MediaWiki 1.26, in where ResourceLoader became fully asynchronous.
* $wgMasterWaitTimeout was removed (deprecated in 1.24).
* Fields in ParserOptions are now private. Use the accessors instead.
+* Custom LESS functions (defined via $wgResourceLoaderLESSFunctions)
+ have been removed, after being deprecated in 1.24.
+* $wgAlwaysUseTidy has been removed.
=== New features in 1.26 ===
* (T51506) Now action=info gives estimates of actual watchers for a page.
sometimes being numerically-indexed objects with formatversion=2.
* When errors about users being blocked are returned, they now include
information about the relevant block.
+* (T99926) list=random has higher limits, in line with other API modules.
+* list=random's rnredirect parameter is deprecated in favor of a new
+ rnfilterredir parameter that also allows for listing both redirects and
+ non-redirects.
+* list=random now supports continuation.
+* API responses to GET requests may now include ETag and Last-Modified headers,
+ and will honor corresponding If-None-Match and If-Modified-Since on such
+ requests.
=== Action API internal changes in 1.26 ===
* New metadata item ApiResult::META_KVP_MERGE to allow for merging the KVP key
into the value when the value is an assoc.
+* API action modules may now provide values for the RFC 7232 ETag and
+ Last-Modified headers. The API will check these against If-None-Match and
+ If-Modified-Since request headers on GET requests and avoid executing the
+ module when appropriate.
=== Languages updated in 1.26 ===
* ChangeTags::tagDescription() will return false if the interface message
for the tag is disabled.
* Added PageHistoryPager::doBatchLookups hook.
+* Added $wikiId parameter to FormatAutocomments hook.
* Added ParserCacheSaveComplete to ParserCache
* supportsDirectEditing and supportsDirectApiEditing methods added to
ContentHandler, to provide a way for ApiEditPage and EditPage to check
a lengthy deprecation period.
* The ScopedPHPTimeout class was removed.
* Removed maintenance script fixSlaveDesync.php.
+* Watchlist tokens, SpecialResetTokens, and User::getTokenFromOption()
+ are deprecated. Applications using those can work via the OAuth
+ extension instead. New tokens types should not be added.
+* DatabaseBase::errorCount() was removed (unused).
== Compatibility ==