UPGRADING.md

Moodle Upgrade notes

This file contains important information for developers on changes to the Moodle codebase.

More detailed information on key changes can be found in the Developer update notes for your version of Moodle.

The format of this change log follows the advice given at Keep a CHANGELOG.

5.2dev

core

Added

• Appending an exclamation mark to template names ignores theme overrides

  For more information see MDL-77894

• The upgrade_ensure_not_running() function has been deprecated and replaced with:

  • \core\setup::warn_if_upgrade_is_running();
  • \core\setup::ensure_upgrade_is_not_running(); and
  • \core\setup::is_upgrade_running().

  For more information see MDL-87107

• The CLI script used to terminate user sessions (kill_all_sessions.php) has been improved to make it safer and more flexible. A new '--run' parameter has been introduced. Without '--run', the script performs a dry run making no changes. The script now supports targeted session termination using '--for-users' parameter.

  For more information see MDL-87173

Changed

• The core/drag_handle template has been modified to use a native HTML button for a more accessible experience and a consistent look with other buttons on the page.

  For more information see MDL-86846

• The Hook Manager now uses localcache instead of caching via MUC.

  For more information see MDL-87107

Fixed

• restore_qtype_plugin::unset_excluded_fields now returns the modified questiondata structure, in order to support structures that contain arrays. If your qtype plugin overrides restore_qtype_plugin::remove_excluded_question_data without calling the parent method, you may need to modify your overridden method to use the returned value.

  For more information see MDL-85975

• When responding to pcntl signals, call existing signal handlers.

  For more information see MDL-87079

core_badges

Changed

• The create_issued_badge generator now returns the issued badge object.

  For more information see MDL-85621

Deprecated

• The class core_badges_assertion has been deprecated and replaced by \core_badges\achievement_credential. The method badges_get_default_issuer() has also been deprecated because it is no longer needed. The file badges/endorsement.php has been removed because it stopped being used when MDL-84323 was integrated.

  For more information see MDL-85621

core_completion

Changed

• The completion_info::clear_criteria method takes an optional $removetypecriteria to determine whether to remove course type criteria from other courses that refer to the current course

  For more information see MDL-86332

core_course

Deprecated

• The following methods have been deprecated and should no longer be used: - course_delete_module - course_module_flag_for_async_deletion Please consider using the equivalent methods, delete and delete_async, in core_courseformat\local\cmactions instead.

  For more information see MDL-86856

• Deprecates set_coursemodule_groupmode in favor of core_courseformat\cmactions::set_groupmode

  For more information see MDL-86857

core_courseformat

Added

• Add delete method to the core_courseformat\cmactions

  For more information see MDL-86856

• Add set_groupmode method to the core_courseformat\cmactions (course format actions)

  For more information see MDL-86857

core_grades

Removed

• In Moodle 4.2, the legacy Gradebook base widget from 4.1 has been removed and replaced with a simpler class-based system due to a breaking change and excessive complexity in the old pattern. The files core/grades/basewidget.js and templates in grade/templates/searchwidget/ have been deleted, with minimal expected third-party impact.

  For more information see MDL-78325

core_group

Added

• groups_print_activity_menu() and groups_get_activity_group() now include an additional $participationonly parameter, which is true by default. This can be set false when we want the user to be able to select a non-participation group within an activity, for example if a teacher wants to filter assignment submissions by non-participation groups. It should never be used when the menu is displayed to students, as this may allow them to participate using non-participation groups. Non-participation groups are labeled as such.

  For more information see MDL-81514

core_reportbuilder

Added

• The base entity class now implements a default initialise method, that will automatically call each of the following methods to load entity report data:

  • get_available_columns()
  • get_available_filters()
  • get_available_conditions()

  This change allows for a lot of boilerplate to be removed from report entity classes

  For more information see MDL-86678

mod_feedback

Deprecated

• The method feedback_init_feedback_session() has been deprecated, along with all other direct access to $SESSION from the module

  For more information see MDL-86607

qbank_columnsortorder

Removed

• The Behat selector column move handle for the qbank_columnsortorder plugin has been removed. When interacting with the column's move handle, please use the move handle's accessible name and type. For example: - And I drag "Move Created by" "button" and I drop it in "Move T" "button"

  For more information see MDL-86855

tool_mobile

Changed

• The WS tool_mobile_get_public_config now returns whether MFA and reCAPTCHA are enabled for login/recover password.

  For more information see MDL-87003

5.1

core

Added

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \breadcrumb_navigation_node	\core\navigation\breadcrumb_navigation_node
  \flat_navigation_node	\core\navigation\flat_navigation_node
  \flat_navigation	\core\navigation\flat_navigation_node
  \global_navigation_for_ajax	\core\navigation\global_navigation_for_ajax
  \global_navigation	\core\navigation\global_navigation
  \navbar	\core\navigation\navbar
  \navigation_cache	\core\navigation\navigation_cache
  \navigation_json	\core\navigation\navigation_json
  \navigation_node_collection	\core\navigation\navigation_node_collection
  \navigation_node	\core\navigation\navigation_node
  \settings_navigation_for_ajax	\core\navigation\settings_navigation_for_ajax
  \settings_navigation	\core\navigation\settings_navigation

  For more information see MDL-82159

• • Added is_site_registered_in_hub method in lib/classes/hub/api.php to check if the site is registered or not.
  • Added get_secret method in lib/classes/hub/registration.php to get site's secret.

  For more information see MDL-83448

• Added a new optional param to adhoc_task_failed and scheduled_task_failed to allow skipping log finalisation when called from a separate task.

  For more information see MDL-84442

• Add a new method has_valid_group in \core\report_helper that will return true or false depending if the user has a valid group. This is mainly false in case the user is not in any group in SEPARATEGROUPS. Used in report_log and report_loglive

  For more information see MDL-84464

• There is a new core/page_title Javascript module for manipulating the current page title

  For more information see MDL-84804

• Added support for configurable aspectRatio in charts rendered using Chart.js. This enables developers to control chart sizing more precisely via the chart_base API and the frontend renderer.

  For more information see MDL-85158

• Output classes can now implement the core\output\externable interface. This allows these classes to define methods for exporting their data in a format suitable for use in web services.

  For more information see MDL-85509

• The following functions have been replaced with class methods.

  Old function name	New method name
  \ajax_capture_output()	\core\ajax::capture_output()
  \ajax_check_captured_output()	\core\ajax::check_captured_output()
  It is no longer necessary to include lib/ajax/ajaxlib.php in any code.

  For more information see MDL-86168

• The Behat ::execute() method now accepts an array-style callable in addition to the string classname::method format.

  The following formats are now accepted:

  // String format:
  $this->execute('behat_general::i_click_on', [...]);
  
  // Array format:
  $this->execute([behat_general::class,' i_click_on'], [...]);

  For more information see MDL-86231

• The following classes have been moved into namespaces and now support autoloading:

  Old class name	New class name
  \core_xml_parser	\core\xml_parser
  \xml_format_exception	\core\exception\xml_format_exception

  For more information see MDL-86256

• The \externallib_advanced_testcase has been replaced by \core_external\tests\externallib_testcase and is now autoloadable.

  For more information see MDL-86283

Changed

• Changes were implemented to make checkbox-toggleall output component more inclusive:

  • Replace the references to master checkboxes with toggler.
  • Replace the references to slave checkboxes with target.

  For more information see MDL-79756

• The \core\attribute\deprecated attribute constructor $replacement parameter now defaults to null, and can be omitted

  For more information see MDL-84531

• The core_plugin_manager::plugintype_name[_plural] methods now require language strings for plugin types always be defined via type_<type> and type_<type>_plural language strings

  For more information see MDL-84948

• Added a new \core\deprecation::emit_deprecation() method which should be used in places where a deprecation is known to occur. This method will throw debugging if no deprecation notice was found, for example:

  public function deprecated_method(): void {
      \core\deprecation::emit_deprecation([self::class, __FUNCTION__]);
  }

  For more information see MDL-85897

• The \core\output\local\dropdown\dialog class constructor now accepts a $definition['autoclose'] parameter to define autoclose behaviour of the element

  For more information see MDL-86015

• The default PHPUnit configuration now enables the following properties, ensuring PHP warnings will cause test failures (restoring pre-PHPUnit version 10 behaviour):

  • failOnDeprecation
  • failOnWarning

  For more information see MDL-86311

Deprecated

• The following function has been deprecated and should no longer be used: file_encode_url. Please consider using the core\url factory methods instead.

  For more information see MDL-31071

• The following core/checkbox-toggleall templates have been deprecated:

  • core/checkbox-toggleall-master-button - This is replaced with core/checkbox-toggleall-toggler-button
  • core/checkbox-toggleall-master - This is replaced with core/checkbox-toggleall-toggler
  • core/checkbox-toggleall-slave - This is replaced with core/checkbox-toggleall-target

  The following items in the core/checkbox-toggleall JS module have been deprecated:

  • Method:

    • updateSlavesFromMasterState() - This is replaced with updateTargetsFromTogglerState().

  • Usage of the following selectors:

    • data-toggle=master - This is replaced with data-toggle=toggler.
    • data-toggle=slave - This is replaced with data-toggle=target.

  The usage of these selectors will continue to be supported until they are removed by final deprecation. In the meantime, a deprecation warning in the JavaScript console will be shown if usage of these selectors is detected.

  For more information see MDL-79756

• The following global constants have been deprecated in favour of class constants:

  Old constant	New constant
  NAVIGATION_CACHE_NAME	\core\navigation\navigation_node::CACHE_NAME
  NAVIGATION_SITE_ADMIN_CACHE_NAME	\core\navigation\navigation_node::SITE_ADMIN_CACHE_NAME

  For more information see MDL-82159

• The user_preference_allow_ajax_update() has been removed. It was deprecated without replacement in Moodle 4.3.

  For more information see MDL-86168

• The xmlize() method from lib/xmlize.php has been deprecated, please instead use the \core\xml_parser class

  For more information see MDL-86256

• In toggle.mustache dataattributes parameter is deprecated. Use extraattributes instead

  For more information see MDL-86990

Removed

• Final deprecation of device related theme methods. The following two methods have been removed from the core_useragent class:

  • core_useragent::get_device_type_theme
  • core_useragent::get_device_type_cfg_var_name

  For more information see MDL-78375

• Final deprecation of removing the legacy theme settings. The following method has been removed:

  • core_useragent::get_device_type_list() The following classes have been removed:
  • core_adminpresets\local\setting\adminpresets_admin_setting_devicedetectregex
  • admin_setting_devicedetectregex

  For more information see MDL-79052

• Removed core\hook\manager::is_deprecated_plugin_callback() in favor of core\hook\manager::get_hooks_deprecating_plugin_callback().

  For more information see MDL-80327

core_admin

Added

• • Added searchmatchtype property to admin_settings to track search match type.
  • Plugins that extend either admin_settings or admin_externalpage are encouraged to specify a search match type from the available types in admin_search.

  For more information see MDL-85518

core_ai

Added

• Error message handler for AI subsystem.

  • Object creation Use core_ai\error\factory::create($errorcode, $reason, $errorsource) to generate the appropriate error object.

  • Extensibility Add new error types by extending core_ai\error\base and registering them in the factory. Please see core_ai\error\ratelimit as an example.

  For more information see MDL-83147

• • Added get_enabled_actions_in_course_module method in public/ai/classes/manager.php to get enabled AI actions in course module. - Added is_ai_tools_enabled_in_course method in public/ai/classes/manager.php to check if AI tools is enabled in course. - Added is_action_enabled_in_context method in public/ai/classes/manager.php to check if an action is enabled in a particular context. - Added get_ai_fields_from_course_module method in public/ai/classes/manager.php to get the AI related fields from the course module. - Added is_html_editor_placement_available method in public/ai/placement/editor/classes/utils.php to check if editor placement is enabled. - Added get_actions_available method in public/ai/placement/editor/classes/utils.php to get available actions for editor placement.

  For more information see MDL-85738

Changed

• The method has_model_settings inside core_ai\aimodel\base is now determined by values returned from a new method called get_model_settings.

  For more information see MDL-84779

core_auth

Added

• A new method called get_additional_upgrade_token_parameters has been added to oauth2_client class. This will allow custom clients to override this one and add their extra parameters for upgrade token request.

  For more information see MDL-80380

core_badges

Added

• The class core_badges_observer in badges/classes/observer.php has been moved to core_badges\event\observer in badges/classes/event/observer.php. A compatibility layer has been added to maintain backward compatibility, but direct use of the old class name is now deprecated. If you've extended or directly used the old class, you should update your code to use the new namespaced class.

  For more information see MDL-83904

• A number of new static methods have been added to core_badges\backpack_api to support the new Canvas Credentials backpack provider. These methods allow you to retrieve lists of providers and regions, check if Canvas Credentials fields should be displayed, and get a region URL or API URL based on a given region ID. The new methods include get_providers, get_regions, display_canvas_credentials_fields, get_region_url, get_region_api_url, get_regionid_from_url, and is_canvas_credentials_region.

  For more information see MDL-86174

Removed

• Final removal of core_badges_renderer::render_badge_collection() and core_badges_renderer::render_badge_recipients()

  For more information see MDL-80455

core_block

Changed

• Subcontext visibility is now turned on by default when adding blocks. This change makes it much easier to manage blocks, for example, in courses that lack a view page.

  For more information see MDL-85433

Removed

• Removed block_section_links from Moodle 5.1.

  For more information see MDL-80556

core_comment

Added

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

    | Old class name       | New class name                    |
    | ---                  | ---                               |
    | `\comment`           | `\core_comment\manager`           |
    | `\comment_exception` | `\core_comment\comment_exception` |
  

  For more information see MDL-86254

Deprecated

• The public/comment/locallib.php file and the comment_manager class have been deprecated. All related functionality should now be accessed via the \core_comment\manager class.

  For more information see MDL-86254

• The public/comment/lib.php file is now empty and will be removed in Moodle 6.0. Please, do not include in your code anymore.

  For more information see MDL-86254

core_course

Added

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \course_request	\core_course\course_request

  For more information see MDL-82322

• Activities can now specify an additional purpose in their PLUGINNAME_supports function by using the new FEATURE_MOD_OTHERPURPOSE feature.

  For more information see MDL-85598

• Added new gradable property to core_course\local\entity\content_item

  For more information see MDL-86036

• • The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

    Old class name	New class name
    \cm_info	`\course\cm_info
    \cached_cm_info	\course\cached_cm_info
    \section_info	\course\section_info
    \course_modinfo	\course\modinfo

  For more information see MDL-86155

• Removed fictitious __empty() magic method.

