=== Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.34 ===
==== New configuration ====
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+* $wgAllowExternalReqID (T201409) - This configuration setting controls whether
+ Mediawiki accepts the request ID set by the incoming request via the
+ `X-Request-Id` header. If set to `true`, that value will be used throughout
+ the code as the request identificator. Otherwise, the sent header will be
+ ignored and the request ID will either be taken from Apache's mod_unique
+ module or will be generated by Mediawiki itself (depending on the set-up).
==== Changed configuration ====
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==== Removed external libraries ====
+* The jquery.async module, deprecated in 1.33, was removed.
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=== Bug fixes in 1.34 ===
* User::getPasswordValidity(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
* ApiQueryBase::prepareUrlQuerySearchString(), deprecated in 1.33, has been
removed.
+* ChangeTags::purgeTagUsageCache(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
+* JobQueueGroup::pushLazyJobs(), deprecated in 1.33, has been removed.
+* MediaWikiTestCase::stashMwGlobals(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
+* SearchEngine::transformSearchTerm(), deprecated in 1.32, has been removed.
+* The Block typehint only refers to blocks stored in the database. It should be
+ updated to AbstractBlock in cases where any type of block could be expected.
+* FileRepoStatus, deprecated in 1.25, has been removed.
+* The LegacyHookPreAuthenticationProvider class, deprecated since its creation
+ in 1.27, has been removed.
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=== Deprecations in 1.34 ===
* The getSubjectPage, getTalkPage, and getOtherPage of Title are deprecated.
Use NamespaceInfo's getSubjectPage, getTalkPage, and getAssociatedPage.
* MWMessagePack class, no longer used, has been deprecated in 1.34.
+* The Block class is separated into Block (for blocks stored in the database),
+ and SystemBlock (for temporary blocks created by the system). SystemBlock
+ should be used when creating any temporary blocks.
=== Other changes in 1.34 ===
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