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CiviCRM 5.79.0

Released November 6, 2024

Synopsis

Does this version...?
Fix security vulnerabilities? no
Change the database schema? yes
Alter the API? yes
Require attention to configuration options? no
Fix problems installing or upgrading to a previous version? yes
Introduce features? yes
Fix bugs? yes

Features

CiviCRM Core

  • Add timestamp as a crmDate option (31110)

    Adds timestamp as a crmDate option.

  • afform_login_token - Re-import login-token feature as core extension
    (31388)

    Re-introduces afform login-token support as a core-extension.

  • Transactional Authentication (Page-level auth tokens) (dev/core#4462: 31357, 31386, 31151 and 30585)

    Improves the support for transactional approaches in the authentication framework.

  • SearchKit - Improve appearance and usability of pager (31026)

    Improves the appearance and usability of the searchkit pager.

  • SearchKit - Hierarchical entity displays (31189)

    Makes it possible to visualize nested hierarchies in search display tables.

  • SearchKit - Selectable option-value format (31100)

    Improves the user experience of SearchKit option-value select format.

  • ChartKit - add week as a date rounding option (31138)

    Adds week as an additional rounding bucket option for Datetime columns.

  • ChartKit - add new chart type: Series Chart (31133)

    Adds additional chart kit chart type Series Chart.

  • Allow disabling household contact type (dev/core#4470: 31165)

    Makes it so users can disable the household contact type.

  • Schema - Add support for default_callback functions (31172, 31204 and 31202)

    Makes entity create functions more metadata-driven by allowing a callback to supply field default values.

CiviCase

  • Add Regions to the Case View template (31164)

    Adds regions to the CiviCase view template.

Joomla Integration

  • Create a Joomla 5 build (30367)

    Adds a joomla 5 dismaker dist.

Standalone Integration

  • Standalone multifactor authentication (31130)

    Adds time-based one-time password implementation (TOTP) for standalone, and optionally require it.

  • Add renamed PHPGangsta TOTP authenticator for Standalone (415)

    Adds the package used by Drupal (7)'s tfa_basic module for TOTP. It's a generic library and compatible with popular apps like many open source OTP systems + Google Authenticator.

  • standalone: remove unecessary config page; use settings schema better for MFA (31154)

    Improves settings page for MultiFactor autorization options.

  • Standalone: Getting public extensions directory is not available - intermittently (dev/core#5455: 31112)

  • SearchKit role-permissions screen unusably slow (dev/core#4840: 31162)

    Improves performance of the searchkit role permissions screen on standalone.

  • Standalone - allow creating a homepage at /civicrm/home (31093)

    Enables creating a Standalone homepage at /civicrm/home.

Bugs resolved

Core CiviCRM

  • Notify updates to unapproved extensions (dev/core#3035: 31061)

    Ensures the System Status page shows available updates for all extensions that are listed on civicrm.org.

  • By default, installer should synchronize users<=>contacts (dev/core#5434: 31046)

  • Admin UI extension: Can't view job log (dev/core#5460: 31119)

  • SearchKit: Include displays when cloning searches (dev/core#3880: 31200)

    Improves SearchKit by adding the ability to clone displays.

  • Search kit: for an event/ event location, the labels for the fields street and the city are not present anymore in a search but they have been probably moved to Location address (dev/core#5467: 31210)

  • Searchkit/ totals: totals (count, ...) do not work when the field is set to "label" (it has to be "Raw value") (dev/core#5476: 31207)

  • SearchKit - JS cleanup, use const for constants (31168)

  • SearchKit - Format footer tally values according to data type (30780)

  • SearchKit - Hide tally loading placholders when search hasn't run yet (31108)

  • SearchKit - Show 'label' for autocomplete displays (31058)

  • ChartKit - fix legend item vertical alignment on Chrome (31126)

  • FormBuilder duplicates options after deleting an option for a checkbox field (dev/core#5513: 31267)

  • Afform - Restore token listing (31224)

  • Print screens result in AJAX security error (dev/core#5543: 31346)

  • Remove the top-page on search results, tweak qill display (31187)

  • Api4 - Prefer @primaryKey annotation in BasicEntity (31159)

  • RolePermission - Ensure implied permissions cascade > 1 depth (31191)

  • Update warning shown when installing unreviewed extensions (31144)

  • Localization form - use arrayified var for currencyLimit (31217)

