CKAN 2.12.0

Overview

• CKAN 2.12 supports Python 3.10 and later
• This version requires a requirements upgrade on source installations
• This version requires a database upgrade with ckan db upgrade.
• This version requires the DataStore database to be updated by running the SQL script produced by ckan datastore set-permissions.
• Make sure to check the :ref:migration-notes-2.12

Major features

New Midnight Blue theme available. This theme will become the default in 3.0.

• midnight_blue templates and public folders for new UI can be enabled in the config with two settings (#8420 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8420>_):

  .. code:: ini

  ckan.base_public_folder = public-midnight-blue ckan.base_templates_folder = templates-midnight-blue

Files are now first-class entities and can be uploaded and managed separately from resources. Multiple file storage options are available and may be used simultaneously.

• Added support of file storages: :ref:using-configured-storages.

  When either default storage, or individual storages for resource, group, user and admin uploads are configured, :py:class:~ckan.lib.uploader.Upload and :py:class:~ckan.lib.uploader.ResourceUpload are replaced by :py:class:~ckan.lib.uploader.FKUpload and :py:class:~ckan.lib.uploader.FKResourceUpload. These new classes use configurable storages and serve the role of the bridge between classic file management system in CKAN and the new one. (#8745 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8745>_)

• New file management API actions <https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/index.html#ckan-logic-action-file>_ (#9026 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9026>_)

New DataStore keyset pagination and advanced filtering are powerful tools for working with large tabular datasets.

• Advanced DataStore filters + fast datastore_search pagination

  • datastore_search and datastore_delete filters now accept range values and nested AND and OR operations
  • datastore_search now returns a next_page value with filters that can be used for fast keyset pagination when "include_next_page": true is passed and the records are sorted by their _id field
  • datastore dump endpoint now uses fast keyset pagination to more quickly stream large datasets as CSV, JSON, etc. (#9027 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9027>_)

CKAN UI, updates and queries are much faster and dataset and DataStore tables use less storage in this release.

• Dataset search page facets, sorting and pagination is now faster and no longer requires page reloads. (#8914 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8914>_)

• Applying filters and paginating through activities now avoids refreshing the page and is much faster. (#8129 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8129>_)

• API tokens are now managed faster, without requiring page reloads (#8728 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8728>_)

• Updating dataset metadata is now significantly faster, especially for datasets with many resources, because unchanged resources are no longer revalidated. (#5713 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5713>_)

• Package Group and Organization models now store extra fields as JSONB for faster updates and reduced storage. (#8273 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8273>_)

• Simplify package indexing by updating index from logic layer instead of an IDomainObjectModification plugin. Also makes package_update faster (#8395 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8395>_)

• Calculating the exact number of rows for large tables dominates the time required to return results from datastore_search. The counts of rows is now computed and cached in the background after every modification so that it can be relied on for much faster search results. (#9234 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9234>_)

• DataStore full text field index field types may now be configured with :ref:ckan.datastore.default_fts_index_field_types. The default is an empty list which avoids creating separate full text indexes for any individual columns. The whole-row full text index still exists for all tables.

  Use the ckan datastore fts-index command to remove existing column indexes and reclaim database space. (#5847 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5847>_)

Scheduled jobs let CKAN work smarter and skip repeated updates.

• Faster dataset metadata updates by detecting changes and only updating resource metadata when dataset fields defined by IDatasetForm.resource_validation_dependencies have changed (default: None).
• Activities are created and metadata_modified updated only if there is a real change.
• metadata_modified may now be set by sysadmins which is useful for harvesting or mirroring.

• ckan jobs worker CLI now runs a scheduler by default to enqueue scheduled jobs. Use --no-scheduler to disable the scheduler on this worker. Only one worker can run as a scheduler for each queue so this option may be used on secondary workers.

  datastore_create, datastore_upsert and datastore_delete now schedule a job to patch the corresponding resource’s last_modified value for datastore-first resources. A scheduled job is used to reduce duplicated metadata updates that would slow down these operations. (#8980 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8980>_)

Richer APIs report back the actual changes made enabling tighter integration with other systems.

