Joomla! 5.2.2 Release Candidate 1

👀 Release information

• 💁 32+ contributors
• 🧰 63+ Pull Requests has been merged
• ⬆️ New migration guide
• 📖 New developer documentation
• 👀 Full Changelog

🔥 Installation Packages

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ZIP Archive (.zip)	551585c8ee3ffac920650d35abe8e899df5623597140e4fc5a43701c72c8db80
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✒️ Upgrade Packages

Important

Don't update directly from a version lower than 4.4 it is important that you first update to 4.4 and then update to 5.x

Update from a previous version	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	53bead08e67e92552390fcdbcc4f707b7ac9e434db6ca7beea869786373ae743
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	6b8ca146bd027037021c8627d217f7a5af88d5e5fd67104cff1be672d095f934
Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst)	297673a51f73fc0c1a11015eebc6398263383c96c8fb884c5052e0551c691296

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💆 New Contributors

• @Shivam7-1 made their first contribution in #44342
• @pAnd0rASBG made their first contribution in #44439
• @Flowman made their first contribution in #43822
• @peter1szalatnay made their first contribution in #44320
• @MatMyfta made their first contribution in #44360

🧹 What has been changed

• [5][com_privacy] language file not loaded by @alikon in #44192
• [5.2] Typo Update Default.cy.js by @brianteeman in #44272
• [5.2] typo urlrule by @brianteeman in #44235
• [5.2] Missing layout names in modules by @Kostelano in #44139
• [5.2] Composer update joomla/database from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 for PostgreSQL 16 support by @richard67 in #44316
• [5.2] use _JEXEC for restricted access by @heelc29 in #44193
• [5.2] update README by @heelc29 in #44312
• [5.2] Translation for Publish & Feature by @Kostelano in #44133
• [5.2] No menu must be selected for menu items batch processing by @chmst in #44286
• [5.2] phpcs comments / use statements by @heelc29 in #44194
• [5.2] Remove @fancyFranci as codeowner by @bembelimen in #44334
• [5] Sync the sequence for pgsql after the root user is created by @alikon in #44324
• [cypress] Add db_port in Installation.cy.js by @muhme in #43968
• [cypress] Using NPM Module 'pg' for 'postgres' by @muhme in #44084
• 5.2 Improve Contrast of selected Options in Darkmode for issue #44203 by @coolcat-creations in #44211
• [cypress] Database Unix Sockets for System Tests by @muhme in #44092
• [5.2] Fix display of empty state view in clear cache by @Quy in #44349
• [5.2] Fixed a set of options for the demo data plugin by @Kostelano in #44166
• [5.2] Fix Dart Sass deprecations by @C-Lodder in #44129
• [J5.2] Cassiopeia - Only add margin to system message container if it contains a joomla-alert by @coolcat-creations in #44222
• [5.2] Fix public folder path when trailing slash is added by @bembelimen in #44340
• [5.2] Fix multi-line comment indentation in system test javascript by @richard67 in #44368
• [cypress] + com_scheduler by @alikon in #44239
• [5.2] add test for site router (sef) by @heelc29 in #44253
• URL in email broken with Mail Template Layout by @leeroy1821 in #44378
• [Guided Tours] Fix blank screen after a session time out on the steps page by @obuisard in #44375
• Avoid strlen for admin submenu items by @chmst in #43884
• [5] fix for Error with trashing items when items are checked out by @alikon in #44392
• [5.2] Rename update SQL scripts 5.2.0-2024-09-24.sql to 5.2.1-2024-09-24.sql by @richard67 in #44388
• [5.2.] Fix Dark mode in user-captive view - Fix for Issue #43448 by @coolcat-creations in #44209
• [5.2] Allow relative URLs in wrapper module and component by @SniperSister in #44314
• [5.2] fix for undefined property: $module by @alikon in #44280
• [5.2] SEF URLs: Check if SEF plugin is published by @Hackwar in #44283
• [5][cypress] mod_articles by @alikon in #44393
• [5.2] atum light mode - Fix modal window link color by @RickR2H in #44176
• [5.2] Error handling on extension update by @BrainforgeUK in #43321
• [5.2] Articles Module: Remove unused css + modified container query by @drmenzelit in #44327
• [5.2] Fix JS errors in admin menu by @C-Lodder in #44410
• Update debug.es6.js SanitizHTML DOM Text Interpretd as HTML by @Shivam7-1 in #44342
• [5.2] Smart Search: Fix URL with highlight query by @Hackwar in #43398
• [5.2] Add required content filters for the administrator menu by @Kubik-Rubik in #44426
• [5.2] Add missing html elements to sanitizer for finder debugging by @HLeithner in #44422
• [5.2] Fix reCAPTCHA Invisble error getElementsByClassName().forEach is not a function by @Fedik in #44306
• [5.2] Fix wrong core files and core folders permissions 777 on update from 5.2.0 or 5.2.1 by @richard67 in #44379
• [5.2] Update phpstan to 2.0 by @Hackwar in #44436
• [5.2] Fix JS CS missing trailing comma by @richard67 in #44435
• Removed hardcoded username from Actionlogs.cy.js by @pAnd0rASBG in #44439
• [5.2][cypress] lint mjs files by @heelc29 in #44443
• [5.2] Wrap long text to prevent layout displaying beyond viewport by @Quy in #44441
• [5.2] EmailRule unique should look at submitted input data instead of stored form data. by @Flowman in #43822
• "Attempt to assign property 'cleanURL' on bool" fix by @AlexanderCkm in #43444
• [5.2] mod_submenu php fixes by @peter1szalatnay in #44320
• [5.2] CalendarField: changing strftime to date by @Hackwar in #44114
• [5.2] Translation Update by @joomla-translation-bot in #44266
• [5.2] Media manager fix default adapter handling by @Fedik in #44313
• [5.2] Add more site router tests (alias included) by @heelc29 in #44449
• [5.2] Harden FormattedTextLogger against object injection attacks by @SniperSister in #44428
• [5.2] Fix Multilingual Associations Infinite Loop by @MatMyfta in #44360
• [5.2] mod_menu php fixes by @chmst in #44318
• Fix password toggle in dynamic subform field by @MatMyfta in #44362
• [5.2] Check imagecolortransparent for validity by @MacJoom in #44418
• [5.2] Fix Joomla.renderMessages not found with mod_login by @Fedik in #41300
• [5.2] Rename update SQL scripts 5.2.1-2024-09-24.sql to 5.2.2-2024-09-24.sql by @richard67 in #44467