production.
=== Configuration changes in 1.29 ===
+* Default cookie expiration time has been reduced to 30 days. Login cookie expiration time is
+ kept at 180 days.
+* A new configuration variable has been added: $wgCookieSetOnAutoblock. This
+ determines whether to set a cookie when a user is autoblocked. Doing so means
+ that a blocked user, even after logging out and moving to a new IP address,
+ will still be blocked.
+* The resetpassword right and associated password reset capture feature has
+ been removed.
=== New features in 1.29 ===
+* (T5233) A cookie can now be set when a user is autoblocked, to track that user if
+ they move to a new IP address. This is disabled by default.
=== External library changes in 1.29 ===
==== Upgraded external libraries ====
+* Updated QUnit from v1.22.0 to v1.23.1.
==== New external libraries ====
action=createaccount, action=linkaccount, and action=changeauthenticationdata
in the query string is now an error. They should be submitted in the POST
body instead.
+* The capture option for action=resetpassword has been removed
+* action=clearhasmsg now requires a POST.
=== Action API internal changes in 1.29 ===
regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
+==== No fallback for Ukrainian ====
+* (T39314) The fallback from Ukrainian to Russian was removed. The Ukrainian
+ language will now use the default fallback language: English. When a translation
+ to Ukrainian is not available, an English string will be shown.
+
=== Other changes in 1.29 ===
* Database::getSearchEngine() (deprecated in 1.28) was removed. Use
SearchEngineFactory::getSearchEngineClass() instead.
+* $wgSessionsInMemcached (deprecated in 1.20) was removed. No replacement is
+ required as all sessions are stored in Object Cache now.
== Compatibility ==