<p>That <a href="https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/5065" rel="nofollow noreferrer">icon change</a> did not go over well. <a href="https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-65124" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JENKINS-65124</a> was raised as a result.</p>
<p>The change did two things:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>It overhauled the how the images are consumed such that they are served up as SVG now. The new ones are now served up from:  <code>${JENKINS_HOME}/war/images/build-status/weather-sprite.svg</code>, along with the build-status icons from <code>.../build-status-sprite.svg</code></p>
</li>
<li><p>It replaced the &quot;Classic icons&quot; from the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tango_icons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tango Pproject</a> with new flat icons from <a href="https://github.com/jenkins-contrib-themes/jenkins-core-theme/tree/master/images" rel="nofollow noreferrer">jenkins-core-theme</a>. The Tango icons were not incorporated into the weather-sprite.svg.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>I was not a fan of the Classic icons (too convoluted for 48px or smaller) or new set (see Jenkins issue), so I took a stab at an alternate set, available attached to the issue as <a href="https://issues.jenkins.io/secure/attachment/55120/weather-jenkins.svg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">weather-jenkins.svg</a>; just rename to <code>weather-sprite.svg</code> and drop into the exploded war location.</p>
<p>Your solution to get the Classic icons back would be to incorporate the SVG for the five Tango icons into <code>weather-sprite.svg</code> in place of the existing definitions. Unfortunately, the straight replace does not render properly, resulting in a loss of the gradient shading (which makes up most of the SVG definitions). I don't know enough about SVG to sort it out.</p>
<p>btw: <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1684695/how-to-get-the-classic-jenkins-icons-back">cross-posting</a> is usually frowned upon, but also reinforces my meta concern that no one knows where to <a href="https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/412698/598141">post Jenkins issues</a> w/o proper guidance.</p>

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Thanks for the answer. I'm going to give the `weather-jenkins.svg` try. I know about cross-posting but this is just beta here and at looking at the overall questions list it seemed to me half-live only. Or half-dead the other way round.
Gerold Broser
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Download [this zip file](https://issues.jenkins.io/secure/attachment/54981/weather-symbols.zip) in order to first take a look at the graphics.
not2savvy
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Ian W
<p>From my POV the classic Jenkins build status icons were, and still are, a masterpiece of icon art:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/VXuMR.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/VXuMR.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>All the others weren't, and still aren't, bad either. (How is the saying? &quot;If it ain't broke, don't break it!&quot;? :)</p>
<p>While I appreciate that the new ones are SVGs, this <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/hTELv.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/hTELv.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a> looks more like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuriken" rel="noreferrer">shuriken</a> that killed my build, rather than a sun and this cloud <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MyC7z.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MyC7z.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a> looks boringly simplified compared to the classic one, looks like being drawn in a 101 MS Paint class.</p>
<p>How can I get the classic icons back into my Jenkins instance? They're still all there in the <code>jenkins.war</code>.</p>

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How to get the classic Jenkins build status icons back?
Gerold Broser
# How to get the classic Jenkins build status icons back?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-29)

From my POV the classic Jenkins build status icons were, and still are, a masterpiece of icon art:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/VXuMR.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/VXuMR.png)

All the others weren't, and still aren't, bad either. (How is the saying? "If it ain't broke, don't break it!"? :)

While I appreciate that the new ones are SVGs, this [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/hTELv.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/hTELv.png) looks more like a [shuriken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuriken) that killed my build, rather than a sun and this cloud [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MyC7z.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/MyC7z.png) looks boringly simplified compared to the classic one, looks like being drawn in a 101 MS Paint class.

How can I get the classic icons back into my Jenkins instance? They're still all there in the `jenkins.war`.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-10-31. Score: 4

That [icon change](https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/5065) did not go over well. [JENKINS-65124](https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-65124) was raised as a result.

The change did two things:

* It overhauled the how the images are consumed such that they are served up as SVG now. The new ones are now served up from: `${JENKINS_HOME}/war/images/build-status/weather-sprite.svg`, along with the build-status icons from `.../build-status-sprite.svg`
* It replaced the "Classic icons" from the [Tango Pproject](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tango_icons) with new flat icons from [jenkins-core-theme](https://github.com/jenkins-contrib-themes/jenkins-core-theme/tree/master/images). The Tango icons were not incorporated into the weather-sprite.svg.

I was not a fan of the Classic icons (too convoluted for 48px or smaller) or new set (see Jenkins issue), so I took a stab at an alternate set, available attached to the issue as [weather-jenkins.svg](https://issues.jenkins.io/secure/attachment/55120/weather-jenkins.svg); just rename to `weather-sprite.svg` and drop into the exploded war location.

Your solution to get the Classic icons back would be to incorporate the SVG for the five Tango icons into `weather-sprite.svg` in place of the existing definitions. Unfortunately, the straight replace does not render properly, resulting in a loss of the gradient shading (which makes up most of the SVG definitions). I don't know enough about SVG to sort it out.

btw: [cross-posting](https://superuser.com/questions/1684695/how-to-get-the-classic-jenkins-icons-back) is usually frowned upon, but also reinforces my meta concern that no one knows where to [post Jenkins issues](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/412698/598141) w/o proper guidance.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the answer. I'm going to give the `weather-jenkins.svg` try. I know about cross-posting but this is just beta here and at looking at the overall questions list it seemed to me half-live only. Or half-dead the other way round.  
> **username_2**: Download [this zip file](https://issues.jenkins.io/secure/attachment/54981/weather-symbols.zip) in order to first take a look at the graphics.  

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