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@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ production.
 * The deprecated $wgEditEncoding variable has been removed; it was only used
   for Esperanto language character conversion. You are now recommended to use
   input methods provided by the UniversalLanguageSelector extension.
+* When $wgPingback is true, MediaWiki will periodically ping
+  https://www.mediawiki.org/beacon with basic information about the local
+  MediaWiki installation.  This data includes, for example, the type of system,
+  PHP version, and chosen database backend. This behavior is off by default.
 
 === New features in 1.28 ===
 * User::isBot() method for checking if an account is a bot role account.
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ production.
 * Added a new hook, 'UploadVerifyUpload', which can be used to reject a file
   upload. Unlike 'UploadVerifyFile' it provides information about upload comment
   and the file description page, but does not run for uploads to stash.
+* (T141604) Extensions can now provide a better error message when their
+  maintenance scripts are run without the extension being installed.
 
 === External library changes in 1.28 ===
 
@@ -45,6 +51,13 @@ production.
 === Bug fixes in 1.28 ===
 
 === Action API changes in 1.28 ===
+* Added 'maxarticlesize' property to action=query&meta=siteinfo which contains
+  the value of $wgMaxArticleSize.
+* Property 'modulemessages' from action=parse&prop=modules was removed
+  (deprecated since 1.26).
+* The following response properties from action=login, deprecated in 1.27, are
+  now removed: lgtoken, cookieprefix, sessionid. Clients should handle cookies
+  to properly manage session state.
 
 === Action API internal changes in 1.28 ===
 * Added a new hook, 'ApiMakeParserOptions', to allow extensions to better
@@ -67,6 +80,18 @@ changes to languages because of Phabricator reports.
   use or update a custom session provider if needed.
 * Deprecated APIEditBeforeSave hook in favor of EditFilterMergedContent.
 * The 'UploadVerification' hook is deprecated. Use 'UploadVerifyFile' instead.
+* SiteConfiguration::isLocalVHost() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
+* The 'UserLoginComplete' hook has a new parameter to differentiate between actual
+  login and visiting the login page while already logged in.
+* ResourceLoader::makeLoaderURL() was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
+* $.fn.liveAndTestAtStart was removed (deprecated since 1.24).
+* Linker::link() and Linker::linkKnown() were deprecated; please instead use
+  MediaWiki\Linker\LinkRenderer. In addition, the LinkBegin and LinkEnd hooks
+  were replaced by HtmlPageLinkRendererBegin and HtmlPageLinkRendererEnd
+  respectively. See docs/hooks.txt for the specific changes needed for those hooks.
+* The 'ParserLimitReportFormat' hook was removed.
+* Disabled "bug 2702" HTML tidying of parsed UI messages on wikis where Tidy is
+  disabled.
 
 == Compatibility ==