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@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ MediaWiki 1.28 is an alpha-quality branch and is not recommended for use in
 production.
 
 === Configuration changes in 1.28 ===
+* BREAKING CHANGE: $wgHTTPProxy is now *required* for all external requests
+  made by MediaWiki via a proxy. Relying on the http_proxy environment
+  variable is no longer supported.
 * The load.php entry point now enforces the existing policy of not allowing
   access to session data, which includes the session user and the session
   user's language. If such access is attempted, an exception will be thrown.
@@ -19,6 +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.
@@ -29,6 +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 ===
 
@@ -42,6 +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
@@ -64,6 +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 ==