  The empty() method does not make use of any __empty() method. It is not a defined magic method.

  For more information see MDL-86155

Changed

• The 'Show description' checkbox is now present in all course formats. Activity descriptions can be displayed via the Additional activities block (formerly the Main menu block), regardless of whether the course format's has_view_page() function returns false.

  For more information see MDL-85433

Deprecated

• The core_course_get_course_content_items is now deprecated. Use core_courseformat_get_section_content_items instead.

  For more information see MDL-80295

• The course_section_add_cm_control course renderer method is deprecated. Use section_add_cm_controls instead.

  For more information see MDL-80295

• Passing the section number (integer) to the core_course\output\activitychooserbutton is deprecated. You must use a core_course\section_info instead.

  For more information see MDL-80295

• The getModulesData and activityModules methods from core_course/local/activitychooser/repository are deprecated. Use getSectionModulesData and sectionActivityModules instead

  For more information see MDL-80295

• The duplicatesection param in course/view.php is deprecated. Use course/format/update.php with action section_duplicate instead.

  For more information see MDL-84216

• The changenumsections.php script is deprecated. Please use course/format/update.php instead.

  For more information see MDL-85284

• The \course\cm_info::$extra and \course\cm_info::$score properties will now emit appropriate debugging.

  These have been deprecated for a long time, but did not emit any debugging.

  For more information see MDL-86155

• The MAX_MODINFO_CACHE_SIZE constant has been deprecated and replaced with a class constant.

  For more information see MDL-86155

• The course renderer method course_activitychooser is now deprecated. Its logic is not part of the new section_renderer::add_cm_controls method.

  For more information see MDL-86337

Removed

• The activitychoosertabmode setting has been removed. Consider implementing your own setting in your theme if needed.

  For more information see MDL-85533

core_courseformat

Added

• From now on, the activity chooser will use core_courseformat_get_section_content_items to get the available modules for a specific section

  For more information see MDL-80295

• Added new core_courseformat\output\local\overview\overviewdialog output class to create dialog elements in the course overview page. Overview dialog will display a combination of title, description and a list of items (label: value).

  For more information see MDL-83896

• A new interface, main_activity_interface, is now available. Course format plugins should implement it if they intend to display only a single activity in the course page.

  For more information see MDL-85433

• The core_courseformat\local\overview\overviewfactory now includes a new method, activity_has_overview_integration, which determines if a module supports overview integration.

  For more information see MDL-85509

• New needs_filtering_by_groups() and get_groups_for_filtering() had been created in activityoverviewbase class for a better management of groups filtering in Activities overview page by activities. needs_filtering_by_groups() returns whether the user needs to filter by groups in the current module, and get_groups_for_filtering() returns which is the filter the user should use with groups API.

  For more information see MDL-85852

• A new has_error() function has been created in activityoverviewbase class to raise when a user is trying to check information about a module set as SEPARATE_GROUPS but the user is not in any group.

  For more information see MDL-85852

• New optional $nogroupserror parameter has been added to activityname class constructor. A set_nogroupserror() setter to change the value after the constructor has been also added.

  For more information see MDL-85852

• Added new core_courseformat\output\local\overview\overviewaction output class to create action buttons that now include a badge right next to the button text. It essentially extends the existing action_link class to add a badge, making important actions stand out more on the course overview. Plus, this new structure also makes these badged action links easier to export this information for web services.

  For more information see MDL-85981

• Add a new modinfo::get_instance_of() to retrieve an instance of a cm via its name and instance id. Add a new modinfo::sort_cm_array() to sort an array of cms in their order of appearance in the course page. Replaces calls to get_course_and_cm_from_instance() and get_instances_of() whenever it was just used to retrieve a single instance of a cm.

  For more information see MDL-86021

• The core_course\output\activitychooserbutton has been moved to core_courseformat\output\local\activitychooserbutton . From now on, format plugins can provide alternative outputs for this element. Also, all the javascript and templates related to the activity chooser are now located inside the core_courseformat subsystem.

  For more information see MDL-86337

• All activity chooser related code has been moved to the core_courseformat subsystem. This includes all templates, javascript, and the main output class. If your theme overrides any of these, you will need to update your code accordingly.

  For more information see MDL-86337

Changed

• The param $maxsections of get_num_sections_data in addsection output is not used anymore. If your format overrides this method, you should add a default value 0 to be consistent with the new implementation.

  For more information see MDL-84291

Deprecated

• The maxsections setting is now considered deprecated and will be removed in Moodle 6.0. Consider implementing your own setting in your format plugin if needed.

  For more information see MDL-84291

• The format base method get_max_sections has been deprecated, as the maxsections setting is also deprecated and no longer in use.

  For more information see MDL-84291

• The course format "numsections" option to increment and decrement the number of sections of the course one by one is now deprecated and will be removed in Moodle 6.0.

  For more information see MDL-85284

core_customfield

Changed

• Added parameters 'component', 'area' and 'itemid' to the api::get_instance_fields_data() and api::get_instances_fields_data() methods. Added a new field 'shared' to the customfield_category DB table. Added 'component', 'area' and 'itemid' fields to the customfield_data DB table. Modified the customfield_data DB table unique index to include the new fields.

  For more information see MDL-86065

core_grades

Added

• New 'is_gradable()' function has been created to return whether the item has any gradeitem that is GRADE_TYPE_VALUE or GRADE_TYPE_SCALE.

  For more information see MDL-85837

• • New grade_item::is_gradable function has been created to return whether the grade item is GRADE_TYPE_VALUE or GRADE_TYPE_SCALE.

  For more information see MDL-86173

Removed

• The previously deprecate methods have been removed:

  • grade_structure::get_grade_analysis_icon
  • grade_structure::get_reset_icon
  • grade_structure::get_edit_icon
  • grade_structure::get_hiding_icon
  • grade_structure::get_locking_icon
  • grade_structure::get_calculation_icon

  For more information see MDL-77307

core_message

Added

• The web service core_message_get_member_info additionally returns cancreatecontact which is a boolean value for a user's permission to add a contact.

  For more information see MDL-72123

• The contexturl property to \core\message\message instances can now contain \core\url values in addition to plain strings

  For more information see MDL-83080

core_question

Added

• The question backup API has been improved to only include questions that are actually used or owned by backed up activities. Any activities that use question references should be supported automatically. Activities that use question set references (for example, random quiz questions) need to add a call to backup_question_set_reference_trait::annotate_set_reference_bank_entries() alongside the call to backup_question_set_reference_trait::add_question_set_references() in their backup step. See backup_quiz_activity_structure_step::define_structure() for an example.

  For more information see MDL-41924

Changed

• core_question_search_shared_banks will now search all question banks, not just those outside the current course. This makes the service usable in cases outside of the current "Switch banks" UI, which require searching all banks on the site. It also makes the autocomplete in the "Switch banks" UI more consistent, as it was previously excluding some of the banks listed in the UI (Question banks in this course), but not others (Recently viewed question banks). This change has also adds a 'requiredcapabilties' parameter to the function, which accepts an list of abbreviated capabilities for checking access against question banks before they are returned.

  For more information see MDL-85069

• question_edit_contexts now only considers the provided context when checking permissions, rather than all parent contexts as well. As questions now exist only at the activity module context level, permissions can be inherited or overridden as normal for each question bank. The previous pattern of checking for a permission in any parent context circumvented the override system, and no longer makes sense.

  For more information see MDL-85754

Deprecated

• Intial deprecation of core_question_bank_renderer::render_question_pagination() and the associated template file. Rendering the question pagination is now done via ajax based pagination.

  For more information see MDL-78091

Removed

• Final deprecation of:

  • core_question\local\bank\random_question_loader::get_next_question_id()
  • core_question\local\bank\random_question_loader::get_category_key()
  • core_question\local\bank\random_question_loader::ensure_questions_for_category_loaded()
  • core_question\local\bank\random_question_loader::get_question_ids()
  • core_question\local\bank\random_question_loader::is_question_available()
  • core_question\local\bank\random_question_loader::get_questions()
  • core_question\local\bank\random_question_loader::count_questions()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::display_top_pagnation()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::display_bottom_pagination()
  • question_finder::get_questions_from_categories_with_usage_counts()
  • question_finder::get_questions_from_categories_and_tags_with_usage_counts()

  For more information see MDL-78091

Fixed

• The unit test repeated_restore_test::test_restore_course_with_same_stamp_questions was passing incorrectly on 5.x for question types that use answers. Maintainers of third-party question types may want to re-run the test with the fix in place, or if they have copied parts of this test as the basis of a test in their own plugin, review the changes and see if they should be reflected in their own test.

  For more information see MDL-85556

core_reportbuilder

Added

• The count[distinct] aggregation types support optional 'callback' value to customise the formatted output when applied to columns

  For more information see MDL-82464

• The report_action class now accepts a pix_icon to include inside the rendered action element

  For more information see MDL-85216

• Report schedule types are now extendable by third-party plugins by extending the core_reportbuilder\local\schedules\base class in your component namespace: <component>\reportbuilder\schedule\<type>

  For more information see MDL-86066

• The report column class has a new get_effective_type() method to determine the returned column type, taking into account applied aggregation method

  For more information see MDL-86151

Deprecated

• The following methods from the schedule helper class have been deprecated, in favour of usage of the new schedule type system:

  • create_schedule
  • get_report_empty_options
  • send_schedule_message

  For more information see MDL-86066

core_user

Added

• New method \core_user::get_dummy_fullname(...) for returning dummy user fullname comprised of configured name fields only

  For more information see MDL-82132

block_site_main_menu

Added

• The "Main menu" block has been renamed to "Additional activities." Its title is now customizable, and it can be used in course formats without a dedicated view page (for instance, Single activity). On the Home page, this block has also been renamed; administrators will need to manually revert the name if they wish to retain "Main menu" after upgrading.

  For more information see MDL-85392

format_social

Deprecated

• The social course format is now disabled by default for all new and upgraded installations. Existing courses using this format will continue to function, but administrators must re-enable it to create new social courses.

  For more information see MDL-85660

format_topics

Added

• Now the custom sections format won't ask for initial sections on the creation form. Instead it will use the system number of sections settings directly.

  For more information see MDL-84291

format_weeks

Added

• The weekly sections format now has a system setting called Maximum initial number of weeks that replaced the old "Max sections" when creating a new course

  For more information see MDL-84291

gradereport_grader

Removed

• The previously deprecated methods have been removed:

  • grade_report_grader::get_left_icons_row
  • grade_report_grader::get_right_icons_row
  • grade_report_grader::get_icons

  For more information see MDL-77307

gradereport_singleview

Added

• The grade/report/singleview/js/singleview.js file has been removed. And the grade/report/singleview/amd/src/singleview.js file has been added. The new file is converted from YUI to native JS.

  For more information see MDL-84071

mod_assign

Added

• Within mod_assign, time() calls have been changed to use the core clock class; this means Behat and PHPunit tests that mock the time will now work as expected in mod_assign.

  For more information see MDL-85679

mod_bigbluebuttonbn

Added

• Add activity_dates class to BigblueButton module.

  For more information see MDL-83889

• Add a new parameter to the mod_bigbluebuttonbn\recording::get_recordings_for_instance so to ignore instance group settings and return all recordings. This is an optional argement and no change is expected from existing calls.

  For more information see MDL-86192

mod_book

Deprecated

• The \mod_book\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed event is now deprecated. Use \core\event\course_resources_list_viewed instead.

  For more information see MDL-84632

mod_choice

Added

• Add manager class to the mod_choice activity. For now this is only for the purpose of implementing the activity overview page but can be improved to be used elsewhere.

  For more information see MDL-83890

• Add new generator for choice responses

  For more information see MDL-83890

mod_data

Added

• Database entries generator could create 'approved' entries.

  For more information see MDL-83891

• New get_approval_requested(), get_all_entries(), filter_entries_by_user(), filter_entries_by_approval() and get_comments() functions have been added to mod_data manager class.

  For more information see MDL-83891

mod_feedback

Added

• Two new methods, feedback_get_completeds and feedback_get_completeds_count, have been added to the feedback API. These methods allow you to retrieve completed items based on multiple groups.

  For more information see MDL-85850

mod_folder

Deprecated

• The \mod_folder\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed event is now deprecated. Use \core\event\course_resources_list_viewed instead.

  For more information see MDL-84632

mod_forum

Deprecated

• The function forum_tp_get_untracked_forums() has been deprecated because it is no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-83893

mod_glossary

Added

• Added mod_glossary_get_comments(): a method for retrieving comments linked to a glossary.

  For more information see MDL-85840

mod_h5pactivity

Added

• count_attempts() and count_users_attempts() in manager class accept a new parameter to filter by groups.

  For more information see MDL-85853

mod_imscp

Deprecated

• The \mod_imscp\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed event is now deprecated. Use \core\event\course_resources_list_viewed instead.

  For more information see MDL-84632

mod_label

Removed

• The dndmedia setting has been removed. From now on dropping a media file into a course will always ask the user if they want to create a label.

  For more information see MDL-83081

mod_lesson

Added

• Added new 'count_all_submissions', 'count_submitted_participants' and 'count_all_participants' functions needed by the overview page.

  For more information see MDL-83896

mod_page

Deprecated

• The \mod_page\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed event is now deprecated. Use \core\event\course_resources_list_viewed instead.

  For more information see MDL-84632

mod_qbank

Changed

• The bulk_action_base class has gotten a get_bulk_action_classes function to let bulk actions specify additional classes to add to the bulk action menu entry. If none is defined in the child, '' is returned.

  For more information see MDL-84548

mod_quiz

Added

• Add helper methods in the mod/quiz/lib.php to count the number of attempts (quiz_num_attempts), the number of users who attempted a quiz (quiz_num_users_who_attempted) and users who can attempt (quiz_num_users_who_can_attempt)

  For more information see MDL-83898

• Add a groupidlist option to quiz_num_attempt_summary, quiz_num_attempts and quiz_num_users_who_can_attempt to filter those number by groups (the new argument is a list of ids for groups)

  For more information see MDL-86223

• Additional parameter for quiz_num_attempts so we only count users with specified capabilities

  For more information see MDL-86520

Deprecated

• Final deprecations for the quiz. The following functions have been removed:

  • quiz_has_question_use
  • quiz_update_sumgrades
  • quiz_update_all_attempt_sumgrades
  • quiz_update_all_final_grades
  • quiz_set_grade
  • quiz_save_best_grade
  • quiz_calculate_best_grade
  • quiz_calculate_best_attempt

  For more information see MDL-76612

• Initial deprecation add_random_form and associates. The just removed mod_quiz\form\add_random_form was the only place in core where the mod_quiz/add_random_form javascript was called, so we can deprecate this now. This also enables us to deprecate the mod_quiz/random_question_form_preview javascript and the mod_quiz/random_question_form_preview_question_list template as they are direct dependends.

