# CiviCRM 5.40.0 Released August 5, 2021 - **[Synopsis](#synopsis)** - **[Features](#features)** - **[Bugs resolved](#bugs)** - **[Miscellany](#misc)** - **[Credits](#credits)** - **[Feedback](#feedback)** ## 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 ### Core CiviCRM - **Move check for presence of the phone strip function to a Check (currently done whenever a phone number is edited) ([dev/core#27](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/27): [20757](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20757))** CiviCRM relies on a MySQL function to generate a numeric-only version of phone numbers. This change adds a system check to ensure the function exists instead of checking for the function each time a phone number is added or edited. - **Add calling function to deprecatedWarning log message ([20719](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20719))** Improves logging. - **Add contact-summary-image region ([20662](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20662))** Adds a new region around the contact summary image. - **Replace extension key with description in 'Add New' tab ([20720](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20720))** Improves the "Extensions" -> "Add New" form user experience by displaying the description below the extension name instead of the extension key. - **User experience improvement - Remove the confusing mixed terminology used to describe Tags: "Tags (Categories)" and "Tag (Category)" ([20268](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20268))** Improves user experience by removing the term "Category" when referencing tags. - **Improve output triggers when logged to file ([20472](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20472))** Improves output triggers when logged to a file by adding an asort, putting all the triggers into an array keyed by the statement and opening and closing the delimiters just once. - **Show smarty E-notices when in debug mode ([20640](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20640))** Improves the user experience in debug mode by showing php notices (e.g. "undefined variable"). - **Add pseudoconstant to acl_entity_role ([20566](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20566))** Adds a pseudoconstant for `acl_entity_role`. - **[php8-compact] Allow for CiviCRM to be installed by 3rd parties using composer on php8 systems ([20625](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20625))** Makes it so sites can install and update CiviCRM via CLI when their CLI uses PHP8. ### Afform and SearchKit - **Searchkit display with event location data ([dev/core#2676](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2676): [20746](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20746))** Adds LocBlock entity to display event location data in SearchKit. - **SearchKit - Allow super admins to disable Search Display access checks ([20607](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20607))** Allows users with 'all CiviCRM permissions and ACLs' to configure a search display to bypass permission checks and display all records to the user. - **SearchKit - Add translatable descriptions to entities ([20598](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20598))** Adds user-friendly descriptions to the top-level entities in SearchKit, and makes it possible to add them to other entities as well. - **SearchKit - Show Pledge as a primary entity ([20589](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20589))** Shows Pledges as a primary entity in SearchKit, since it has its own tab on the contact summary screen. - **SearchKit - Add ability to join on multi-select ContactRef fields ([20764](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20764))** Improves support for custom contact Reference fields in APIv4, SearchKit, and Afform. Makes it possible to save, search for, and filter by serialized (multi-select) custom Contact Reference fields. ### API version 4 - **Improve api consistency on custom field creation ([20743](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20743))** Makes it so the parameter "option_type" is not needed to create an option_value in APIv4. - **APIv4 Explorer: show joins for write actions ([20731](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20731))** Displays information about joins for write operations in the API Explorer. - **APIv4 - Add `@since` annotation to each entity ([20701](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20701))** Adds since version for each entity to APIv4 code documentation. - **APIv4 - Allow FK dot notation in create/update/save actions ([20677](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20677))** Makes it possible to reference other entities during create without knowing their ID when using the APIv4. Makes it easier to package entities e.g. with civicrm_managed. - **APIv4 - Add filter for entity tags ([20573](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20573))** Adds a SearchKit/APIv4 filter for tags similar to the "groups" filter recently added to SearchKit. - **APIv4 - add is_current as a pseudo (calculated) field ([20586](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20586))** Adds an "is_current" field to SearchKit for relationships, events & campaigns. It checks that the record is active and has a non-past end date and a non-future start date. - **APIv4 Explorer - When joining via EntityBridge, make bridge fields selectable ([20721](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20721))** Improves the APIv4 Explorer by displaying bridge fields. - **Canonize API for storing translated data (Work Towards [dev/translation#67](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/translation/-/issues/67): [20606](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20606) and [20584](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20584))** Adds APIv4 support for the "Translation" entity. Allows translation of fields which lack an explicit HTML type. - **Apiv4 entity parity (Work Towards [dev/core#2486](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2486): [20553](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20553))** Adds a foreign key on civicrm_contribution_product.product_id. ### CiviContribute - **Move financialACLs to a core extension (Work Towards [dev/core#2115](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2115): [20761](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20761), [20762](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20762) and [20769](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20769))** Moves financial acl code out of APIv3 Contribution.create and assorted cleanup towards moving the Financial ACL code to an extension. - **Proposal - make future recurring contribution instances modifiable & not fail if the only contribution is deleted. (Work Towards [dev/financial#6](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/financial/-/issues/6): [20452](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20452), [20451](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20451) and [20450](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20450))** Work to make it possible to edit recurring contributions. - **Make Order api easier to use for default price set ([20681](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20681))** Improves the order api by making it not necessary to figure out the details of the default price set when using it to create memberships. ### CiviSMS - **Display SMS segment count when constructing a Mass SMS ([dev/core#1711](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1711): [20722](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20722) and [20220](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20220))** Modifies the javascript that shows the character count when creating a SMS message so that it also shows how many SMS segments are required to send the message. ### WordPress Integration - **Fail gracefully when errors are detected ([251](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/251))** Rewrites the error checking that the WordPress plugin performs and fails gracefully instead of throwing fatal errors and making WordPress inoperable. Introduces a "CiviCRM Troubleshooting" page to help diagnose and fix problems. ## Bugs resolved ### Core CiviCRM - **Regression: Smart group rebuild in default config crashes cron ([dev/core#2687](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2687): [20835](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20835))** - **Syntax errors when loading sample data ([dev/drupal#161](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/drupal/-/issues/161): [20925](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20925))** - **During upgrade ConfigAndLog has errors about crm-l10n.js for every upgrade step because assets aren't built during upgrade ([dev/core#2666](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2666): [20890](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20890))** - **Exporting in localized civicrm crashes due to long translation for preferred_mail_format varchar(8) field. ([dev/core#2645](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2645): [20626](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20626))** - **failing update Smart Groups for installs with none ([dev/core#2659](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2659): [20756](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20756))** - **Menu link for "New Tag" doesn't quite work ([dev/core#2660](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2660): [20686](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20686))** Points the "New Tag" menu link to form to create a new tag instead of "Manage Tags" form. - **Special characters in password cause trouble. ([dev/core#2663](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2663): [20713](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20713))** - **Upgrade to Nightly (5.40.alpha1) from Stable (5.38.1) fails with DB Error: constraint violation ([dev/core#2680](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2680): [20814](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20814))** - **[php8-compact] Add in more protection for unset variables in various smarty templates ([20546](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20546) and [20547](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20547))** - **Force cleanup of setting value type "checkboxes" when is empty ([20600](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20600))** Fixes a bug where custom settings of the type "checkboxes" with no checked values were not saving to the database correctly. - **Fix activity_date_time_relative filter when `preserve_activity_tab_filter` setting is on ([20602](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20602))** - **Support saving more than 25 records in Profile.submit api ([20744](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20744))** - **Fix schema support for composite primary keys ([20705](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20705))** - **Fix sorting for drop triggers ([20693](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20693))** - **Fix Schema calculation of usePrefix to cope with rpow: ([20471](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20471))** - **Fixed url ([20641](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20641))** - **Ensure custom group name does not conflict with existing field ([20694](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20694))** - **Force the right path in github action script ([20688](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20688))** The original script ran in a repo called civicrm-regen, but because the name of this repo is civicrm-core and hence the github workspace folder contains the literal "civicrm-core" in it, the civicrm.config.php file determines that this must be a composer install, and so it gets the path to civicrm.settings.php wrong. - **Always assign mode to smarty ([20664](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20664))** - **AngularLoader - Emit warning when setModules method is used. ([20628](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20628))** Emits a warning when extensions do something that could potentially cause problems with other extensions. - **Throw exception when baoName is not found ([20696](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20696) and [20742](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20742))** - **Convert Notes to use option_group instead of hardcoded list ([20554](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20554))** - **Fix a few more undefined template vars ([20577](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20577) and [20684](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20684))** - **CKEditor - Fix .tpl insertion on every form ([20846](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20846))** - **Fix undefined tpl vars in CiviReport ([20797](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20797))** - **smarty notice - title is only set for a list of existing report instances ([20771](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20771))** - **smarty notice - confirm_message is usually irrelevant in report listings ([20772](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20772))** - **Minor tpl simplificaiton, notice reduction ([20663](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20663))** - **Fix undefined tpl variables on contact summary ([20659](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20659))** - **Some php warnings on new case ([20712](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20712))** - **Remove