# CiviCRM 6.18.0

Released September 2, 2026;

- **[Synopsis](#synopsis)**
- **[Features](#features)**
- **[Bugs resolved](#bugs)**
- **[Miscellany](#misc)**
- **[Credits](#credits)**

| *Does this version...?*                                         |         |
|:--------------------------------------------------------------- |:-------:|
| Fix security vulnerabilities?                                   |   no    |
| **Change the database schema?**                                 | **yes** |
| **Alter the API?**                                              | **yes** |
| Require attention to configuration options?                     |   no    |
| **Fix problems installing or upgrading to a previous version?** | **yes** |
| **Introduce features?**                                         | **yes** |
| **Fix bugs?**                                                   | **yes** |

## <a name="features"></a>Features

### Core CiviCRM

- **FormBuilder - Add disabled and conditionally disabled field settings
  ([36147](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36147))**

  Adds more conditional options for formbuilder forms.

- **FormBuilder - Add ability to make fields conditionally required
  ([36134](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36134))**

  Makes it so one can configure a formbuilder field to be conditionally
  required.

- **Afform - Show form type in page title
  ([36133](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36133))**

  Improves formbuilder titles.

- **Afform - New Form Submissions Screen showing all fields
  ([36251](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36251))**

  Improves the formbuilder submission screen display.

- **Formbuilder Add markup edit toggle
  ([36354](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36354) and
  [36365](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36365))**

  Adds a markup edit toggle to the formbuilder setting form.

- **Api4 - Support portable export/import for dynamic foreign keys
  ([36338](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36338))**

  Adds support for exporting/importing entities which use dynamic foreign keys
  such as PriceSetEntity, EntityTag, Note, etc.

- **Define a currency type field for SearchKit
  ([dev/core#6547](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6547):
  [36156](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36156))**

  Defines a currency type field that can be used to control the currency of
  money fields in SearchKit.

- **SearchKit - UI for unions
  ([dev/core#6543](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6543):
  [36191](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36191))**

  Adds UI to combine multiple searches with UNION

- **SearchKit edit-in-place: size text inputs according to content
  ([35361](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35361))**

  If "In-Place Edit" is enabled on a SearchDisplay field, and the field has a
  lot of text in it, make the text input larger in edit mode so you can see more
  of the text you're editing.

- **SearchKit Conditional punctuation
  ([30179](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/30179))**

  Enables conditional punctuation in SearchKit 'rewrite' functionality.

- **SearchKit - Add labels and help text to "Settings" tab.
  ([36174](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36174))**

  Adds labels and help text to the Searchkit settings tab.

- **SearchKit: add colors column option for table displays
  ([36305](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36305))**

  Adds color options for searchkit tables columns.

- **Use compatible alterRow hook format for SearchKit Batch imports
  ([dev/core#6572](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6572):
  [36242](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36242))**

  Passes information about every entity in the import to
  CRM_Utils_Hook::importAlterMappedRow() when called with 'import' as the first
  parameter. This allows hook listeners to know which entities are being
  processed by the import.

- **SearchKit - Add "No Results" toolbar button condition
  ([36320](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36320))**

  Adds a "No Results condition" for SearchKit toolbar buttons so it only appears
  in the toolbar when the search has zero matching rows - e.g. an "Add New"
  button shown only when nothing was found.

- **SearchKit - Make "no results text" disableable  
  ([36132](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36132))**

  Makes it so one can disable the "no results text".

- **kcfinder - use normal routes
  ([444](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/444))**

  Remove the need for icky custom entrypoint scripts which are fragile in
  multi-site deployments.

- **Makes it easier to see when the tab count is zero or non-zero.
  ([36145](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36145))**

  Improves the user interface by making it easier to see when the tab count is
  0.

- **Remove compressed layout on backend new Contribution, Participant and
  Relationship (and radio fix)
  ([36149](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36149))**

  Improves user experience by removing unnecessary compressed layouts.

- **Clarify website URL input
  ([36118](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36118))**

  Updates the backend contact website field to make the expected format clearer
  for admins.