  For more information see MDL-78091

Removed

• Final deprecations for the quiz. The following files have been removed:

  • mod/quiz/accessmanager_form.php
  • mod/quiz/accessmanager.php
  • mod/quiz/accessrule/accessrulebase.php
  • mod/quiz/attemptlib.php
  • mod/quiz/cronlib.php
  • mod/quiz/override_form.php
  • mod/quiz/renderer.php
  • mod/quiz/report/attemptsreport_form.php
  • mod/quiz/report/attemptsreport_options.php
  • mod/quiz/report/attemptsreport_table.php
  • mod/quiz/report/attemptsreport.php
  • mod/quiz/report/default.php

  For more information see MDL-76612

• Final deprecations for the quiz. The following methods have been removed:

  • mod_quiz\output\renderer::no_questions_message
  • mod_quiz\output\renderer::render_mod_quiz_links_to_other_attempts
  • mod_quiz\output\renderer::render_quiz_nav_question_button
  • mod_quiz\output\renderer::render_quiz_nav_section_heading
  • mod_quiz\structure::get_slot_tags_for_slot_id
  • mod_quiz\structure::is_display_number_customised

  For more information see MDL-76612

• Final deprecations for the quiz. The following classes have been removed:

  • mod_quiz_overdue_attempt_updater
  • moodle_quiz_exception

  For more information see MDL-76612

• The const quiz_statistics\calculator::TIME_TO_CACHE has been removed.

  For more information see MDL-76612

• Final deprecation of:

  • mod_quiz\form\add_random_form::class
  • mod_quiz\local\structure\slot_random::set_tags()
  • mod_quiz\local\structure\slot_random::set_tags_by_id()
  • const quiz_statistics\calculator::TIME_TO_CACHE
  • quiz_add_random_questions()

  For more information see MDL-78091

• Removed the deprecated class callbacks quiz_structure_modified and quiz_attempt_deleted from mod_quiz, use the structure_modified and attempt_state_changed hooks instead. These callbacks were deprecated in Moodle 4.4 and were outputting deprecation warnings since then.

  For more information see MDL-80327

mod_resource

Deprecated

• The \mod_resource\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed event is now deprecated. Use \core\event\course_resources_list_viewed instead.

  For more information see MDL-84632

mod_scorm

Added

• Create a manager class to regroup common functionalities for course overview page

  For more information see MDL-83899

• Add a new generator for scorm attempts to simulate user's attempt.

  For more information see MDL-83899

• Add group id list to \mod_scorm\manager::count_users_who_attempted and \mod_scorm\manager::count_participants so we can filter by groups. Empty array means no filtering.

  For more information see MDL-86216

Deprecated

• The method \mod_scorm\report::generate_master_checkbox() has been deprecated and should no longer be used. SCORM report plugins calling this method should use \mod_scorm\report::generate_toggler_checkbox() instead.

  For more information see MDL-79756

mod_url

Deprecated

• The \mod_url\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed event is now deprecated. Use \core\event\course_resources_list_viewed instead.

  For more information see MDL-84632

mod_wiki

Added

• Create a manager class to regroup common functionalities and a wiki_mode enum related to the two different modes

  For more information see MDL-83900

mod_workshop

Deprecated

• The function workshop::count_submissions has been deprecated and should no longer be used, use workshop::count_all_submissions instead.

  For more information see MDL-84809

• The function workshop::count_assessments has been deprecated and should no longer be used, use workshop::count_all_assessments instead.

  For more information see MDL-84809

qtype_multichoice

Changed

• Restrict override of margin-bottom for fitem_id_answer_* and fitem_id_fraction_* divs to own edit form. Question type plugins currently benefitting from the unlimited style override will need to change their styles.css accordingly. An example can be found in calculatedmulti's style sheet.

  For more information see MDL-85240

report_progress

Added

• Add download widget for report to download multiple formats.

  For more information see MDL-83838

Changed

• Added a new optional parameter $activegroup to render_groups_select()

  For more information see MDL-82381

Deprecated

• report_progress\output\renderer::render_download_buttons No replacement. We no longer need to render the download custom button links.

  For more information see MDL-83838

theme

Deprecated

• These icons are no longer in use and have been deprecated:

  • core:e/insert_col_after
  • core:e/insert_col_before
  • core:e/split_cells
  • core:e/text_color
  • core:t/locktime
  • tool_policy/level

  For more information see MDL-85436

theme_boost

Added

• Theme can now inherit from their grand-parent and parents. So if a child theme inherit from a parent theme that declares a new layout, the child theme can use it without redeclaring it. Also inheritance for layout uses the expected grandparent > parent > child with precedence to the child theme.

  For more information see MDL-79319

• Tables affected by unwanted styling (e.g., borders) from the reset of Bootstrap _reboot.scss styles can now opt out and preserve the original behavior by adding the styleless .table-reboot class.

  For more information see MDL-86548

Deprecated

• The core:e/text_highlight and core:e/text_highlight_picker icons are deprecated and will be removed in Moodle 6.0. The UX team recommended this change to reduce visual clutter and improve readability. The icons were removed because they didn't indicate status changes, were repetitive across all notifications, and took up space that could be used for more content.

  For more information see MDL-85146

tiny_premium

Added

• The tiny_premium_get_api_key web service now returns an additional field usecloud to indicate whether the cloud version or self-hosted version of Tiny Premium plugins should be used.

  For more information see MDL-85727

5.0

core

Added

• The core/sortable_list Javascript module now emits native events, removing the jQuery dependency from calling code that wants to listen for the events. Backwards compatibility with existing code using jQuery is preserved

  For more information see MDL-72293

• \core\output\activity_header now uses the is_title_allowed() method when setting the title in the constructor.

  This method has been improved to give priority to the 'notitle' option in the theme config for the current page layout, over the top-level option in the theme.

  For example, the Boost theme sets $THEME->activityheaderconfig['notitle'] = true; by default, but in its secure pagelayout, it has 'notitle' = false. This prevents display of the title in all layouts except secure.

  For more information see MDL-75610

• Behat now supports email content verification using Mailpit. You can check the contents of an email using the step Then the email to "user@example.com" with subject containing "subject" should contain "content". To use this feature:

  1. Ensure that Mailpit is running

  2. Define the following constants in your config.php:

     • TEST_EMAILCATCHER_MAIL_SERVER - The Mailpit server address (e.g. 0.0.0.0:1025)
     • TEST_EMAILCATCHER_API_SERVER - The Mailpit API server (qe.g. http://localhost:8025)

  3. Ensure that the email catcher is set up using the step Given an email catcher server is configured.

  For more information see MDL-75971

• A new core\ip_utils::normalize_internet_address() method is created to sanitize an IP address, a range of IP addresses, a domain name or a wildcard domain matching pattern.

  Moodle previously allowed entries such as 192.168. or .moodle.org for certain variables (eg: $CFG->proxybypass). Since MDL-74289, these formats are no longer allowed. This method converts this informations into an authorized format. For example, 192.168. becomes 192.168.0.0/16 and .moodle.org becomes *.moodle.org.

  Also a new core\ip_utils::normalize_internet_address_list() method is created. Based on core\ip_utils::normalize_internet_address(), this method normalizes a string containing a series of Internet addresses.

  For more information see MDL-79121

• The stored progress API has been updated. The \core\output\stored_progress_bar class has now has a store_pending() method, which will create a record for the stored process, but without a start time or progress percentage. \core\task\stored_progress_task_trait has been updated with a new initialise_stored_progress() method, which will call store_pending() for the task's progress bar. This allows the progress bar to be displayed in a "pending" state, to show that a process has been queued but not started.

  For more information see MDL-81714

• A new \core\output\task_indicator component has been added to display a progress bar and message for a background task using \core\task\stored_progress_task_trait. See the "Task indicator" page in the component library for usage details.

  For more information see MDL-81714

• The deprecated implementation in course/view.php, which uses the extern_server_course function to handle routing between internal and external courses, can be improved by utilizing the Hook API. This enhancement is essential for a project involving multiple universities, as the Hook API provides a more generalized and flexible approach to route users to external courses from within other plugins.

  For more information see MDL-83473

• Add after_role_switched hook that is triggered when we switch role to a new role in a course.

  For more information see MDL-83542

• New generic collapsable section output added. Use core\output\local\collapsable_section or include the core/local/collapsable_section template to use it. See the full documentation in the component library.

  For more information see MDL-83869

• A new method get_instance_record has been added to cm_info object so core can get the activity table record without using the $DB object every time. Also, the method caches de result so getting more than once per execution is much faster.

  For more information see MDL-83892

• Now lib/templates/select_menu.mustache has a new integer headinglevel context value to specify the heading level to keep the header accessibility when used as a tertiary navigation.

  For more information see MDL-84208

• The public method get_slashargument has been added to the url class.

  For more information see MDL-84351

• The new PHP enum core\output\local\properties\iconsize can be used to limit the amount of icons sizes an output component can use. The enum has the same values available in the theme_boost scss.

  For more information see MDL-84555

• A new method, core_text::trim_ctrl_chars(), has been introduced to clean control characters from text. This ensures cleaner input handling and prevents issues caused by invisible or non-printable characters

  For more information see MDL-84907

Changed

• The {user_preferences}.value database field is now TEXT instead of CHAR. This means that any queries with a condition on this field in a WHERE or JOIN statement will need updating to use $DB->sql_compare_text(). See the $newusers query in \core\task\send_new_users_password_task::execute for an example.

  For more information see MDL-46739

• The core_renderer::tag_list function now has a new parameter named displaylink. When displaylink is set to true, the tag name will be displayed as a clickable hyperlink. Otherwise, it will be rendered as plain text.

  For more information see MDL-75075

• All uses of the following PHPUnit methods have been removed as these methods are deprecated upstream without direct replacement:

  • withConsecutive
  • willReturnConsecutive
  • onConsecutive

  Any plugin using these methods must update their uses.

  For more information see MDL-81308

• PHPSpreadSheet has been updated to version 4.0.0.

  All library usage should be via the Moodle wrapper and no change should be required.

  For more information see MDL-81664

• The Moodle subplugins.json format has been updated to accept a new subplugintypes object.

  This should have the same format as the current plugintypes format, except that the paths should be relative to the plugin root instead of the Moodle document root.

  Both options can co-exist, but if both are present they must be kept in-sync.

  {
      "subplugintypes": {
          "tiny": "plugins"
      },
      "plugintypes": {
          "tiny": "lib/editor/tiny/plugins"
      }
  }

  For more information see MDL-83705

• The behat/gherkin has been updated to 4.11.0 which introduces a breaking change where backslashes in feature files need to be escaped.

  For more information see MDL-83848

• The following test classes have been moved into autoloadable locations:

  Old location	New classname
  \core\tests\route_testcase	\core\tests\router\route_testcase
  \core\router\mocking_route_loader	\core\tests\router\mocking_route_loader

  For more information see MDL-83968

• Analytics is now disabled by default on new installs.

  For more information see MDL-84107

Deprecated

• The methods want_read_slave and perf_get_reads_slave in lib/dml/moodle_database.php have been deprecated in favour of renamed versions that substitute slave for replica.

  For more information see MDL-71257

• The trait moodle_read_slave_trait has been deprecated in favour of a functionally identical version called moodle_read_replica_trait. The renamed trait substitutes the terminology of slave with replica, and master with primary.

  For more information see MDL-71257

• question_make_default_categories()

  No longer creates a default category in either CONTEXT_SYSTEM, CONTEXT_COURSE, or CONTEXT_COURSECAT. Superceded by question_get_default_category which can optionally create one if it does not exist.

  For more information see MDL-71378

• question_delete_course()

  No replacement. Course contexts no longer hold question categories.

  For more information see MDL-71378

• question_delete_course_category()

  Course category contexts no longer hold question categories.

  For more information see MDL-71378

• The 'core_renderer::sr_text()' function has been deprecated, use 'core_renderer::visually_hidden_text()' instead.

  For more information see MDL-81825

• The function imagecopybicubic() is now deprecated. The GD lib is a strict requirement, so use imagecopyresampled() instead.

  For more information see MDL-84449

Removed

• moodle_process_email() has been deprecated with the removal of the unused and non-functioning admin/process_email.php.

  For more information see MDL-61232

• The method site_registration_form::add_select_with_email() has been finally deprecated and will now throw an exception if called.

  For more information see MDL-71472

• Remove support deprecated boolean 'primary' parameter in \core\output\single_button. The 4th parameter is now a string and not a boolean (the use was to set it to true to have a primary button)

  For more information see MDL-75875

• Final removal of the following constants/methods from the \core\encyption class, removing support for OpenSSL fallback:

  • METHOD_OPENSSL
  • OPENSSL_CIPHER
  • is_sodium_installed

  For more information see MDL-78869

• Final deprecation of core_renderer\activity_information()

  For more information see MDL-78926

• Final removal of share_activity() in core\moodlenet\activity_sender, please use share_resource() instead.

  For more information see MDL-79086

• Final deprecation of methods task_base::is_blocking and task_base::set_blocking.

  For more information see MDL-81509

• • Remove php-enum library. - It was a dependency of zipstream, but is no longer required as this functionality has been replaced by native PHP functionality.

  For more information see MDL-82825

• Oracle support has been removed in LMS

  For more information see MDL-83172

• The Atto HTML editor has been removed from core, along with all standard subplugins.

  The editor is available for continued use in the Plugins Database.

  For more information see MDL-83282

• Support for subplugins.php files has been removed. All subplugin metadata must be created in a subplugins.json file.

  For more information see MDL-83703

• set_alignment(), set_constraint() and do_not_enhance() functions have been fully removed from action_menu class.

  For more information see MDL-83765

• The core_output_load_fontawesome_icon_map web service has been fully removed and replaced by core_output_load_fontawesome_icon_system_map

  For more information see MDL-84036

• Final deprecation and removal of \core\event\course_module_instances_list_viewed

  For more information see MDL-84593

Fixed

• url class now correctly supports multi level query parameter parsing and output.

