Moodle 4.2.2 is now available. This release includes improvements and bug and security fixes.

Moodle 4.2.2 LMS is the world’s most trusted open-source learning management system (LMS). It delivers a powerful set of learner-centric tools to build a collaborative learning environment that empowers both teaching and learning.

Moodle 4.2.2 Changelog

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.

Bug fixes

•  MDL-78618 – Very poor performance on my/courses.php
• MDL-77591 – Assignment feedback files upload is broken for group assignments
• MDL-76174 – Performance impact on course_overview block and my/courses.php
• MDL-71133 – Grade decimals are missing prior to the release of grades when using the marking workflow
• MDL-64648 – Course Manual enrolment instance “Notify before enrolment expires” setting does not default correctly
• MDL-75115 – RTL tooltip arrow direction
• MDL-75047 – Revert flipping help icon direction in right-to-left languages
• MDL-63120 – Badges cron task fails because of a join over +61 tables
• MDL-78485 – TinyMCE does not allow insertion of script tags
• MDL-78056 – Incorrect Attempts Report H5P Core – Fill in the Blanks
• MDL-78488 – Question bank statistics still being pulled/loaded when associated columns disabled
• MDL-78297 – Deprecated capabilities feature puts high pressure on caches
• MDL-76840 – Displayed remaining time does not take into account granted extensions
• MDL-69983 – Asynchronous course backups should be stored in user backup area
• MDL-77817 – TinyMCE editor display bug with overlay for source code and small displays
• MDL-77865 – Quiz question drag and drop text fails after clicking (not dragging) 2 answers
• MDL-78313 – admin/blocks.php database query fails to load on large dataset
• MDL-77375 – Dropdowns are being overlapped by their parent containers
• MDL-77525 – Add text filtering stages
• MDL-74893 – Auto-Login as Guest Doesn’t Work Unless Button is Enabled
• MDL-78492 – AWS Aurora MySQL does not support COMPRESSED row format
• MDL-73213 – Dropdown value cleared when opening and closing without change
• MDL-77378 – Cloze question where all subquestions have zero weight cause Division by zero errors
• MDL-77679 – Drag and drop question type drag and drop duplicating available options
• MDL-78674 – Moving Activity in Calendar to another date does not reflect new date on Activity view page
• MDL-78237 – TinyMCE: Source code modal offset
• MDL-78391 – RecordRTC Safari not working (A variety of related bugs)
• MDL-78642 – Unexpected return type error in assignment when portfolios are enabled
• MDL-77873 – Style the quiz edit question number inplace editable as the points inplace editable
• MDL-78066 – LTI Advantage content selection error when workshop or other multi-grade-item activities are present
• MDL-75195 – Missing supportemail field on Moodle install_database.php
• MDL-76757 – Cannot easily delete all versions of a question
• MDL-77224 – Attempts should be removed when H5P activity is deleted from a course
• MDL-78435 – Force error/warning when Moodle assignment start and due date are identical
• MDL-78632 – Add missing yaml filetype
• MDL-78622 – Add question to quiz query has wrong join on mdl_question_references causing performance issues
• MDL-75359 – Numeric aggregation in report builder does not work on ‘checkbox’ user profile fields
• MDL-78644 – Favicon doesn’t support .ico format
• MDL-78704 – Activity dates string should render raw un-escaped HTML
• MDL-77180 – Support multilang for custom field category names
• MDL-78263 – Airnotifier notification name shouldn’t be removed when encryption is enabled
• MDL-77645 – Course Editor JS error when student tries to access course while enrolment method is disabled
• MDL-78484 – Accessibility: enable checkbox comes after the date picker in tab order
• MDL-75937 – Frontpage settings incorrectly display config.php
• MDL-76445 – The zero state flow in the gradebook reports causes usability issues
• MDL-78018 – Assignment – support multilanguage group names on ‘view all submissions page’
• MDL-78564 – Student unable to submit assignment when the Submission statement is empty but set to required
• MDL-78460 – Broken HTML coding in Forum timed posts modal
• MDL-76319 – Add missing continue button after CSV grades import error
• MDL-76661 – Warnings on the BigBlueButton index page
• MDL-78742 – Show activity dates default not respected during course upload
• MDL-78172 – Multilang filter is not applied in forum groups
• MDL-74824 – Custom change password URL is not included in login notification messages
• MDL-77396 – Wiki print preview page should not use the site’s background image
• MDL-78676 – Database activity allows save without any activity completion rule selected
• MDL-78715 – The action menu on payments accounts screen gets overlapped by the layout
• MDL-78071 – Cohort action menu should not be added for managed cohorts
• MDL-78377 – Pagination doesn’t work properly when we change group not on first page in pagination on grader report
• MDL-78443 – Error shown to site admins on the app when not enrolled in any courses
• MDL-78216 – Grader report overall average row is cut-off when scrolling
• MDL-77993 – No navigation item to go to Detailed Statistics report for lesson report in classic theme
• MDL-78350 – core/dynamic_tabs JS is trying to add JS within JS
• MDL-78055 – Deprecated: function_exists(): Passing null to parameter of type string when building CSS (PHP 8.1)
• MDL-78461 – Plagiarism plugin settings links broken on plugins overview page

Improvements

•  MDL-77690 – Heading hierarchy skips one level
• MDL-76046 – Secondary navigation can overflow on smaller screens
• MDL-78542 – mod_url link texts are shown as URL instead of a human-readable text
• MDL-76673 – Accessibility checker giving colour contrast error on <ol>
• MDL-78556 – flexible_table should support caption tag for table caption
• MDL-78550 – HTML validator errors on the gradebook setup page

Security

•  MDL-67852 – Security overview report shows critical warning for “Default role for all users” with default requestdelete config
• MDL-78714 – Disable client-side TinyMCE DOM Purification
• A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.

Although updates are tested, you’re always encouraged to backup your files before patching.

Tags: Educational, Learning Management Systems, LMS, Softaculous

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