The first bugfix release of the new 4.13 LTS naturally fixes quite a lot of bugs. Highlights of this release are various fixes in the area of routing, improved breadcrumbs in the back end and the search, which now ignores accented characters (e.g. French words with "é" are now also found if you query for "e"). In addition, the performance in the back end and for the new contao:backup:create command line command has been improved and the community has been very busy with the language files.
Changelog of the fixed issues in Contao 4.13.1:
- #4026 Fix multiple page controller routing issues (aschempp)
- #4281 Add missing isSortable checks to the picker widget (MarkejN)
- #4279 Fix bug with database query returing non-string types (ausi)
- #4272 Add a help wizard if the canonical URL fields are disabled (leofeyer)
- #4273 Adjust the "Recreate the XML files" description (leofeyer)
- #4270 Only shorten the main headline elements if necessary (leofeyer)
- #4275 Fix a potential PHP 8 incompatibility when generating a DCA column (qzminski)
- #4274 Fall back to the section key if there is no label (leofeyer)
- #4271 Correctly show all breadcrumb items (leofeyer)
- #4197 Fix some dynamic routes handling (aschempp)
- #4269 Use the correct web dir in the InstallWebDirCommand (leofeyer)
- #4268 Fix the type hint of the MessageCatalogue::isContaoDomain() method (leofeyer)
- #4267 Fix two minor issues in the install tool (leofeyer)
- #4158 Set DB server version in install tool (ausi)
- #4228 Improve the performance of contao:backup:create (Toflar)
- #4261 Fix SQL error in purge expired data cron (ausi)
- #4262 Fix SQL commands not supported in prepared statements (ausi)
- #4264 Make search accent insensitive (ausi)
- #4254 Fix infinite loop while loading of languages (rabauss)
- #4202 Fix the remaining image size labels (fritzmg)
- #4265 Use service_closure instead of lazy service (ausi)
- #4259 Avoid error if the DATABASE_URL environment variable is an empty string (qzminski)
- #4245 Decode equal sign when parsing query parameters of figure insert tag (m-vo)
- #4244 Make sure tl_content.type has an index (Toflar)
- #4216 Skip non-UTF-8 resources when syncing the DBAFS (m-vo)
- #4230 Fix undefined array index warnings for content elements and forms (fritzmg)
- #4224 Execute BackendTemplate#compile() when using the AbstractBackendController (m-vo)
- #4221 Fix the FigureRendererTest (aschempp)
- #4208 Lower max file size in Dbafs service (m-vo)
- #4183 Clarify the backup command description (Mynyx)
- #4162 Fix the widget height (leofeyer)
About Contao 4.13 LTS
The first stable version of Contao 4.13 has been released on February 17, 2022, replacing Contao 4.9 as the long term support version. As an LTS version, 4.13 will be provided with bug fixes until February 14, 2025 and security-related updates until February 14, 2026. Contao 5.3 will be the next LTS version of Contao and has been released in February 2024, ensuring a stress-free transition.