  This was previously supported in some methods such as get_query_string, but not others. This has been fixed to be properly supported.

  For example https://example.moodle.net?test[2]=a&test[0]=b will be parsed as ['test' => [2 => 'a', 0 => 'b']]

  All parameter values that are not arrays are casted to strings.

  For more information see MDL-77293

core_adminpresets

Removed

• Remove chat and survey from Adminpresets.

  For more information see MDL-82457

• Removed block_mnet_hosts from admin presets

  For more information see MDL-84309

core_ai

Added

• • A new hook, \core_ai\hook\after_ai_action_settings_form_hook, has been introduced. It will allows AI provider plugins to add additional form elements for action settings configuration.

  For more information see MDL-82980

• • AI provider plugins that want to implement pre-defined models and display additional settings for models must now extend the \core_ai\aimodel\base class.

  For more information see MDL-82980

Changed

• • The \core_ai\form\action_settings_form class has been updated to automatically include action buttons such as Save and Cancel.
  • AI provider plugins should update their form classes by removing the $this->add_action_buttons(); call, as it is no longer required.

  For more information see MDL-82980

Deprecated

• The ai_provider_management_table has been refactored to inherit from flexible_table instead of plugin_management_table. As a result the methods get_plugintype and get_action_url are now unused and have been deprecated in the class.

  For more information see MDL-82922

core_analytics

Removed

• Remove chat and survey from core_analytics.

  For more information see MDL-82457

core_auth

Removed

• Cas authentication is removed from core and added to the following git repository: https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-auth_cas

  For more information see MDL-78778

• Removed auth_mnet plugin from core

  For more information see MDL-84307

core_backup

Added

• Added several hooks to the restore process to

  1. Hook to allow extra settings to be defined for the course restore process.
  2. Hook to allow adding extra fields to the copy course form.
  3. Hook used by copy_helper::process_formdata() to expand the list of required fields.
  4. Hook used to allow interaction with the copy task, before the actual task execution takes place.

  Other changes include

  1. base_task::add_setting() is now public to allow hook callbacks to add settings.
  2. Settings are now added to the data sent to the course_restored event.

  For more information see MDL-83479

Removed

• Remove all MODE_HUB related code.

  For more information see MDL-66873

core_badges

Added

• Added fields courseid and coursefullname to badgeclass_exporter, which is used in the return structure of external function core_badges_get_badge.

  For more information see MDL-83026

• Added field coursefullname to user_badge_exporter, which is used in the return structure of external functions core_badges_get_user_badge_by_hash and core_badges_get_user_badges.

  For more information see MDL-83026

• The class in badges/lib/bakerlib.php has been moved to core_badges\png_metadata_handler. If you've extended or directly used the old bakerlib.php, you'll need to update your code to use the new namespaced class.

  For more information see MDL-83886

Removed

• The following previously deprecated renderer methods have been removed:

  • print_badge_table_actions
  • render_badge_management

  For more information see MDL-79162

• The fields imageauthorname, imageauthoremail, and imageauthorurl have been removed from badges due to confusion and their absence from the official specification. These fields also do not appear in OBv3.0. Additionally, the image_author_json.php file has been removed as it is no longer needed.

  For more information see MDL-83909

core_block

Removed

• Removed block_mnet_hosts plugin from core

  For more information see MDL-84309

core_calendar

Deprecated

• Initial deprecation of calendar_sub_month. Use \core_calendar\type_factory::get_calendar_instance()->get_prev_month() instead.

  For more information see MDL-79434

• calendar_day_representation(), calendar_time_representation() and calendar_format_event_time() functions have been deprecated and can't be used anymore. Use humandate and humantimeperiod classes instead.

  For more information see MDL-83873

• calendar_get_courselink(), calendar_events_by_day() functions have been deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-84617

• Initial deprecation of calendar_add_month(). Use \core_calendar\type_factory::get_calendar_instance()->get_next_month() instead.

  For more information see MDL-84657

Removed

• Final removal of calendar functions:

  • calendar_top_controls()
  • calendar_get_link_previous()
  • calendar_get_link_next()

  For more information see MDL-79434

• prepare_for_view(), calendar_add_event_metadata() functions have been removed.

  For more information see MDL-84617

• core_calendar_renderer::event() method has been removed.

  For more information see MDL-84617

core_completion

Added

• Add hook after_cm_completion_updated triggered when an activity completion is updated.

  For more information see MDL-83542

• The method count_modules_completed now delegate the logic to count the completed modules to the DBMS improving the performance of the method.

  For more information see MDL-83917

core_course

Added

• Now the core_courseformat\local\content\cm\completion output is more reusable. All the HTML has been moved to its own mustache file, and the output class has a new set_smallbutton method to decide wether to rendered it as a small button (like in the course page) or as a normal one (for other types of pages).

  For more information see MDL-83872

• New core_course\output\activity_icon class to render activity icons with or without purpose color. This output will centralize the way Moodle renders activity icons

  For more information see MDL-84555

Deprecated

• The core_course_edit_module and core_course_edit_section external functions are now deprecated. Use core_courseformat_update_course instead

  For more information see MDL-82342

• The core_course_get_module external function is now deprecated. Use fragment API using component core_courseformat and fragment cmitem instead

  For more information see MDL-82342

• The course_format_ajax_support function is now deprecated. Use course_get_format($course)->supports_ajax() instead.

  For more information see MDL-82351

• course_get_cm_edit_actions is now deprecated. Formats should extend core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\controlmenu instead.

  For more information see MDL-83527

Removed

• Final deprecation of edit_default_completion()

  For more information see MDL-78711

• Final removal of core_course\output\activity_information

  For more information see MDL-78926

• Final deprecation of core_course_renderer\render_activity_information()

  For more information see MDL-78926

core_courseformat

Added

• A new core_courseformat\base::get_generic_section_name method is created to know how a specific format name the sections. This method is also used by plugins to know how to name the sections instead of using using a direct get_string on "sectionnamer" that may not exists.

  For more information see MDL-82349

• A new course/format/update.php url is added as a non-ajax alternative to the core_courseformat_course_update webservice

  For more information see MDL-82767

• Add core_courseformat\base::invalidate_all_session_caches to reset course editor cache for all users when course is changed. This method can be used as an alternative to core_courseformat\base::session_cache_reset for resetting the cache for the current user in case the change in the course should be reflected for all users.

  For more information see MDL-83185

• Add after_course_content_updated hook triggered when a course content is updated (module modified, ...) through edition.

  For more information see MDL-83542

Changed

• From now on, deleting an activity without Ajax will be consistent with deleting an activity using Ajax. This ensures that all activity deletions will use the recycle bin and avoid code duplication. If your format uses the old non-Ajax method to bypass the recycle bin it won't work anymore as the non-Ajax deletions are now handled in course/format/update.php.

  For more information see MDL-82767

Deprecated

• The state actions section_move and all related functions are final deprecated and cannot be used anymore. Use the newer section_move_after from now on.

  For more information see MDL-80116

• The core_courseformat::base get_section_number and set_section_number are now final deprecated. Use get_sectionum and set_sectionnum instead.

  For more information see MDL-80116

• All course editing YUI modules are now deprecated. All course formats not using components must migrate before 6.0. Follow the devdocs guide https://moodledev.io/docs/5.0/apis/plugintypes/format/migration to know how to proceed.

  For more information see MDL-82341

• The core_courseformat\base::get_non_ajax_cm_action_url is now deprecated. Use get_update_url instead.

  For more information see MDL-82767

• Many get actions from course/view.php and course/mod.php are now deprecated. Use the new course/format/update.php instead to replace all direct edit urls in your code. The affected actions are: indent, duplicate, hide, show, stealth, delete, groupmode and marker (highlight). The course/format/updates.php uses the same parameters as the core_courseformat_course_update webservice

  For more information see MDL-82767

• Deprecate the use of element ID selectors in favor of querySelector for Reactive component initialisation. We will use '#id' instead of 'id' for example.

  For more information see MDL-83339

• The core_courseformat_create_module web service has been deprecated. Please use core_courseformat_new_module as its replacement.

  For more information see MDL-83469

• The state mutation addModule, primarily used for creating mod_subsection instances, has been deprecated. Replace it with newModule. Additionally, all course formats using links with data-action="addModule" must be updated to use data-action="newModule" and include a data-sectionid attribute specifying the target section ID.

  For more information see MDL-83469

• Using arrays to define course menu items is deprecated. All course formats that extend the section or activity control menus (format_NAME\output\courseformat\content\section\controlmenu or format_NAME\output\courseformat\cm\section\controlmenu) should return standard action_menu_link objects instead.

  For more information see MDL-83527

• The externservercourse.php feature used to override the course view page has been deprecated in favor of using hooks. The following hooks are available to do something similar: \core_course\hook\before_course_viewed.

  For more information see MDL-83764

Removed

• Protected function core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\availability::availability_info() has been fully removed. Use core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\availability::get_availability_data() instead.

  For more information see MDL-78489

• The old UI for moving activities and sections without javascript is not avaiable anymore from the actions dropdown. From now, on the only UI to move activities and sections is using the move action in the course editor. Format plugins can still use the old links to make the "move here" elements appear, but they will show deprecated messages. All the non-ajax moving will be removed in Moodle 6.0.

  For more information see MDL-83562

Fixed

• HTML IDs relating to section collapse/expand have been changed in the course format templates.

  • core_courseformat/local/content/section/header #collapssesection{{num}} has been changed to #collapsesectionid{{id}}
  • core_courseformat/local/content/section/content #coursecontentcollapse{{num}} had been changed to #coursecontentcollapseid{{id}}

  For more information see MDL-82679

core_customfield

Added

• Added a new custom field exporter to export custom field data in \core_customfield\external\field_data_exporter

  For more information see MDL-83552

core_enrol

Added

• New method enrol_plugin::get_instance_name_for_management_page() can be used to display additional details next to the instance name.

  For more information see MDL-84139

• Plugins implementing enrol_page_hook() method are encouraged to use the renderable \core_enrol\output\enrol_page to produce HTML for the enrolment page. Forms should be displayed in a modal dialogue. See enrol_self plugin as an example.

  For more information see MDL-84142

• It's now possible for themes to override the course enrolment index page by overriding the new course renderer enrolment_options method

  For more information see MDL-84143

Changed

• The after_user_enrolled hook now contains a roleid property to allow for listeners to determine which role was assigned during user enrolment (if any)

  The base enrolment enrol_plugin::send_course_welcome_message_to_user method also now accepts a $roleid parameter in order to correctly populate the courserole placeholder

  For more information see MDL-83432

Removed

• Final removal of base enrol_plugin class method update_communication

  For more information see MDL-80491

• Removed enrol_mnet plugin from core

  For more information see MDL-84310

core_files

Added

• A new function file_clear_draft_area() has been added to delete the files in a draft area.

  For more information see MDL-72050

• Adds a new ad-hoc task core_files\task\asynchronous_mimetype_upgrade_task to upgrade the mimetype of files asynchronously during core upgrades. The upgradelib also comes with a new utility function upgrade_create_async_mimetype_upgrade_task for creating said ad-hoc task.

  For more information see MDL-81437

core_form

Changed

• The cohort form element now accepts new includes option, which is passed to the corresponding external service to determine which cohorts to return (self, parents, all)

  For more information see MDL-83641

core_grades

Added

• grade_regrade_final_grades() now has an additional async parameter, which allows full course regrades to be performed in the background. This avoids blocking the user for long periods and while making changes to a large course. The actual regrade is performed using the \core_course\task\regrade_final_grades adhoc task, which calls grade_regrade_final_grades() with async: false.

  For more information see MDL-81714

Changed

• The grade_object::fetch_all_helper() now accepts a new $sort parameter with a default value is id ASC to sort the grade instances

  For more information see MDL-85115

Deprecated

• Deprecate print_graded_users_selector() from Moodle 2 era

  For more information see MDL-84673

Removed

• Removed unused grade_edit_tree_column_select class

  For more information see MDL-77668

• The previously deprecated grade_helper::get_lang_string method has been removed

  For more information see MDL-78780

• Final deprecation of grade_structure::get_element_type_string(), grade_structure::get_element_header(), grade_structure::get_element_icon(), grade_structure::get_activity_link()

  For more information see MDL-79907

• The external function core_grades_get_enrolled_users_for_search_widget has been fully removed.

  For more information see MDL-84036

• The external function core_grades_get_groups_for_search_widget has been fully removed.

  For more information see MDL-84036

core_mnet

Removed

• Remove deprecated mnet_peer::get_public_key()

  For more information see MDL-78304

core_portfolio

Removed

• Removed portfolio_mahara plugin from core

  For more information see MDL-84308

core_question

Added

• The get_bulk_actions() method on the base plugin_features_base class has been changed to allow a qbank view object to be passed through. This is nullable and therefore optional for qbank plugins which don't need to do so.

  For more information see MDL-79281

• Question bank Condition classes can now implement a function called "filter_invalid_values($filterconditions)" to remove anything from the filterconditions array which is invalid or should not be there.

  For more information see MDL-83784

Changed

• question_attempt_step's constructor now accepts the class constant TIMECREATED_ON_FIRST_RENDER as a value for the $timecreated parameter. Calling question_attempt::render for the first time will now set the first step's timecreated to the current time if it is set to this value. Note, null could not be used here as it is already used to indicate timecreated should be set to the current time.

  For more information see MDL-68806

• The definition of the abstract core_question\local\bank\condition class has changed to make it clearer which methods are required in child classes. The get_filter_class method is no longer declared as abstract, and will return null by default to use the base core/datafilter/filtertype class. If you have defined this method to return null in your own class, it will continue to work, but it is no longer necessary. build_query_from_filter and get_condition_key are now declared as abstract, since all filter condition classes must define these (as well as existing abstract methods) to function. Again, exsiting child classes will continue to work if they did before, as they already needed these methods.

  For more information see MDL-83859

Deprecated

• question_type::generate_test

  No replacement, not used anywhere in core.

  For more information see MDL-71378

• Deprecated method mod_quiz\question\bank\qbank_helper::get_version_options in favour of core_question\local\bank\version_options::get_version_options so that the method is in core rather than a module, and can safely be used from anywhere as required.

  For more information see MDL-77713

• Behat steps behat_qbank_comment::i_should_see_on_the_column and behat_qbank_comment::i_click_on_the_row_containing have been deprecated in favour of the new component named selectors, qbank_comment > Comment count link and qbank_comment > Comment count text which can be used with the standard should exist and I click on steps to replace the custom steps.

