Joomla! 5.2.4 Release Candidate 1

👀 Release information

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

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🔥 Installation Packages

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✒️ Upgrade Packages

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

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💆 New Contributors

• @NicolasDerumigny made their first contribution in #44680
• @sinahaghparast made their first contribution in #43416
• @costafrancesco94 made their first contribution in #36685

🧹 What has been changed

• [5.2] Translation Update by @joomla-translation-bot in #44682
• [5.2] subpackage modalreturn.php by @brianteeman in #44699
• [5.2] mod_articles fix since version by @heelc29 in #44696
• [5.2][bug] Codemirror duplicated assets entries by @dgrammatiko in #44674
• [5.2] Adjust the links for more details within the HTTP Header Plugin by @zero-24 in #44658
• [5.2] Display the correct changelog when updating by @Hackwar in #44652
• [5.2 ]#44636 add scroll-margin-top if sticky top is used by @hans2103 in #44679
• [5.2] Fix assets for com_scheduler (new install) by @heelc29 in #44684
• [5.2] Fix PHP Warning for debuguser, debuggroup by @chmst in #44721
• [5.2.3] Removing deprecated access to User object attributes by @heelc29 in #44694
• [5.2] Translation Update by @joomla-translation-bot in #44712
• [5.2] copypaste @Package by @brianteeman in #44706
• [5][com_user] debug user untranslated string by @alikon in #44688
• [5.2] system test for list multiselect checkboxes by @heelc29 in #44720
• [5.2] Fix for: Article cannot be saved successfully on the front-end by @NicolasDerumigny in #44680
• [5.2] Fix missing brackets by @janschoenherr in #44739
• [5.2] Unable to store null value on update row #39363 by @Kaushik1216 in #39607
• [5.2] Finder Router: filter out unnecessary query elements by @Hackwar in #44055
• [5.2] Check whether there is a language file from the frontend by @zero-24 in #44730
• [5.2] Fix password reset broken in backend by @joomdonation in #44723
• [5.2] Update index.php - Installation template by @sinahaghparast in #43416
• [5.2] Email cloak plugin fails for emails with IDN by @Kaushik1216 in #39888
• [5.2] Fix condition for joomla-update-quickicon by @chmst in #44743
• [5.2] Error handling while create folder in media manager new pr by @Kaushik1216 in #39878
• [5.2] Remove alt-text for menuItem with image and title by @chmst in #40675
• [5.2] Fix missing brackets by @janschoenherr in #44742
• [5.2] Fix media downloads with spaces followup of #37396 by @MacJoom in #44745
• [5.2] Composer update enshrined/svg-sanitize to fix SVG uploads by @richard67 in #44746
• [5.2] MediaManager: improve error handling by @Fedik in #38536
• [5.2] Load the namespace from the cached manifest by @HLeithner in #44737
• [5.2] Fix Permissions for Manually Running Scheduled Tasks by @ditsuke in #36719
• [5.2] Build process: Change Dart-Sass to new API by @Hackwar in #44659
• [5.2] Remove root path only if it is at the beginning by @costafrancesco94 in #36685
• [5.2] Add support ID with 0 for value CheckboxField.php by @korenevskiy in #37174
• Fix multi select behavior in Media Manager followup of 39824 by @MacJoom in #44747
• [5.2] Fix a11y issue in accordion (role) by @chmst in #40578
• [5.2] Jooa11y plugin and page cache conflicts by @Denitz in #41956
• Revert "[5.2] Load the namespace from the cached manifest" by @Fedik in #44755
• [5.2] Refactored JDatabaseDriver in some params by @pe7er in #44750
• [5.2][cypress] test for reset password required by @alikon in #44744
• [5.2] test user registration workflow by @heelc29 in #44734
• [5.2] refactor tests to use checkForSystemMessage by @heelc29 in #44772
• [Cypress] Refactoring SEF Test to Avoid Using the Joomla Command-Line Client Tool by @muhme in #44656
• [5.2] superfluous space deleted, alpha sorting and wording for pr #39878 by @tecpromotion in #44753
• [5.2][Cypress] Minor Code Simplification by @muhme in #44780
• [5.2.3] User Action Logs Email by @brianteeman in #44709
• [5.2] Update guidedtours.joomla_guidedtoursteps_steps.ini by @brianteeman in #44793
• [5.2] Fix namespace map creation on PHP 8.4 by @SniperSister in #44789
• [5.2] add PHP8.4 to PhpVersionCheck quickicon by @heelc29 in #44809
• [5.2] Email alt text on contact by @brianteeman in #44491
• [5.2] Web Asset Manager incorect loading of external resource with / at the end by @Fedik in #44774
• [5.2] [Security] Composer update symfony/http-client and symfony/process to version 6.4.15 by @richard67 in #44805
• Update Developers link in README.md and README.txt by @ceford in #44802
• [5.2] Tag Router: Allow numeric/CSV IDs (Regression) by @Hackwar in #44784
• [5.2] Cache: Fix for counting the Number of Files correctly by @pe7er in #43986
• 5.2 dev Fix breadcrumbs color in light and darkmode, fix for 44134 by @coolcat-creations in #44212