5.0.2

👀 Release information

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

🚀 Download information

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Userfacing information about this Joomla! release can be found on the release page

🔥 Installation Packages

New Joomla! Installations	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	b85c60b077989f98078805d30100f9d7f290ae8fddbedf45009a24c81da4674f
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	2dbbb404d0ae558fad96a744a4c6eec63b5cdbb67a00cfa9f3b90017b58f1b49
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✒️ Upgrade Packages

Important

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

Update from a previous version	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	07a7c3d330c79f6482deaf93e4358cc1a77438c0cbed7f9d6770c56a8ca7177f
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	dc4140c0697978318ea8c1644326a066f909154ba4c4a67a556945a56309fc6c
Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst)	a2da8ca48922939cf226d6cd794393f6a2e6c1adb78548696361e91214a0c488

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💆 New Contributors

• @Elfangor93 made their first contribution in #42533

🧹 What has been changed

• [4.4] TinyMCE 5.10.9 by @brianteeman in #42359
• [4.4] Broken language comment by @brianteeman in #42425
• [4.4] json_decode of NULL in InstallerScript::getItemArray() by @Denitz in #40527
• [4.4] Finder: Do not show error messages for suggestions by @Hackwar in #42490
• [4.4] com_contact: Fixing ignored loadData parameter for getForm by @Hackwar in #42491
• [4.4] Fix error editor not found in contenthistory modal by @chmst in #42458
• [5.0] Upmerge 2023-12-12 by @bembelimen in #42497
• [5] install from CLI deprecation php 8 by @alikon in #42451
• [4.4] Improve com users list view by @chmst in #42457
• [5] fix Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property by @alikon in #42429
• [5.x] Missing Strings [a11y] by @brianteeman in #42387
• [5.0] Show proper error message when package is installed with no extensions by @BrainforgeUK in #42337
• [4.4] File::delete() throws error and terminates installation/update/uninstall by @Elfangor93 in #42533
• [4.4] Add information about reasons to Joomla Update when an update was found which doesn't fulfil PHP or DB requirements by @richard67 in #42489
• Fix link and button colors in header footer of Cassiopeia template by @RickR2H in #42504
• [4.x] add PHP 8.3 to tests by @heelc29 in #42545
• Update the signature for #42545 by @laoneo in #42552
• [4.4] Joomlaupdate remove br tag from language strings - follow up to PR 42489 by @richard67 in #42550
• [4.4] Fixes to form validation process by @wilsonge in #42560
• [4][com_actionlogs] missed load plugin languages by @alikon in #42562
• [4.4] Better message on package uninstallation when an extension is missing by @richard67 in #42570
• [4] backport #41865 by @alikon in #42088
• [5] harmonize naming task types by @alikon in #42574
• [5.0] colour contrast in media manager file list [a11y] by @brianteeman in #42544
• [5.0] Upmerge 2023-12-30 by @bembelimen in #42580
• [5.0] Update phpseclib to 3.0.34 by @SniperSister in #42469
• Fix function parameter lost during redirect by @janschoenherr in #42315
• [4.4] Fix SQL error "1104 The SELECT would examine more than MAX_JOIN_SIZE rows" when checking for core updates by @richard67 in #42576
• [5.0] Revert min version in drone by @bembelimen in #42583
• [4][com_templates] cast to int for pgsql by @alikon in #42569
• [4][webservices] PATCH article tags by @alikon in #42486
• [5.0] Upmerge 2024-01-02 by @bembelimen in #42591

Full Changelog: 5.0.1...5.0.2