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Drupal 8.3.7, 2017-08-16
Drupal 8.4.0, 2017-10-04
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- Fixed security issues. See SA-CORE-2017-004.
### Drush users: Update to Drush 8.1.12+ or higher
Drupal 8.3.4, 2017-06-21
------------------------
- Fixed security issues. See SA-CORE-2017-003.
[Versions of Drush earlier than 8.1.12 will not work with Drupal
8.4.x](https://www.drupal.org/node/2874827). Update Drush to 8.1.12 or higher
**before using it to update to Drupal core 8.4.x** or you will encounter fatal
errors that prevent updates from running.
Drupal 8.3.1, 2017-04-19
------------------------
- Fixed security issues. See SA-CORE-2017-002.
* If Drush is installed globally (i.e., generally available on the web host),
Drush 8.1.12 and higher will successfully update Drupal 8.3.x to 8.4.0, but
users may still see [other error messages after updates have
run](https://github.com/drush-ops/drush/issues/2933).)
* If the site is built with Composer and includes Drush as a local dependency
(less common), you should update your `composer.json` file to require at
least [Drush 8.1.15](https://github.com/drush-ops/drush/releases/tag/8.1.15).
Drush 8.1.14 will not work in the same composer project as Drupal 8.4.
### Updated browser requirements: Internet Explorer 9 and 10 no longer supported
In April 2017, Microsoft discontinued all support for Internet Explorer 9 and
10. Therefore, [Drupal 8.4 has as well](https://www.drupal.org/node/2842298).
Drupal 8.4 still mostly works in these browser versions, but bugs that affect
them only will no longer be fixed, and existing workarounds for them will
be removed beginning in Drupal 8.5.
Additionally, Drupal 8's [browser requirements documentation
page](https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/system-requirements/browser-requirements)
currently lists incorrect information regarding very outdated browser versions
such as Safari 5 and Firefox 5. [Clarifications to the browser policy and
documentation](https://www.drupal.org/node/2390621) are underway.
### Known Issues
Drupal 8.4.0 includes major version updates for two dependencies:
Symfony 3.2 and jQuery 3. Both updates may introduce backwards compatibility
issues for some sites or modules, so test carefully. For more information, see
the "Third-party library updates" section below. Known issues related to the
Symfony update include:
* Drush issues:
* [Incompatibility with Drush 8.1.11 and earlier](https://www.drupal.org/node/2874827).
* [Other error messages with Drush 8.1.12 and higher](https://github.com/drush-ops/drush/issues/2933).
* [Incompatibility with Drush 8.1.14 and earlier for Composer-built sites](https://github.com/drupal-composer/drupal-project/issues/305).
* [Certain file uploads may fail
silently](https://www.drupal.org/node/2906030) due to a Symfony 3 backwards
compatibility break if they used the `$deep` parameter (which was already
deprecated in Symfony 2.8 and is removed in Symfony 3.0. *Check any custom
file upload code* that may have used the deprecated parameter and [update
it according to the API change record](https://www.drupal.org/node/2743809).
See the ['8.4.0 update' tag for a list of known issues across
projects](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search?issue_tags=8.4.0%20update).
[Search the issue queue for known
issues](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?project_issue_followers=&status%5B%5D=Open&version%5B%5D=8.x&issue_tags_op=%3D).
### Important fixes since 8.3.x
Translators should take note of several [string additions and changes since the
last release](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?project_issue_followers=&issue_tags_op=%3D&issue_tags=String+change+in+8.4.0).
#### File usage tracking
Drupal 8 has several longstanding [file usage tracking
bugs](https://www.drupal.org/node/2821423). To prevent further data loss,
Drupal 8.4 has [disabled the automatic deletion of files with no known
remaining usages](https://www.drupal.org/node/2801777). This will result of the
accumulation of unused files on sites, but ensures that files erroneously
reporting 0 usages are not deleted while in use. Additionally, an issue with
[validation errors when saving content referencing these
files](https://www.drupal.org/node/2896480) has also been resolved.