• package_update and actions that call it now report whether there was a real change by adding the package id to a new changed_entities context value or changed_entities envelope value for API calls. (#8407 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8407>_)

• datastore_create, datastore_upsert, and datastore_delete now accept a "include_records": true parameter to return the actual data inserted, updated or deleted in the response including the _id values and any transformations. (default: false)

  datastore_upsert no longer includes a copy of the passed records in the response. (#8684 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8684>_)

Minor changes

• Saving a draft dataset is now called “Publish” and an “Unpublish” button is available to move an active dataset back to the draft state. (#8308 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8308>_)
• Publishing a dataset now does an extra error check, so validators that only apply rules to fields for published datasets (e.g. required-only-when-published) will be properly displayed. (#8308 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8308>_)
• The internal allow_partial_update context parameter has been removed. Now normal API users may call package_update without passing resources and the existing resources will remain untouched instead of being deleted.
• Sysadmins can no longer demote themselves or the system user. (#8155 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8155>_)
• Activity plugin now adds an activity tab to the sysadmin panel to purge old activities (predefined options: older than a day/month/year, or delete all). Additionally there is a new CLI command ckan clean activities with multiple options and an activity_delete action. (#8189 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8189>_)
• New interface INotifier allows notifications beyond simple emails. (#8200 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8200>_)
• Add --max-idle-time to the ckan jobs worker command. (#8240 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8240>_)
• Adds argmode to the datastore_function_create action, allowing custom DataStore SQL functions to support inout and output parameters. (#8279 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8279>_)
• Added a schema and validators for the Perform Password Reset form. (#8292 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8292>_)
• DataTables view column visibility modal now has Show All and Hide All buttons and fixes for responsive issues. (#8341 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8341>_)
• DataStore field names/IDs are now validated at the schema level. Control characters are no longer allowed in DataStore field names/IDs. (#8342 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8342>_)
• New CKAN logo is used by midnight-blue theme.
• New helpers endpoint_from_url and page_is_active. (#8492 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8492>_)
• datastore_info: new include_meta and include_fields_schema parameters that may be set to False to avoid computing table size, index size, row count, aliases or per-field index, unique and notnull status (#8589 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8589>_)
• Allow plugins to set user IDs during user creation. (#8609 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8609>_)
• Allow plugins to change the user names during user_patch or user_update, and retrieve restricted properties like email or apikey from user_show. (#8622 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8622>_)
• :ref:ckan.user.unique_email_states setting can be used to specify statuses of user accounts that are used for checking uniqueness of the email during registration. After changing the value of the option, run ckan db duplicate_emails CLI command to verify that all existing emails are still unique. (#8626 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8626>_)
• datatablesview plugin now uses the default DataTables responsive view (hidden columns folded below each row) instead of a custom modal dialog. For the old responsive modal behaviour set: ckan.datatables.responsive_modal = true (#8754 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8754>_)
• IDatasetForm and IGroupForm plugins may now override the new search_template_htmx and read_template_htmx methods to control which parts of the page are updated when new search results are displayed. (#8914 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8914>_)
• New reusable ckan.toast module that displays Bootstrap 5 toast notifications across CKAN (#9016 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9016>_)
• New reusable ckan.confirm module that displays Bootstrap 5 confirmation modal windows across CKAN (#9018 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9018>_)
• New helper to display Datastore action buttons based on theme being used (i.e. not displaying buttons on “Midnight blue” theme, displaying on default theme). (#9041 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9041>_)
