Joomla! 5.3.1 Release Candidate 1

👀 Release information

• 💁 20+ contributors
• 🧰 35+ Pull Requests has been merged
• ⬆️ New migration guide
• 📖 New developer documentation
• 🌎 Release page
• 👀 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

Update from a previous version	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	f1b484b5986065d163ed1077ad999a034dfc179e2be3bbfb927f69aa098039ac
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💆 New Contributors

• @dformdotdk made their first contribution in #45317
• @Dileepadari made their first contribution in #45106
• @Attila-SWE made their first contribution in #45445

🧹 What has been changed

• [5.3] [Installation][CLI] Fix hidden option asking by @voronkovich in #44908
• [5.3] Translation Update by @joomla-translation-bot in #45292
• [5.3] Clean Up File::upload method arguments by @joomdonation in #45244
• [5.3] Grammar fix by @brianteeman in #45247
• [5.3] Fix typo in replacement event name for onUserBeforeDataValidation by @Fedik in #45296
• [5.3] Fix description positioning in search bar by @Hemang360 in #45325
• [5.3] skip-to tooltip by @brianteeman in #45259
• [5.3] Media Manager Empty information by @brianteeman in #45322
• [5.3] Fix PHP deprecation warning in mod_languages by @Fedik in #45262
• [5.3] Update to TinyMCE Danish translation (Fixed typo) by @dformdotdk in #45317
• [5.3] fix wrong sequence by @alikon in #45354
• [5.3] - Respect individual width/height constraints in Media Action - Resize plugin by @travisrisner in #45311
• [5.3] cleared miss match between default option and label in articles filter by @Dileepadari in #45106
• [5.3] Show correct custom fields when creating article after filtering by multiple categories by @AdarshSantoria in #45353
• [5.3] Translation Update by @joomla-translation-bot in #45356
• [5.3] Fancy-select filter missing values by @brianteeman in #45365
• [5.3] Fix deprecated version by @laoneo in #45400
• [5.3] HTTP Headers - CSP - Policy Directive: order + fancy select by @pe7er in #45407
• [5.3] Does check the server error logs in system tests by @laoneo in #45409
• [5.3] Jooa11y Plugin: Update embedded help URLs in language strings by @travisrisner in #45410
• [5.3] Fix deprecation text and add Registry to StateBehaviorTrait by @HLeithner in #45437
• [5.3] sql postgresql valid json by @alikon in #45395
• [5.3] Installer rtl logical css by @brianteeman in #45420
• [5.3] Update the location when an update site exists by @laoneo in #45388
• [5.3] Delete unused build tools file scss-transform.mjs by @dgrammatiko in #45424
• [5.3] - Action Log Email Notifications - use site timezone by @travisrisner in #45381
• [5.3] Smart Search: Extend lists of elements to space out by @Hackwar in #45464
• [5.3] Limit length of searchterm logging to prevent MysqliStatement error by @Attila-SWE in #45445
• [5.3] Do not display modified url in update check by @laoneo in #45373
• [5.3] Composer update joomla/database to 3.4.2 to fix PHP 8.4 deprecation by @richard67 in #45457
• [5.3] Unpublish/Run transition article when saving as copy by @weeblr in #45014
• [5.3] Media manager UI bug fixes and Accessibility improvements by @brianteeman in #45320
• [5.3] Use time safe compare method in phpass library by @SniperSister in #45477
• [5.3] Installation Development Mode info by @brianteeman in #45465
• [5.3] RTL Calendar Days by @brianteeman in #44900

Full Changelog: 5.3.0...5.3.1-rc1