Cockpit 318

Author: martinpitt

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+title: Cockpit 318
+author: martinpitt
+date: '2024-06-12'
+tags: cockpit
+slug: cockpit-318
+category: release
+summary: 'Storage deletion confirmation, remove i686 support'
+---
+
+Cockpit is the [modern Linux admin interface](https://cockpit-project.org/).
+We release regularly.
+
+Here are the release notes from Cockpit 318:
+
+
+## Storage: Extra confirmation before deleting non-empty partitions in Anaconda's Web UI
+
+When using Cockpit to manually configure storage during installation with the Web UI version of the Anaconda installer, operations typically involve empty partitions. For instance, someone might delete and recreate a partition with a different size or filesystem type. Since no actual data is deleted in these cases, such actions are usually harmless.
+
+However, existing partitions with valuable data or other operating systems might also be present. To prevent accidental deletion, Cockpit now checks for files within a partition before deleting it and asks for additional confirmation if files are found.
+
+![screenshot of extra confirmation before deleting non-empty partitions in anaconda's web ui]({{ site.baseurl }}/images/318-storage-extra-confirmation-before-deleting-non-empty-partitions-in-anaconda-s-web-ui.png)
+
+## Discontinue Intel 32-bit Support in Fedora, CentOS, and RHEL
+
+Beginning with Fedora 41 (currently in development as rawhide), Cockpit will no longer be built for the Intel 32-bit architecture (i686).
+
+## cockpit.js: Get user primary group ID
+
+The [cockpit.user()](https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/cockpit-login.html#cockpit-user) API call now returns a new field `gid` with the user's primary group ID.
+
+## Try it out
+
+Cockpit 318 is available now:
+
+* [For your Linux system](https://cockpit-project.org/running.html)
+* [Cockpit Client](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.cockpit_project.CockpitClient)
+
+* [Cockpit Source Tarball](https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/releases/tag/318)
+* [Cockpit Fedora 40](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-36700dc910)
+* [Cockpit-machines Source Tarball](https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines/releases/tag/314)
+* [Cockpit-machines Fedora 40](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-73cda163ca)
+* [Cockpit-machines Fedora 39](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-f1e0a94ad8)
+
+*[API]: Application Programming Interface
+*[OS]: Operating System
+*[RHEL]: Red Hat Enterprise Linux