Joomla! 6.1.3 Release Candidate 1

👀 Release information

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

🚀 Download information

🔥 Installation Packages

New Joomla! Installations	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	0f8454456f592ba8acf561f6d91c40a858829775df2286236cdc1570da7943b2
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	7316649a81cf592cc26bce2111ba5b482bdcd617726e99fba52745032acbfd99
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✒️ Upgrade Packages

Important

Don't update directly from a version lower than 5.4 it is important that you first update to 5.4 and then update to 6.x

Update from a previous version	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	008429b15b4e7653fb280f49d37e72f69808c9feb74d14fa03dc18dda1f5f49a
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	dd647858e6b2999719200e35edc305f365bf12a7449b91efadf68f52f9a368bc
Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst)	2cadac52d3238054e1c3dbe49c993384ec6de887d83e8c6be6e079bb523b55bf

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💆 New Contributors

• @genr8r made their first contribution in #47886
• @ramalama made their first contribution in #48108
• @RiteshGite made their first contribution in #47780

🧹 What has been changed

What's Changed

• [5.4] [AI] Fix code style in com_modules frontend Dispatcher by @tecpromotion in #48068
• [5.4] Fix article options ignored on article view by @joomdonation in #48060
• [5.4] update eslint config / remove cy.wait from tests by @heelc29 in #47272
• [5.4] Prevent DivisionByZeroError in ListModel when list.limit is 0 by @Denitz in #48074
• [6.1] Remove tinymce Bosnian language files from deleted files list in script.php by @richard67 in #48081
• [5.4] Add allowScripts section for npm install by @brianteeman in #48073
• [5.4] fix duplicate no results message in installed languages by @adarshdubey03 in #48088
• [5.4] [AI] Fix Global Check-in treating checked_out=0 rows as needing check-in by @genr8r in #47886
• [5.4] check ACL when display link to user edit form by @heelc29 in #46805
• [5.4] Fix failing build on forks by @ramalama in #48108
• [5.4] Fix: Change data-nested='true' for nested components (Categories, Menu Items, Modules) by @RiteshGite in #47780
• [5.4] Editing menu item redirects to list view with original filters by @hiteshm0 in #47202
• [5.4] Add tests for article options hierarchy in frontend by @LadySolveig in #48071
• [5.4][cypress]Refactor category creation and deletion logic by @alikon in #48133
• [5.4][plg_actionlog] log user block/unblock only 1 by @alikon in #48091
• [5.4] fix division by zero in subforms by @chmst in #48163
• [5.4] Smart Search: Standardize memory_table_limit by @Hackwar in #48173
• [5.4] Add path traversal checks in com_templates by @SniperSister in #48171
• [5.4] Token plugin docblock by @brianteeman in #48180
• [5.4] js code comment by @brianteeman in #48179
• [5.4] awesomplete example typo by @brianteeman in #48184
• [5.4] Correct subpackage by @brianteeman in #48181
• [5.4] Backport Fix treeselect indentation- #48125 by @brianteeman in #48185
• [6.1] Clean up filepatcher remainders from 6.1.2 hotfix on core update by @richard67 in #48117
• [6.1] Tag: Batch copy should unpublish the copy by @Hackwar in #48169
• [6.1] NPM updates 2026-08-07 by @richard67 in #48210
• [5.4] Better error messages on updateserver errors by @TLWebdesign in #47766
• [5.4] Update joomla/filesystem from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 and partly backport PR 48038 from 6.1-dev by @richard67 in #48080
• [5.4] Clean up filepatcher remainders from 5.4.7 hotfix on core update by @richard67 in #48116
• [5.4] site offline by @brianteeman in #48216
• [5.4] Implement date and time validation on input change (and more) by @cyrez in #47626
• [5.4] Fix days_of_week normalization (shorter version) by @tecpromotion in #48212