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Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
In our development environment, we've started testing and deploying new code with CF2025.However, our CI/CD is based on CF2023, as it's still in our production environments.We've had a compilation error in our pipelines, which I'll summarize here:<cfscrip...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I need to install a group of hotfixes very soon to CF2023 on Windows. CF is just installed as a standalone - not multiple instances. I prefer to do it using the GUI in the CF Admin. I really want to do everything possible to avoid issues, and the following questions are to that end. If anyone has...
FusionReactor
We are continually evolving FusionReactor Cloud to provide the deepest, most intuitive observability platform for your applications. Today, we are excited to give you a sneak peek at a massive wave of updates arriving soon—designed to give you more power, …
ColdFusion
I get an Error 403.7 "Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) client certificate that the Web server recognizes." When I try to access the website.
Ortus Solutions
ColdBox + BoxLang: The Future of Modern MVC on the JVM
Welcome to Day 1 of the 12 Days of BoxLang
To kick off the series, we're starting with one of the most powerful combinations in the Ortus ecosystem: ColdBox + BoxLang.
ColdBox has been the standard for modern CFML MVC development for over a deca...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi, all. I'm doing an update soon to include a hotfix that references this JVM flag. I'm not a Java guy, so please excuse the question if it is ridiculous, Everywhere I read about this flag on the Web, the purpose is stated something like this: "...this flag prevents ColdFusion from executi...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi everyone,
We're excited to announce a new Adobe Community experience is coming this January.
A little bit about the update:The new experience will be simpler to naviga...
Ortus Solutions
We are thrilled to announce the release of CBWIRE v5.0, the most powerful, stable, and developer-friendly version of CBWIRE ever shipped.
This major upgrade introduces deep BoxLang support, upgraded Livewire v3.6.4 features, enhanced security, improved error handling, performance gain...
Ortus Solutions
As we approach the end of the year, many engineering teams face the same challenge: unused budget that must be spent before December 31 or a new 2026 budget that should be allocated strategically from the start.
If your organization relies on ColdFusion or Lucee, this is the ideal moment to secure e...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Did anyone hear anything from CF Team about this ? https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66516 Resolution suggests updating files to version 3.2.2 from 1.2.x found in CF.
FusionReactor
Modern systems don’t fail on a schedule. Performance issues, restarts, and outages occur in real time, often without warning. That’s why the new Servers experience in FusionReactor Cloud gives you a potent combination: live observability seamlessly fused with deep historical …
Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting
I offer in this post a solution to a problem that I and others experienced regarding the latest CF update (released Dec 10, 2025 for ColdFusion 2025, 2023, and 2021, which I just blogged about separately).
We only experienced it with CF2023, but o...
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ColdFusion
I am facing issue when updating this function as CF25 don't support old one and will be deprecated, but moreover in input field and in cfset its encoding @ also to @ and also when I use encodeForHTMLAttribute then also found same but this is happening all over project where as earlier HTMLEditFor...
Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting
An update for ColdFusion has been released, Dec 9 2025, for each of cf2025 (update 5), cf2023 (update 17) and cf2021 (update 23). This is in fact that FINAL update of CF2021, as it has reached its end of life as I blogged last month.
In brief, thi...
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Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
We are running CF 2023 and just updated from Update 14 to Update 16. We have two errors that are occuring, because of the reference to Bouncy Castle, one of them looks like the
Ortus Solutions
How organizations can stay competitive when CFML expertise is harder to find than ever?
1. The Silent Crisis: CFML Talent Is Disappearing
For many organizations, ColdFusion and CFML applications still power critical business processes.
But there's a growing challenge that leaders can no longer ignor...
ColdFusion
We are pleased to inform you that we’ve released security updates for ColdFusion 2025, 2023, and 2021 releases. For more information, see the respective tech notes: ColdFusion (2025 release) Update 5 ColdFusion (2023 release) Update 17 ColdFusion (2021 release) Update 23 The updates includes i...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to convert Cloudflare's location HTTP headers from a mangled ISO-8859-1 value into a proper UTF-8 value in ColdFusion....
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
We are pleased to inform you that we've released security updates for ColdFusion 2025, 2023, and 2021 releases. For more information, see the respective tech notes:
Ortus Solutions
New in BoxLang 1.8.0 - Say goodbye to verbose HTTP request building. BoxLang introduces a powerful fluent HTTP API that makes working with HTTP/S requests not just easier, but actually enjoyable....
Lucee Blog
Hi there,
Is this a bug?
form.allGood = myJunkScope?.myJunkStruct?.myjunkNestedStruct?.theKeyImAfter;
writeDump("#structKeyExists(form, "allGood")#");
// returns FALSE
but if I dump the form - the allGood v...
