Totara TXP 17 Technical Release Notes

A change management guide for Totara developers and implementers.

A version of these notes with a linked table of contents appears in our source code as release_notes.md.

Table of contents

• System requirements
• Breaking code changes
• GraphQL API
• Capabilities
• Scheduled tasks
• Notifications
• Site administration
• Hooks
• Events
• Plugins
• Tui components
• Deprecations

System requirements

• PHP
  Added PHP 8.1 support
  PHP 7.3 is no longer supported.
  Note that max_input_vars minimum has increased in recent releases to 5000.

• MariaDB
  Added MariaDB 10.7 and 10.8 support.

• MySQL - No change

• PostgreSQL - No change

• MSSQL - No change

• Python (for Machine Learning Service)
  Python 3.6 is no longer supported

• Node.js
  Node 12 is no longer supported

• Web browsers
  IE11 is no longer supported

Breaking code changes

GraphQL resolver classes

The GraphQL resolver interfaces have been changed to abstract classes which implement rate-limiting and middleware definitions.

All custom GraphQL resolver classes must be updated:

• Change implements mutation_resolver to extends mutation_resolver
• Change implements query_resolver to extends query_resolver
• Change implements type_resolver to extends type_resolver

Consider in each case whether to override the default methods in the abstract class.

The final keyword has been removed from all core resolver classes that included it, to allow more flexibility for partners wanting to extend existing GraphQL services.

Perform front end

Moved mod_perform/src/js/redirect.js to tui/src/js/dom/form.js, any existing reference will need their paths updated.

In components replace mod_perform/redirect with tui/dom/form.

Notifications front end

Split NotificationPage.vue into two components so that the notification UI can be used in different page layouts.
- NotificationPage.vue now just handles the page layout and Notifications.vue contains the logic previously contained in NotificationPage.vue.
- Ensure any customisations previously made to NotificationPage.vue is correctly split between these two components.

Course container

Moved two PHP entity classes to core, with renames.
- Moved server/container/classes/entity/module.php to server/lib/classes/entity/course_module.php
- Moved server/container/classes/entity/section.php to server/lib/classes/entity/course_section.php

Competency

Moved these server/totara/competency/classes/entity files to server/totara/hierarchy/classes/entity
- scale_assignment.php
- scale_value.php
- scale.php
- competency.php
- competency_repository.php
- competency_type.php
- competency_framework
- competency_framework_repository
- assignment_availability

Moved and renamed totara_competency\entity\competency_scale_assignment to totara_hierarchy\entity\scale_assignment

Moved these server/totara/competency/classes/entity files to server/lib/classes/entity:
- course_repository.php
- course_categories.php
- course.php

GraphQL API

Totara 17 provides three separate-but-related GraphQL APIs: external, AJAX, and Mobile.

Changes to external API

For full documentation of the Totara 17.0 external API, see https://graphql-schema.totara.com/docs/totara-17.0.html

New queries

• core_user_users
  Return a paginated list of users in the system.

• totara_webapi_status
  Simple query returning "ok" to test that you are able to successfully execute GraphQL queries.

New mutations

• core_user_create_user
  Create a new user.

• core_user_update_user
  Update the specified target user with new properties.

• core_user_delete_user
  Delete the target user.

• totara_job_create_job_assignment
  Creates a new job assignment.

• totara_job_update_job_assignment
  Mutation to delete a job assignment.

• totara_job_delete_job_assignment
  Updates a specific target job assignment with new properties.

Important changes to AJAX / Mobile APIs

• Query.core was removed - this was a placeholder query that didn't do anything
• Mutation.todo was removed - this was a placeholder mutation that didn't do anything
• core_user.interests changed type from Boolean to String

Additionally, the following AJAX schema changes have been made to support multiple recipients in notification configurations:

Mutation deprecations
- totara_notification_create_custom_notification_preference in favour of totara_notification_create_custom_notification_preference_v2
- totara_notification_toggle_notifiable_event in favour of totara_notification_toggle_notifiable_event_v2
- totara_notification_create_notification_preference in favour of totara_notification_create_notification_preference_v2
- totara_notification_update_notification_preference in favour of totara_notification_update_notification_preference_v2
- totara_notification_override_notification_preference in favour of totara_notification_override_notification_preference_v2

Query deprecations
- totara_notification_event_resolvers in favour of totara_notification_event_resolvers_v2
- totara_notification_notification_preference in favour of totara_notification_notification_preference_v2

New capabilities

Hierarchy capabilities

• Assign company goal renamed to Manage goal assignments
  totara/hierarchy:managegoalassignments
  This is an admin capability which let a user manage any goal assignment in the system.