[The change record explains how sites can opt back into marking files
temporary](https://www.drupal.org/node/2891902). If you choose to enable the
setting, you can also set "Delete orphaned files" to "Never" on
`/admin/config/media/file-system` to avoid permanent deletion of the affected
files.
While the files will no longer be deleted by default, file usage is still not
tracked correctly in several scenarios, regardless of the setting. Discussion
on [how to evolve the file usage tracking
system](https://www.drupal.org/node/2821423) is underway.
#### Configuration export sorting
* [#2361539: Config export key order is not predictable for sequences, add
orderby property to config schema](https://www.drupal.org/node/2361539)
resolves an issue where sequences in configuration were not sorted unless
the code responsible for saving configuration explicitly performed a sort.
This resulted in unpredictable changes in configuration ordering and
confusing diffs even when nothing had changed. To resolve this issue, we've
[added an `orderby` key to the config schema](https://www.drupal.org/node/2852566)
that allows it to be sorted either by key or by value. Adding a preferred
sort is strongly recommended.
* Two related issues remain open:
* [#2860531: Add orderby key to third-party
settings](https://www.drupal.org/node/2860531) relates to unsorted
sequences which result in unexpected discrepancies in configuration
during a configuration import.
* [#2885368: Config export key order for sequences: "orderedby" does not
support cases where the order actually
matters](https://www.drupal.org/node/2885368) relates to various
sequences in core and contributed modules in which the source order is
important.
#### Revision data integrity fixes
* Previously, data from draft revisions for
[path aliases](https://www.drupal.org/node/2856363),
[menus](https://www.drupal.org/node/2858434),
and [books](https://www.drupal.org/node/2858431) could leak into the live
site. Drupal 8.4.0 hotfixes all three issues by preventing changes to
this data from being saved on any revision that is not the default revision.
These fixes improve revision support for both stable features and the
experimental Content Moderation module.
* Correspondingly, [Content Moderation now avoids such scenarios with
non-default revisions](https://www.drupal.org/node/2883868) by setting the
'default revision' flag earlier.
* Previously, [saving a revision of an entity translation could cause draft
revisions to go "missing"](https://www.drupal.org/node/2766957). Drupal 8.4.0
prevents this by preventing the moderation state from being set to anything
that would make the revision go "missing". Going forward, the entity system
will also [provide the 'revision_translation_affected' base field by default
for all revisionable and translatable entity
types](https://www.drupal.org/node/2896845) for tracking such revisions.
* [A similar but unrelated bug in
Content Moderation](https://www.drupal.org/node/2862988) has also been fixed
in this release.
#### Other critical improvements
* When nodes were deleted, Menu UI module deleted their menu items. However,
menu items may exist even whenm Menu UI module is not enabled and can also be
attached to entities other than nodes. Therefore, menu item cleanup on entity
deletetion [is now performed by the Custom Menu Links
module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2350797) instead, covering the previously
missing cases. A related issue that [broke module uninstallation for some
modules providing menu items for certain entity
forms](https://www.drupal.org/node/2907654) has also been resolved.
* A race condition occured in the Batch API when using fastcgi. The Batch API
now ensures that [the current batch state is written completely to the
database before starting the next
batch](https://www.drupal.org/node/2851111).
* When uninstalling modules, empty fields were left behind to be purged.
However, without the field definitions from the module, it was not possible
to purge them any more. [Empty field deletion is now performed
immediately](https://www.drupal.org/node/2884202) instead to avoid this
scenario.
* When clearing caches in a translated interface, the field labels would
[return to the default language](https://www.drupal.org/node/2650434).
### New stable modules
The following modules, previously considered experimental, are now stable and
safe for use on production sites, with full backwards compatibility and upgrade
paths from 8.4.0 to future releases:
#### Datetime Range
The [Datetime Range module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2893128) provides a
field type that allows end dates to support contributed modules like
[Calendar](https://www.drupal.org/project/calendar). This stable release is
backwards-compatible with the 8.3.x experimental version and shares a
consistent API with other Datetime fields.