deprecated use of format money ([20697](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20697))** - **Fix possibly undefined custom groupTree tpl variable ([20737](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20737))** - **Fix undefined tpl vars on contact summary page ([20754](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20754))** - **Tpl enotice fix ([20735](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20735))** - **Fix undefined indexes in tpls ([20781](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20781))** - **Enotice fix Remove references to savedFieldMapping in page 2 of the import ([20738](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20738))** - **Fix undefined tpl vars on custom field page ([20726](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20726))** - **Fix often undefined variable $row.class in tpl tables ([20725](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20725))** - **Throw exception rather than allow php fail ([20565](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20565))** Throws an exception rather than allow php fail when the api class is not found. - **Proposal - store metadata on membership renewal on line item (Work Towards [dev/membership#29](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/membership/-/issues/29): [20672](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20672))** Adds a new column to the civicrm_line_item table: membership_num_terms. ### Afform and SearchKit - **Afform - cosmetic fixes in palette panel ([20755](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20755))** - **Search-kit - declaring joins breaks deduping ([dev/core#2656](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2656): [20631](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20631) and [20639](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20639))** - **SearchKit - use primary_key info instead of assuming 'id' ([20763](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20763))** Fixes a bug in SearchKit when dealing with entities without "id" as their primary key field. - **SearchKit - Remove automatic filter from address ([20803](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20803))** Usability fix for SearchKit - stops automatically add "Location Type" to the search when joining with Address. - **OR term in WHERE clause crashes Search Kit ([dev/report#71](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/report/-/issues/71): [20824](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20824))** Fixes an error when saving or opening a search with an OR group in a clause. ### API version 4 - **APIv4 - Silently ignore non-permissioned fields instead of throwing exceptions ([20724](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20724))** - **APIv4 - Fix same-table joins and remove unused code ([20715](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20715))** - **APIv4 - Don't assume the identifier field for a table is named 'id' ([20707](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20707) and [20749](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20749))** - **APIv4 - Deprecate Entity::getLinks action ([20727](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20727))** - **APIv4 - Deprecate passing 'id' to basic actions ([20765](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20765))** - **APIv4 Explorer - Only apply default limit 25 for "get" action ([20698](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20698))** - **Failing api4 test api.v4.Action.CreateWithOptionGroupTest.testWithCustomDataForMultipleContacts ([dev/core#2699](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2699): [20928](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20928))** ### CiviCase - **Case Manager is not shown for closed cases. ([dev/core#542](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/542) and [dev/core#1947](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1947): [19737](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/19737))** Ensures inactive active case role are shown for closed cases. - **Some php warnings on case dashboard ([20711](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20711))** - **smarty notice - case dashboard when no upcoming/recent cases ([20770](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20770))** - **smarty notices - New case screen - Case.hlp ([20795](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20795))** - **Error when sorting case roles table by end date ([20728](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20728))** ### CiviContribute - **Error submitting contribution form if ""is_monetary=0"" ([dev/wordpress#109](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/109): [#20929](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20929))** - **Can't remove previously-added currencies ([dev/financial#175](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/financial/-/issues/175): [20627](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20627))** - **civicrm/payment/form url got empty currency argument in backoffice live CC form ([dev/financial#150](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/financial/-/issues/150): [18517](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/18517))** - **"Non-static method CRM_Financial_Form_BatchTransaction::links() should not be called statically" when viewing accounting batch ([dev/core#2647](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2647): [20691](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20691))** - **pre hook is not triggered for LineItem delete ([dev/core#2657](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2657): [20644](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20644))** - **Undefined variable ids in CRM\Core\Payment\AuthorizeNetIPN.php ([dev/core#2685](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2685): [20818](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20818))** - **Send pcp notification only when the contribution is completed ([20523](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20523))** - **Add missing "View Recurring Contribution" link to contribution view ([20750](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20750))** Add missing "View Recurring Contribution" link to contribution view when displaying line items. ### CiviEvent - **Fix bug where only one participant registration is completed ([20654](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20654))** ### CiviMail - **Unwanted mail blast sent by Scheduled Reminders ([dev/core#365](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/365): [20432](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20432) and [19973](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/19973))** Adds Effective start and end date to the Schedule Reminder UI. - **Specifying a "Selection