• Manage manager assigned goals
  totara/hierarchy:managemanagerassignedgoal
  Allows the user to manage a manager's assigned goals.

Notifications capabilities

• Audit course notifications
  moodle/course:auditcoursenotifications
  Allows the user to view notification log reports for course notifications.

• Audit performance activity notifications
  mod/perform:audit_notifications
  Allows the user to view notification log reports for performance activity notifications.

• Audit program messages
  totara/program:auditmessages
  Allows the user to view notification log reports for program notifications.

• Audit notifications
  totara/notification:auditnotifications
  Blanket capability allowing the user to view notification log reports for all notifications.

External API capabilities

• Manage API clients
  totara/api:manageclients
  Allows the user to create, edit, and delete external API clients.

• Manage API client settings
  totara/api:managesettings
  Allows the user to manage settings of existing external API clients.

• View API documentation
  totara/api:viewdocumentation
  Allows the user to view the in-product external API documentation.

Approval workflows capabilities

Application capabilities

Note that most application capabilities have three or four versions, depending on whether they should apply to anyone (_any), the owner/creator of the application (_owner), the applicant/subject of the application (_applicant), or someone with a role in the user context of the applicant (_user) such as their manager.

• Create applications
  mod/approval:create_application_any
mod/approval:create_application_applicant
mod/approval:create_application_user
  Allows the user to create applications for themselves (_applicant) or on behalf of other users.

• View draft applications in the dashboard
  mod/approval:view_draft_in_dashboard_application_any
mod/approval:view_draft_in_dashboard_application_applicant
mod/approval:view_draft_in_dashboard_application_user
  Allows the user to see draft application in the applications dashboard.

• View draft applications
  mod/approval:view_draft_application_any
mod/approval:view_draft_application_owner
mod/approval:view_draft_application_applicant
mod/approval:view_draft_application_user
  Allows the user to view draft applications.

• Edit draft applications
  mod/approval:edit_draft_application_any
mod/approval:edit_draft_application_owner
mod/approval:edit_draft_application_applicant
mod/approval:edit_draft_application_user
  Allows the user to edit draft applications.

• Delete draft applications
  mod/approval:delete_draft_application_any
mod/approval:delete_draft_application_owner
mod/approval:delete_draft_application_applicant
mod/approval:delete_draft_application_user
  Allows the user to delete draft applications.

• View applications in the dashboard
  mod/approval:view_in_dashboard_application_any
mod/approval:view_in_dashboard_application_applicant
mod/approval:view_in_dashboard_application_user
  Allows the user to see non-draft applications in the applications dashboard.

• View pending applications in the dashboard
  mod/approval:view_in_dashboard_pending_application_any
mod/approval:view_in_dashboard_pending_application_user
  Allows the user to see applications which are awaiting their approval in the applications dashboard.

• View applications
  mod/approval:view_application_any
mod/approval:view_application_owner
mod/approval:view_application_applicant
mod/approval:view_application_user
  Allows the user to view non-draft applications.

• View pending applications
  mod/approval:view_pending_application_any
mod/approval:view_pending_application_user
  Allows the user to view applications which are awaiting their approval.

• Edit unsubmitted applications
  mod/approval:edit_unsubmitted_application_any
mod/approval:edit_unsubmitted_application_owner
mod/approval:edit_unsubmitted_application_applicant
mod/approval:edit_unsubmitted_application_user
  Allows the user to edit non-draft applications at a form stage.