  For more information see MDL-79122

Removed

• Final deprecation of:

  • core_question\local\bank\action_column_base::class
  • core_question\local\bank\menu_action_column_base::class
  • core_question\local\bank\menuable_action::interface
  • core_question\local\bank\view::print_choose_category_message()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::display_advanced_search_form()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::display_showtext_checkbox()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::init_search_conditions()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::get_current_category()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::display_options_form()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::start_table()
  • core_question\local\bank\view::end_table()
  • core_question\statistics\questions\all_calculated_for_qubaid_condition::TIME_TO_CACHE
  • core_question\statistics\responses\analyser::TIME_TO_CACHE
  • core_question_bank_renderer::render_category_condition_advanced()
  • core_question_bank_renderer::render_hidden_condition_advanced()
  • core_question_bank_renderer::render_category_condition()

  For more information see MDL-78090

Fixed

• Duplication or multiple restores of questions has been modified to avoid errors where a question with the same stamp already exists in the target category. To achieve this all data for the question is hashed, excluding any ID fields.

  The question data from the backup is first reformatted to match the questiondata structure returned by calling get_question_options() (see https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Question_data_structures#Representation_1:_%24questiondata). Common question elements will be handled automatically, but any elements that the qtype adds to the backup will need to be handled by overriding restore_qtype_plugin::convert_backup_to_questiondata. See restore_qtype_match_plugin as an example. If a qtype plugin calls any $this->add_question_*() methods in its restore_qtype_*_plugin::define_question_plugin_structure() method, the ID fields used in these records will be excluded automatically. If a qtype plugin defines its own tables with ID fields, it must define restore_qtype_*_plugin::define_excluded_identity_hash_fields() to return an array of paths to these fields within the question data. This should be all that is required for the majority of plugins. See the PHPDoc of restore_qtype_plugin::define_excluded_identity_hash_fields() for a full explanation of how these paths should be defined, and restore_qtype_truefalse_plugin for an example. If the data structure for a qtype returned by calling get_question_options() contains data other than ID fields that are not contained in the backup structure or vice-versa, it will need to override restore_qtype_*_plugin::remove_excluded_question_data() to remove the inconsistent data. See restore_qtype_multianswer_plugin as an example.

  For more information see MDL-83541

core_reportbuilder

Added

• New report helper class get_report_row_count method for retrieving row count of custom or system report, without having to retrieve the report content

  For more information see MDL-74488

• New get_deprecated_tables method in base entity, to be overridden when an entity no longer uses a table (due to column/filter re-factoring, etc) in order to avoid breaking third-party reports

  For more information see MDL-78118

• The base report class, used by both \core_reportbuilder\system_report and \core_reportbuilder\datasource, contains new methods for enhancing report rendering

  • set_report_action allows for an action button to belong to your report, and be rendered alongside the filters button;
  • set_report_info_container allows for content to be rendered by your report, between the action buttons and the table content

  For more information see MDL-82936

• The base aggregation class has a new column_groupby method, to be implemented in aggregation types to determime whether report tables should group by the fields of the aggregated column

  For more information see MDL-83361

• There is a new date aggregation type, that can be applied in custom and system reports

  For more information see MDL-83361

• The core_reportbuilder_testcase class has been moved to new autoloaded core_reportbuilder\tests\core_reportbuilder_testcase location, affected tests no longer have to manually require /reportbuilder/tests/helpers.php

  For more information see MDL-84000

• Columns added to system reports can render help icons in table headers via [set|get]_help_icon column instance methods

  For more information see MDL-84016

• The groupconcat[distinct] aggregation types support optional 'separator' value to specify the text to display between aggregated items

  For more information see MDL-84537

Changed

• The get_active_conditions method of the base report class has a new $checkavailable parameter to determine whether to check the returned conditions availability

  For more information see MDL-82809

• When the select filter contains upto two options only then the operator field is removed, switching to a simpler value selection field only (this may affect your Behat scenarios)

  For more information see MDL-82913

• Report table instances no longer populate the countsql and countparams class properties. Instead calling code can access totalrows to obtain the same value, or by calling the helper method report::get_report_row_count

  For more information see MDL-83718

• For columns implementing custom sorting via their set_is_sortable method, the specified sort fields must also be part of the columns initially selected fields

  For more information see MDL-83718

• The select filter type is now stricter in it's filtering, in that it will now discard values that aren't present in available filter options

  For more information see MDL-84213

• Aggregation types can access passed options set via the base class constructor in the $this->options[] class property. As such, their format_value method is no longer static and is always called from an instantiated class instance

  For more information see MDL-84537

• New $options argument added to the column::set_aggregation method for system reports, to set aggregation type-specific options

  Report entities can call new column::set_aggregation_options to achieve the same

  For more information see MDL-84537

Deprecated

• The schedule helper class get_schedule_report_count method is now deprecated, existing code should instead use report::get_report_row_count

  For more information see MDL-74488

• The render_new_report_button method of the core_reportbuilder renderer has been deprecated. Instead, refer to the report instance set_report_action method

  For more information see MDL-82936

• Use of the course_completion table is deprecated in the completion entity, please use course_completions instead

  For more information see MDL-84135

Removed

• The following deprecated report entity elements have been removed:

  • comment:context
  • comment:contexturl
  • enrolment:method (plus enrolment formatter enrolment_name method)
  • enrolment:role
  • file:context
  • file:contexturl
  • instance:context (tag)
  • instance:contexturl (tag)

  Use of the context table is also deprecated in the file and instance (tag) entities

  For more information see MDL-78118

• Various Oracle-specific support/workarounds in APIs and component report entities have been removed

  For more information see MDL-80173

• Final removal of support for get_default_table_aliases method. Entities must now implement get_default_tables, which is now abstract, to define the tables they use

  For more information see MDL-80430

core_repository

Removed

• Final removal of base repository class method get_file_size

  For more information see MDL-78706

core_sms

Added

• Introducing a new function \core_sms\gateway::truncate_message() to truncate SMS message content according to the length limit of the gateway.

  For more information see MDL-84342

core_tag

Changed

• The core_tag\taglist class now includes a new property called displaylink, which has a default value of true. When displaylink is set to true, the tag name will be displayed as a clickable hyperlink. If displaylink is set to false, the tag name will be rendered as plain text instead.

  For more information see MDL-75075

core_user

Removed

• Final removal of the following user preference helpers, please use the core_user/repository module instead:

  • user_preference_allow_ajax_update
  • M.util.set_user_preference
  • lib/ajax/setuserpref.php

  For more information see MDL-79124

aiplacement_courseassist

Added

• The aiplacement_courseassist templates and CSS have been modified. These changes allow for multiple actions to be nested in a dropdown menu.

  For more information see MDL-82942

block_site_main_menu

Removed

• 'Activity' selector in site_main_menu block has been deleted.

  For more information see MDL-83733

block_social_activities

Removed

• 'Activity' selector in social_activities block has been deleted.

  For more information see MDL-83733

editor_tiny

Added

• New external function editor_tiny_get_configuration. TinyMCE subplugins can provide configuration to the new external function by implementing the plugin_with_configuration_for_external interface and/or overriding the is_enabled_for_external method.

  For more information see MDL-84353

enrol_guest

Deprecated

• Class enrol_guest_enrol_form is deprecated, use enrol_guest\form\enrol_form instead

  For more information see MDL-84142

enrol_self

Deprecated

• Class enrol_self_enrol_form is deprecated, use enrol_self\form\enrol_form instead

  For more information see MDL-84142

Removed

• Final removal of enrol_self_plugin::get_welcome_email_contact method, please use enrol_plugin::get_welcome_message_contact instead

  For more information see MDL-81185

format_topics

Deprecated

• In format topics, the section controlmenu class deprecates the get_course_url method. This may affect formats extending the topics format and adding extra items to the section menu. Use $this->format->get_update_url instead.

  For more information see MDL-82767

• The get_highlight_control in the section controlmenu class is now deprecated. Use get_section_highlight_item instead

  For more information see MDL-83527

gradereport

Removed

• The previously deprecated grade_report::get_lang_string method has been removed

  For more information see MDL-78780

gradereport_grader

Deprecated

• The method gradereport_grader::get_right_avg_row() has been finally deprecated and will now throw an exception if called.

  For more information see MDL-78890

Removed

• The behat_gradereport_grader::get_grade_item_id step helper has been removed, please use the equivalent behat_grades method instead

  For more information see MDL-77107

mlbackend_php

Removed

• The plugin mlbackend_php has been removed and replaced by mlbackend_python as the new default value for the Analytics setting predictionsprocessor. The plugin is available at https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-mlbackend_php.

  For more information see MDL-84107

mnetservice

Deprecated

• The plugintype mnetservice was deprecated. MNet has been deprecated for many years now and will be removed.

  For more information see MDL-84311

mnetservice_enrol

Removed

• Removed mnetservice_enrol plugin from core

  For more information see MDL-84311

mod

Removed

• Remove mod_survey for Moodle 5.0

  For more information see MDL-82457

• Remove mod_chat from Moodle 5.0

  For more information see MDL-82457

mod_assign

Added

• Assign sub-plugins have a new method assign_plugin::settings_validation which can be overridden to validate the data when the assignments form is saved.

  For more information see MDL-83440

• There is a new method submission_summary_for_messages() for submission sub-plugins to summarise what has been submitted for inclusion in confirmation messages to students.

  For more information see MDL-84387

• When the assignment activity sends notifications, it now sets more information in the $a object passed to the languages strings for the message subject and body. This is to give more flexibility to people using Language Customisation. The avaiable information is the same as the template context for the two templates in the next paragraph, but without the messagetext/html. Also, the overall structure of these messages is now rendered using templates mod_assign/messages/notification_html and mod_assign/messages/notification_html, so they can be overridden by themes. As a result of this, the methods format_notification_message_text and format_notification_message_html (which should have been private to mod_assign and not used anywhere else) have been removed.

  For more information see MDL-84733

Deprecated

• The assign_course_index_summary is now deprecated. The assign index is now generated using the mod_assign\course\overview integration class.

  For more information see MDL-83888

Fixed

• The unit test for the privacy provider has been marked as final.

  A number of core tests had been incorrectly configured to extend this test but should instead be extending \mod_assign\tests\provider_testcase.

  Any community plugins extending the \mod_assign\privacy\provider_test test class should be updated to extend \mod_assign\tests\provider_testcase instead.

  For more information see MDL-81520

mod_book

Deprecated

• The method book_get_nav_classes has been finally deprecated and will now throw an exception if called.

  For more information see MDL-81328

mod_choice

Changed

• The WebService mod_choice_get_choice_results has a new parameter groupid that allows specifying the group to get the results for. The default behaviour hasn't changed: if a choice has groups and the parameter isn't specified the WebService will return the results for the active group.

  For more information see MDL-78449

• The function choice_get_response_data has a new parameter that allows specifying the group to get the results for. The default behaviour hasn't changed: if a choice has groups and the parameter isn't used, the function will return the results for the active group.

  For more information see MDL-78449

mod_data

Deprecated

• The following unused capabilities have been deprecated:

  • mod/data:comment
  • mod/data:managecomments

  For more information see MDL-84267

Removed

• Final deprecation and removal of the following classes:

  • data_preset_importer
  • data_preset_existing_importer
  • data_preset_upload_importer
  • data_import_preset_zip_form

  For more information see MDL-75189

• • Final deprecation of \mod_data_renderer::import_setting_mappings(). Please use \mod_data_renderer::importing_preset() instead. - Final deprecation of data_print_template() function. Please use mod_data\manager::get_template and mod_data\template::parse_entries instead. - Final deprecation of data_preset_name(). Please use preset::get_name_from_plugin() instead. - Final deprecation of data_get_available_presets(). Please use manager::get_available_presets() instead. - Final deprecation of data_get_available_site_presets(). Please use manager::get_available_saved_presets() instead. - Final deprecation of data_delete_site_preset(). Please use preset::delete() instead. - Final deprecation of is_directory_a_preset(). Please use preset::is_directory_a_preset() instead. - Final deprecation of data_presets_save(). Please use preset::save() instead. - Final deprecation of data_presets_generate_xml(). Please use preset::generate_preset_xml() instead. - Final deprecation of data_presets_export(). Please use preset::export() instead. - Final deprecation of data_user_can_delete_preset(). Please use preset::can_manage() instead. - Final deprecation of data_view(). Please use mod_data\manager::set_module_viewed() instead.

  For more information see MDL-75189

mod_feedback

Added

• Added new mod_feedback_questions_reorder external function

  For more information see MDL-81745

Deprecated

• The 'mode' parameter has been deprecated from 'edit_template_action_bar' and 'templates_table' contructors.

  For more information see MDL-81744

Removed

• The 'use_template' template has been removed as it is not needed anymore.

  For more information see MDL-81744

mod_folder

Removed

• Method htmllize_tree() has been removed. Please use renderable_tree_elements instead

  For more information see MDL-79214

mod_h5pactivity

Changed

• The external function get_user_attempts now returns the total number of attempts.

  For more information see MDL-82775

mod_imscp

Removed

• Final removal of deprecated imscp_libxml_disable_entity_loader function

  For more information see MDL-78635

mod_lesson

Removed

• Remove unused /mod/lesson/tabs.php

  For more information see MDL-82937

mod_lti

Removed

• Final removal of deprecated lti_libxml_disable_entity_loader function

  For more information see MDL-78635

mod_quiz

Added

• quiz_attempt now has 2 additional state values, NOT_STARTED and SUBMITTED. These represent attempts when an attempt has been

  For more information see MDL-68806

• New quiz setting "precreateperiod" controls the period before timeopen during which attempts will be pre-created using the new NOT_STARTED state. This setting is marked advanced and locked by default, so can only be set by administrators. This setting is read by the \mod_quiz\task\precreate_attempts task to identify quizzes due for pre-creation.

  For more information see MDL-68806

Changed

• quiz_attempt_save_started now sets the IN_PROGRESS state, timestarted, and saves the attempt, while the new quiz_attempt_save_not_started function sets the NOT_STARTED state and saves the attempt.

  For more information see MDL-68806

• quiz_attempt_save_started Now takes an additional $timenow parameter, to specify the timestart of the attempt. This was previously set in quiz_create_attempt, but is now set in quiz_attempt_save_started and quiz_attempt_save_not_started.

  For more information see MDL-68806

• The quiz_question_tostring method now includes a new boolean parameter, displaytaglink. This parameter specifies whether the tag name in the question bank should be displayed as a clickable hyperlink (true) or as plain text (false).

