Cockpit 316

Author: jelly

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+title: Cockpit 316
+author: jelle
+date: '2024-04-25'
+tags: cockpit, machines, ostree, podman
+slug: cockpit-316
+category: release
+summary: 'cockpit.js format_bytes API changes'
+---
+
+Cockpit is the [modern Linux admin interface](https://cockpit-project.org/).
+We release regularly.
+
+Here are the release notes from Cockpit 316, cockpit-machines 312, and cockpit-podman 87:
+
+
+## cockpit.js API: Fix format_bytes() units
+
+The [`cockpit.format_bytes()`](https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/cockpit-util.html#cockpit-format-bytes) function now writes the unit for kilobytes as SI conformant "kB" instead of "KB" when formatting decimal (base-10) sizes. It also uses the unit "B" (bytes) for numbers less than 1000 instead of no unit at all.
+
+Note that many projects, in particular the ones based on current [starter-kit](https://github.com/cockpit-project/starter-kit), bundle `cockpit.js` and usually also pin down a specific git commit from cockpit.git. So these projects won't immediately pick up the change, but should update the cockpit library import and possibly adjust their usage of `format_bytes()`.
+
+## Try it out
+
+Cockpit 316, cockpit-machines 312, cockpit-ostree 202 and cockpit-podman 87 are 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/316)
+* [cockpit Fedora 40](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-bc42ae090a)
+* [cockpit Fedora 39](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-c61ce9706d)
+* [cockpit-machines Source Tarball](https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-machines/releases/tag/312)
+* [cockpit-machines Fedora 40](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-2326dec3de)
+* [cockpit-machines Fedora 39](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-700df9e0b4)
+* [cockpit-ostree Source Tarball](https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-ostree/releases/tag/202)
+* [cockpit-ostree Fedora 39](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-e8e706ec17)
+* [cockpit-ostree Fedora 40](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-40beb7bdae)
+* [cockpit-podman Source Tarball](https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman/releases/tag/87)
+* [cockpit-podman Fedora 40](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-bba9077d43)
+* [cockpit-podman Fedora 39](https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-17dc45708b)
+
+
+*[API]: Application Programming Interface
+*[CPU]: Central Processing Unit, the "brain" of a computer