• Edit in-approvals applications
  mod/approval:edit_in_approvals_application_any
mod/approval:edit_in_approvals_application_owner
mod/approval:edit_in_approvals_application_applicant
mod/approval:edit_in_approvals_application_user
  Allows the user to edit applications that are at an approval stage.

• Edit pending submitted applications
  mod/approval:edit_in_approvals_pending_application_any
mod/approval:edit_in_approvals_pending_application_user
  Allows the user to edit applications which are awaiting their approval.

• Edit first approval level applications
  mod/approval:edit_first_approval_level_application_any
mod/approval:edit_first_approval_level_application_owner
mod/approval:edit_first_approval_level_application_applicant
mod/approval:edit_first_approval_level_application_user
  Allows the user to edit applications that are at an approval stage, but have not been approved by anyone yet.

• Edit first approval level pending applications
  mod/approval:edit_first_approval_level_pending_application_any
mod/approval:edit_first_approval_level_pending_application_user
  Allows the user to edit applications that are awaiting their approval, and have not been approved by anyone else yet.

• Edit applications without invalidating exist approvals
  mod/approval:edit_without_invalidating_approvals_any
mod/approval:edit_without_invalidating_approvals_owner
mod/approval:edit_without_invalidating_approvals_applicant
mod/approval:edit_without_invalidating_approvals_user
  Allows the user to edit applications that have already been approved, without invalidating those approvals.

• Edit full form on applications
  mod/approval:edit_full_application_any
mod/approval:edit_full_application_owner
mod/approval:edit_full_application_applicant
mod/approval:edit_full_application_user
  Allows the user to edit all form fields in the application to date, rather than just the ones defined at the current stage.

• Approve applications
  mod/approval:approve_application_any
mod/approval:approve_application_owner
mod/approval:approve_application_applicant
mod/approval:approve_application_user
  Allows the user to approve applications that are at an approval stage.

• Approve pending applications
  mod/approval:approve_pending_application_any
mod/approval:approve_pending_application_owner
mod/approval:approve_pending_application_applicant
mod/approval:approve_pending_application_user
  Allows the user to approve applications that are awaiting their approval.

• Upload files to applications
  mod/approval:attach_file_to_application_any
mod/approval:attach_file_to_application_owner
mod/approval:attach_file_to_application_applicant
mod/approval:attach_file_to_application_user
  Allows the user to upload files to rich text fields when editing applications.

• View comments on applications
  mod/approval:view_comment_on_application_any
mod/approval:view_comment_on_application_owner
mod/approval:view_comment_on_application_applicant
mod/approval:view_comment_on_application_user
  Allows the user to view comments associated with applications.

• Post comments on applications
  mod/approval:post_comment_on_application_any
mod/approval:post_comment_on_application_owner
mod/approval:post_comment_on_application_applicant
mod/approval:post_comment_on_application_user
  Allows the user to post comments on applications.

• Post comments on pending applications
  mod/approval:post_comment_on_pending_application_any
mod/approval:post_comment_on_pending_application_user
  Allows the user to post comments on applications that are awaiting their approval.

• Withdraw unsubmitted applications
  mod/approval:withdraw_unsubmitted_application_any
mod/approval:withdraw_unsubmitted_application_owner
mod/approval:withdraw_unsubmitted_application_applicant
mod/approval:withdraw_unsubmitted_application_user
  Allows the user to withdraw submitted applications that are at a form stage.

• Withdraw in-approvals applications
  mod/approval:withdraw_in_approvals_application_any
mod/approval:withdraw_in_approvals_application_owner
mod/approval:withdraw_in_approvals_application_applicant
mod/approval:withdraw_in_approvals_application_user
  Allows the user to withdraw submitted applications that are at an approval stage.

• Backdate applications
  mod/approval:backdate_application_any
mod/approval:backdate_application_owner
mod/approval:backdate_application_applicant
mod/approval:backdate_application_user
  Allows the user to set application date fields earlier than today's date.

Workflow management capabilities

• Manage workflows
  mod/approval:manage_workflows
  Allows the user to access the workflow management interface. This capability is required for all of the others below.

• Create workflows from templates
  mod/approval:create_workflow_from_template
  Allows the user to create workflows from an existing template.

