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CiviCRM 5.44 Release

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2021-12-02 04:00
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CiviCRM version 5.44.0 is now out and ready to download. This is a regular monthly release.

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Users of the CiviCRM Extended Security Releases (ESR) do not need to upgrade, as there are no ESR-specific bug-fixes or security issues at the moment. The current version of ESR is CiviCRM 5.39.x.

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What's new in CiviCRM 5.44

This version changes the database schema, has changes to the API, as well as the usual bugfixes and minor feature improvements.

  • Contact Dedupe/Merge: Makes it possible to distinguish between core and custom fields on the Find and Merge Duplicate Contacts page (dev/core#2766: 21728)
  • Tokens: Standardizes Token usage token usage (dev/core#2864: 21428, 21605, 21713, 21584, 21523, 21706, 21806, 21821, 21530, 21537, and 21913), Adds new token {domain.now|crmDate} that provides the current date (21531)
  • Activity Import: Prepend custom group title to custom fields (21318)
  • Afform: Accept default field values from the url (21606)
  • SearchKit: Adds is_primary as a default SearchKit filter (dev/core#2852: 21574), Add UI for arithmetic equations (21600), Add pseudo-fields for row number and current user (21435), Support custom fields in bridge join entities (21424), Filter search listing by creator (21388), enable tags for Saved Searches (21376), Add 'array' option to download API (21363), Sortable column fixes/improvements (21720 and 21894)
  • Message Templates: new core extension "message_admin" is now included in the build, but is currently hidden and not enabled by default.
  • Api4: Add Contact.age_years extra field to make age calculations easy (21718), Add support for sql equations (21551), Add Survey and PrintLabel entities (21500)
  • As usual, a ton of tiny tweaks and fixes that make CiviCRM more fun to use, and the source code more entertaining to read and improve. This humble editor often struggles to decide what is relevant to include in the above short summary. Feel free to give us a shout on the CiviCRM chat.
Read the full release notes

Big thanks to Andie Hunt and Alice Frumin from AGH Strategies for putting up together release notes. Planning a big upgrade? Check out the version-specific upgrade tasks.

This release was developed by the following code authors:

AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin, Andie Hunt; Agileware - Francis Whittle, Justin Freeman; BrightMinded Ltd - Bradley Taylor; Christian Wach; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Tim Otten; CiviDesk - Yashodha Chaku; Dave D; Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; Fuzion - Jitendra Purohit; Jens Schuppe; JMA Consulting - Seamus Lee; Maria; Megaphone Technology Consulting - Jon Goldberg; MJW Consulting - Matthew Wire; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Skvare - Sunil Pawar; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton.

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

Artful Robot - Rich Lott; Australian Greens - John Twyman; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy; Fuzion - Peter Davis; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb; Semper IT - Karin Gerritsen; Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano; Third Sector Design - Kurund Jalmi.

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