Lucee Blog
Hi there,
Is this a bug?
form.allGood = myJunkScope?.myJunkStruct?.myjunkNestedStruct?.theKeyImAfter;
writeDump("#structKeyExists(form, "allGood")#");
// returns FALSE
but if I dump the form - the allGood v...
Lucee Blog
We've also just released Lucee 6.2.4.21-RC - the first release candidate for the 6.2.4 cycle. This build includes 16 fixes and improvements since 6.2.3.35.
Download: https://download.lucee.org/
Lucee Blog
Hey everyone,
We've just released Lucee 7.0.1.98-RC - the first release candidate for the 7.0.1 cycle. This build includes 50+ fixes and improvements since 7.0.0.395.
Download: https://download.luce...
Ortus Solutions
We're excited to announce the Pre-Conference Workshops for CFCamp 2026, Europe's CFML-focused conference! Join us on June 16–17, 2026 at the Atomis Hotel Munich Airport by Mercure, Oberding for a deep dive into modern CFML and BoxLang development.
These works...
Lucee Blog
My docker compose file calls the following image on linux/arm64
lucee/lucee:6.0.4.24-SNAPSHOT-tomcat9.0-jdk11-temurin-jammy
and this works fine for my applications
when trying to use a new image such as
lucee/lucee:7.0.0.395-tomcat11.0-jdk21-temurin-noble
Lucee Blog
is there any tweaks required for a windows service based install of Lucee 7.x instead of express?
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Ortus Solutions
We're thrilled to announce the release of bx-couchbase v1.0, bringing enterprise-grade Couchbase integration to the BoxLang ecosystem. This powerful module combines high-performance distributed caching with cutting-edge AI capabilities, enabling developers to build scalable, intelligent applications...
Ortus Solutions
The BoxLang team is excited to announce BoxLang 1.8.0, a massive release that revolutionizes HTTP capabilities, introduces comprehensive SOAP/WSDL integration, and delivers over 100 critical bug fixes for production-grade stability. This release focuses on modern web application development with flu...
Lucee Blog
I've been working on making LuceeDebug really rock with Lucee 7.1
Having a step debugger really rocks, but I rarely use it myself because as it stands, it has some drawbacks
needs agent configuration...
FusionReactor
105+ Awards Across 10+ Categories Cement FusionReactor’s Position as Industry-Leading Observability Platform We’re thrilled to announce that FusionReactor has achieved unprecedented recognition in the G2 Winter 2026 rankings, earning more than 105 awards across multiple categories and...
Lucee Blog
Hi All,
We have a small lucee instance that is flagged for CVE-2025-54988; generally, I'm either able to upgrade or remove offending CVE's, but any attempts I have to do this one end up with the system inoperable.
I tried upgrades from our standard 6.2.2.91 to zero, light,...
FusionReactor
FusionReactor is turning 20! It's a massive milestone, but what makes a company last two decades isn’t just the code – it's the people who write it, refine it, and live it. Today, we are zooming in on two team …
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi Team, Recently, we migrated our application from CF2021 to CF2023. Post-migration, we are facing issues with&nbs...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel illustrates how ColdFusion can be used as rapid application prototyping platform (not only a rapid application development platform)....
FusionReactor
Get ready to experience monitoring like never before! The latest features in FusionReactor Agent 2025.2 are transforming how you interact with your application data in FusionReactor Cloud. This release isn’t just an update; it’s a complete redesign of your diagnostic wo...
ColdFusion
Link to purchase a licence
ColdFusion
Migration from CF 11
Ortus Solutions
November 2025 was a big month at Ortus. BoxLang 1.7.0 arrived with real-time streaming, distributed caching, and faster compiler internals. ColdBox gained a cleaner debugging experience with full Whoops support, while CBWIRE 5 launched with stronger security, smarter lifecycles, and easier uploads....
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I'd like to restrict Jetty access to the server itself only (CF2021). I need to do this because the port, 8993, is coming up on a security scan. I can't use Windows Firewall to block the port (it's complicated, but long story short, it's not an option). I have found...
FusionReactor
The observability market is flooded with vendors racing to claim the title of “first AI observability platform.” But the label matters far less than what the AI actually delivers to engineers in production. While competitors lock you into proprietary pipelines …
Ortus Solutions
Because you asked; we're extending the Thanksgiving Week offer and officially launching our Cyber Monday BoxLang Deals today!
To support everyone who wants to understand whether they're running on legacy CFML or modern-ready code, and whether BoxLang is the right fit; we've decid...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
I'm currently from ColdFusion 2021 to 2023 and have encountered what appears to be a breaking change in how ColdFusion handles boolean values when interfacing with Java methods and MongoDB operations. The Issue:In ColdFusion 2021, I could pass native ColdFusion boolean va...
Lucee Blog
When I've selected Releases in the Update page, I'd prefer to not be alerted about Pre Release versions in the Overview page.