  • Pseudoconstant - Improve currency dropdowns & use non-deprecated functions (31076)

  • Use SettingsManager for boot time settings to enable reading from environment variables (30533)

  • Visual bundle consolidation / cleanup (30796)

  • respect Custom Group collapse on Activity and Case search forms (31129)

  • Scales login box padding down at smaller screen widths (31115)

  • extdir: remove cms=uf parameter to reduce the number of cache entries (31113)

  • WebsiteType - Delete branded website-type options that are not in use (31135)

  • Remove brand names from website types (31094 and 31142)

  • Stop including vine as a website type on new installs (31092)

  • API4: Abstract resolveContactID and ensure that formatCustomField receives a valid contact ID (31048)

  • Schema - Add 'default_fallback' for fields (31096)

  • Schema - Make 'multiple' input_attr a true boolean (31132)

  • Display Preferences screen - use settings metadata as much as possible (31106)

  • Add missing help text for mailer settings screen (31120)

  • AllCoreTables - allow multiple entities per table when filtering out tableless entities. (31099)

  • Avoid JS error when user does not have permission to save the template (31136)

  • Fix implicit TIMESTAMP default generating invalid DDL (31006)

  • SqlGenerator - Always specify NULL or NOT NULL in DDL (31206)

  • EntityMetadata - Implement getOptions method (30986)

  • ext/*/info.xml - Use a short expressions instead of constantly revising files (31183)

  • don't do install requirements check on every status check (100)

  • properly merge NULL into custom money field (31124)

  • composer.lock hash out of date (31143)

  • SettingsField.tpl - move help swatch next to label (31107)

  • Aren't links supposed to be in quotes? (31091)

  • Fix formatting of empty array for custom fields with html_type CheckBox (30833)

  • fix for displaying submission data (31049)

  • Batch - Update deprecated pseudocontant getter calls (31090)

  • Batch - Fix default values of columns (31177)

  • Civi::url() - Multiple fixes and test improvements (31008)

  • fix 'invalid character in regex' error (31118)

  • sybunt report cleanup (31145)

  • AllCoreTables - Handle tableless and classless entities without crashing (31079)

  • Update pseudoconstant getters to avoid deprecated function (31081)

  • PHP8 - Fix undeclared var in batch form (31173)

  • fix using REGEXP with contact ID (31040)

  • Notice fix (31194)

  • Api4 - Fix date format metadata (31338)

  • contact quicksearch (menu bar) no longer works with multi-record custom fields (dev/core#5536: 31322)

  • Upgrade 5.78-stable to 5.79-rc - No navigation UI (dev/core#5563: 31399)

  • Upgrade bug: Cannot drop index 'FK_civicrm_participant_cart_id': needed in a foreign key constraint (dev/core#5521: 31282)

  • Template compile directory missing, error running 5.78.2 updates (dev/core#5534: 31314)

  • Prevent saving an empty "array" for serialised Contact Reference fields (31260)

  • UtilsArray - An empty padded string should unserialize to an empty array (31261)

  • UtilsArray - An empty string should serialize to an empty string (31264)

  • Api4 - Restore support for 'fields_callback' (31292)

  • Quicksearch icon may not be displayed (dev/core#5512: 31290)

  • Contact Relationships tab does not translate (dev/core#5499: 31302)

  • Form Builder: Conditional logic not working for multi-select fields (dev/core#5163: 31304)

  • iconPicker - Fix initial height (31199)

  • extensionsDir setting broken (dev/core#5484: 31215)

  • export batch fatal error with smarty 5 (dev/core#5489: 31184)

  • Inline email block on contact summary screen fails to load using smarty 2 (dev/core#5507: 31238)

CiviCampaign

  • CiviCampaign - Update metadata defaults to use best-practices (31203)

CiviCase

  • crash on file-on-case search result action if with-contact sort_name contains special chars (dev/core#5558 and 5552: 31370 and 31369)

  • FormBuilder: CiviCase submissions working but receiving error on front-end (dev/core#5411: 31117)

CiviContribute

  • Contribution totals broken by nofilter in Smarty 2 if statements (dev/core#5506: 31231)

  • Admin-only price fields displayed to all users (dev/core#5440: 31278)

  • Invoice message template additional text is squished (31088)

  • FinancialType table is missing a translatable Label field (dev/core#5419: 31116 and 31182)

  • Financial Type label should be required in form (31235)

  • Don't clobber financial label changes if upgrade is rerun (31166)

  • [ext/financialacls] Add constraint for contribution_id in SQL clause for unavailable financial types (30877)

  • Recurring contributions: ThankYou page does not translate the membership contribution unit (dev/translation#90: 31299 and 31310)

  • Fix Product image upload (31255)

CiviEvent

  • Event Settings: rename labels for public listing, calendar links (31141)

  • Move template selection field when adding a new event to the top (31174)

  • Event Register: tweak statusBounce on some error messages (31140)

  • Event Info Block outputs contact details section even when empty (dev/core#5468: 31122)

  • Event cart type error (dev/core#5535: 31319)

CiviGrant

  • CiviGrant - Translate untranslated strings in mgd.php files (31070)

CiviMail

  • Remove alert boo from editing of bulk mailings field on email addresses
    (31378)

  • Mailing Report: call mailingSize only if the queue is empty (31188)

CiviMember

Drupal Integration

  • Use a static var for initialized guard for Drupal\civicrm\Civicrm
    (101)

  • D7 Views - Update some deprecated pseudoconstant function calls (688)

Standalone Integration

  • standalone: Fix Drupal7 password algorithm (31075)

  • standalone: minor fixes (31078)

  • standalone: Add status messages to public output tpl (31152)

  • Standalone login screen: tidies padding, input height, label margin, fixes duplicate semi-colon (31102)

Miscellany

  • Update tcpdf to 6.7.7 (31376)

  • Update phpoffice (31243)

  • Update ContributionPage schema/bao to use best-practices (31205)

  • Update hook_civicrm_entityTypes docblock to match updated dev docs (31071)

  • Move 'Manage Custom Searches' menu item to extension (31067)

  • Annotate CRM_Core_PseudoConstant::get as @deprecated (31080)

  • Schema - IDE-friendly formatting of callbacks (31178)

  • ManagedEntities - Remove unused function (31121)

  • Remove last core usage of hook_tokens (31218)

  • Remove some legacy copy & paste from mailing labels (31156)

  • Remove extraneous angular module dependency from chart_kit (31123)

  • Remove a couple of CRM_Core_DAO::$_nullObject (31084)

  • Activity - Remove unused variables (31077)

  • Delete a dinosaur (31066)

  • Remove code noisly deprecated March 2023 (31222)

  • [REF] Fix fatal error about converting object of class CRM_Core_Config to string in template (31219)

  • REF: Simplify processMembership function on membership renewal form (30774)

  • [REF] use null-coalescing assignment for CRM_Extension_System parameter defaults (31214)

  • [REF] Replace create with writeRecord in Group (31095)

  • [REF] Accessiblity fix - empty form label on new individual form (30675)

  • (REF) CRM_Core_Invoke - Cleanup old experiment circa Symfony 2 (31060)

  • [REF] Fix variable typo causing excessive updates of civicrm_mailing table when mailing jobs are running (31401)

  • [NFC] fix intermittent fail about phone export (31354)

  • [NFC] first pass release notes 5.79 (31381)

  • [NFC] Api4 - Settings test code cleanup (31201)

  • [NFC] Fix some references to old exception aliases in code comments (31137)

  • SearchKit - Test fix (31212)

  • Add Unit test to demonstrate & remove code cruft (31193)

  • Add unit test for getDuplicates behaviour on Register task (31148)

Credits

This release was developed by the following code authors:

AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin; Agileware - Iris; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Asylum Seekers Centre; Benjamin W; BrightMinded Ltd - Bradley Taylor; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Josh Gowans, Tim Otten; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy, Shane Bill; Dave D; Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe - Patrick Figel; Jens Schuppe; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb, Seamus Lee; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Nicol Wistreich; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Third Sector Design - Kurund Jalmi, William Mortada; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton

Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following reviewers contributed their comments:

AGH Strategies - Chris Garaffa; Agileware - Justin Freeman; Andy Burns; CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; Fuzion - Luke Stewart, Peter Davis; gibsonoliver; Greenleaf Advancement - Guy Iaccarino; Guydn; Joinery - Allen Shaw; Lemniscus - Noah Miller; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders; Systopia - Johannes Franz; Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano; Third Sector Design - Michael McAndrew;

Feedback

These release notes are edited by Alice Frumin and Andie Hunt. If you'd like to provide feedback on them, please log in to https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm and contact @agh1.