• CKAN config options are not shared with Flask application by default. To pass option into Flask application(for example, when configuring Flask extension), add flask: true to the declaration of the config option. (#9068 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9068>_)
• New resource icons for common AI/ML and geospatial formats, including: parquet, md, tif, pmtiles, atx, dbf, fgb, gpkg, py, gz, shp, shx, and ipynb. (#9170 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9170>_)
• DataStore’s global public tables, previously only _table_metadata, are now configurable with :ref:ckan.datastore.public_table_search (#9298 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9298>_)
• Configuration options can be declared with nullable flag, which set their value to None when option is missing from the config file. (#9308 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9308>_)
• New CLI command that reports discrepancies between the real DB schema and model definition: ckan db check (#9355 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9355>_)
• New config option :ref:ckan.webassets.debug that controls aggregation logic of webassets. When it’s disabled(default), webassets are aggregated and served from :ref:ckan.webassets.path. When it’s enabled, every source file of asset is served separately, allowing easier front-end debugging but substantially increasing the number of additional requests. (#9379 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9379>_)
• Login by email is now case-insensitive. (#8626 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8626>_)
• The include_users parameter to organization_show and group_show actions now default to False regardless of the :ref:ckan.auth.public_user_details configuration setting. (#9232 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9232>_)
• Improved organization_list / group_list API performance with "all_fields": true, resulting in faster load times for Organization/Group List Pages. (#9278 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9278>_)
• DataStore now returns milliseconds from timestamp columns by default. To restore the old behavior set :ref:ckan.datastore.ms_in_timestamp to false. (#8202 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8202>_)
• New config option :ref:ckan.uploads_enabled that can be used to disable all uploads. (#8977 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8977>_)
• Logging configuration no longer needs to be defined in the configuration ini file when extending a base configuration file. Base logging settings will be used unless the overridden by a higher level configuration file. (#9002 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9002>_)
• New IAuthenticator.identify_user method can be used to assign a User object to the current session. (#8636 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8636>_)
• job_list action returns 200 jobs by default. Use limit or ckan.jobs.default_list_limit config option to modify this limit. (#8070 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8070>_)
• user_with_token / sysadmin_with_token factory fixtures added to test suite. (#7631 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/7631>_)
• Update settings and readme for running cypress tests locally with the test-infrastructure docker compose configuration (#8724 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8724>_)
• Reintroduced email_is_unique validator. (#7723 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/7723>_)
• Add the site user id to the get_site_user function response (#8386 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8386>_)
• Add --create option to ckan sysadmin add command to automatically create the user if it doesn’t exist (#8673 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8673>_)
• Register per-test plugin using provide_plugin fixture or ckan_plugin mark. (#8786 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8786>_)
• Extension generator now generates linting workflow using ruff. (#8969 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8969>_)
• Replace usage of pkg_resources.iter_entry_points, update exception message (#8992 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8992>_)
• Expose NotFound exception in plugins toolkit for consistency with core extensions (it’s the same exception as the existing ObjectNotFound) (#8996 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8996>_)
• Update Twitter to X in CKAN templates. (#9036 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9036>_)
• Added remove_locale_from_url() and remove_root_path_from_url() template helpers (#9093 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9093>_)
• Follow and unfollow actions now call their respective authentication methods (#9229 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9229>_)
• datatablesview’s lastView local storage key is now suffixed with the view ID, allowing each DataTable view to respect its given responsive-flag. (#8209 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8209>_)
• Improved JS translations documentation (#8927 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8927>_)
• Use pglast instead of sqlparse to sanitize datastore_search_sql input (#9475 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9475>_)