- **Add drag-and-drop ordering support for relationship types
  ([dev/core#6597](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6597):
  [36029](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36029))**

  Adds the ability to reorder relationship types using drag and drop.

- **Move smarty class to be being deployed using composer
  ([36140](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36140) and
  [36178](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36178))**

  Moves to shifting to a model of the smarty library being supplied via composer
  rather than in the packages

- **Make the home page load faster & dashboard improvements
  ([36030](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36030))**

  Improves performance on the Civi homepage.

- **Allow customizing the placeholder for EntityReference custom fields
  ([36352](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36352))**

  Makes it so one can customize the placeholder for custom fields of the type
  Entity Reference.

- **add iframe-resizer scripts to iframe extension
  ([35845](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35845))**

  Improves the iframe extension resizing.

- **AdminUI - Improve scheduled job log display
  ([36379](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36379))**

  For sites using AdminUI this improves the scheduled job log display.

- **kcfinder - add normal Civi routes for browse, upload and assets
  ([36137](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36137))**

  Removes the need for icky custom entrypoint scripts which are fragile in
  multi-site deployments.

- **add APIv3 getfields cache
  ([36287](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36287))**

  Improves performance for CiviCRM Entity.

- **Add source_record_id to Merge activities
  ([35999](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35999))**

  Adds a source_record_id to merge activities to make it easier to backtrace.

- **Update state/province names
  ([36205](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36205))**

  Updates state/province names.

### CiviCase

- **Case API: Add case_manager_id calculated field
  ([36405](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36405))**

  Makes it easier to get the case manager id in the API.

### CiviContribute

- **Sensible sort order for payments listed on a contribution
  ([36300](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36300))**

  Ensures payments on a contribution are listed by date.

### CiviEvent

- **AdminUI - Add Event Templates screen
  ([36015](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36015))**

  For sites using AdminUI this moves the Event templates screen to
  searchkit/formbuilder.

### CiviMail

- **MailingTokens - Use CRM_Core_EntityTokens
  ([36369](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36369),
  [36280](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36280),
  [36329](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36329) and
  [36380](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36380))**

  Move towards using more modern tokens for mailings tokens
  (unsubscribe, optout etc.)

- **Convert Mailing AB listing to SearchKit
  ([36070](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36070))**

  Converts the Mailing AB listing to use SearchKit.

### CiviMember

- **AdminUI - Add membership type search display
  ([36074](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36074))**

  For sites using AdminUI this moves the Membership search display to a
  formbuilder/searchkit.

### Joomla Integration

- **Joomla package bundles psr/container 2.0.2 since 6.17.0, which joomla/di
  cannot implement — CLI bootstrap dies silently and cron stops
  ([dev/joomla#67](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/joomla/-/work_items/67):
  [36594](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36594))**

  This downgrades the version of psr/container to 1.1.0 to keep compatability
  with Joomla4/5

- **Allow for checking access by Joomla User Groups (roles) as well as based on
  individual permissions
  ([35892](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35892))**

  Aims to add support for checking access based on user groups (roles) in Joomla
  as well as based on individual permissions. This would bring it up to how
  Drupal/Backdrop/WordPress work in CiviCRM

### Standalone Integration

- **add Standalone support to iframe extension
  ([35844](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35844))**

  Adds support for the iframe extension for Standalone sites.

## <a name="bugs"></a>Bugs resolved

### Core CiviCRM

- **OpenStreetMaps tiles watermarked with "API KEY REQUIRED"
  ([dev/core#6711](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6711):
  [36595](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36595))**

- **FormBuilder payments - support html in confirmation messages
  ([36601](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36601))**

  Fix rendering HTML in confirmation messages when using FormBuilder payments
  landing page.

