5.0.3

👀 Release information

• 💁 4+ contributors
• 🧰 8+ 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)	dd00a88b62496ae6923d485afcc94d85499deae89d9c27351378205357882a96
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	4aec0ac47d318fa2ef6da4849fe3b64e1afe82d0202b4f9691a6ad84a5c614f3
Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst)	de23697c921050a88d636175d36fc2f20d03803d62787b6973e360eec20a1bf3

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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)	ab3d2aa8f937f92f1954c2dd15eb24e67b91fe93e531a97c30738ae2a63e1112
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	6a5e3c6c531b3035a213b3d6464b92c24481aa23e01accc833e7ab09244760a8
Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst)	e2ce3a99fb8bfdc4b7fe517ff7bec7faac133e96db1fd06868b33a3a0b65d935

Additional and a second source of checksums can be found at our official download page. If you need further information on how to validate a release package please visit our documentation.

💆 New Contributors

• @Irata made their first contribution in #42588
• @sitecode made their first contribution in #42608
• @skillet-actual made their first contribution in #42697

🧹 What has been changed

• [4.4] check for valid referrer by @heelc29 in #42599
• Update SiteRouter.php - check $force_ssl non type safe by @sba in #42615
• [4.4] Fix parameter type for whereIn query in ExtensionsHelper - issue 42637 by @richard67 in #42638
• Define correct type for field helper doc by @laoneo in #42635
• [4.4] text not visible (error_login) by @brianteeman in #42616
• [4.4] Fix missing 'separator' lines between sub menus in Admin Components by @Irata in #42588
• Upmerge by @laoneo in #42659
• [5.0] Codemirror RTL fix in com_templates by @brianteeman in #42656
• [5.0] Is not in development by @bembelimen in #42595
• Route the redirect in the menu logout by @laoneo in #42473
• [4.4] Api test for com_menus. by @rajputanuj31 in #42563
• Language install core loader - Show Joomla Spinner on language install by @MacJoom in #42602
• Build: Create checksum_update.txt file with tags by @MacJoom in #42629
• [4.4]Added an api test for com_menus administrator. by @rajputanuj31 in #42665
• [4.4] Atom Feed: Prevent notice from empty description by @Hackwar in #42670
• [4.4] Improve Totp code input by @sitecode in #42608
• Translation Update by @joomla-translation-bot in #42669
• [5.x] Fix broken parameters for bzip2 and zstd packages in the build/build.php script by @richard67 in #42623
• [5.0] Codemirror Full Screen background by @brianteeman in #42683
• [4.4] Media Manager long filenames by @brianteeman in #42691
• [5.0] Upmerged 2024-01-22 by @bembelimen in #42696
• [5.0] Update error.php by @Razzo1987 in #42652
• [4.4]Added an api test for site menu items. by @rajputanuj31 in #42708
• [5.0] Find proper script for file uninstall by @Hackwar in #39180
• [4.4] process fields on fulltext by @brianteeman in #42744
• [#42733] Fixes menu verification check for menu types with Unicode characters by @Kubik-Rubik in #42741
• Update Nested.php to support aliasing the 'checked_out' column. by @skillet-actual in #42697
• [4.4] Smart Search: Don't search for alternative images by @Hackwar in #42725
• [4.4] Language Filter strings by @brianteeman in #42687
• [4.4] Fix strpos(): Passing null is deprecated by @Quy in #42773
• [5.0] - Fix API menus/site/items by @LadySolveig in #42782

Full Changelog: 5.0.2...5.0.3