Bugfixes

• GHSA-8frv-ccr7-4m2p (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-8frv-ccr7-4m2p>_: Stored XSS via resource fields in Text view
• GHSA-5r6j-4c43-7mx6 (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-5r6j-4c43-7mx6>_: Unauthenticated nested Solr QParser allowlist bypass in package_search
• GHSA-73fv-x47v-f4j5 (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-73fv-x47v-f4j5>_: Authenticated stacked SQL injection in datastore_create
• GHSA-8hw7-23gj-5599 (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-8hw7-23gj-5599>_: datastore_search_sql Authorization Bypass
• GHSA-3g5q-3wf6-p8rc (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-3g5q-3wf6-p8rc>_: markdown_extract() Stored XSS on Dataset Listings
• GHSA-6499-jgj4-2wpf (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-6499-jgj4-2wpf>_: Session Fixation in Registration View
• GHSA-jgwg-vp4m-5xw5 (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-jgwg-vp4m-5xw5>_: Exposure of private metadata via follow API actions
• GHSA-p5rh-49m9-56vx (CVE pending) <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-p5rh-49m9-56vx>_: Stored XSS vector via resource name in DataTables view
• Fix “Option lang is not declared” warning at application startup. (#8777 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8777>_)
• Logout link changed to a POST submit so it interacts properly with caching and CSRF (#7892 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/7892>_)
• Activity performance fix replaces unions with in(list) and activity outer join to packages with subselects. (#7903 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/7903>_)
• DataTable columns now automatically re-fit after sorting. (#8065 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8065>_)
• Only show the count of an org’s datasets on the dashboard organization list (not harvesters, showcases, etc.). (#8082 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8082>_)
• Fix 403 error when a user removes themselves from a group (#8256 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8256>_)
• ckan db upgrade can now be used after ckan db create-from-model (#8336 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8336>_)
• DataStore dump XML format now conforms field names to XML element name conventions. (#8340 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8340>_)
• ckan db clean and ckan search-index rebuild now remove orphaned entries from search index (#8347 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8347>_)
• Fix error message when creating a new user with an existing user name. (#8388 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8388>_)
• Fix display of social media links on resource when ckanext-scheming is in use. (#8454 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8454>_)
• Add public folder to extension template (#8565 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8565>_)
• Fix language code in html tag lang attribute to use BCP-47 with a new unix_locale_to_bcp47 template helper function. (#8698 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8698>_)
• Fix argument parsing inside ckan search-index clear-orphans CLI command. (#8750 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8750>_)
• Fixed slightly too large slug edit button, as .btn-xs was dropped from Bootstrap. (#8835 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8835>_)
• Fix for historical versions of a custom dataset types using the IDatasetForm interface. (#8875 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8875>_)
• Prevent layout shifting in header when logo loads (#8905 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8905>_)
• Fix for datastore_search_sql and multithreaded environments. (#8929 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8929>_)
• Fix server error if session data was not properly encoded (#8939 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8939>_)
• Remove user data from stats if the :ref:ckan.auth.public_user_details setting is set to False. (#9030 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9030>_)
• Fix context passed to Table Designer from resource_create and resource_update (#9057 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9057>_)
• Fix handling of plugin order for ITemplateHelpers to align with add_template_directory precedence again (first plugin wins). (#9069 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9069>_)
• Fix the font of the sort indicator in datatablesview (#9078 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9078>_)
• Fix Preview for resource view create/update pages (#9128 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9128>_)
• Add handling for ObjectNotFound to Datapusher: delete-datastore route (#9130 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9130>_)
• Fix auth check for resource_view_reorder (#9131 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9131>_)
• Fix performance issue with DataStore dump startup time affecting large tables (#9144 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9144>_)
• Enable using helpers that were overridden by plugins in model_dictize.py (#9155 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9155>_)
• Fix for markdown_extract tag removal bug (#9162 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9162>_)
• Fix organization_purge reporting deleted datasets. (#9167 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9167>_)
• Fix SMTP TLS error with embedded port (#9186 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9186>_)
• Display correct errors and leave resource form empty when dataset validation errors are triggered by publishing a dataset (setting state=active) (#9202 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9202>_)
• Use h2 in sidebar instead of h1 as pages should only have one h1 (#9219 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9219>_)
• Fix an issue with Resources not uploading new files during package_update (#9265 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9265>_)
• Fix get_param_int helper to return 0 instead of 10 when the given parameter is not available or cannot be parsed as an integer. (#9281 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9281>_)
• Capture the undefined_table psql error if a DataStore resource table was removed. (#9286 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9286>_)
• Fix error when creating an extension by calling cookiecutter directly. (#9296 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9296>_)
• Fixed duplicated root_path in webassets when assets directory is public directory and debug mode is used or cssrewrite is present in filters. (#9300 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9300>_)
• Fix organization_delete incorrectly failing for organizations with no datasets when ckan.auth.create_unowned_dataset is disabled. (#9311 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9311>_)
• Fix DataStore distinct queries with limit/offset (#9365 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9365>_)
• Fix organization admins not being allowed to invite new users when public registration is closed (#9369 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9369>_)
• Use case-insensitive email search when requesting password reset. (#9370 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9370>_)
• Add the missing CSRF token (h.csrf_input()) to the Table Designer add-row, edit-row and delete-rows forms (#9372 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9372>_)
• Return a 404 response instead of a 500 error when opening a resource edit page for a dataset that does not exist. (#9375 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9375>_)
• Reindex datasets after member_create and member_delete change package group memberships, ensuring group pages show the correct datasets. (#9381 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9381>_)
• Fix resource form allowing creation of completely empty resources. (#9397 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9397>_)
• Always return dataset with the current site_id when searching by dataset id (#9422 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9422>_)
• DataStore auth function fix (#9021 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9021>_)
• Clear CSRF token from session when logging out programmatically. (#9049 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9049>_)
• Pass about_formatted to user info snippet to display this value in the sidebar. (#9148 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9148>_)
• Fix missing string translation for Searching... in the Select2 JS autocomplete module. (#9184 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9184>_)
• Fix server errors on badly formatted requests (#9201 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9201>_)
• Remove unused ckan.static_max_age config option (#9005 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9005>_)
• Avoid exceptions in tracking extension when dataset fields are missing (#8499 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8499>_)
• Renamed .btn-default to .btn-secondary due to Bootstrap conventions. (#8611 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8611>_)
• Allow users to follow and unfollow groups and organizations when ckan.auth.public_user_details is disabled. (#9394 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9394>_)