- **Fix corruption of Riverlea stream file paths when editing
  ([36602](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36602))**

- **riverlea - fix thames darkmode leaks with user switcher
  ([36628](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36628))**

- **Escape-on-Input => Escape-on-Output
  ([dev/core#1328](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/1328):
  [36304](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36304))**

   Drops support for CIVICRM_SMARTY_DEFAULT_ESCAPE

- **Users affected by ACLs intermittently lose access to contacts
  ([dev/core#2641](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/2641):
  [36263](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36263))**

- **hooks can trigger cascading Managed reconcile
  ([dev/core#6360](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6360):
  [36175](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36175))**

- **dev/core#6569 clear rather than directly recompute routing table
  ([dev/core#6569](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6569):
  [36168](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36168))**

  6.16 is significantly slower to build than 6.13 when extensions with custom
  fields included

- **Speed issues on deleting Searches & Search Displays (especially noticeable
  during import tests)
  ([dev/core#6573](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6573):
  [36177](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36177))**

- **OAuth Session tokens are not refreshed
  ([dev/core#6582](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6582):
  [35961](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35961))**

- **SearchKit/FormBuilder generates wrong SQL for searching on FIRST(date field)
  ([dev/core#6612](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6612):
  [36171](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36171))**

- **Concurrent CRM_Core_Menu::store() rebuilds race each other: duplicate-key
  crash and a partially populated route table
  ([dev/core#6621](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6621):
  [36212](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36212))**

- **Admin footer System Status severity can remain stale after the checks change
  ([dev/core#6645](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6645):
  [36250](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36250))**

- **Administration console is now blank
  ([dev/core#6649](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6649):
  [36275](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36275))**

- **Premiums without any variations / options crashes review page before user
  can confirm and place a new membership payment
  ([dev/core#6655](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6655):
  [36375](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36375))**

- **SearchKit displays leak a form event handler and visibility poller on
  destroy ([dev/core#6669](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6669):
  [36390](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36390))**

- **utf8conversion now crashes in 6.18+ on mariadb
  ([dev/core#6684](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6684):
  [36514](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36514))**

- **Manage ACLs - page not loading anymore after updating to 6.16.x / 6.17.2
  ([dev/core#6694](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6694):
  [36535](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36535))**

- **Custom field of type integer checkboxes causes event submission to fail
  ([dev/core#6695](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6695):
  [36522](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36522))**

- **FTS - prefer contact_names to contact_name, include middle_name
  ([36552](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36552))**

- **resolve user_contact_id in searchkit conditions
  ([36565](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36565))**

- **Note - Ensure form redirect works for delete action
  ([36501](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36501))**

- **FileGetSpecProvider: Fix fetching uri
  ([36486](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36486))**

- **Note - After editing a note, redirect back to parent
  ([36495](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36495))**

- **Endure default type of Field is set for all GetFields results
  ([36473](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36473))**

- **CustomField - Fix redirect after creating new group
  ([36435](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36435))**

- **Afform - Delete obsolete docs and redundant files
  ([36269](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36269))**

- **Afform Delete obsolete Api3Ctrl
  ([36286](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36286))**

- **Afform - Fix primary key metadata in AfformBehavior API
  ([36261](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36261))**

- **Afform css, fixes regression that makes .af-layout-inline the same as
  .af-layout-cols
  ([36184](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36184))**

- **Afform - Fix live-update of token-based field defaults
  ([36439](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36439))**

- **Afform - Use portable option format by default
  ([36229](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36229))**

  Use the :name suffix by default in FormBuilder fields.

- **Use a pattern-validated expiryDate picker for Afform Payments
  ([36357](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36357))**

- **Afform Contributions - validate form model on admin save rather than user
  submit ([36167](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36167))**

- **Afform - Save contact image
  ([36326](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36326))**

- **SearchKit - Add placeholder while loading entities
  ([36020](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36020))**

- **SearchKit - Only show appropriate entities for "Combine Searches" mode
  ([36252](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36252))**

- **SearchKit - Fix missing column labels
  ([36262](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36262))**

- **SearchKit - Fix ReferenceError and overlong aliases in the function builder
  ([36391](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36391))**

- **SearchKit - Fix missing smart group config
  ([36433](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36433))**

- **SearchKit - Fit better on smaller screens
  ([36173](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36173))**

