Totara 2.5.20 has been released. It includes bug fixes, improvements and security fixes. We recommend upgrading to this version.

Thanks to:

Martin Sandberg and the team at Xtractor for contributing to T-13334 Fixed error when trying to send multiple Program Due messages in certifications.

Tom Black and the team at Kineo UK for contributing to T-13138 Fixed course completion when condition activity completion is changed.

Here's the changelog:

Release 2.5.20 (29th October 2014):
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Security issues:
    T-12620        Fixed Facetoface access control issues

Improvements:
    T-13411        Change quiz result reports query to use get_recordset
                   
                   This change is intended to improve performance for quiz reports containing
                   large amounts of data, especially to avoid memory overflow when exporting.

    T-12677        Improved error messages for Totara Sync
                   
                   Specifically database read/write messages. 
                   
                   It is intended to provide a better information rather than the generic
                   "Error writing to database" if an error occurs during the import.

    T-12610        Improved multilingual support in mod_quiz question bank category selector
    T-12823        Removed invalid string in language pack for the totara_core component

Bug Fixes:
    T-13199        Fixed handling of program exceptions when linked user assignments do not exist
    T-13376        Fixed automatic conditional completion of course not cascading timecompleted correctly
    T-13367        Show error rather than warning when accessing hidden course
                   
                   This prevents users from seeing the names of courses which should be hidden
                   to them, preventing privacy issues.

    T-12942        Fixed an issue with Appraisal questions where the list of visible roles overlaps the input field
    T-12481        Fixed custom user profile fields not being formatted correctly in Bulk User Actions download
    T-13334        Fixed error when trying to send multiple Program Due messages in certifications
    T-13423        Fixed border going off the page in A4 formats in certificates
    T-12140        Fixed the SCORM Interactions report processing SCOs with duplicated questions incorrectly
    T-13138        Fixed course completion when condition activity completion is changed
                   
                   IMPACT: A new event has been defined to reaggregate course completion when
                   updating Course Completion with module requirements using "ANY of the
                   conditions are met"

    T-12300        Fixed incorrect visibility of Facetoface sessions in the calendar
                   
                   Made visibility of Facetoface sessions in the calendar match the visibility
                   of the course containing the Facetoface session, when audience visibility
                   is enabled.

    T-13169        Fixed incorrect column type string in Record Of Learning Certifications report
    T-12765        Added sort order in program assignments to select the completion date for a user
                   
                   IMPACT: when having more than one assignment for a user in programs or
                   certifications, it is not possible to know what completion date is taken
                   into account in the user's due date. Now a sort order has been added, so
                   the last assignment made for the user is the one the system uses to
                   determine the due date. 
                   
                   Also, there is a change that allows overriding the overdue date in
                   certifications once it has passed. So, if a certification has expired for a
                   user and the completion date set is greater than the expiry date, then it
                   will be used as the new expiry date.

    T-13278        Fixed nested audiences being updated even when they have expired
    T-13054        Fixed Overdue incorrectly appearing on completed programs and certifications
    T-13318        Fixed issue where uploading course completion records can result in incorrect Program completion dates
                   
                   IMPACT: if the course completion upload tool was used to upload course
                   completions, and the completed course then resulted in a program being
                   completed, the resulting program completion dates were incorrect as the
                   code incorrectly used the MAX completion date in the uploaded CSV to set
                   the completion date for every user in the Program. Now sets the date for
                   each user individually properly to match the completion CSV data.
                   
                   SCOPE: every user in a program that contains courses, where completion data
                   for those courses is being uploaded via the course completion tool

    T-13297        Fixed the Program is live warning while editing Programs when audience visibility is enabled
    T-12640        Fixed issue with many text fields in large appraisals and feedback360
                   
                   Added support for large tables when using MySQL 5.5 or later. Database
                   servers need to be configured to use the new Barracuda database format and
                   one file per table setting. Existing database tables are not fixed during
                   upgrade, use admin/cli/mysql_compressed_rows.php to fix existing
                   installations.
                   
                   PostgreSQL and MS SQL servers are not affected.

    T-12515        Fixed parameter names for manager rules in Dynamic Audiences

API Changes:
    T-12906        Fixed links to embedded reports in My Reports
                   
                   Added new public property 'url' to every $report object