• Create workflows
  mod/approval:create_workflow
  Allows the user to create new workflows.

• Clone existing workflows
  mod/approval:clone_workflow
  Allows the user to clone existing workflows.

• Edit draft workflows
  mod/approval:edit_draft_workflow
  Allows the user to manage draft workflows.

• Edit active workflows
  mod/approval:edit_active_workflow
  Allows the user to manage active workflows.

• Publish/activate draft workflows
  mod/approval:activate_workflow
  Allows the user to activate draft workflows, so they can be used by applicants.

• Archive active workflows
  mod/approval:archive_workflow
  Allows the user to archive active workflows, so that they no longer accept new applications.

• Save workflows as templates
  mod/approval:create_workflow_template
  Allows the user to save workflows as workflow templates.

• Edit templates
  mod/approval:edit_workflow_template
  Allows the user to manage workflow templates.

• Manage stages (create, edit, reorder, clone, delete)
  mod/approval:manage_workflow_stages
  Allows the user to configure stages on a (draft) workflow.

• Manage formviews
  mod/approval:manage_workflow_form_view
  Allows the user to manage form views on a (draft) workflow's stages.

• Add approval levels
  mod/approval:add_workflow_approval_level
  Allows the user to add approval levels to a (draft) workflow's approval stages.

• Change approval level order
  mod/approval:reorder_workflow_approval_level
  Allows the uset to change the order of approval levels on a (draft) workflow's approval stages.

• Manage individual approvers
  mod/approval:manage_individual_workflow_approvers
  Allows the user to manage individual approvers on a workflow.

• Manage relationship approvers
  mod/approval:manage_relationship_workflow_approvers
  Allows the user to manage relationship approvers (aka manager) on a workflow.

• Manage assignment overrides
  mod/approval:manage_workflow_assignment_overrides
  Allows the user to manage assignment approver overrides (alternate approvers) on a workflow.

• Manage transitions
  mod/approval:manage_workflow_transitions
  Allows the user to manage (draft) workflow interactions, controlling how applications move from stage to stage.

• Manage notifications
  mod/approval:manage_workflow_notifications
  Allows the user to manage per-stage workflow notifications.

• Move applications to a different workflows
  mod/approval:move_application_between_workflows
  Allows the user to move applications from one workflow to another.

• Delete approval level
  mod/approval:delete_workflow_approval_level
  Allows the user to delete an approval level from a (draft) workflow's approval stage.

• Manage form plugin lookup tables
  mod/approval:manage_lookup_tables
  Allows the user to manage custom tables used by approvalform plugins.

• View workflow's applications report
  mod/approval:view_workflow_applications_report
  Allows the user to view a workflow's application response data in report format.

New scheduled tasks

Added Delete notification logs task as part of centralised notifications.

Disabled deprecated Periodically check notification trigger conditions task for performance activities

Added Regenerate role capability maps task to optimise application dashboard loading as part of approval workflows

New notifications

Perform notifications

Performance activity custom notifications are converted on upgrade to centralised notifications.

The following default notifications have been added, to match the old default behaviour of performance activities. They are disabled by default unless indicated.

• Participant due date reminder - due today (for subject)
• Participant due date reminder - due today (for other participants)
• Participant due date reminder - overdue (for subject)
• Participant due date reminder - overdue (for other participants)
• Participant due date reminder - due in 2 days (for subject)
• Participant due date reminder - due in 2 days (for other participants)
• Completion of subject instance (for subject)
• Completion of subject instance (for other participants)
• Participant instance completion by direct report (for subject)
• Participant instance completion by direct report (for manager)
• Participant instance completion by external respondent (for subject)
• Participant instance completion by external respondent (for manager)
• Participant instance completion by manager (for subject)
• Participant instance completion by manager's manager (for subject)
• Participant instance completion by manager's manager (for manager)
• Participant instance completion by mentor (for subject)
• Participant instance completion by mentor (for manager)
• Participant instance completion by peer (for subject)
• Participant instance completion by peer (for manager)
• Participant instance completion by reviewer (for subject)
• Participant instance completion by reviewer (for manager)
• Participant instance completion by subject (for manager)
• Participant instance created (for subject) (enabled)
• Participant instance created (for other participants) (enabled)
• Participant instance created - reminder 1 day later (for subject)
• Participant instance created - reminder 1 day later (for other participants)
• Reopened activity (for subject)
• Reopened activity (for other participants)
• Participant selection (for subject) (enabled)
• Participant selection (for manager, manager's manager, and appraiser) (enabled)

Approval workflows notifications

These notifications are all disabled by default.

