# Woodpecker CI v3.16.0 — 3.16.0

- Product: Woodpecker CI (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/woodpecker-ci)
- Vendor: Woodpecker
- Date: 2026-06-27
- Version: v3.16.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.16.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/woodpecker-ci/releases/v3.16.0

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- **security** — Gate Kubernetes serviceAccountName backend step config behind agent config
- **security** — Harden agent rpc to check agentID on workflow
- **security** — Security updates for js dependencies
- **security** — Update mongo-driver to v1.17.7
- **security** — Update joi
- **added** — Add workflow concurrency limit option
- **added** — Support Unix Sockets
- **changed** — Kubernetes allow custom image when precreating workingDir as nonroot
- **changed** — Server can move pipeline parsing into background on long creation times
- **added** — Add CI_COMMIT_PULL_REQUEST_DRAFT environment variable
- **changed** — Make LogEntry Buffer configurable for agent
- **changed** — Agent treat gRPC Internal error as fatal
- **added** — Add Prometheus metrics for pipeline step duration and failures
- **added** — Add k8s userns support
- **changed** — Make cli exec auto detect single workflow test in multi workflow setup
- **changed** — Surface .env load errors
- **changed** — Group commands followup user preference
- **changed** — Trim white spaces for cron create/update
- **fixed** — Allow images for secrets to contain SHA256 for image pinning
- **fixed** — Server should drop stale queue tasks already missing in database

##### [3.16.0](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.16.0) - 2026-06-27

###### ❤️ Thanks to all contributors! ❤️

@6543, @AkashKumar7902, @M31ancholy, @MeurillonGuillaume, @WeslleyNasRocha, @gedankenstuecke, @head1328, @mahlzahn, @mmeier86, @nati737, @nijave, @qwerty287, @simonckemper, @simonmeyerrr

###### 🔒 Security

- Gate Kubernetes serviceAccountName backend step config behind agent config [[#6792](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6792)]
- Harden agent rpc to check agentID on workflow [[#6759](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6759)]
- Security updates for js dependencies [[#6737](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6737)]
- bump go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.17.6 => v1.17.7 [[#6741](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6741)]
- Update joi [[#6728](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6728)]

###### ✨ Features

- Add workflow concurrency limit option [[#6671](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6671)]
- Support Unix Sockets [[#6721](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6721)]

###### 📈 Enhancement

- Kubernetes: allow custom image when precreating workingDir as nonroot [[#6771](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6771)]
- Server can move pipeline parsing into background on long creation times [[#6781](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6781)]
- Add CI_COMMIT_PULL_REQUEST_DRAFT environment variable [[#6778](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6778)]
- Make LogEntry Buffer configurable for agent [[#6773](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6773)]
- Agent treat gRPC Internal error as fatal [[#6780](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6780)]
- Refactor to inject store and context into server scheduler [[#6755](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6755)]
- Refactor server scheduler collect in new interface [[#6753](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6753)]
- Add Prometheus metrics for pipeline step duration and failures [[#6738](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6738)]
- Add k8s userns support [[#6710](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6710)]
- Make cli exec auto detect single workflow test in multi workflow setup [[#6715](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6715)]
- Surface `.env` load errors [[#6707](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6707)]
- Group commands followup user preference [[#6694](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6694)]
- Trim white spaces for cron create/update [[#6690](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6690)]
- Improve slow user authorization if many orgs/repos [[#5665](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/5665)]
- pipeline: use more explizite error for step dependencies filtered out by its conditions [[#6680](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6680)]
- Add commit timestamp env vars [[#6670](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6670)]
- Show forge in users list [[#6666](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6666)]

###### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- Allow images for secrets to contain SHA256 for image pinning [[#6784](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6784)]
- server should drop stale queue tasks already missing in database [[#6765](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6765)]
- server queue api should ignore missing agent [[#6763](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6763)]
- docs: deps migrate gray-matter to maintained fork [[#6744](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6744)]
- local backend: on windows use process tree-walk as workaround to kill [[#6718](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6718)]
- Fix issue with deeply nested k8s backend_options [[#6730](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6730)]
- cli exec: have uniq prefix for each workflow [[#6716](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6716

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