Moodle LMS 3.8.6
9 November 2020
Moodle LMS version 3.8.6 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to Moodle LMS 3.8.6
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What's New in Moodle LMS 3.8.6
General fixes and improvements
- Atto Equation Editor Symbols missing
- Messaging breaks when "Personal messages between users" is disabled
- Attempting to grade forums outside of their display period causes invalid response value error
- Timed/Scheduled Posts are displaying create/modified time instead of release time
- Competencies count always 0 in competencyframeworks
- Incorrect 'allcountrycodes' field prevents country selection during registration
- Fix Course gradebook slow query due to cross join on full user table (backport of MDL-69190)
- Cohort sync dropdown contains redundant entries
- 'Delete picture' checkbox deletes also the new profile picture when editing profile
- Add option to show only contributed plugins in uninstall script (backport of MDL-69260)
- Forum inline reply does not use formchangechecker
- Grader report doesn't show an error message when an invalid grade is entered in AJAX mode
- Restoring a feedback activity doesn't restore item dependency
- Forced $CFG config checkbox, select, textarea are not disabled in GUI
- Changing notification email format fails if messaging is disabled
- Locking invisible quiz in gradebook setup makes it visible (but only on gradebook setup page)
- Database activity shows the comments option even if comments are disabled at site level
Accessibility improvements
- Quiz navigation buttons use part of btn-secondary styles, can disappear
- Invalid role attribute in the label for the "Clear my choice" option
- Colour contrast issues in quiz
- Login form: "Log in using your account on:" should be h3, not h6
- Insufficient colour contrast between form control borders and background
- Missing labels in restore page
For developers
- Travis: Start sending e-mail notifications
Security improvements
- admin/modules.php exposes CSRF token (sesskey) in url
- User preferences not removed when tours are deleted
- Editing a block exposes the CSRF token (sesskey) in the url
Security fixes
- Details of any security issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.