I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki 1.43.8, 1.44.5 and 1.45.3!
This release primarily serves as a security and maintenance release for thes branches.
It fixes a mixture of backport issues, and drops some tests in AbuseFilter on REL1_43 and REL1_44 that wouldn't pass CI on PHP 8.1. Localisation updates for REL1_44 have been included as per the daily process that runs.
The tarballs have already been uploaded as of this email, and the git tag has been pushed.
Reports of bugs with PHP 8.0 to 8.5 support are particularly welcome, and fixes will be backported when possible. If you find issues that haven't been backported, please report these too, referring to the relevant supported release.
PHP 8.x workboards: * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/php_8.0_support/ * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/php_8.1_support/ * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/php_8.2_support/ * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/php_8.3_support/ * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/php_8.4_support/ * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/php_8.5_support/
As a reminder, MediaWiki 1.39 became EOL in December 2025 and MediaWiki 1.42 became EOL in June 2025.
== Release notes ==
Full release notes for 1.43.7: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_43/RELEASE-NOTES-... https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.43
Full release notes for 1.44.4: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_44/RELEASE-NOTES-... https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.44
Full release notes for 1.45.2: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_45/RELEASE-NOTES-... https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.45
For information about how to upgrade, see < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading%3E
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Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-core-1.43.8.tar.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-core-1.43.8.zip
Patch to previous version (1.43.7): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-1.43.8.patch.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-1.43.8.patch.zip
GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-core-1.43.8.tar.gz.s... https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-core-1.43.8.zip.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-1.43.8.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-1.43.8.zip.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-1.43.8.patch.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-1.43.8.patch.zip.sig
Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html
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Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.5.tar.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.5.zip
Patch to previous version (1.44.4): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.5.patch.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.5.patch.zip
GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.5.tar.gz.s... https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-core-1.44.5.zip.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.5.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.5.zip.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.5.patch.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.44/mediawiki-1.44.5.patch.zip.sig
Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html
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Download without bundled extensions: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-core-1.45.3.tar.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-core-1.45.3.zip
Patch to previous version (1.45.2): https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-1.45.3.patch.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-1.45.3.patch.zip
GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-core-1.45.3.tar.gz.s... https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-core-1.45.3.zip.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-1.45.3.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-1.45.3.zip.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-1.45.3.patch.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.45/mediawiki-1.45.3.patch.zip.sig
Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html
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