- **SearchKit - Ensure embedded subsearches are exported along with parent
  ([36131](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36131))**

- **Add unique index on name for MembershipStatus and ParticipantStatusType
  ([36409](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36409))**

- **Api4SelectQuery - Guard against NULL base table in autoJoinFK
  ([36216](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36216))**

- **APIv4 - cache API-only pseudoconstant fallback in FormattingUtil
  ([36247](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36247))**

- **APIv4 - Prevent object types in parameters
  ([36271](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36271))**

- **APIv4 - Throw exception on duplicate alias in SELECT clause
  ([36407](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36407))**

- **Use getMergedTo in civiimport when the contact has been deleted from trash
  ([36322](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36322))**

- **CRM_Core_Menu - use cache rather than whacky civicrm_menu entry for admin
  site map ([36396](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36396))**

- **fix ambiguous string handling in import
  ([35895](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35895))**

- **Fix four small JavaScript defects (listeners, wysiwyg keydown, ChartKit
  column fallback)
  ([36402](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36402))**

- **Generic Settings Form: hide contact settings
  ([36372](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36372))**

- **show primary members only as default filter
  ([36339](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36339))**

- **Api4: Fix typed properties on actions with no default throw \Error instead
  of \CRM_Core_Exception
  ([36336](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36336))**

- **Api4 - Ensure fields within functions are formatted correctly
  ([36283](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36283))**

- **Api4 Explorer - Fix linting errors
  ([36267](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36267))**

- **Api4 - Fix possible infinite recursion in getFields
  ([36249](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36249))**

- **Increase mailing.name to varchar(255)
  ([36323](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36323))**

- **System - Remove duplicate functions
  ([36327](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36327))**

- **Advanced Search - Prevent duplicates from prev/next cache affecting pager
  ([36215](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36215))**

- **Theme Editor - reinstate stream card icons
  ([36078](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36078))**

- **Expose read-only raw queue item data in API/SK
  ([36226](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36226))**

- **FormBuilder Contributions - add price field dependencies to entity sort
  ([36166](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36166))**

- **Fix EntityReference custom field "Advanced Filter" to support multiple
  values ([36344](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36344))**

- **Prevent intermittent ACL failures
  ([36228](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36228))**

- **Logging - Move exception to $exceptions array
  ([36274](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36274))**

- **Remove assigns that are done via the workflow message object
  ([36270](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36270))**

- **Ext - Remove redundant dependencies
  ([36295](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36295))**

- **SpecFormatter: Use number field for data type `Money`
  ([29768](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/29768))**

- **Use source_record_id for Contact::getMergedTo when merged contact has been
  deleted ([36290](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36290))**

- **Consolidate code for entity Task Delete forms
  ([36308](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36308))**

- **php warning for payableItemIndex
  ([36311](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36311))**

- **Cast null to '' to overpass sql return, since string as response expe…
  ([36182](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36182))**

- **ACL contact cache: use DELETE instead of TRUNCATE to avoid deadlocks
  ([36155](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36155))**

- **Backbone - Fix undefined variables
  ([36255](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36255))**

- **Remove ActivityType includes using customPHPPathDir
  ([36170](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36170) and
  [36183](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36183))**

- **Api4 - Use relative SQL dates in is_current filter
  ([36123](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36123))**

- **Api4 - Granular error tracking
  ([35966](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35966))**

  WIP to support more granular error tracking in Api4.

- **Add in AbstractScheduledJob Generic class to avoid extension owners having
  to always add runInNonProductionEnvironment to their APIv4 classes
  ([36109](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36109))**

- **CRM - Fix duplicate array keys
  ([36202](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36202))**

- **Help links should go after the label, not after the field (Work Towards:
  [dev/core#4297](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/4297):
  [36094](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36094))**

- **php warning when moving custom field to another group
  ([36158](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36158))**

- **River: multiple bootstrap dropdown/background/hover colour fixes
  ([36189](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36189))**

- **RiverLea: replaces undeclared variable with the colour value it once had
  ([36335](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36335))**

- **Riverlea: fixes undeclared/misnamed variable
  ([36337](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36337))**