  For more information see MDL-75075

• The \mod_quiz\attempt_walkthrough_from_csv_test unit test has been marked as final and should not be extended by other tests.

  All shared functionality has been moved to a new autoloadable test-case: \mod_quiz\tests\attempt_walkthrough_testcase.

  To support this testcase the existing $files instance property should be replaced with a new static method, ::get_test_files. Both the existing instance property and the new static method can co-exist.

  For more information see MDL-81521

Deprecated

• quiz_attempt::process_finish is now deprecated, and its functionality is split between ::process_submit, which saves the submission, sets the finish time and sets the SUBMITTED status, and ::process_grade_submission which performs automated grading and sets the FINISHED status.

  For more information see MDL-68806

• The webservice function mod_quiz_get_user_attempts is now deprecated in favour of mod_quiz_get_user_quiz_attempts.

  With the introduction of the new NOT_STARTED quiz attempt state, mod_quiz_get_user_attempts has been modified to not return NOT_STARTED attempts, allowing clients such as the mobile app to continue working without modifications.

  mod_quiz_get_user_quiz_attempts will return attempts in all states, as mod_quiz_get_user_attempts did before. Once clients are updated to handle NOT_STARTED attempts, they can migrate to use this function.

  A minor modification to mod_quiz_start_attempt has been made to allow it to transparently start an existing attempt that is in the NOT_STARTED state, rather than creating a new one.

  For more information see MDL-68806

Removed

• Final removal of quiz_delete_override() and quiz_delete_all_overrides()

  For more information see MDL-80944

mod_wiki

Removed

• Final deprecation of mod_wiki_renderer\wiki_info()

  For more information see MDL-78926

qbank

Removed

• Final deprecation of:

  • qbank_managecategories\output\renderer::class
  • qbank_statistics\helper::calculate_average_question_discriminative_efficiency()
  • qbank_statistics\helper::calculate_average_question_discrimination_index()
  • qbank_statistics\helper::get_all_places_where_questions_were_attempted()
  • qbank_statistics\helper::calculate_average_question_stats_item()
  • qbank_statistics\helper::calculate_average_question_facility()
  • qbank_statistics\helper::load_statistics_for_place()
  • qbank_statistics\helper::extract_item_value()
  • template qbank_managecategories/category_condition_advanced
  • template qbank_managecategories/category_condition
  • template qbank_managecategories/listitem

  For more information see MDL-78090

qbank_bulkmove

Deprecated

• qbank_bulkmove/helper::get_displaydata

  Superceded by a modal and webservice, see qbank_bulkmove/modal_question_bank_bulkmove and core_question_external\move_questions

  For more information see MDL-71378

• qbank_bulkmove\output\renderer::render_bulk_move_form

  Superceded by qbank_bulkmove\output\bulk_move

  For more information see MDL-71378

report_insights

Removed

• report_insights_set_notuseful_prediction() external function has been fully removed.

  For more information see MDL-84036

• report_insights_set_fixed_prediction() external function has been fully removed.

  For more information see MDL-84036

report_log

Removed

• Support for the $grouplist public member in the report_log_renderable class has been removed.

  For more information see MDL-81155

theme_boost

Changed

• From now on, themes can customise the activity icon colours using simple CSS variables. The new variables are $activity-icon-administration-bg, $activity-icon-assessment-bg, $activity-icon-collaboration-bg, $activity-icon-communication-bg, $activity-icon-content-bg, $activity-icon-interactivecontent-bg. All previous $activity-icon-*-filter elements can be removed, as they are no longer in use.

  For more information see MDL-83725

Deprecated

• Added new bs4-compat SCSS file (initially deprecated) to help third-party plugins the migration process from BS4 to BS5

  For more information see MDL-80519

• New theme_boost/bs4-compat JS module added (directly deprecated) to allow third-party-plugins to directly convert old Bootstrap 4 data attribute syntax to the new Bootstrap 5

  For more information see MDL-84450

Removed

• Remove SCSS deprecated in 4.4

  For more information see MDL-80156

• Remove chat and survey styles. Important note: the styles have been moved to the plugins as CSS files (and not SCSS) so themes might now need to override the mod_chat and mod_survey styles specifically as css does not have any definition for primary, gray and other colors accessible in the original scss version.

  For more information see MDL-82457

tool_admin_presets

Deprecated

• behat_admin_presets::following_in_the_should_download_between_and_bytes is deprecated. Use: the following element should download a file that:

  For more information see MDL-83035

tool_behat

Added

• New Behat step \behat_general::the_url_should_match() has been added to allow checking the current URL. You can use it to check whether a user has been redirected to the expected location. e.g. And the url should match "/mod/forum/view\.php\?id=[0-9]+"

  For more information see MDL-83617

tool_brickfield

Deprecated

• tool_brickfield\local\areas\core_question\answerbase::find_system_areas

  No replacement. System context no longer a valid context to assign a question category

  For more information see MDL-71378

• tool_brickfield\local\areas\core_question\base::find_system_areas

  No replacement. System context no longer a valid context to assign a question category

  For more information see MDL-71378

Removed

• Remove chat and survey support from tool_brickfield.

  For more information see MDL-82457

tool_lp

Deprecated

• behat_tool_lp_data_generators::the_following_lp_exist is deprecated. Use the following "core_competency > [competency|framework|plan...]" exist:

  For more information see MDL-82866

tool_mfa

Added

• The new factor management table uses plugin_management_table, so not only the functions that changed, but the file needs to be moved from admin/tool/mfa/classes/local/admin_setting_managemfa.php to admin/tool/mfa/classes/table/admin_setting_managemfa.php

  For more information see MDL-83516

• Introduce the new language string settings:shortdescription, which is mandatory for each factor.

  For more information see MDL-83516

Deprecated

• The two language strings in the tool_mfa plugin, namely inputrequired and setuprequired, are deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-83516

Removed

• The previously deprecated setup_factor renderer method has been removed

  For more information see MDL-80995

tool_mobile

Removed

• Remove chat and survey support from tool_mobile.

  For more information see MDL-82457

4.5

core

Added

• A new method, \core_user::get_name_placeholders(), has been added to return an array of user name fields.

  For more information see MDL-64148

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \core_component	\core\component

  For more information see MDL-66903

• Added the ability for unit tests to autoload classes in the \[component]\tests\ namespace from the [path/to/component]/tests/classes directory.

  For more information see MDL-66903

• Added a helper to load fixtures from a components tests/fixtures/ folder:

  advanced_testcase::load_fixture(string $component, string $fixture): void;

  For more information see MDL-66903

• Redis session cache has been improved to make a single call where two were used before.

  For more information see MDL-69684

• Added stored progress bars

  For more information see MDL-70854

• Two new functions have been introduced in the \moodle_database class:

  • \moodle_database::get_counted_records_sql()
  • \moodle_database::get_counted_recordset_sql()

  These methods are compatible with all databases.

  They will check the current running database engine and apply the COUNT window function if it is supported, otherwise, they will use the usual COUNT function.

  The COUNT window function optimization is applied to the following databases:

  • PostgreSQL
  • MariaDB
  • Oracle

  Note: MySQL and SQL Server do not use this optimization due to insignificant performance differences before and after the improvement.

  For more information see MDL-78030

• The after_config() callback has been converted to a hook, \core\hook\after_config.

  For more information see MDL-79011

• The \core\output\select_menu widget now supports rendering dividers between menu options. Empty elements (null or empty strings) within the array of options are considered and rendered as dividers in the dropdown menu.

  For more information see MDL-80747

• The \core\output\select_menu widget now supports a new feature: inline labels. You can render the label inside the combobox widget by passing true to the $inlinelabel parameter when calling the ->set_label() method.

  For more information see MDL-80747

• A new hook called \core\hook\output\after_http_headers has been created. This hook allow plugins to modify the content after headers are sent.

  For more information see MDL-80890

• The following classes have been renamed. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \core_user	\core\user

  For more information see MDL-81031

• New DML constant SQL_INT_MAX to define the size of a large integer with cross database platform support.

  For more information see MDL-81282

• Added a new exception L2 Namespace to APIs.

  For more information see MDL-81903

• Added a mechanism to support autoloading of legacy class files. This will help to reduce the number of require_once calls in the codebase, and move away from the use of monolithic libraries.

  For more information see MDL-81919

• The following exceptions are now also available in the \core\exception namespace:

  • \coding_exception
  • \file_serving_exception
  • \invalid_dataroot_permissions
  • \invalid_parameter_exception
  • \invalid_response_exception
  • \invalid_state_exception
  • \moodle_exception
  • \require_login_exception
  • \require_login_session_timeout_exception
  • \required_capability_exception
  • \webservice_parameter_exception

  For more information see MDL-81919

• The following classes are now also available in the \core\ namespace and support autoloading:

  Old class name	New class name
  \emoticon_manager	\core\emoticon_manager
  \lang_string	\core\lang_string

  For more information see MDL-81920

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \moodle_url	\core\url
  \progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace
  \combined_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\combined_progress_trace
  \error_log_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\error_log_progress_trace
  \html_list_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\html_list_progress_trace
  \html_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\html_progress_trace
  \null_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\null_progress_trace
  \progress_trace_buffer	\core\output\progress_trace\progress_trace_buffer
  \text_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\text_progress_trace

  For more information see MDL-81960

• The following classes are now also available in the following new locations. They will continue to work in their old locations:

  Old classname	New classname
  \action_link	\core\output\action_link
  \action_menu_filler	\core\output\action_menu\filler
  \action_menu_link_primary	\core\output\action_menu\link_primary
  \action_menu_link_secondary	\core\output\action_menu\link_secondary
  \action_menu_link	\core\output\action_menu\link
  \action_menu	\core\output\action_menu
  \block_contents	\core_block\output\block_contents
  \block_move_target	\core_block\output\block_move_target
  \component_action	\core\output\actions\component_action
  \confirm_action	\core\output\actions\confirm_action
  \context_header	\core\output\context_header
  \core\output\local\action_menu\subpanel	\core\output\action_menu\subpanel
  \core_renderer_ajax	\core\output\core_renderer_ajax
  \core_renderer_cli	\core\output\core_renderer_cli
  \core_renderer_maintenance	\core\output\core_renderer_maintenance
  \core_renderer	\core\output\core_renderer
  \custom_menu_item	\core\output\custom_menu_item
  \custom_menu	\core\output\custom_menu
  \file_picker	\core\output\file_picker
  \flexible_table	\core_table\flexible_table
  \fragment_requirements_manager	\core\output\requirements\fragment_requirements_manager
  \help_icon	\core\output\help_icon
  \html_table_cell	\core_table\output\html_table_cell
  \html_table_row	\core_table\output\html_table_row
  \html_table	\core_table\output\html_table
  \html_writer	\core\output\html_writer
  \image_icon	\core\output\image_icon
  \initials_bar	\core\output\initials_bar
  \js_writer	\core\output\js_writer
  \page_requirements_manager	\core\output\requirements\page_requirements_manager
  \paging_bar	\core\output\paging_bar
  \pix_emoticon	\core\output\pix_emoticon
  \pix_icon_font	\core\output\pix_icon_font
  \pix_icon_fontawesome	\core\output\pix_icon_fontawesome
  \pix_icon	\core\output\pix_icon
  \plugin_renderer_base	\core\output\plugin_renderer_base
  \popup_action	\core\output\actions\popup_action
  \preferences_group	\core\output\preferences_group
  \preferences_groups	\core\output\preferences_groups
  \progress_bar	\core\output\progress_bar
  \renderable	\core\output\renderable
  \renderer_base	\core\output\renderer_base
  \renderer_factory_base	\core\output\renderer_factory\renderer_factory_base
  \renderer_factory	\core\output\renderer_factory\renderer_factory_interface
  \single_button	\core\output\single_button
  \single_select	\core\output\single_select
  \standard_renderer_factory	\core\output\renderer_factory\standard_renderer_factory
  \table_dataformat_export_format	\core_table\dataformat_export_format
  \table_default_export_format_parent	\core_table\base_export_format
  \table_sql	\core_table\sql_table
  \tabobject	\core\output\tabobject
  \tabtree	\core\output\tabtree
  \templatable	\core\output\templatable
  \theme_config	\core\output\theme_config
  \theme_overridden_renderer_factory	\core\output\renderer_factory\theme_overridden_renderer_factory
  \url_select	\core\output\url_select
  \user_picture	\core\output\user_picture
  \xhtml_container_stack	\core\output\xhtml_container_stack
  \YUI_config	\core\output\requirements\yui

  For more information see MDL-82183

• A new method, \core\output\::get_deprecated_icons(), has been added to the icon_system class. All deprecated icons should be registered through this method. Plugins can implement a callback to pluginname_get_deprecated_icons() to register their deprecated icons too. When $CFG->debugpageinfo is enabled, a console message will display a list of the deprecated icons.

  For more information see MDL-82212

• Two new optional parameters have been added to the \core\output\notification constructor:

  • null|string $title - null|string $icon

  For more information see MDL-82297

• A new method, \url_select::set_disabled_option(), has been added to enable or disable an option from its url (the key for the option).

  For more information see MDL-82490

• A new static method, \advanced_testcase::get_fixture_path(), has been added to enable unit tests to fetch the path to a fixture.

  For more information see MDL-82627

• A new static method, \advanced_testcase::get_mocked_http_client(), has been added to allow unit tests to mock the \core\http_client and update the DI container.

  For more information see MDL-82627

• The Moodle autoloader should now be registered using \core\component::register_autoloader rather than manually doing so in any exceptional location which requires it. Note: It is not normally necessary to include the autoloader manually, as it is registered automatically when the Moodle environment is bootstrapped.

  For more information see MDL-82747

• A new JS module for interacting with the Routed REST API has been introduced. For more information see the documentation in the core/fetch module.

  For more information see MDL-82778

• The \section_info class now includes a new method \section_info::get_sequence_cm_infos() that retrieves all \cm_info instances associated with the course section.

  For more information see MDL-82845

• When rendering a renderable located within a namespace, the namespace will now be included in the renderer method name with double-underscores separating the namespace parts.

  Note: Only those renderables within an output namespace will be considered, for example \core\output\action_menu\link and only the parts of the namespace after output will be included.

  The following are examples of the new behaviour:

  Renderable name	Renderer method name
  \core\output\action_menu\link	render_action_menu__link
  \core\output\action_menu\link_primary	render_action_menu__link_primary
  \core\output\action\menu\link	render_action__menu__link
  \core\output\user_menu\link	render_user_menu__link

  For more information see MDL-83164

Changed

• The minimum Redis server version is now 2.6.12. The minimum PHP Redis extension version is now 2.2.4.

