Rockcraft 1.13 release notes¶

11 July 2025

Learn about the new features, changes, and fixes introduced in Rockcraft 1.13. For information about the Rockcraft release cycle, see the Release policy and schedule.

Requirements and compatibility¶

To run Rockcraft, a system requires the following minimum hardware and installed software. These requirements apply to local hosts as well as VMs and container hosts.

Minimum hardware requirements¶

AMD64, ARM64, ARMv7-M, RISC-V 64-bit, PowerPC 64-bit little-endian, or S390x processor
2GB RAM
10GB available storage space
Internet access for remote software sources and the Snap Store

Platform requirements¶

Platform	Version	Software requirements
GNU/Linux	Popular distributions that ship with systemd and are compatible with snapd	systemd

What’s new¶

Rockcraft 1.13 brings the following features, integrations, and improvements.

.NET plugin (v2)¶

The .NET plugin (v2) is now available. It’s a new version of the plugin that’s easier to use and configure.

Minor features¶

Rockcraft 1.13 brings the following minor changes.

Improved `test` command¶

You can now select which tests to run in the test command by passing a selector. Selection takes this form:

rockcraft test <selector> --debug

The spread documentation details the selector syntax.

Improved documentation for 12-factor app extensions¶

The tutorial and reference pages for all 12-factor app extensions were improved based on user feedback, with fixes to multiple steps that were showstoppers.

We also added information about using the StatsD exporter to the references for the django-framework and flask-framework extensions.

Contributors¶

We would like to express a big thank you to all the people who contributed to this release.

@AlexBaranowski, @bepri, @erinecon, @jahn-junior, @javierdelapuente, @lengau, @medubelko, @sergiusens, and @tigarmo.