- **Fix type mismatch in findMissingTokens header/footer lookup
  ([36570](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36570))**

- **fix activity standalone editing -> redirect to activity view
  ([36129](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36129))**

- **Fix fatal error when case is create from Anonymous submission
  ([36194](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36194))**

- **Fix getMaxErrorLevel()
  ([36146](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36146))**

- **Fix typo that prevents API rendering message template by ID
  ([36314](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36314))**

- **fixes to contact detail report
  ([36222](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36222))**

- **jsHint - Add undefined variable check
  ([36260](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36260))**

- **Monaco - Fix linting errors
  ([36268](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36268))**

- **Fix misc js linting errors
  ([36257](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36257))**

- **Entry.js - Fix linting errors
  ([36258](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36258))**

### CiviCase

- **CiviCase activity type sorting labels are reversed
  ([dev/core#6668](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6668):
  [36388](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36388))**

### CiviContribute

- **Default status Pending for new backoffice contributions
  ([dev/core#6606](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6606):
  [36340](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36340) and
  [36065](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36065))**

- **Emailed contribution receipts contain U+0001 (
) characters in quick-config
  line items
  ([dev/core#6665](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6665):
  [36378](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36378))**

- **Existing contribution payment page displays broken tax note when tax amount
  is zero or tax term is empty
  ([dev/core#6523](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6523):
  [35780](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35780))**

- **Checkout landing page messages ignore civi_contribute translations
 ([dev/core#6672](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6672):
 [36397](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36397))**

  Fixes the translation of Checkout landing page status messages.

- **PayPal IPN support for legacy recurring transactions not quite working
  ([dev/core#6629](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6629):
  [36179](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36179))**

- **Fix missing contact name in membership related contributions selector
  ([36419](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36419))**

- **Fix PHP notices on Invoice task form page
  ([36097](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36097))**

- **CiviReport - Fix metadata error in Contribution Detail report
  ([36203](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36203))**

- **Only expose Checkout Options for active processors
  ([](): [36163](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36163))**

- **Resolve Issue with Payment Allocation to Contribution Line Item
  ([34624](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/34624))**

- **Fix Contribution Transfer During Contact Merge
  ([35521](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35521))**

### CiviEvent

- **Garbled date in Event Registration thank you Screen
  ([dev/core#6666](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6666):
  [36382](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36382))**

- **Fix event capacity exceed bug when confirmation screen is disabled
  ([36248](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36248))**

- **Custom participant fields appear twice on participant edit screen
  ([dev/core#5442](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/5442):
  [36206](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36206))**

- **Fix default status on Find Participant form
  ([36245](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36245))**

### CiviMail

- **Additional fixes for API4 bool format for mailings
  ([36546](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36546))**
  
- **CiviMail - Update mailing get/save/delete to use Api4
  ([36284](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36284))**

- **Show tracking settings correctly in traditional mailing
  ([36545](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36545))**

- **CiviMail - Remove unused templates
  ([36110](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36110))**

- **MailingTokens - move to deprecate the legacy names, use standard functions
  ([36319](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36319))**

### CiviMember

- **Find membership broken when CiviContribute is turned off
  ([dev/core#6581](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6581):
  [36294](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36294))**

- **Stop assigning BillingName to membership_offline_receipt
  ([36277](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36277))**

- **Fix failure to add num_membership_terms to line item
  ([36236](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36236))**

- **Stop assigning receipt_date in MemberRenewal
  ([36264](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36264))**

- **Add weights on membership view page
  ([36412](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36412))**

- **Membership - Fix linting errors
  ([36259](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36259))**

- **Fix notices, errant icon in membership view
  ([36411](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36411))**

- **Fix membership_id too
  ([36413](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36413))**

### Backdrop Integration

- **civicrm not installing in multisite setting for backdrop
  ([dev/core#6085](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6085):
  [33569](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/33569))**

### Drupal Integration

- **CRM_Member_BAO_Membership::updateAllMembershipStatus no longer returns
  contact_id in hook_civicrm_post
  ([dev/core#5951](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/5951):
  [691](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/691))**