.. _migration-notes-2.12:

Migration notes

• The minimum Python version supported is Python 3.10 (#8998 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8998>_)
• The migrate_package_activity.py script and revision tables have been removed. Migrate your revision data to activities before upgrading to this version or the revision history will be lost. (#8319 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8319>_)
• The ckan datastore set-permissions SQL must be run against an existing datastore database to define the new fast_table_row_count function. (#9234 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9234>_)
• Extensions must now include the :ref:CSRF protection <csrf_best_practices> snippet in their forms. The ckan.csrf_protection.ignore_extensions config option has been removed. (#8918 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8918>_)
• The unique user email index is now case insensitive. This will prevent duplicate user emails that use different cases. Use the ckan db duplicate_emails command to confirm any duplicate users you may have in your site. (#9178 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9178>_)
• Setting debug=true in your configuration does no longer make assets files to be served individually. To enable this in a development environment you need to use the new :ref:ckan.webassets.debug config option (disabled by default). When it’s enabled, every asset file is served separately, allowing easier front-end debugging but substantially increasing the number of additional requests. (#9379 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9379>_)

Removals and deprecations

• Updating dataset metadata no longer revalidates unchanged resources. This change will affect custom validation rules that access resource metadata from dataset or other resource validators:

  • only changed resources are passed to validation
  • flattened data the validators receive won’t include unchanged resources

  This change does not affect validation of resource fields that depend on package fields. Package metadata fields are always available in flattened data. (#5713 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5713>_)

• The form_to_db_* and db_to_form_* methods of the IGroupForm interface have been replaced by create_group_schema(), update_group_schema() and show_group_schema(). (#9050 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9050>_)
• PackageExtra and GroupExtra tables have been removed. Code that accesses these models directly will need to be updated to use the Package.extras and Group.extras dicts for updating and JSON queries like query(Package, Package.extras['name'] == '"value"') (#8273 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8273>_)
• The page_primary_action, form and package_search_results_list blocks have been moved from templates/package/search.html to templates/package/snippets/search_results.html so that dataset search results may be updated without rendering the whole page. Extensions that override these blocks will need to be updated. (#8914 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8914>_)

• The following deprecated functions and properties have been removed:

  • h.truncate() (use the builtin jinja2 filter instead)
  • h.get_site_statistics()
  • common.is_flask_request()
  • Request.args
  • views.user.set_repoze_user()
  • Tag.search_by_name()
  • PackageTag.by_name()
  • Package.is_private
  • IDomainObjectModification.notify_after_commit()
• Removed activity-stream.js module (#8129 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8129>_)
• Removed /api/1/snippet, templates/ajax_snippet, getTemplate feature: normal views with parameter validation and permission checking should be used instead, possibly combined with HTMX. (#7619 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/7619>_)
• Removed _alerts.scss and alert-error class due to deprecated alert-variant() (#8427 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8427>_)
• Removed unused jQuery truncator plugin (#8481 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8481>_)
• context["model"] is deprecated in favor of ckan.model module. (#8702 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8702>_)
• Removed Organization facet from individual organization pages. Removed Groups facet from individual groups pages. (#8923 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8923>_)
• Tests no longer support authentication by REMOTE_USER environment variable. Use app.set_session_user or Authorization header with user’s API Token instead. (#9068 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9068>_)
• Removed old and unused ckan.lib.cli module (#8558 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8558>_)
• Removed the HostHeaderMiddleware flask middleware. (#9123 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9123>_)

• Global variable search_facets_limits is no longer available on dataset search pages::

  # before g.search_facets_limits.get(“facet”)

  # after h.get_param_int(f”_{facet}_limit”, config[“search.facets.default”])

  (#9281 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9281>_)

• data-site-root and data-locale-root attributes have been moved to site-root/locale-root meta elements inside head. Front-end code like $('body').data('site-root'); must be replaced with $('meta[name=site-root]').attr('content'); or document.head.querySelector(['meta[name=site-root]'])?.content (#9284 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/9284>_)
• templates/package/new_package_form.html content has been merged into its parent template templates/package/snippets/package_form.html. templates/package/new_package_form.html is now marked as deprecated and will be removed in a future release. (#8308 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/8308>_)