• Application approved (at Level)
• Application denied (at Level)
• Application awaiting approval (at Level) - for applicant
• Application awaiting approval (at Level) - for approvers
• Application has been fully approved
• Application has completed (workflow stage)
• Application has entered (workflow stage)
• Application has been submitted
• Application has been withdrawn

Site administration

Shared services settings

• Enable API - enableapi
  Allow external systems to connect to your Totara site, to access data and perform operations.
  (default No)

Messaging and notification settings

• Enable notification logs - notificationlogs
  When enabled, notification logs are aggregated for auditing and troubleshooting purposes.
  (default Yes)

• Days to keep notification logs - totara_notification_log_days_to_keep
  (default 30)

API settings

• Site rate limit - totara_api | site_rate_limit
  Maximum query complexity cost allowed per minute on this site.
  (default 500,000)

• Client rate limit - totara_api | client_rate_limit
  Maximum query complexity cost allowed per minute for an individual client on this site.
  (default 250,000)

• Maximum query complexity - totara_api | max_query_complexity
  Maximum complexity allowed for an individual query.
  (default 6,000)

• Maximum query depth - totara_api | max_query_depth
  Maximum depth allowed for an individual query.
  (default 15)

• Default token expiration - totara_api | default_token_expiration
  Length of time that a token will be valid, before expiration.
  (default 24 hours)

• Enable GraphQL introspection - totara_api | enable_introspection
  Allow clients to ask for information about the GraphQL schema. This includes data like types, fields, queries and mutations.
  (default No)

Experimental settings

• Enable Approval Workflows - enableapproval_workflows
  When enabled, Approval Workflows features will be accessible.
  (default No)

New hooks

Added three hooks to support the external API:

• totara_webapi\hook\api_hook
  Allows defining middleware based on endpoint_type, component, or resolver

• totara_webapi\hook\handle_request_pre_hook
  Allows third parties to intercept API requests prior to processing and reject or modify the request based on their own criteria.

• totara_webapi\hook\handle_request_post_hook
  Allows third parties to intercept API requests after processing and reject or modify the request based on their own criteria.

New events

Competencies events

• Pathways copied
  totara_competency\event\pathways_copied_bulk
  Triggered when competency pathways are copied in bulk from one competency to others.

Approval workflows events

Application events

• Application completed
  mod_approval\event\application_completed
  Triggered when an application reaches an end stage.

• Existing approvals invalidated due to rejection or withdrawal
  mod_approval\event\approvals_invalidated
  Triggered when approvals are invalidated because an application has been rejected or withdrawn during an approval stage.

• Application approved
  mod_approval\event\level_approved
  Triggered when an application is approved at an approval level.

• Application rejected
  mod_approval\event\level_rejected
  Triggered when an application is rejected at an approval level.

• Application entered new level
  mod_approval\event\level_started
  Triggered when an application enters an approval stage, or advances to the next approval level.

• Application fully-approved at stage
  mod_approval\event\stage_all_approved
  Triggered when an application has been approved at all levels in an approval stage.

• Application ended current stage
  mod_approval\event\stage_ended
  Triggered when an application leaves a workflow stage.

• Application entered new stage
  mod_approval\event\stage_started
  Triggered when an application enters a workflow stage.

• Application submitted
  mod_approval\event\stage_submitted
  Triggered when an application form is submitted.

• Application withdrawn
  mod_approval\event\stage_withdrawn
  Triggered when an application is withdrawn.

Workflow administration events

• Form version updated
  mod_approval\event\form_version_updated
  Triggered when an approval form is updated (status change or plugin schema refresh).