Future releases may improve Views support, usability, Datetime Range field
validation, and REST support. For bugs or feature requests for this module,
[see the core Datetime issue
queue](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?project_issue_followers=&status%5B%5D=Open&version%5B%5D=8.x&component%5B%5D=datetime.module&issue_tags_op=%3D).
#### Layout Discovery
The [Layout Discovery module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2834025) provides
an API for modules or themes to register layouts as well as five common
layouts. Providing this API in core enables core and contributed layout
solutions to be compatible with each other. This stable release is
backwards-compatible with the 8.3.x experimental version and introduces
[support for per-region attributes](https://www.drupal.org/node/2885877).
#### Media
The new core [Media module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2831274) provides an
API for reusable media entities and references. It is based on the contributed
[Media Entity module](https://www.drupal.org/project/media_entity).
Since there is a rich ecosystem of Drupal contributed modules built on Media
Entity, the top priority for this release is to [provide a stable core API and
data model](https://www.drupal.org/node/2895059) for a smoother transition for
these modules. Developers and expert site builders can now add Media as a
dependency. Work is underway to [provide an update path for existing sites'
Media Entity data](https://www.drupal.org/node/2880334) and to [port existing
contributed modules to the improved core
API](https://www.drupal.org/node/2860796). Both versions cannot be used at the
same time, so we also [prevent the 1.x version of the contributed Media Entity
module from being enabled at the same time as the core Media
module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2896427).
Note that **the core Media module is currently marked hidden** and will not
appear on the 'Extend' (module administration) page. (Enabling a contributed
module that depends on the core Media module will also enable Media
automatically.) The module will be displayed to site builders normally once
user experience issues with it are resolved. Similarly, the REST API and
normalizations for Media is not final and support for decoupled applications
will also be improved in a future release.
#### Inline Form Errors
The [Inline Form Errors module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2897652) provides a
summary of any validation errors at the top of a form and places the individual
error messages next to the form elements themselves. This helps users
understand which entries need to be fixed, and how. Inline Form Errors was
provided as an experimental module from Drupal 8.0.0 on, but it is now stable
and polished enough for production use. See the core [Inline Form Errors module
issue queue](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/drupal?text=&status=Open&priorities=All&categories=All&version=All&component=inline_form_errors.module)
for outstanding issues.
#### Workflows
The Workflows module provides an abstract system of states (like Draft,
Archived, and Published) and transitions between them. Workflows can be used by
modules that implement non-publishing workflows (such as for users or products)
as well as content publishing workflows.
Drupal 8.4 introduces a final significant backwards compatibility and data
model break for this module, [moving responsibility for workflow states and
transitions from the Workflow entity to the Workflow type
plugin](https://www.drupal.org/node/2849827). Read [Workflow type plugins are
now responsible for state and transition
schema](https://www.drupal.org/node/2897706) for full details on the API and
data model changes related to this fix. Now that this change is complete, [the
Workflows module became stable](https://www.drupal.org/node/2897130)!
While the module can be installed as-is, it is not useful in itself without
either Content Moderation and/or some other module that requires it.
### Content authoring and site administration improvements
* The "Save and keep (un)published" dropbutton has been replaced with [a
"Published" checkbox and single "Save"
button](https://www.drupal.org/node/2068063). The "Save and..." dropbutton
was a new design in Drupal 8, but users found it confusing, so we have
restored a design that is more similar to the user interface for Drupal 7 and
earlier.
* Previously, deleting a field on a content type would also delete any views
depending on the field. While the confirmation form did indicate that the
view would be deleted, users did not expect the behavior and often missed the
message, leading to data loss. [Now, the view is disabled
instead](https://www.drupal.org/node/2468045). In the future, we intend to
[notify users that configuration has been
disabled](https://www.drupal.org/node/2832558) (as in this fix) as well as
[give users clearer warnings for other highly destructive
operations](https://www.drupal.org/node/2773205).
