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👀 Release information

• 💁 14++ contributors
• 🧰 39++ Pull Requests has been merged
• ⬆️ New migration guide
• 📖 New developer documentation
• 🌎 Release page
• 👀 Full Changelog

🚀 Download information

[!NOTE]
Userfacing information about this Joomla! release can be found on the release page

🔥 Installation Packages

| New Joomla! Installations | SHA-256 Checksums |
|---------------------------|-------------------|
| ZIP Archive (.zip) | 6245d4ff736a7fe0f4391bebe6793c038081d09646a113617831f9b8086806a0 |
| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | 105fb24c995074f0acf9b7a2c82e9daa83cf4f1949e74acc5d51d859c7512100 |
| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | bce253c11666d70994877d3e4e82921acabcde3557598a822819a12d0e3e8827 |

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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) | b477078fd86598275af286e3db0a368159f2856a000d5973de6bf47e1df718ea |
| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | a5c6c5d8ad661486ff1eabf011de45bffce9b14956af6d4112184a4d006548d1 |
| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | 6c98f86286469c08dcce5b0ccc727f4dc19d46bf43a9a81e3d791de15c7bfe3a |

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

• @CSGoat0 made their first contribution in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47586
• @mateeaaa made their first contribution in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47533
• @ankushx01-dev made their first contribution in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47307

🧹 What has been changed

• [5.4] Attachments are a list of objects by @laoneo in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47565
• [5.4] Prevent misleading save failure when mail notification fails by @krishnagandhicode in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47413
• [5.4] Improve substring search in Fancy Select by @adarshdubey03 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47423
• [5.4] Update docs about branches after 6.1.0 stable by @richard67 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47624
• [5.4] Fix deletion of update archive after core autoupdate by @SniperSister in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47590
• [5.4] Missing table column header [a11y] by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47644
• [5.4] Fix RTL toolbar dropdown alignment in admin by @krishnagandhicode in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47650
• [5.4] Replace tags when converting from html to plain body by @laoneo in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47604
• [5.4] Correct aria-posinset to start from 1 [a11y] by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47642
• [5.4] Backport: Add translate format so that the last check time of the auto updater is actually shown by @zero-24 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47616
• [5.4]Language Installation Info [a11y] by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47653
• [5.4] Move mod_menu language load after client_id resolution in ItemsModel by @krishnagandhicode in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47697
• [5.4] Fix Category Custom Fields Loading by @CSGoat0 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47586
• [5.4] Light mode: dismiss button by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47729
• [5.4] Child template name check only template type by @alikon in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47731
• [5.4] Fix ECB mode validation typo in OpenSSL AES adapter and align related docs by @mateeaaa in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47533
• [5.4] [cypress] add filter articles published/unpublished test by @alikon in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46886
• [5.4] Add system test for cache cleaning command by @alikon in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47555
• [5.4] Add system test for console command scheduler by @alikon in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47556
• [5.4] Add system test for tests for custom fields in content by @alikon in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47712
• [5.4] Update phpMyAdmin version to latest in codespaces by @alikon in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47254
• [5.4] Add missing page parameter to contentEventArguments - Article Module by @LadySolveig in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47476
• [5.4] Fix incorrect bind parameter key in Category HTML helper by @janschoenherr in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47480
• [5.4] Bug fix : incorrect error thrown while renaming file by @hiteshm0 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/45145
• [5.4] Fix accessibility issue with Back-to-Top link by @ankushx01-dev in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47307
• [5.4] Remove unused reference to webasset by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47401
• [5.4] Fix Article Version Preview For Authors by @CSGoat0 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47735
• [5.4] Add integration tests for listing extensions by type by @alikon in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47610

Full Changelog: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/compare/5.4.5...5.4.6

:technologist: Test contributions

Thank you to all the testers who help us maintain high quality standards and deliver a robust product.

In this release they were @adarshdubey03 (6), @alikon (3), @brianteeman (6), @chmst (2), @ChristineWk (1), @CSGoat0 (1)
@dautrich (1), @exlemor (6), @Hackwar (1), @JLTRY (1), @joomdonation (2), @krishnagandhicode (10), @MacJoom (1), @muhme (1)
@QuyTon (2), @ramalama (1), @richard67 (2), @tecpromotion (2) and @ThomasFinnern (5).