  Addresses the possibility that contact_id may not be passed to hook

- **Drupal 11+ Claro sidemenu offset
  ([36185](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36185))**

### Joomla Integration

- **Fix for dropdown menu link color illegibility in Joomla
  ([36467](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36467))**

### Standalone Integration

- **Upgrade issues with Standalone
  ([dev/core#6565](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/work_items/6565):
  [36296](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36296))**

- **Standalone - Add unique index on 'name' for Role entity
  ([36410](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36410))**

- **Standalone - Remove redundant "Home" breadcrumb
  ([36281](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36281))**

- **Standalone: change empty password
  ([36141](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36141))**

### WordPress Integration

- **Yoast SEO uses base page URL for Open Graph
  ([dev/wordpress#165](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/work_items/165):
  [368](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/368))**

## <a name="misc"></a>Miscellany

- **Extract shared mailing report columns and logic into
  CRM_Report_Form_Mailing_Base
  ([36321](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36321))**

- **Deprecate some fairly pointless functions only called from deprecated code
  ([36317](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36317))**

- **Copy replaceSubscribeInviteTokens to only caller, deprecate
  ([36366](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36366))**

- **Use token processor within (deprecated)
  `CRM_Utils_Token::replaceMailingTokens`
  ([36315](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36315))**

- **Deprecate legacy extension type managers
  ([36227](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36227))**

- **Add deprecation warning to token functions unused in core
  ([36361](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36361))**

- **github actions checkout v4 is deprecated
  ([36210](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36210))**

- **Oauth Extension - Modernize js
  ([36288](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36288))**

- **Composer - minor udpate to polyfills
  ([36138](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36138))**

- **PR Commands: Switch from App Token to PR_COMMANDS_PAT
  ([36244](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36244))**

- **PR Commands: Map App ID secret to env for if condition
  ([36243](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36243))**

- **PR Commands: Authenticate using civibot App Token if configured
  ([36241](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36241))**

- **PR Commands: Skip rebase if not needed
  ([36127](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36127))**

- **PR-Commands - Fix multi-line comment parsing
  ([36403](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36403))**

- **PRCommands - Fix the `/port` command to work on merged PRs
  ([36142](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36142))**

- **Update Karma to latest released version
  ([36349](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36349))**

- **Bump ws, engine.io and socket.io-adapter
  ([36187](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36187))**

- **Update Smarty to 5.8.4
  ([36452](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36452))**

- **Api4 - Add test for EntitySet group-by functionality
  ([36119](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36119))**

- **Remove CRM_Utils_Token::replaceWelcomeTokens() - deprecated since 5.65
  ([36221](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36221))**

- **remove outdated check for multilingual logging
  ([36218](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36218))**

- **Delete obsolete EFv1 code
  ([36148](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36148))**

- **Remove deprecated class, not found in universe
  CRM/Contact/Form/Task/LabelCommon.php
  ([36367](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36367))**

- **Remove fallback call to conf_init from drupal 6
  ([696](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/696))**

- **Per code comment, remove some noisily deprecated variable assigned to
  offline_membership_receipt
  ([36233](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36233) and
  [36238](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36238))**

- **Remove deprecated function with no universe callers
  ([36316](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36316))**

- **Remove calls from deprecated drupal7 civicrm_rules to deprecated
  CRM_Utils_Token functions
  ([698](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/698))**

- **Api3 - Remove redundant unit tests
  ([36201](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36201))**

- **Replace deprecated variable
  ([36266](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36266))**

- **Use API4 instead of API3 to pre-create memberships in tests so that we avoid
  creating unnecessary financial items if we don't need them
  ([35702](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/35702))**

- **Remove legacy way of getting table names
  ([36302](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36302))**

- **Remove calls to legacy function replaceMailingTokens from Event unsubscribe
  ([36368](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36368))**

- **Remove call to (deprecated) CRM_Utils_Token::replaceMailingTokens in D7
  rules module ([697](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/697))**