* The [Drupal toolbar no longer flickers](https://www.drupal.org/node/2542050)
during page rendering, thus improving perceived front-end performance.
* Options in [timezones selector are now grouped by
regions](https://www.drupal.org/node/2847651) and labeled by cities instead
of timezone names, making it much easier for users to find and select the
specific timezone they need.
* Both the ["Comments" administration page at
`/admin/content/comment`](https://www.drupal.org/node/1986606) and the
["Recent log messages" report provided by
dblog](https://www.drupal.org/node/2015149) are now configurable views. The
"Comments" administration page also [has some default filters
added](https://www.drupal.org/node/2898344).
* Useful meta information about a node's status is typically displayed at the
top of the node sidebar. Previously, this meta information was provided by
the Seven theme, so it was not available in other administrative themes.
[This meta information is now provided by node.module
itself](https://www.drupal.org/node/2803875) so other administration themes
can access it.
* [Views now supports rendering computed
fields](https://www.drupal.org/node/2852067).
### REST and API-first improvements
* Authenticated REST API performance increased by 15% by [utilizing the Dynamic
Page Cache](https://www.drupal.org/node/2827797).
* POSTing entities [can now happen at `/node`, `/taxonomy/term` and so
on](https://www.drupal.org/node/2293697), instead of `/entity/node`,
`/entity/taxonomy_term`. Instead of confusingly different URLs, they therefore
now use the URLs you'd expect. Backwards compatibility is maintained.
* There is now a dedicated resource for [resetting a user's
password](https://www.drupal.org/node/2847708).
* Time fields now are [normalized to RFC3339 timestamps by
default](https://www.drupal.org/node/2768651), fixing time ambiguity.
Existing sites continue to receive UNIX timestamps, but can opt in. [See the
change record for more information about backwards compatibility and on how
to opt in](https://www.drupal.org/node/2859657).
* [Path alias fields are now normalized as
well](https://www.drupal.org/node/2846554). [See the change record for
information about how this impacts API-first modules and other features
relying on serialized entities](https://www.drupal.org/node/2856220).
* When denormalization fails, a [422 response is now
returned](https://www.drupal.org/node/2827084) instead of a 400, per the HTTP
specification.
* With CORS enabled to allow origins besides the site's own host, [submitting
forms was broken](https://www.drupal.org/node/2853201) unless the site's own
host was also explicitly allowed. This is now resolved.
* Fatal errors and exceptions [now show a
backtrace](https://www.drupal.org/node/2853300) for all non-HTML requests as
well as HTML requests, which makes for easier debugging and better bug
reports.
* Massive expansion of test coverage.
### Performance and scalability improvements
* Drupal 8 caches at various different levels for more effective caching.
However, this resulted in exessively growing cache tables with tens or
hundreds of thousands of entries, and gigabytes in size. [A new limit of 5000
rows per cache bin was introduced to limit this
growth](https://www.drupal.org/node/2526150).
* The internal page cache now [has a dedicated cache
bin](https://www.drupal.org/node/2889603) distinct from the rest of the
render cache for improved scalability.
* The service collector pattern instantiates all services it collects, which is
expensive, and unnecessary for some use cases. For those use cases, a [new
service ID collector](https://www.drupal.org/node/2472337) pattern has been
added and the theme negotiator updated to use it. [See the change record for
information about how to use the service ID
collector](https://www.drupal.org/node/2598944) for improved performance.
* The maximum time in-progress forms are cached [is now
customizable](https://www.drupal.org/node/1286154) rather than being limited
to a default cache lifetime of 6 hours. Sites can decrease the lifetime to
reduce cache footprint, or increase it if needed for a particular site's
usecase. [See the change record to learn how to access this new
setting](https://www.drupal.org/node/2886836).
