)
+  * Add branch link in branch list (#3576)
+  * Reduce sql query times in retrieveFeeds (#3547)
+  * Option to enable or disable swagger endpoints (#3502)
+  * Add missing licenses (#3497)
+  * Reduce repo indexer disk usage (#3452)
+  * Enable caching on assets and avatars (#3376)
+  * Add repository search ordered by stars/forks. Forks column in admin repo list (#3969)
+  * Add Environment Variables to Docker template (#4012)
+  * LFS: make HTTP auth period configurable (#4035)
+  * Add config path as an optionial flag when changing pass via CLI (#4184)
+  * Refactor User Settings sections (#3900)
+  * Allow square brackets in external issue patterns (#3408)
+  * Add Attachment API (#3478)
+  * Add EnableTimetracking option to app settings (#3719)
+  * Add config option to enable or disable log executed SQL (#3726)
+  * Shows total tracked time in issue and milestone list (#3341)
+* TRANSLATION
+  * Improve English grammar and consistency (#3614)
+* DEPLOYMENT
+  * Allow Gitea to run as different USER in Docker (#3961)
+  * Provide compressed release binaries (#3991)
+  * Sign release binaries (#4188)