I'm guessing it's because of the maven hosting changes, but this is pretty much the opposite of the resolved
Lucee Blog
Hey everyone, we getting very close to publishing the Release Candidates for both 6.2.4 and 7.0.1
Drop a comment if there are any outstanding regressions or if you have been trying out the snapshots
Lucee Blog
We have some updates for the linux installer
Firstly, we have improved lucee_ctl behaviour, thanks to @kenricashe
Lucee Blog
I added a sessionExists() function in Lucee 6.2, it's used to avoid creating a session if one doesn't exist, as structKeyExists(session, "anything") ends up creating a session
Anyone using it?
Lucee Blog
While looking through some core Lucee templates I saw references to localmode="update". (WEB-INF\lucee\context\Application.cfc)
What exactly is this localmode and what does it do?
Thanks
1 post - 1 participant
FusionReactor
As FusionReactor celebrates its 20th anniversary, we're taking a moment to look back at the journey through the eyes of one of its longest-serving members, Greg Spencer. Having joined back in August 1999, Greg's tenure spans the company's entire evolution …
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi, I bought HS ( Homesite ) 5.5 many years ago and over time I have unfortunately lost the installation file, the one where it asks for your serial which I still have, I have searched for the software but none of the software I have found asks for the serial, can anyone point me in the right dir...
Lucee Blog
We had an early morning system outage that seems to be due to some critical files reverting to an earlier version in the middle of the night. Working backwards through the logs, I found "Class [application_cfm$cf$4b] is invalid or doesn't exist" and it looks like Lucee dropped the a...
Akitogo
Starting 2025, German businesses must accept e-invoices for B2B transactions. Learn how to implement ZUGFeRD/Factur-X compliant invoicing in ColdFusion using the cbZUGFeRD module.
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Akitogo
Starting 2025, German businesses must accept e-invoices for B2B transactions. Learn how to implement ZUGFeRD/Factur-X compliant invoicing in ColdFusion using the cbZUGFeRD module.
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Lucee Blog
I have noticed a strange behaviour with the cfdirectory:delete tag:
<cfdirectory action="delete" directory="" recurse="yes">
This deletes the directory from where the tag was executed. I haven't yet tried whether this is also the case with Directory...
Lucee Blog
I have noticed a strange behaviour with the cfdirectory:delete tag:
<cfdirectory action="delete" directory="" recurse="yes">
This deletes the directory from where the tag was executed. I haven't yet tried whether this is also the case with Directory...
FusionReactor
The Reality of Modern Application Troubleshooting When your checkout service starts timing out at 2 AM, traditional monitoring tools give you graphs and alerts. But what you need are answers: Which service is actually failing? Why is it cascading? What …
FusionReactor
FusionReactor has unleashed the FR 2025.2 release – an upgrade that goes far beyond routine security patches and bug fixes. This is a feature-packed, future-ready milestone that elevates every part of your observability experience. With deeper OTel integration, a modernized …
Lucee Blog
Just wrote quick technical note on this, bottom line: If you run Lucee with System Java and your Java package is updated, restart Lucee afterwards...
Akitogo
This is a quick technical note for a strange issue where our bug tracking system logged an increasing number of messages like Error invoking external process /usr/bin/identify. Curiously, executing the command directly from the CLI worked without any issue.
...
Akitogo
This is a quick technical note for a strange issue where our bug tracking system logged an increasing number of messages like Error invoking external process /usr/bin/identify. Curiously, executing the command directly from the CLI worked without any issue.
...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel adds the OnMissingTemplate() event handler to his ColdFusion application framework in order to track missing CFML template requests....
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi, I am getting the following error message as I try to install the Trial version of ColdFusion 2025 GUI WWEJ Win64 on a Windows Server 2025 (VMware) : "This application has Unexpecedly Quit Invocation of this Java Application has cause an Invocation T...
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel uses an Alpine.js directive to drive keyboard-based form focus. This allows for easy focus without accessibility concerns....
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi,i use this code in CF2023<cfscript>
params = {
field1 = true
};
foo(args=params);
void function foo(required struct args) {
if (arguments.args?.field2) {
writeOutput("entra");
} else {
writeOutput("non entra");
}
}
</cfscript>
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel discusses his strategy of adding Open Graph images to Big Sexy Poems while minimizing the attack vector created by dynamic image generation in ColdFusion.... ...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Let me start, I do know about the changes in Update 14 related to "extra" arguments, and this is not the same issue, but I think it might be related. The error is that a paramerter can not be found when making a call to a remote function in a CFC.
Here is th...
Lucee Blog
I'm currently testing with Lucee 7.0.0.395, and everything has been running smoothly. We'd like to bring one of our servers into production, but we need to upgrade it from 6.2.0.321 to 7.0.0.395 first.