* If there are no status messages, the corresponding rendering [is now
skipped](https://www.drupal.org/node/2853509). On simple sites that use the
Dynamic Page Cache (the default), this can result in a 10% improvement when
there are no messages!
* [Optimized the early Drupal installer](https://www.drupal.org/node/2872611)
to check whether any themes are installed first before invoking an
unnecessary function, which improves Drupal install time measurably for both
sites and automated tests.
### Developer experience improvements
* [Adopted Airbnb JavaScript style guide
14.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2815077) as the new baseline set of coding
standards for Drupal core and contributed modules. [See the change record for
information about how to configure your project for
eslint](https://www.drupal.org/node/2873849).
* Field type definitions can now [enforce the cardinality of the
field](https://www.drupal.org/node/2403703). [See the change record for
information about how to specify a cardinality via the
annotation](https://www.drupal.org/node/2869873).
* [Added new methods](https://www.drupal.org/node/2869809) to make getting
typed configuration entity representations easier. [See the change record for
more information about how to invoke these
methods](https://www.drupal.org/node/2877282).
* The `html_tag` render element now [supports nested render
arrays](https://www.drupal.org/node/2694535), enabling the creation of
dynamic SVGs. [See the change record for information about how you can use
this in your theme](https://www.drupal.org/node/2887146).
* [Added more helpful errors](https://www.drupal.org/node/2705037) when CSS
is not properly nested under an existing category in asset libraries.
* Also see the [change records for the 8.4.x
branch](https://www.drupal.org/list-changes/drupal/published?keywords_description=&to_branch=8.4.x&version=&created_op=%3E%3D&created%5Bvalue%5D=&created%5Bmin%5D=&created%5Bmax%5D=)
for other changes for developers.
### Automated testing improvements
* [PHPUnit has been updated from 4.8.28 to
4.8.35](https://www.drupal.org/node/2850797) in order to incorporate a
forward-compatibility layer for PHPUnit 4.8, which will be useful during a
future migration to PHPUnit 5 or PHPUnit 6.
* Many former WebTestBase tests were converted to BrowserTestBase. [Track
current progress](http://simpletest-countdown.org/).
* The default approach for testing deprecated code has changed to [require use
of the Drupal core deprecation policy](https://www.drupal.org/node/2488860)
(`@trigger_error()`) to mark code deprecated; otherwise a test error will
be thrown. [See the change record for information about how to update
`phpunit.xml` and how to test deprecated
code](https://www.drupal.org/node/2811561).
* BrowserTestBase is [no longer dependent on traits from
Simpletest](https://www.drupal.org/node/2803621). Backwards
compatibility is preserved.
* [Resolved random test failures](https://www.drupal.org/node/2866056) due to
ResourceTestBase's HTTP client timeout of 30 seconds.
### Third-party library updates
* [Drupal's Symfony dependency has been updated from Symfony 2.8 to Symfony
3.2](https://www.drupal.org/node/2712647). This major version update is
necessary because Symfony 2.8 support will end around the release of Drupal
8.6.0 next year. See the change record for information about [Symfony 3
backwards compatibility breaks that affected Drupal
core](https://www.drupal.org/node/2743809). [Drupal 8 also requires Symfony
3.2.8](https://www.drupal.org/node/2871253) because of a bug in Symfony
3.2.7.
* [#2533498: Update jQuery to version 3](https://www.drupal.org/node/2533498).
Now that jQuery 3.0 has been released, jQuery 2.x will only be receiving
security updates, so Drupal 8.4.0 ships with this library update. jQuery 3
features numerous improvements, including better error reporting. See the
[jQuery Core 3.0 Upgrade Guide](https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.0/) for
information on jQuery 3 backwards compatibility breaks that might affect the
JavaScript code in your modules, themes, and sites.
* The zurb/joyride library (used by the Tour module) has been [updated to a
development version higher than 2.1.0.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2898808)
to resolve an upstream incompatibility with jQuery 3. We will update to
Joyride 2.1.1 once it is available with the needed fix.
* [zendframework/zend-diactoros has been updated from 1.3.10 to 1.4.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2874817).
* [jQuery UI has been updated from 1.11.4 to 1.12.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2809427).
* [jQuery Once has been updated from 2.1.1 to 2.2.0](https://www.drupal.org/node/2899156).
* [CKEditor has been updated from 4.6.2 to 4.7.2](https://www.drupal.org/node/2904142).
* [asm89/stack-cors has been updated from 1.0 to 1.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2853201).
* [The minimum phpsec/prophecy requirement is now 1.4](https://www.drupal.org/node/2900800).
* [composer/installers has been updated from 1.2.0 to 1.4.0](https://www.drupal.org/node/2900112).
* [wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin has been updated from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2900112).
* [guzzlehttp/guzzle has been updated from 6.2.3 to 6.3.0](https://www.drupal.org/node/2900112).
* [mikey179/vfsstream has been updated from 1.6.4 to 1.6.5](https://www.drupal.org/node/2900112).
* [phpunit/phpunit has been updated from 4.8.35 to 4.8.36](https://www.drupal.org/node/2900112).
* [masterminds/html5 has been updated from 2.2.2 to 2.3.0](https://www.drupal.org/node/2909743).
* [symfony-cmf/routing has been udpated from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1](https://www.drupal.org/node/2909743).
### Experimental modules
#### Migrate ([beta stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#beta))
Migrate provides a general API for migrations. It will be considered completely
stable once all issues tagged [Migrate
critical](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?project_issue_followers=&status%5B%5D=Open&version%5B%5D=8.x&issue_tags_op=%3D&issue_tags=Migrate+critical)
are resolved.
* This release includes numerous developer experience improvements for Migrate
and Migrate Drupal, including [deprecating outdated references to
"CCK"](https://www.drupal.org/node/2751897), [simplifying field type
mapping](https://www.drupal.org/node/2896507), renaming several plugins to
better capture their and many other API and documentation improvements.
(Backwards compatibility is provided in each case Migrate is in beta.)
* Added the ability to [provide the source
module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2569805) to migrations to help site
owners review what data is being migrating, especially for cases where the
source and destination module are not the same (for example if a new Drupal 8
module replaces old functionality.
#### Migrate Drupal and Migrate Drupal UI ([alpha stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#alpha))
Migrate Drupal module provides API support for Drupal-to-Drupal migrations, and
Migrate Drupal UI offers a simple user interface to run migrations from older
Drupal versions.
* This release adds [date](https://www.drupal.org/node/2566779) and
[node reference](https://www.drupal.org/node/2814949) support for Drupal 6 to
8 migrations.
* Core provides migrations for most Drupal 6 data and can be used for migrating
Drupal 6 sites to Drupal 8, and the Drupal 6 to 8 migration path is nearing
beta stability. Some gaps remain, such as for some internationalization data.
([Outstanding issues for the Drupal 6 to Drupal 8
migration](https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?project_issue_followers=&status%5B%5D=1&status%5B%5D=13&status%5B%5D=8&status%5B%5D=14&status%5B%5D=15&status%5B%5D=4&issue_tags_op=%3D&issue_tags=migrate-d6-d8).)
* The Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 migration is incomplete but is suitable for
developers who would like to help improve the migration and can be used to
test upgrades especially for simple Drupal 7 sites. Most high-priority
migrations are available. ([Outstanding issues for the Drupal 7 to Drupal 8
migration](https://www.drupal.org/node/2456259).)
* Drush support for Migrate is currently only available in the
[Drupal Upgrade](https://www.drupal.org/project/migrate_upgrade) contributed
module. (See the [pull request to add support to
Drush](https://github.com/drush-ops/drush/issues/2140).)
* Conflicting text field processing settings [are now identified and
logged](https://www.drupal.org/node/2842222) to avoid security or data
integrity issues with the migration of plain and formatted text fields.
* Automatic redirects are now [added for translation node paths that are no
longer valid](https://www.drupal.org/node/2850085) after migration has merged
translations into a single node.
* A data integrity bug that resulted in [duplicate comment types and incorrect
comment_entity_statistics](https://www.drupal.org/node/2853872) for node and
forum comment migrations has been resolved.
* A bug that [stopped public files from being migrated from D6 to D8 if the
user first selected Drupal 7 in the UI](https://www.drupal.org/node/2907233)
has also been resolved.
#### Content Moderation ([beta stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#beta))
Content Moderation allows workflows from the Workflows module to be applied to
content. Content Moderation has beta stability in 8.4.0-alpha1. Notable improvements in this release:
* Workflow states are now [selected from a select list, rather than under a drop-button](https://www.drupal.org/node/2753717), which represents a significant
usability improvement.
* Now that workflows can be applied to any revisionable entity type, Content
Moderation [adds entity type checkboxes to the workflow form](https://www.drupal.org/node/2843083).
This allows site administrators to configure which entity types should have
the workflow at the same time as they configure the workflow itself, for a
more intuitive user experience.
* Content Moderation now [prevents the deletion of workflows that are currently in use](https://www.drupal.org/node/2830740)
to prevent fatal errors and data integrity problems.
* The confusing terminology of
["forward revisions" has been replaced with that of "pending revisions"](https://www.drupal.org/node/2890364).
If your contributed module refers to revisions that are not yet published, it
should use this new term.
* [The 'Latest revision' views filter has been rewritten to avoid relying on a
custom {revision_tracker}](https://www.drupal.org/node/2865579), and that
table has been removed from the database schema.
As per the experimental module process, there were some backwards-incompatible
changes since Drupal 8.3.x. Experimental modules do not offer a supported
upgrade path, but [an unofficial upgrade path is
available](https://www.drupal.org/node/2896630).
#### Field Layout ([alpha stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#alpha))
This module provides the ability for site builders to rearrange fields on
content types, block types, etc. into new regions, for both the form and
display, on the same forms provided by the normal field user interface. Field
Layout has had several bugfixes since 8.3.0, but no significant changes. See
the [entity display layout roadmap](https://www.drupal.org/node/2795833) for
the next steps for this module, which needs to become stable by 8.5.0 to remain
in Drupal core.
#### Settings Tray ([beta stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#beta))
The Settings Tray module allows configuring page elements such as blocks and
menus from the frontend of your site. Settings Tray has improved significantly
since Drupal 8.3.0, including numerous user interaction and accessibility
fixes, better compatibility with stable core modules like Quick Edit and
Contextual Links, added documentation, and [a CSS
reset](https://www.drupal.org/node/2826722) for better themer experience.
The module reached beta stability following completion of [moving the
off-canvas dialog renderer into a core
component](https://www.drupal.org/node/2784443), and [renaming the machine name
of the module to settings_tray](https://www.drupal.org/node/2803375), to match
its user-facing name. We hope to make Settings Tray stable by 8.5.0. To track
progress, see the ["outside in" roadmap issue](https://www.drupal.org/node/2762505).
#### Place Blocks ([alpha stability](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#alpha))
This feature allows the user to place a block on any page and see the region
where it will be displayed, without having to navigate to a backend
administration form. [8.4.0-alpha1 was the deadline for Place Blocks to
stabilize](https://www.drupal.org/core/experimental#versions), but the module's
roadmap was not completed. Furthermore, the module is not intended as a
standalone feature and should instead be a built-in part of the Block system.
For these reasons, [Place Blocks module has been marked hidden in this
release](https://www.drupal.org/node/2898267) (it can still be enabled with
Drush). The Place Blocks module itself will be turned into an empty module in
Drupal 8.5.x, since ideally the core Block system will offer the same
functionality in 8.5.0 (though this depends on completion of a [core patch for
the feature](https://www.drupal.org/node/2739075).)
Drupal 8.3.0, 2017-04-05
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