• Workflow assignment archived
  mod_approval\event\workflow_assignment_archived
  Triggered when an assignment override is archived.

• Workflow assignment created
  mod_approval\event\workflow_assignment_created
  Triggered when an assignment override is created.

• Workflow assignment deleted
  mod_approval\event\workflow_assignment_deleted
  Triggered when an assignment override is deleted.

• Workflow cloned
  mod_approval\event\workflow_cloned
  Triggered when an existing workflow is cloned.

• Workflow created
  mod_approval\event\workflow_created
  Triggered when a new workflow is created.

• Workflow deleted
  mod_approval\event\workflow_deleted
  Triggered when a workflow is deleted.

• Workflow details edited
  mod_approval\event\workflow_edited
  Triggered when a workflow's details (name, description, ID number) are changed.

• Workflow stage approval level created
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_approval_level_created
  Triggered when a new approval level is added to an approval workflow stage.

• Workflow stage approval level deleted
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_approval_level_deleted
  Triggered when an approval level is deleted from an approval workflow stage.

• Workflow stage approval levels reordered
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_approval_levels_reordered
  Triggered when the order of approval levels has changed.

• Approvers on assignment changed
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_assignment_approvers_for_level_changed
  Triggered whenever there is a change to how approvers are defined for a workflow's default assignment, or an assignment override.

• Workflow stage created
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_created
  Triggered when a new stage is added to a workflow.

• Workflow stage deleted
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_deleted
  Triggered when a stage is deleted from a workflow.

• Workflow stage name changed
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_edited
  Triggered when the name of a workflow stage changes.

• Workflow stage formviews updated
  mod_approval\event\workflow_stage_form_views_updated
  Triggered when the form views (which form fields are in use) on a stage changes.

• Workflow archived
  mod_approval\event\workflow_version_archived
  Triggered when a workflow is archived.

• Workflow version published
  mod_approval\event\workflow_version_published
  Triggered when a draft workflow is published.

• Workflow version unarchived
  mod_approval\event\workflow_version_unarchived
  Triggered when an archived workflow is unarchived.

New plugins

Totara plugins

• External API - totara_api
  sever/totara/api
  Implements the external GraphQL API and API client management.
  Depends on totara_tenant and totara_oauth2.

Course containers

• Approval Workflow - container_approval
  server/container/type/approval
  Workflow container, holds workflow configuration and workflow assignments.

Activity modules

• Approval workflow - mod_approval
  sever/mod/approval
  (not a standard course activity module)
  Implements approval workflows, holds workflow assignment information.
  Depends on container_approval, editor_weka, and totara_comment.

Approval Workflow Form sub-plugins (new)

Approval workflow form plugins define the form schema for a specific type of workflow, and implement advanced functionality such as custom field validation and scheduled tasks.

• Simple Request Form - approvalform_simple
  server/mod/approval/form/simple
  Implements a simple request form to demonstrate approval workflows.

JSON Editor plugins (new)

JSON editor plugins implement node definitions for FORMAT_JSON_EDITOR editors. This controls the structure of each node, as well as how it is rendered.

• Simple multi lang - jsoneditor_simple_multi_lang server/text_format/json_editor/extensions/simple_multi_lang
  Format plugin implementing internationalisation support for centralised notifications. This was previously part of weka_simple_multi_lang, but was split out as part of the separation of the JSON Editor format and Weka plugins. Depends on filter_multi_lang

New Tui components

• buttons/ButtonAria
  The ButtonAria component is a way to render a button with no built-in styling.

• form/FormTagList
  TagList component wrapped for Uniform.

• form/InputCurrency
  A uniform input for currency values.

Deprecations

Perform

Deprecated Tui components to support legacy performance activity notifications:
- RedirectWithPost JavaScript function
- NotificationSection.vue
- RecipientsTable.vue
- TriggersTable.vue

Deprecated Tui components for displaying performance activity actions, replaced by a single RowActions component:
- ElementActions.vue
- ExportRowAction.vue
- SubjectInstanceActions.vue
- SubjectUserActions.vue

Changed name of renderer method in mod_perform\controllers\reporting\performance namespace:
- deprecated renders_performance_reports::get_rendered_action_card()
- replacement renders_performance_reports::get_action_card()

Legacy performance activity notification classes and methods deprecated in mod_perform\notification namespace:
- dealer::class
- dealer_participant_selection::class
- factory::create_dealer_on_subject_instance()
- factory::create_dealer_on_subject_instances_for_manual_participants()
- factory::create_dealer_on_participant_instances()
- factory::create_mailer_on_notification()
- mailer::class

Deprecated other performance activity notification classes:
- mod_perform\task\check_notification_trigger_task::class (the associated scheduled task has been disabled)
- mod_perform\webapi\resolver\query\notifications::class

Deprecated a linked review element response report class:
- hierarchy_goal\performelement_linked_review\response_report::class
- use \hierarchy_goal\performelement_linked_review\personal_goal_response_report or \hierarchy_goal\performelement_linked_review\company_goal_response_report instead.

Machine learning

ML Recommender has been deprecated in favour of the ML Service.

Report builder

Course

Audience visibility columns have been replaced by audience visibility joins.

• namespace \coure_course\rb\traits
  deprecated required_columns::add_audiencevisibility_columns()
  replacement required_joins::add_audiencevisibility_joins()

Seminar

Audience visibility columns have been replaced by audience visibility joins.

• namespace \mod_facetoface\rb\traits
  deprecated required_columns::add_audiencevisibility_columns()
  replacement required_joins::add_audiencevisibility_joins()

Feedback activity

The session_value and sessiontrainer joins in server\mod\feedback\rb_sources\rb_source_feedback_summary.php::define_joinlist() have been deprecated.

GraphQL API

The has_middleware interface is deprecated; the new abstract resolver classes have has_middleware() methods (see Breaking changes).

Notifications

Deprecated notification_preference methods that only allowed one recipient:

• class \totara_notification\builder\notification_preference_builder
  deprecated set_recipient()
  use set_recipients()

• class \totara_notification\model\notification_preference
  deprecated get_recipient()
  use get_recipients()

• class \totara_notification\model\notification_preference_value
  deprecated get_recipient()
  use get_recipients()

Deprecated resolvers for deprecated notification_preference GraphQL mutations:

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\mutation\
  deprecated create_notification_preference::class
  use create_notification_preference_v2::class

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\mutation\
  deprecated toggle_notifiable_event::class
  use toggle_notifiable_event_v2::class

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\mutation\ deprecated update_notification_preference::class
  use update_notification_preference_v2::class

Deprecated resolvers for deprecated notification_preference GraphQL queries:

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\query\
  deprecated event_resolvers::class
  use event_resolvers_v2::class

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\query\
  deprecated notification_preference::class
  use notification_preference_v2:class

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\query\
  deprecated notification_preferences::class
  use notification_preferences_v2::class

Deprecated resolvers for deprecated notification_preference GraphQL types:

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\type\
  deprecated event_resolver::class
  use event_resolver_v2:class

• namespace \totara_notification\webapi\resolver\type\
  deprecated notification_preference::class
  use notification_preference_v2::class

Split single notification capability check into separate manage and audit capability checks:

• class \totara_notification\factory\capability_factory
  deprecated get_capabilities()
  use get_manage_capabilities()
  or use get_audit_capabilities()

Weka

Deprecated passing "usage-identifier" prop to Weka.vue without also passing "variant".

Loading JSON_EDITOR node definitions from weka plugins has been deprecated, please create a "jsoneditor" plugin to contain the node definitions instead.

All area-specific variants (identifiable by containing a "-") have been deprecated and replaced with a small set of core variants.

The weka_simple_multi_lang\json_editor\node\lang_block(s) classes were renamed to jsoneditor_simple_multi_lang\json_editor\node\lang_block(s) as the node definitions were moved to a "jsoneditor" plugin.

Core

The generate_uuid() function has been deprecated in favour of \core\uuid::generate()

The workaround_max_input_vars() function has been deprecated with no replacement due to warnings in PHP 8+; there has been a required increase in the minimum max_input_vars PHP setting to compensate (some course activities use a large number of input variables)