- **Remove call to (deprecated) CRM_Utils_Token::replaceMailingTokens
  ([203](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-backdrop/pull/203))**

- **Remove obsolete folder, `_ORIGINAL_/Smarty`
  ([447](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/447))**

- **Remove unused code from token replacement
  ([36360](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36360))**

- **Remove support for civicrmHooks.php
  ([36169](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36169))**

- **Remove smarty5 as provided by composer now
  ([445](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/pull/445))**

- **[REF] - Remove redundant addDefaultButtons()
  ([36318](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36318))**

- **[REF] Fix empty link accessibility issues in nav menu by setting screen
  ([30682](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/30682))**

- **[REF] Cleanup duplicate code blocks in CodeGen
  ([36204](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36204))**

- **[REF] streamline AfformEntitySortEvent
  ([36161](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36161))**

- **[REF] Accessibility fixes to search kit listing pages
  ([30748](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/30748))**

- **[REF] Fix Accessibility issues with using single email / email to 50
  contacts action
  ([30691](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/30691))**

- **APIv4 - Add SearchSegment test for CONTAINS operator
  ([36272](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36272))**

- **Add unit test coverage for RelationshipCache::rebuild
  ([36200](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36200))**

- **test - EntitySetUnion with joins inside each set
  ([36172](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36172))**

- **Add unit test coverage for PaymentProcessor::refund
  ([36198](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36198))**

- **Add unit test coverage for WorkflowMessage::getTemplateFields
  ([36199](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36199))**

- **UnitTests - Cleanup duplicate/unused code
  ([36386](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36386))**

- **Fix more Membership Form Tests to work with full form flow
  ([36240](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36240))**

- **Fix Membership Form Tests to work with full form flow
  ([36239](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36239))**

- **EntityTypes mixin v2 - Add basic unit test
  ([29782](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/29782))**

- **Add initial Unsubscribe test
  ([36303](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36303))**

- **[NFC] remove copypasta comment
  ([36164](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36164))**

- **Cleanup - Remove redundant break after return statements
  ([36153](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36153))**

- **Cleanup - Remove unreachable return statement
  ([36152](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36152))**

- **Cleanup - Remove unreachable return after throw statements
  ([36151](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36151))**

- **Cleanup - Refactor out calls to deprecated CRM_Utils_Array::value
  ([36392](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36392))**

- **Code cleanup - Remove duplicate semicolons
  ([36150](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36150))**

- **Add Jonathan Dahan to contributor-key.yml
  ([36398](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/36398))**

## <a name="credits"></a>Credits

This release was developed by the following code authors:

AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin; Andy Burns; Benjamin W; Buildkite - Angus
Fretwell; Circle Interactive - Pradeep Nayak; civico GmbH - Johannes Filter;
CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma, Klaas Eikelboom; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Tim Otten;
CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; civiservice.de GmbH - Torben Bertram; Colored Cow -
Tarun Joshi; CompuCo - Muhammad Shahrukh; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy;
CSES (Chelmsford Science and Engineering Society) - Adam Wood; Dave D;
Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; Jakub Fidler; JMA Consulting - Monish
Deb, Seamus Lee; Jonathan Dahan; Lemniscus - Noah Miller; marcelocompucorp;
Marvin Müller; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting -
Matthew Wire; Nicol Wistreich; Richard van Oosterhout; Robert Garrigos;
Ryan Morash; Skvare - Mark Hanna; Squiffle Consulting - Aidan Saunders;
sushant-cividesk; SYSTOPIA - Dominic Tubach; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen
McNaughton, Lars Sander-Green, Wenjun Fan

Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following
reviewers contributed their comments:

All In Appli.com - Guillaume Sorel; Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Christian Wach;
CiviCoop - Erik Hommel; Coop SymbioTIC - Shane Bill; eeprom-foo; Fuzion - Luke
Stewart, Toby Messerli; hiSandog; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie
McClelland; Richard Baugh; Ruza Solutions - Rose; Skvare - Sunil Pawar;
SYSTOPIA - Jens Schuppe; Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano;