joomla/joomla-cms 5.4.2-rc1

Joomla! 5.4.2 Release Candidate 1

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👀 Release information

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

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💆 New Contributors

• @ThomasFinnern made their first contribution in #46462
• @filipores made their first contribution in #44437
• @Technicalleigh made their first contribution in #45592
• @aniket190705 made their first contribution in #46529

🧹 What has been changed

• [5.4] Docs: Add a PR targeting section to the README by @LadySolveig in #46471
• [5.4] Fix static getTemplate call in mail template by @bembelimen in #46448
• [5.4] php 8.4 fputcsv by @brianteeman in #46423
• [5.4] php 8.5 version check by @brianteeman in #46480
• [5.4]remove last uses of jtext by @brianteeman in #46473
• [5.4] [webservices] Fix API config component route: Component with numbers in name … 404 by @ThomasFinnern in #46462
• [5.4] Fix for envelope-from & return path alignment with From in MailTemplateFactory by @TLWebdesign in #46431
• [5.4] Fix condition to check request format in MenusHelper - deprecation warning by @MacJoom in #46341
• [5.4] success / message type not mapped to SymfonyStyle in ConsoleApplication by @brbrbr in #43739
• [5.4] autum dark-mode - remove border from sidebar wrapper and add box-shadow by @LadySolveig in #43202
• [5.4] NPM audit fix security vulnerabilities in indirect development dependencies 2025-11-26 by @richard67 in #46502
• [#43528] [5.4] Smart Search: Fix taxonomy filter overwriting when titles are identical - fix issue #43528 by @filipores in #44437
• [5.4] Do not load articles in blog layout if configured by @joomdonation in #46542
• [5.4] Add php 8.5 to unit and integration tests by @HLeithner in #46223
• [5.4] Fix regex in DocumentRenderer.php by @Technicalleigh in #45592
• [5.4] Load extension language for Action Logs - Latest module by @joomdonation in #46540
• [5.4] fix plg_quickicon_eos snooze function by @heelc29 in #46573
• [5.4] Fix MySql 8 error "Illegal argument to a regular expression." in banners model by @beni71 in #46547
• [5.4] NPM audit fix security vulnerabilities in indirect development dependencies 2025-12-13 by @richard67 in #46571
• [5.4] fix task notification for updated Joomla versions (prior 5.3) by @heelc29 in #45497
• [5.4] Expose finalization errors in autoupdate API response by @SniperSister in #46493
• [5.4] Remove unnecessary $this->setError('') by @Hackwar in #46527
• [5.4] NPM audit fix security vulnerabilities in development dependencies 2025-12-19 by @richard67 in #46590
• [5.4] Remove the link to skin creator in TinyMCE by @chmst in #46583
• [5.4] Fix subform field dropdown showing current field (Fixes #46214) by @aniket190705 in #46529

Full Changelog: 5.4.1...5.4.2-rc1

Thank you to all the testers who help us maintain high quality standards and deliver a robust product.
In this release they were @alikon (4), @AndySDH (1), @Bodge-IT (1), @brianteeman (4), @ceford (1), @chmst (3), @dautrich (2), @degobbis (1), @dmb0058 (1), @exlemor (7), @hans2103 (1), @hendrikbehncke (1), @KasperHeuer (1), @laoneo (1), @MacJoom (1), @michaelmaass (1), @muhme (9), @richard67 (3), @RickR2H (2), @ThomasFinnern (3) and @TLWebdesign (2).