Our current 6.2 setup is running on Windows Server 2019 with Apache Tomcat ...
Lucee Blog
Howdy Lucee community!
I've been working on a project I'm excited to share: LuCLI (Lucee Command Line Interface, pronounced "Luc...
FusionReactor
As FusionReactor celebrates its 20-year anniversary, we're shining a spotlight on the people who helped shape our journey — the thinkers, builders, problem-solvers, and teammates who poured passion and possibility into every version, release, and breakthrough. Today, we're celebrating Bernd...
Ortus Solutions
In this episode of the Modernize or Die Podcast, hosts Daniel Garcia and Jacob Beers discuss the latest updates from Ortus Solutions
Lucee Blog
I'm using a docker image (6.2.2.91-nginx) to create a lucee server. I've got a pre-defined .CFConfig.json file that is used to configure the Lucee instance, which is copied to the deploy location when the container is built. This all works fine.
I would like to specify a passw...
FusionReactor
Learn how AI-powered performance troubleshooting reduces MTTR from hours to minutes. See real-world microservices root cause analysis using OpsPilot's natural language observability.
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ColdFusion
I can't create a DSN
Ortus Solutions
The wait is over! We're excited to officially launch CBWIRE 5, the most powerful version of our server-powered reactive UI framework yet, and you're invited to the live reveal!...
Ortus Solutions
Are you tired of staring at endless, unreadable stack traces when exceptions hit your ColdBox app? There's a better way to handle exceptions, especially during development, and it's called Whoops!...
Adobe ColdFusion Community Blog
Hi,I've posted here before.If you've read any of my requests for help, you know I am not a programmer.I have a 10-year-old PC that is about to die. I have Dreamweaver CS 5.5 installed on it. Even if I could find my license key (I think I can), I cannot get the ins...
Ortus Solutions
Welcome back to our series on SocketBox - a websocket module for CommandBox + BoxLang. this is part 2 of a 4 part series about the SocketBox library.
Ben Nadel
Ben Nadel explores the generation of dynamic Open Graph images for Big Sexy Poems in ColdFusion....
Lucee Blog
I set up lucee 7.0.0.395 - The original site ran fine.
added 3 more through IIS and the custom tags for the first site are being pulled into the others.
I tried installing a new instance of Lucee 7.0.0.395 installed into a new directory. Admin pages for both work and I chang...
WRIS Web Services
If you’re looking for a way to combine powerful back-end performance with a flexible, content-rich front end, the answer might be simpler than you think. By using WordPress as the front end and ColdFusion as the back end, teams can create a hybrid solution that delivers the best of both wor...
ColdFusion
Corrupted bundles and failed update 4
Lucee Blog
Hi,
has anyone worked with Lucee and MSSQL Server using Always Encrypted columns?
I can't get the datasource to work after encrypting the column. My CFML app gives me this error: 'byte[] com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.AuthenticationJNI.DecryptColumnEnc...
FusionReactor
It’s Monday morning. You’re halfway through your first coffee when Slack explodes: “Customers can’t complete checkouts!” “Payment processing is down!” “Revenue is dropping – how bad is this?” Your heart rate spikes. Every minute of downt...
Lucee Blog
After upgrading from the previous stable (6.2.2.91) to the current (6.2.3.35) I immediately saw certain values stored in session being lost after about 2 minutes under the following conditions:
Clustered session storage in a database
The lost values wer...
Lucee Blog
How to reproduce:
Open Lucee Admin Overview
Enter a label for a web context
Click Update button
Expected: Form submits, page reloads, label is saved
Actual: Form submits, page reloads, label is NOT saved
OS: ...
Lucee Blog
How to reproduce:
Open Lucee Admin Overview
Enter a label for a web context
Click Update button
Expected: Form submits, page reloads, label is displayed
Actual: Form submits, page reloads, label reverts to hash value
...
Lucee Blog
I've run into an issue with ReEscape() in Lucee where the output does not match Adobe ColdFusion's behavior, particularly when the input contains Emoji or other non-BMP Unicode characters. See attached examples.
I have a workaround in place us...
Ortus Solutions
Like most in the CFML community, I'd heard about serverless for years but never dived into it for a host of reasons. One of these ( and a pretty major one! ) was an irrational avoidance of all things Java and being used to the ease of spinning up a CFML instance at other hosting locations.
However, ...
FusionReactor
This December, FusionReactor celebrates an incredible milestone — 20 years of innovation, teamwork, and evolution. To mark the occasion, we're sitting down with some of the people who've shaped our story from the very beginning. Today, we're taking a trip …
Lucee Blog
OS: Windows Server 2022 (8 Core, 32gb)
Java Version: OpenJDK 11.0.26
Tomcat Version: 11.0.9
Lucee Version: 6.2.2.91
Hi All - we had a user report an occurrence of the error above. We've not encount...
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