Method" without a location type gives a DB error ([dev/mail#96](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/mail/-/issues/96): [20536](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20536))** - **Mailing label prints name twice ([dev/core#2681](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2681): [20783](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20783))** - **Fix invalid defaults for Mailing.update_email_resetdate API ([20751](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20751))** - **Use mysql to set mailing.created_date ([20630](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20630))** ### Drupal Integration - **hook_civicrm_buildProfile not working on Drupal 8 ([dev/drupal#113](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/drupal/-/issues/113): [65](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal-8/pull/65))** ## Miscellany - **Unused smarty variable ([20796](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20796))** - **Remove unreachable code from admin page ([20642](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20642))** - **replace unnecessary function call with string literal ([20634](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20634))** - **APIv4 - Remove POC code leftover from early alpha development ([20709](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20709))** - **Move upgrade code to correct version ([20643](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20643))** - **Move determination of priceSetID to the internal order class ([20669](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20669))** - **CRM_Utils_Array::asColumns() - Add helper to rotate a matrix (from rows to columns) ([20788](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20788))** - **CRM_Utils_Array - Implement pathUnset() method ([20787](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20787))** - **Handle participant payment create in line item ([20790](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20790))** - **APIv4 Explorer - Render joins using addJoin function in OOP ([20723](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20723))** - **Deprecate duplicate getLoggedInContactID() function ([20321](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20321))** - **Remove deprecated function ([20760](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20760))** - **Hopefully fix time rollover problem in MessageTemplateTest ([20714](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20714))** - **Extract feeBlock to it's own tpl ([20679](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20679))** - **Deprecate passing in 'null' for tax ([20671](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20671))** - **Add test validation for Membership & participant payments ([20621](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20621))** - **Fix up on invalid test data ([20667](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20667))** - **Fix test to use valid amounts ([20668](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20668))** - **Fix test to use valid financials ([20676](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20676))** - **Improve CustomGroupTest ([20617](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20617))** - **Test cleanup - specify return ([20570](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20570))** - **Clean up code to determine line items for membership batch entry ([20779](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20779))** - **AssetBuilderTest - Raise threshold for timeout ([20810](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20810))** - **Reduce test api calls with no 'return' ([20574](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20574))** - **Fix BaseIPN test to (mostly) pass invalid financials checks ([20785](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20785))** - **Fix test set up to user Order api ([20780](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20780))** - **[REF] Membership api for v4 (Work Towards [dev/core#2634](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/2634): [20759](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20759))** - **[Ref] Remove (more) unreachable code from order api ([20793](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20793))** - **[REF] Add in template guard for not being always set as per html format ([20747](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20747))** - **[REF] Remove isPayLater from membership batch screen ([20396](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20396))** - **[REF] Extend testing on membership batch entry & minor cleanup ([20394](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20394))** - **[REF] Fix trying to access array offset from boolean value ([20734](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20734))** - **[REF] Alter new Setup process to use CiviCRM's Event Dispatcher ([20717](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20717))** - **[REF] - Improve efficiency of APIv4 GetInfo ([20708](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20708))** - **REF - Get Contact Summary tab counts after calling hook to avoid wasting time ([20673](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20673))** - **[REF] Remove always false if ([20653](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20653))** - **[REF] Extract CKEditor into its own core extension ([20392](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20392))** - **(REF) crmUi - Support onCrmUiSelect for using select2 as a picklist ([20789](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20789))** - **[REF] Tidy up param transforms ([20778](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20778))** - **[REF] Follow up clean up - remove contribution_mode ([20656](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20656))** - **[REF] Remove unnecessary variable wrangling in case roles section ([20729](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20729))** - **[REF] Follow up fix to fixing note entity tables in views ([144](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-backdrop/pull/144))** - **[REF] Follow up fix to fixing note entity tables in views ([646](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/646))** - **[NFC] - update code comment ([20599](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20599))** - **[NFC] Fix test failure on MySQL8 because of lack of order in API ([20605](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20605))** - **[NFC] [Test] Remove duplicate cleanup ([20647](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20647))** - **[NFC] [TEST] cleanup, more use of return in ActivityTest ([20633](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20633))** - **[NFC] Cleanup on membership test ([20636](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20636))** - **[NFC] [Test] Remove duplicate cleanup ([20637](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20637))** - **[NFC] Cleanup on contribution v3 api test ([20638](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20638))** - **[NFC] Add in unit test to lock in the fix for the is_deleted in where clause issue ([20733](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20733))** - **[NFC] Afform - Regenerate civix files ([20615](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20615))** - **[NFC] Fix test setup on a couple of tests to make them pass in php8 ([20614](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20614))** - **[NFC] Update various npm depdencies used only in unit testing ([20748](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20748))** - **[NFC] Improve use of return parameters in ContributionPage test class ([20648](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20648))** - **[NFC] Unit test for 20602 ([20745](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20745))** - **[NFC] Remove boilerplate comment block from APIv4 classes ([20700](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20700))** - **[NFC] Github action script to run regen.sh for you ([20680](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20680))** - **[NFC] Regenerate ContributeProduct DAO and also fix search_kit install on MySQL 5.6 on test boxes ([20674](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20674))** - **[NFC] Fixes an issue in this unit test where we are trying to do an array access on an integer ([20652](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20652))** - **[NFC] [Test] Cleanup on membership type test ([20649](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20649))** - **[NFC/Unit test] - Add a test for getCaseRoles when there's a lot of roles assigned ([20657](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20657))** - **[NFC] [TEST] cleanup, more use of return in AddressTest ([20635](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20635))** - **[NFC] [Test] Specify return values on get calls ([20632](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20632))** - **[TEST][NFC] CiviCRM reaching MySQL join limit (Work Towards [dev/core#1191](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/1191): [20618](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20618) and [20622](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20622))** - **[php8-compact][NFC] Update testGroupClause unit test to work on php8 ([20624](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20624))** - **[php8-compact][REF] Fix failing custom group test on php8 by better handling strings in 2nd key of the extends array and also validating the child and main entity work ([20616](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20616))** - **[php8-compact] Fix APIv4 Group Concat Test by setting dataType to be NULL if the first expression is a SQL Function ([20655](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20655))** - **[php8-compact] Fix issues with participant message templates causing Event Tests to fail ([20613](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20613))** - **[php8-compact] Add in guards into common templates to assit with fixing test failures on php8 ([20543](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20543))** - **[php8-compact] Fix Array to String in formButtons in CRM_Core_FormTest ([20608](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20608))** - **[php8-compact] Fix Event Form test for php8 by setting totalAmount in the form params ([20623](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20623))** - **[php8-compat] Alternate to the alternate for testOpeningForms ([20603](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20603))** - **[php8-compact] Fix apiv4 tests in php8 by not incrementing an array ([20594](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20594))** - **[php8-compact] Further test fixes for php8 ([20597](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20597))** - **[php8-compact] Fix failing AuthorizeNetIPN tests on php8 ([20596](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20596))** - **[php8-compact] Fix failing CRM_Core_InvokeTest on php8 ([20595](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20595))** - **[php8-compact] Fix Session Test errors in php8 ([20593](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20593))** - **[php8-compact] Fix Case Activity Message Template to fix test failure in php8 ([20592](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20592))** - **[php8-compact] Fix PDF Letter Test by ensuring that all actual DB fields are in the tokens array and also by resetting the static cache of tokens ([20591](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20591))** - **[php8-compact] Add in guards into various templates to fix the CRM_Contact_Form_IndividualTest suite ([20579](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20579))** - **[php8-compact] Fixes test failures in the CRM_Contribute_Form_ContributionTest class due to template issues ([20581](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20581))** - **[php8-compact] Fix Dashboard Tests by adding in if guards into smarty templates ([20575](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20575))** - **[php8-compact] Add in guards into various templates to fix issues in test runs on php8 ([20544](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/20544))** ## Credits This release was developed by the following code authors: AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin, Andie Hunt; Agileware - Francis Whittle, Justin Freeman; Akos Garai; Australian Greens - John Twyman; Blackfly Solutions - Alan Dixon; Christian Wach; Circle Interactive - Pradeep Nayak; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Tim Otten; CompuCorp - Debarshi Bhaumik; Dave D; Gokhalemethod- Sadashiv; iXiam - Luciano Spiegel; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb, Seamus Lee; Lemniscus - Noah Miller; Lighthouse Consulting and Design - Brian Shaughnessy; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Skvare - Sunil Pawar; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following reviewers contributed their comments: Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Bob Silvern; CiviCoop - Klaas Eikelboom; CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy; Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; Fuzion - Jitendra Purohit; JMA Consulting - Joe Murray; Ray Wright; Semper IT - Karin Gerritsen; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders; Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano; Tech To The People - Xavier Dutoit; Third Sector Design - Michael McAndrew; Web Access - Kurund Jalmi ## 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`.