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Rivet 1 End of Life Reminder

The previous major version of Rivet will reach its end of life on Friday, December 29, 2023.

Scott Anthony Murray

Nov 30, 2023

On Friday, December 29, 2023, the previous major version of Rivet (1.x) will reach its end of life.

If you have any websites or web applications still using Rivet 1.x assets, please migrate them to Rivet 2 at your earliest convenience. A migration guide is available at v1.rivet.iu.edu.

What happens on December 29? #

Rivet 1 will no longer receive updates. The previous version of Rivet will no longer receive updates, including bug fixes, security patches, or accessibility improvements.
The rivet-uits npm package will be deprecated. You will still be able to install the rivet-uits package, but you will get a deprecation warning when doing so.
Rivet 1 GitHub branches will be archived. All branches on the rivet-source GitHub repository related to Rivet 1 will be removed and put in a separate read-only repository. Issues, pull requests, and discussions related to Rivet 1 will be closed.

Will my Rivet 1 site stop working? #

No—your site will continue to work.

All versions of Rivet 1 through 1.8.3 will continue to be hosted indefinitely at their current URLs on assets.uits.iu.edu.

Likewise, the rivet-uits npm package will continue to be hosted in the registry, although installing it will show a deprecation warning.

There is no deadline by which your site or application must be migrated to Rivet 2. However, as Rivet 1 will no longer receive critical security or accessibility updates, it is important to migrate to Rivet 2 as soon as possible.

Questions #

If you have questions about the retirement of Rivet 1, head over to the Rivet Slack channels for the IU Web Community of Practice, or UITS.

You can also send a message using the Rivet support request form.