Joomla! 5.0.1

👀 Release information

• 💁 22+ contributors
• 🧰 33+ Pull Requests has been merged
• ⬆️ New migration guide
• 📖 New developer documentation
• 🌎 Release page
• 👀 Full Changelog

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🔥 Installation Packages

New Joomla! Installations	SHA-256 Checksums
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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

Update from a previous version	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	5c1e8f4be13af30c9f78fa4034468bca719dd1b873bff4f6ca0b08ed97a17eba
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	adf566e4be87d97721e5285d0ca01cc6859c6f1e09cd349b0a9346ca4a8c8ead
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💆 New Contributors

• @svanschu made their first contribution in #42199

🧹 What has been changed

• [5.0] Update build script for new github layout by @HLeithner in #42152
• [5.0] installerhelper codestyle by @brianteeman in #42138
• [5.0] com_joomlaupdate comment by @brianteeman in #42139
• [5.0] Media manager list view parity by @dgrammatiko in #42119
• Custom Fields: Add warning to Finder option about information disclosure by @Hackwar in #42111
• [5.0] MailTemplate: Prevent notice in replaceTags by @Hackwar in #41679
• [5.0] Rework the com_messages message view by @wilsonge in #42135
• [5.0] Remove template special color from core use by @wilsonge in #42167
• [5.0] Fixes the cli installer by @dgrammatiko in #42116
• [5.0] Update min PHP requirement to 8.1in installation CLI by @bembelimen in #42174
• [5.0] Add proper error handling for public folder cli installation by @HLeithner in #42168
• [5.0] Load Behaviour - Backward Compatibility in the ConsoleApplication by @OctavianC in #42217
• [5.0][bug] TinyMCE Setting linebreak with doesn´t work by @dgrammatiko in #42227
• [4.4] Context Issue Fix for 41136 by @MacJoom in #41150
• [4.4] Remove duplicate png by @brianteeman in #41900
• [4.4] Fixing drone packager upload by @Hackwar in #42247
• [4] module related_items by @alikon in #42245
• [4] article field List on webservices by @alikon in #42206
• [4.4.0] Fix condition for menuitems by @chmst in #42157
• [4.4] Proposed fix for Workflow transition error by @kochinc in #42036
• Fix for issue 42229 - webservices content patch tags lost by @MacJoom in #42233
• [5.0] Update TinyMCE to 6.7.2 by @SniperSister in #42240
• [5.0] User field: fix "No user" selection by @Fedik in #42256
• [5.0] Fix j+a shortcut in TinyMCE JoomlaHighlighter plugin by @Fedik in #42258
• [5.0] Add a todo by @dgrammatiko in #42263
• [5.0] Fix and Update MySQL to Version 8.0 AppVeyor by @LadySolveig in #42267
• [4.4] Update TinyMCE to 5.10.8 by @SniperSister in #42239
• [4.4] Appveyor: Raise MySQL to version 8.0 by @Hackwar in #42271
• [5.0] Fixing packaging and nightly builds by @Hackwar in #42273
• [4.4] Drone: Renaming build script by @Hackwar in #42274
• Fix for Finder (Smart Search) indexer removing spaces in long strings by @AndySDH in #41937
• fix #42191 Unknown column 'id' in 'field list' by @svanschu in #42199
• [4.4] com_tags extra parent_id query var by @Denitz in #41296
• Fix new J4 components missing assets by @wilsonge in #41358
• Fix multi-factor migration when updating from J3 to J4 by @OctavianC in #42253
• [5.0] Cassiopeia should respect inheritance by @dgrammatiko in #42294
• [5.0] Filter values of custom field, fix #42259 by @Fedik in #42285
• [5.0] Fix tinymce error on mobile by @Fedik in #42306
• [5.0] TinyMCE add missing event listener by @Fedik in #42321
• Fix missing archive icon by @janschoenherr in #42316
• [4] Saving User Profile logs you out of the backend by @alikon in #42284
• Fix field Color (Simple) rendering by @Fedik in #42323
• [4.x] Improve CSS/JS build times by @C-Lodder in #42325
• [4.4] Node 20 by @dgrammatiko in #42331
• Fix table multiselect by @Fedik in #42330
• Fix list select (with choicesjs) losing values in subform by @Fedik in #42332
• [4.x] Don't force the process to terminate by @C-Lodder in #42341
• [4.4] str_replace() on NULL in Joomla\CMS\Uri\Uri::isInternal() by @Denitz in #40528
• [4.4] translation description text static error pages by @heelc29 in #42030
• Text::script should update existing script strings by @Fedik in #41543
• [5.0] Upmerge 2023-11-12 by @bembelimen in #42345
• Admin Articles View - Execute transition button permissions fixed by @carlitorweb in #39490
• [5.0]Spelling templates by @brianteeman in #42350
• [5.0] spelling descending by @brianteeman in #42348
• [5.0] Spelling mismatch by @brianteeman in #42349
• [4.4] Use .env files for the node tools by @dgrammatiko in #42340
• Fix a bug of web assets file joomla.asset.json registration/parsing by @Fedik in #41431
• [5.0] Fix legacy table creation by @HLeithner in #42180
• [5.0] upmerge 2023-11-18 by @bembelimen in #42360
• [5.0] Add basic support for conditional dark mode themes in our editors by @wilsonge in #42322
• [5.0] Fix URLs and hardcoded keyName for editing URL, in ModalSelectField by @Fedik in #42346
• Declare the context variable correctly by @laoneo in #42336
• [5.0] Fix sass-embedded dependencies by @bembelimen in #42369
• [5.0] Revert TinyMCE builder dark skin by @Fedik in #42392
• [5.0] revert string removal by @brianteeman in #42388
• [5.0] Correct language string workflows by @brianteeman in #42389

Full Changelog: 5.0.0...5.0.1