  For more information see MDL-69684

• The class autoloader has been moved to an earlier point in the Moodle bootstrap.

  Autoloaded classes are now available to scripts using the ABORT_AFTER_CONFIG constant.

  For more information see MDL-80275

• The \core\dataformat::get_format_instance() method is now public, and can be used to retrieve a writer instance for a given dataformat.

  For more information see MDL-81781

• The \get_home_page() function can now return new constant HOMEPAGE_URL, applicable when a third-party hook has extended the default homepage options for the site.

  A new function, \get_default_home_page_url() has been added which will return the correct URL when this constant is returned.

  For more information see MDL-82066

Deprecated

• The following method has been deprecated and should no longer be used: reset_password_and_mail. Please consider using setnew_password_and_mail as a replacement.

  For more information see MDL-64148

• • The following methods have been finally deprecated and removed:
    • \plagiarism_plugin::get_configs()
    • \plagiarism_plugin::get_file_results()
    • \plagiarism_plugin::update_status(), please use {plugin name}_before_standard_top_of_body_html instead.
  • Final deprecation and removal of \plagiarism_get_file_results(). Please use \plagiarism_get_links() instead.
  • Final deprecation and removal of \plagiarism_update_status(). Please use \{plugin name}_before_standard_top_of_body_html() instead.

  For more information see MDL-71326

• \moodle_list and \list_item were only used by qbank_managecategories, and these usages have been removed, so these classes, and the lib/listlib.php file have now been deprecated. This method was the only usage of the QUESTION_PAGE_LENGTH constant, which was defined in question_category_object.php, and so is also now deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-72397

• The $timeout property of the \navigation_cache class has been deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-79628

• The following classes are deprecated as they are handled by core_sms API and smsgateway_aws plugin:

  • \core\aws\admin_settings_aws_region
  • \core\aws\aws_helper
  • \core\aws\client_factory

  For more information see MDL-80962

• The following methods have been deprecated, existing usage should switch to use the secure \core\encryption::encrypt() and \core\encryption::decrypt() static methods:

  • \rc4encrypt()
  • \rc4decrypt()
  • \endecrypt()

  For more information see MDL-81940

• The following method has been deprecated and should not be used any longer: \print_grade_menu().

  For more information see MDL-82157

• The following files and their contents have been deprecated:

  • lib/soaplib.php
  • lib/tokeniserlib.php

  For more information see MDL-82191

• The following functions have been initially deprecated:

  • \get_core_subsystems()
  • \get_plugin_types()
  • \get_plugin_list()
  • \get_plugin_list_with_class()
  • \get_plugin_directory()
  • \normalize_component()
  • \get_component_directory()
  • \get_context_instance()

  Note: These methods have been deprecated for a long time, but previously did not emit any deprecation notice.

  For more information see MDL-82287

• The following methods have been finally deprecated and will now throw an exception if called:

  • \get_context_instance()
  • \can_use_rotated_text()
  • \get_system_context()
  • \print_arrow()

  For more information see MDL-82287

• The global_navigation::load_section_activities method is now deprecated and replaced by global_navigation::load_section_activities_navigation.

  For more information see MDL-82845

• The following renderer methods have been deprecated from the core renderer:

  method	replacement
  render_action_menu_link	render_action_menu__link
  render_action_menu_link_primary	render_action_menu__link_primary
  render_action_menu_link_secondary	render_action_menu__link_secondary
  render_action_menu_filler	render_action_menu__filler

  For more information see MDL-83164

Removed

• The previously deprecated function search_generate_text_SQL has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-48940

• The previously deprecated function \core_text::reset_caches() has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-71748

• The following previously deprecated methods have been removed and can no longer be used:

  • \renderer_base::should_display_main_logo()

  For more information see MDL-73165

• Final deprecation of \print_error(). Please use the \moodle_exception class instead.

  For more information see MDL-74484

• Final deprecation of \core\task\manager::ensure_adhoc_task_qos().

  For more information see MDL-74843

• Support for the deprecated block and activity namespaces <component>\local\views\secondary, which supported the overriding of secondary navigation, has now been entirely removed.

  For more information see MDL-74939

• Remove deprecation layer for YUI JS Events. The deprecation layer was introduced with MDL-70990 and MDL-72291.

  For more information see MDL-77167

Fixed

• The \navigation_cache class now uses the Moodle Universal Cache (MUC) to store the navigation cache data instead of storing it in the global $SESSION variable.

  For more information see MDL-79628

• All the setUp() and tearDown() methods of PHPUnit now are required to, always, call to their parent counterparts. This is a good practice to avoid future problems, especially when updating to PHPUnit >= 10. This includes the following methods:

  • setUp()
  • tearDown()
  • setUpBeforeClass()
  • tearDownAfterClass()

  For more information see MDL-81523

• Use server timezone when constructing \DateTimeImmutable for the system \core\clock implementation.

  For more information see MDL-81894

core_availability

Removed

• The previously deprecated renderer render_core_availability_multiple_messages method has been removed.

  For more information see MDL-82223

core_backup

Removed

• The \core_backup\copy\copy class has been deprecated and removed. Please use \copy_helper instead.

  For more information see MDL-75022

• The following methods in the \base_controller class have been removed:

  Method	Replacement
  \base_controller::set_copy()	Use a restore controller for storing copy information instead.
  \base_controller::get_copy()	\restore_controller::get_copy()

  For more information see MDL-75025

core_badges

Added

• The following new webservices have been added:

  • core_badges_enable_badges

  • core_badges_disable_badges

  For more information see MDL-82168

Changed

• New fields have been added to the return structure of the core_badges_get_user_badge_by_hash and core_badges_get_user_badges external functions:

  • recipientid: The ID of the user who received the badge.
  • recipientfullname: The full name of the user who received the badge.

  For more information see MDL-82742

Deprecated

• The badges/newbadge.php page has been deprecated and merged with badges/edit.php. Please, use badges/edit.php instead.

  For more information see MDL-43938

• The OPEN_BADGES_V1 constant is deprecated and should not be used anymore.

  For more information see MDL-70983

• The course_badges systemreport has been deprecated and merged with the badges systemreport. Please, use the badges systemreport instead.

  For more information see MDL-82503

• The $showmanage parameter to the \core_badges\output\standard_action_bar constructor has been deprecated and should not be used anymore.

  For more information see MDL-82503

• The badges/view.php page has been deprecated and merged with badges/index.php. Please, use badges/index.php instead.

  For more information see MDL-82503

Removed

• Final removal of BADGE_BACKPACKAPIURL and BADGE_BACKPACKWEBURL constants.

  For more information see MDL-70983

core_cache

Added

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading.

  Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \cache_definition	\core_cache\definition
  \cache_request	\core_cache\request_cache
  \cache_session	\core_cache\session_cache
  \cache_cached_object	\core_cache\cached_object
  \cache_config	\core_cache\config
  \cache_config_writer	\core_cache\config_writer
  \cache_config_disabled	\core_cache\disabled_config
  \cache_disabled	\core_cache\disabled_cache
  \config_writer	\core_cache\config_writer
  \cache_data_source	\core_cache\data_source_interface
  \cache_data_source_versionable	\core_cache\versionable_data_source_interface
  \cache_exception	\core_cache\exception/cache_exception
  \cache_factory	\core_cache\factory
  \cache_factory_disabled	\core_cache\disabled_factory
  \cache_helper	\core_cache\helper
  \cache_is_key_aware	\core_cache\key_aware_cache_interface
  \cache_is_lockable	\core_cache\lockable_cache_interface
  \cache_is_searchable	\core_cache\searchable_cache_interface
  \cache_is_configurable	\core_cache\configurable_cache_interface
  \cache_loader	\core_cache\loader_interface
  \cache_loader_with_locking	\core_cache\loader_with_locking_interface
  \cache_lock_interface	\core_cache\cache_lock_interface
  \cache_store	\core_cache\store
  \cache_store_interface	\core_cache\store_interface
  \cache_ttl_wrapper	\core_cache\ttl_wrapper
  \cacheable_object	\core_cache\cacheable_object_interface
  \cacheable_object_array	\core_cache\cacheable_object_array
  \cache_definition_mappings_form	\core_cache\form/cache_definition_mappings_form
  \cache_definition_sharing_form	\core_cache\form/cache_definition_sharing_form
  \cache_lock_form	\core_cache\form/cache_lock_form
  \cache_mode_mappings_form	\core_cache\form/cache_mode_mappings_form

  For more information see MDL-82158

core_communication

Changed

• The \core_communication\helper::get_enrolled_users_for_course() method now accepts an additional argument that can filter only active enrolments.

  For more information see MDL-81951

core_completion

Added

• A new FEATURE_COMPLETION plugin support constant has been added. In the future, this constant will be used to indicate when a plugin does not allow completion and it is enabled by default.

  For more information see MDL-83008

Changed

• The \core_completion\activity_custom_completion::get_overall_completion_state() method can now also return COMPLETION_COMPLETE_FAIL and not only COMPLETION_COMPLETE and COMPLETION_INCOMPLETE.

  For more information see MDL-81749

core_course

Added

• • New optional sectionNum parameter has been added to activitychooser AMD module initializer.
  • New option sectionnum parameter has been added to get_course_content_items() external function.
  • New optional sectionnum parameter has been added to get_content_items_for_user_in_course() function.

  For more information see MDL-81675

• The core_course_get_courses_by_field web service now accepts a new parameter sectionid to be able to retrieve the course that has the indicated section.

  For more information see MDL-81699

• Added new activitychooserbutton output class to display the activitychooser button. New action_links can be added to the button via hooks converting it into a dropdown.

  For more information see MDL-81767

• New \core_course\hook\before_activitychooserbutton_exported hook added to allow third-party plugins to extend activity chooser button options.

  For more information see MDL-81767

• The following methods have been updated to accept a section name in addition to the section number:

  • \behat_course::i_open_section_edit_menu()
  • \behat_course::i_show_section()
  • \behat_course::i_hide_section(),
  • \behat_course::i_wait_until_section_is_available()
  • \behat_course::show_section_link_exists()
  • \behat_course::hide_section_link_exists()
  • \behat_course::section_exists()

  For more information see MDL-82259

Changed

• The reset course page has been improved. The words "Delete" and "Remove" have been removed from all the options to make it easier to focus on the data to be removed and avoid inconsistencies and duplicated information. Third party plugins implementing reset methods might need to:

  • Add static element in the _reset_course_form_definition method before all the options with the Delete string: $mform->addElement('static', 'assigndelete', get_string('delete'));
  • Review all the strings used in the reset page to remove the "Delete" or "Remove" words from them.

  For more information see MDL-81872

• The external function core_course_get_contents now returns the component and itemid of sections.

  For more information see MDL-82385

Deprecated

• The data-sectionid attribute in the activity chooser has been deprecated. Please update your code to use data-sectionnum instead.

  For more information see MDL-81676

• The $course parameter in the constructor of the \core_course\output\actionbar\group_selector class has been deprecated and is no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-82393

Removed

• The previously deprecated \print_course_request_buttons() method has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-73976

• The $course class property in the \core_course\output\actionbar\group_selector class has been removed.

  For more information see MDL-82393

core_courseformat

Added

• The constructor of \core_courseformat\output\local\state\cm has been updated to accept a new optional parameter, $istrackeduser. If istrackeduser is pre-computed for the course module's course, it can be provided here to avoid an additional function call.

  For more information see MDL-81610

• Added new core_courseformat_create_module webservice to create new module (with quickcreate feature) instances in the course.

  For more information see MDL-81767

• A new $disabled parameter has been added to the following html_writer methods:

  • \core\output\html_writer::select()
  • \core\output\html_writer::select_optgroup()
  • \core\output\html_writer::select_option()

  For more information see MDL-82146

• A new class, \core_courseformat\output\local\content\basecontrolmenu, has been created. The following existing classes extend the new class:

  • \core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\controlmenu
  • \core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\controlmenu

  For more information see MDL-82510

• Course sections now use an action menu to display possible actions that a user may take in each section. This action menu is rendered using the \core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\delegatedcontrolmenu renderable class.

  For more information see MDL-82510

core_customfield

Changed

• The field controller \core_customfield\field_controller::get_formatted_name() method now accepts an optional $escape parameter to define whether to escape the returned name.

  For more information see MDL-82488

core_external

Changed

• The external function core_webservice_external::get_site_info now returns the default home page URL when needed.

  For more information see MDL-82844

core_files

Added

• A new hook, \core_files\hook\after_file_created, has been created to allow the inspection of files after they have been saved in the filesystem.

  For more information see MDL-75850

• A new hook, \core_files\hook\before_file_created, has been created to allow modification of a file immediately before it is stored in the file system.

  For more information see MDL-83245

core_filters

Added

• Added support for autoloading of filters from \filter_[filtername]\filter. Existing classes should be renamed to use the new namespace.

  For more information see MDL-82427

Deprecated

• The \core_filters\filter_manager::text_filtering_hash method has been finally deprecated and removed.

  For more information see MDL-82427

core_form

Added

• The duration form field type has been modified to validate that the supplied value is a positive value. Previously it could be any numeric value, but every usage of this field in Moodle was expecting a positive value. When a negative value was provided and accepted, subtle bugs could occur. Where a negative duration is allowed, the allownegative attribute can be set to true.

  For more information see MDL-82687

core_grades

Changed

• The grade itemname property contained in the return structure of the following external methods is now PARAM_RAW:

  • core_grades_get_gradeitems
  • gradereport_user_get_grade_items

  For more information see MDL-80017

Deprecated

• The behat step definition \behat_grade::i_confirm_in_search_within_the_gradebook_widget_exists() has been deprecated. Please use \behat_general::i_confirm_in_search_combobox_exists() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80744

• The behat step definition \behat_grade::i_confirm_in_search_within_the_gradebook_widget_does_not_exist() has been deprecated. Please use \behat_general::i_confirm_in_search_combobox_does_not_exist() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80744

• The behat step definition \behat_grade::i_click_on_in_search_widget() has been deprecated. Please use \behat_general::i_click_on_in_search_combobox() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80744

• The \core_grades_renderer::group_selector() method has been deprecated. Please use \core_course\output\actionbar\renderer to render a group_selector renderable instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

Removed

• The following previously deprecated Behat step helper methods have been removed and can no longer be used:

  • \behat_grade::select_in_gradebook_navigation_selector()
  • \behat_grade::select_in_gradebook_tabs()

  For more information see MDL-74581

core_message

Changed

• The \core_message\helper::togglecontact_link_params() method now accepts a new optional $isrequested parameter to indicate the status of the contact request.

