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@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ production.
 === Configuration changes in 1.23 ===
 * When $wgJobRunRate is higher that zero, jobs are now executed via an
   asynchronous HTTP request to a MediaWiki entry point. This may require
-  increasing the number of server worker threads.
+  increasing the number of server worker threads. $wgRunJobsAsync has been
+  added to disable this feature if needed, falling back to executing the job
+  on the same process but making the execution synchronously.
 * $wgDebugLogGroups values may be set to an associative array with a
   'destination' key specifying the log destination. The array may also contain
   a 'sample' key with a positive integer value N indicating that the log group
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ production.
 * $wgLicenseTerms has been removed as it was unused.
 * $wgProfileOnly is now deprecated; set the log file in
   $wgDebugLogGroups['profileoutput'] to replace it.
+* $wgMaxBacklinksInvalidate was removed; use $wgJobBackoffThrottling instead
+* Deprecated ResourceLoaderGetStartupModules hook.
 
 === New features in 1.23 ===
 * ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
@@ -136,12 +140,19 @@ production.
   installer has been updated to use it.
 * Changes to content typography (fonts, line-height, etc.). See
   https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh for further information.
+* The Vector skin's visual treatment of external links has been simplified to a
+  single icon (from nine). This should not affect local rules unless they were
+  re-using these icons, which have now been deleted.
 * ResourceLoader: mw.loader.using() now implements a Promise interface.
 * Add new hook ChangesListInitRows accessed via ChangesList::initChangesListRows.
   If called by the ChangesList consumer this gives extensions a chance to batch
   process the result set prior to rendering.
 * A PoolCounterRedis class was added which can be make use of in $wgPoolCounterConf.
   This requires at least one Redis 2.6+ server.
+* $wgProfileToDatabase was removed. Set $wgProfiler to ProfilerSimpleDB
+  in StartProfiler.php instead of using this.
+* (bug 63444) Made it possible to change the indent string (default: 4 spaces)
+  used by FormatJson::encode().
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.23 ===
 * (bug 41759) The "updated since last visit" markers (on history pages, recent
@@ -242,6 +253,8 @@ production.
   included in all searches.
 * Added list=prefixsearch that works like action=opensearch but can be used as
   a generator.
+* (bug 24782) Various modules will now use unique continuation parameters.
+* (bug 63249) Cache RecentChanges Atom feed in varnish for 15 seconds.
 
 === Languages updated in 1.23 ===
 
@@ -328,6 +341,17 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * Special:Search no longer has an "include redirects" option on the advanced
   tab. Redirects are now included in all searches.
 * mediawiki.api.category's getCategories() 'async' parameter was deprecated.
+* The locations of resources have been split between upstream libraries, now in
+  resources/lib/, local libaries in resources/src/, and local forks of upstream
+  libraries, also in resources/src/.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: The automatically-generated function closure with which
+  ResourceLoader wraps all modules' JavaScript code now binds the identifier
+  names 'jQuery' and '$' to the jQuery object of the version of jQuery that is
+  bundled with MediaWiki. If you bind these names to other objects in global
+  scope (like Zepto.js or document.querySelectorAll, for example) you will need
+  to use different names to or re-bind them at the top of each
+  ResourceLoader-loaded module.
+* (bug 52342) Preference "Remember my login" was removed.
 
 ==== Removed classes ====
 * FakeMemCachedClient (deprecated in 1.18)