  For more information see MDL-81428

Deprecated

• The core_message/remove_contact_button template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

  For more information see MDL-81428

Removed

• Final deprecation of the MESSAGE_DEFAULT_LOGGEDOFF, and MESSAGE_DEFAULT_LOGGEDIN constants.

  For more information see MDL-73284

core_question

Added

• A new utility function \question_utils::format_question_fragment() has been created so that question content can filter based on filters.

  For more information see MDL-78662

Changed

• \core_question\local\bank\column_base::from_column_name() method now accepts a bool $ingoremissing parameter, which can be used to ignore if the class does not exist, instead of throwing an exception.

  For more information see MDL-81407

core_report

Added

• Report has been added to subsystem components list.

  For more information see MDL-81771

• A new general output class, \core_report\output\coursestructure, has been created.

  For more information see MDL-81771

Changed

• The \core\report_helper::print_report_selector() method accepts a new `$additional`` argument for adding content to the tertiary navigation to align with the report selector.

  For more information see MDL-78773

Removed

• The previously deprecated \core\report_helper::save_selected_report() method has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-72353

core_reportbuilder

Added

• The return type of the set_checkbox_toggleall callback, defined by system reports, can now be null. Use if the checkbox should not be shown for the row.

  For more information see MDL-52046

• System reports now support native entity column aggregation via each columns set_aggregation() method

  For more information see MDL-76392

• The following external methods now return tags data relevant to each custom report:

  • core_reportbuilder_list_reports
  • core_reportbuilder_retrieve_report

  For more information see MDL-81433

• Added a new database helper method sql_replace_parameters to help ensure uniqueness of parameters within a SQL expression.

  For more information see MDL-81434

• A new static method, \core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\format::format_time(), has been added for use in column callbacks that represent a duration of time (for example "3 days 4 hours").

  For more information see MDL-82466

• The following methods have been moved from \core_reportbuilder\datasource class to its parent class \core_reportbuilder\base to make them available for use in system reports:

  • add_columns_from_entity()
  • add_filters_from_entity()
  • report_element_search()

  For more information see MDL-82529

Changed

• In order to better support float values in filter forms, the following filter types now cast given SQL prior to comparison:

  • duration
  • filesize
  • number

  For more information see MDL-81168

• The base datasource \core_reportbuilder\datasource::add_all_from_entities() method accepts a new optional array $entitynames parameter to specify which entities to add elements from.

  For more information see MDL-81330

• All time-related code has been updated to the PSR-20 Clock interface, as such the following methods no longer accept a $timenow parameter (instead please use \core\clock dependency injection):

  • core_reportbuilder_generator::create_schedule
  • core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\schedule::create_schedule()
  • core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\schedule::calculate_next_send_time()

  For more information see MDL-82041

• The following classes have been moved to use the new exception API as a L2 namespace:

  Old class	New class
  \core_reportbuilder\report_access_exception	\core_reportbuilder\exception\report_access_exception
  \core_reportbuilder\source_invalid_exception	\core_reportbuilder\exception\source_invalid_exception
  \core_reportbuilder\source_unavailable_exception	\core_reportbuilder\exception\source_unavailable_exception

  For more information see MDL-82133

Removed

• Support for the following entity classes, renamed since 4.1, have now been removed completely:

  • \core_admin\local\entities\task_log
  • \core_cohort\local\entities\cohort
  • \core_cohort\local\entities\cohort_member
  • \core_course\local\entities\course_category
  • \report_configlog\local\entities\config_change

  For more information see MDL-74583

• The following previously deprecated local helper methods have been removed and can no longer be used:

  • \core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\audience::get_all_audiences_menu_types()
  • \core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\report::get_available_columns()

  For more information see MDL-76690

core_role

Added

• All session management has been moved to the \core\session\manager class. This removes the dependancy to use the sessions table.

  Session management plugins (like Redis) should now inherit the base \core\session\handler class, which implements SessionHandlerInterface, and override methods as required.

  The following methods in \core\session\manager have been deprecated:

  Old method name	New method name
  kill_all_sessions	destroy_all
  kill_session	destroy
  kill_sessions_for_auth_plugin	destroy_by_auth_plugin
  kill_user_sessions	destroy_user_sessions

  For more information see MDL-66151

core_sms

Added

• A new \core_sms subsystem has been created.

  For more information see MDL-81924

core_table

Added

• A new $reponsive property (defaulting to true) has been added to the \core_table\flexible_table class. This property allows you to control whether the table is rendered as a responsive table.

  For more information see MDL-80748

Changed

• The \core_table\dynamic class declares a new method ::has_capability() to allow classes implementing this interface to perform access checks on the dynamic table. Note: This is a breaking change. All implementations of the \core_table\dynamic table interface must implement the new has_capability(): bool method for continued functionality.

  For more information see MDL-82567

core_user

Added

• New \core_user\hook\extend_user_menu hook added to allow third party plugins to extend the user menu navigation.

  For more information see MDL-71823

• A new hook, \core_user\hook\extend_default_homepage, has been added to allow third-party plugins to extend the default homepage options for the site.

  For more information see MDL-82066

Changed

• The visibility of the following methods have been increased to public:

  • \core_user\form\private_files::check_access_for_dynamic_submission()
  • \core_user\form\private_files::get_options()

  For more information see MDL-78293

• The user profile field \profile_field_base::display_name() method now accepts an optional $escape parameter to define whether to escape the returned name.

  For more information see MDL-82494

Deprecated

• The \core_user\table\participants_search::get_total_participants_count() is no longer used since the total count can be obtained from \core_user\table\participants_search::get_participants().

  For more information see MDL-78030

availability

Changed

• The base class \core_availability\info::get_groups() method now accepts a $userid parameter to specify which user you want to retrieve course groups (defaults to current user).

  For more information see MDL-81850

customfield_number

Added

• A new hook, \customfield_number\hook\add_custom_providers, has been added which allows automatic calculation of number course custom field.

  For more information see MDL-82715

• A new class, \customfield_number\local\numberproviders\nofactivities, has been added that allows to automatically calculate number of activities of a given type in a given course.

  For more information see MDL-82715

• Added new webservice customfield_number_recalculate_value, has been added to recalculate a value of number course custom field.

  For more information see MDL-82715

• A new task, \customfield_number\task\cron, cron task that recalculates automatically calculated number course custom fields.

  For more information see MDL-82715

customfield_select

Changed

• The field controller get_options method now returns each option pre-formatted.

  For more information see MDL-82481

editor_tiny

Changed

• The helplinktext language string is no longer required by editor plugins, instead the pluginname will be used in the help dialogue.

  For more information see MDL-81572

factor_sms

Removed

• The following classes are removed as the SMS feature now takes advantage of core_sms API:

  • \factor_sms\event\sms_sent
  • \factor_sms\local\smsgateway\aws_sns
  • \factor_sms\local\smsgateway\gateway_interface

  For more information see MDL-80962

gradereport_grader

Deprecated

• The gradereport_grader/group ESM has been deprecated. Please use core_course/actionbar/group instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

gradereport_singleview

Deprecated

• The gradereport_singleview/group ESM has been deprecated. Please use core_course/actionbar/group instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

gradereport_user

Deprecated

• The gradereport_user/group ESM has been deprecated. Please use core_course/actionbar/group instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

mod

Added

• Added new FEATURE_QUICKCREATE for modules that can be quickly created in the course wihout filling a previous form.

  For more information see MDL-81767

mod_assign

Added

• Added 2 new settings:

  • mod_assign/defaultgradetype
    • The value of this setting dictates which of the GRADE_TYPE_X constants is the default option when creating new instances of the assignment.
    • The default value is GRADE_TYPE_VALUE (Point)
  • mod_assign/defaultgradescale
    • The value of this setting dictates which of the existing scales is the default option when creating new instances of the assignment.

  For more information see MDL-54105

• A new web service called mod_assign_remove_submission has been created to remove the submission for a specific user ID and assignment activity ID.

  For more information see MDL-74050

• A new default value for attemptreopenmethod has been set to "Automatically until pass".

  For more information see MDL-80741

• A new method, \assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operation_details(), has been added to the assign_feedback_plugin abstract class. Assignment feedback plugins can now override this method to define bulk action buttons that will appear in the sticky footer on the assignment grading page.

  For more information see MDL-80750

Deprecated

• The constant ASSIGN_ATTEMPT_REOPEN_METHOD_NONE has been deprecated, and a new default value for attemptreopenmethod has been set to "Automatically until pass".

  For more information see MDL-80741

• The \assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operations() method is now deprecated. Use assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operation_details instead.

  For more information see MDL-80750

• The \assign_grading_table::plugingradingbatchoperations property has been removed. You can use \assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operation_details() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80750

• The $submissionpluginenabled and $submissioncount parameters from the constructor of the \mod_assign\output::grading_actionmenu class have been deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-80752

• The method \assign::process_save_grading_options() has been deprecated as it is no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-82681

Removed

• The default option "Never" for the attemptreopenmethod setting, which disallowed multiple attempts at the assignment, has been removed. This option was unnecessary because limiting attempts to 1 through the maxattempts setting achieves the same behavior.

  For more information see MDL-80741

• The \mod_assign_grading_options_form class has been removed since it is no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-82857

mod_bigbluebuttonbn

Added

• Added new meeting_info value to show presentation file on BBB activity page

  For more information see MDL-82520

• The broker::process_meeting_events() method has been extended to call the ::process_action() method implemented by plugins.

  For more information see MDL-82872

Removed

• Mobile support via plugin has been removed as it is now natively available in the Moodle App.

  For more information see MDL-82447

mod_data

Added

• The \data_add_record() method accepts a new $approved parameter to set the corresponding state of the new record.

  For more information see MDL-81274

Deprecated

• The \mod_data_renderer::render_fields_footer() method has been deprecated as it's no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-81321

mod_feedback

Deprecated

• The \feedback_check_is_switchrole() function has been deprecated as it didn't work.

  For more information see MDL-72424

• The method \mod_feedback\output\renderer::create_template_form() has been deprecated. It is not used anymore.

  For more information see MDL-81742

mod_quiz

Added

• The following methods of the quiz_overview_report class now take a new optional $slots parameter used to only regrade some slots in each attempt (default all):

  • \quiz_overview_report::regrade_attempts()
  • \quiz_overview_report::regrade_batch_of_attempts()

  For more information see MDL-79546

qbank_managecategories

Changed

• The \qbank_managecategories\question_category_object class has been deprecated. Methods previously part of this class have been moved to either

  • \qbank_managecategories\question_categories, for the parts used within this plugin for display a list of categories; or

  \core_question\category_manager, for the parts used for generate CRUD operations on question categories, including outside of this plugin.

  This change will allow \qbank_managecategories\question_category_object to be deprecated, and avoids other parts of the system wishing to manipulate question categories from having to violate cross-component communication rules.

  For more information see MDL-72397

Deprecated

• Category lists are now generated by templates. The following classes have been deprecated:

  • \qbank_managecategories\question_category_list
  • \qbank_managecategories\question_category_list_item

  For more information see MDL-72397

• The following methods of \qbank_managecategories\helperhave been deprecated and moved to \core_question\category_manager:

  Method	Replacement
  question_is_only_child_of_top_category_in_context	\core_question\category_manager::is_only_child_of_top_category_in_context
  question_is_top_category	\core_question\category_manager::is_top_category
  question_can_delete_cat	\core_question\category_manager::can_delete_cat

  For more information see MDL-72397

• \qbank_managecategories\question_category_object is now completely deprecated. Its methods have either been migrated to \qbank_managecategories\question_categories, \core_question\category_manager, or are no longer used at all.

  For more information see MDL-72397

report_eventlist

Deprecated

• The following deprecated methods in report_eventlist_list_generator have been removed:

  • \report_eventlist_list_generator::get_core_events_list()
  • \report_eventlist_list_generator::get_non_core_event_list()

  For more information see MDL-72786

report_log

Added

• The \report_log_renderable::get_activities_list() method return values now includes an array of disabled elements, in addition to the array of activities.

  For more information see MDL-82146

repository_onedrive

Removed

• The following previously deprecated methods have been removed and can no longer be used:

  • \repository_onedrive::can_import_skydrive_files()
  • \repository_onedrive::import_skydrive_files()

  For more information see MDL-72620

theme

Added

• Added a new \renderer_base::get_page getter method.

  For more information see MDL-81597

• New core/context_header mustache template has been added. This template can be overridden by themes to modify the context header.

  For more information see MDL-81597

Deprecated

• The method \core\output\core_renderer::render_context_header has been deprecated please use \core\output\core_renderer::render($contextheader) instead

  For more information see MDL-82160

Removed

• Removed all references to iconhelp, icon-pre, icon-post, iconlarge, and iconsort CSS classes.

  For more information see MDL-74251

theme_boost

Added

• Bridged theme-color-level using a new shift-color function to prepare for its deprecation in Boostrap 5.

  For more information see MDL-81816

• Upon upgrading Font Awesome from version 4 to 6, the solid family was selected by default.

  Support for the regular, and brands families of icons has now been added, allowing icons defined with \core\outut\icon_system::FONTAWESOME to use them.

  Icons can select the FontAwesome family (fa-regular, fa-brands, fa-solid) by using the relevant class name when display the icon.

  For more information see MDL-82210

Changed

• The Bootstrap .no-gutters class is no longer used, use .g-0 instead.

  For more information see MDL-81818

• The .page-header-headings CSS class now has a background colour applied to the maintenance and secure layouts. You may need to override this class in your maintenance and secure layouts if both of the following are true:

  • Your theme plugin inherits from theme_boost and uses this CSS class
  • Your theme plugin applies a different styling for the page header for the maintenance and secure layouts.

  For more information see MDL-83047

tool

Removed

• The Convert to InnoDB plugin (tool_innodb) has been completely removed.

  For more information see MDL-78776

tool_behat

Added

• Behat tests are now checking for deprecated icons. This check can be disabled by using the --no-icon-deprecations option in the behat CLI.

  For more information see MDL-82212

tool_oauth2

Added

• The \core\oautuh2\client::get_additional_login_parameters() method now supports adding the language code to the authentication request so that the OAuth2 login page matches the language in Moodle.

  For more information see MDL-67554