=== New user-facing features in 1.34 ===
* Special:Mute has been added as a quick way for users to block unwanted emails
from other users originating from Special:EmailUser.
+* (T207577) Special:NewSection has been created as a shortcut to creating a new
+ section on a page. When linked to, its subpage is used as the target
+ ([[Special:NewSection/Test]] redirects to creating a new section in "Test").
+ Otherwise, it displays a basic interface to allow the end user to specify
+ the target manually.
=== New developer features in 1.34 ===
* The ImgAuthModifyHeaders hook was added to img_auth.php to allow modification
to add fields to Special:Mute.
* (T100896) Skin authors can define custom OOUI themes using OOUIThemePaths.
See <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI/Themes> for details.
-* The HtmlCacheUpdater service was added to unify the logic of purging CDN cache
- and HTML file cache to simplify callers and make them more consistent.
=== External library changes in 1.34 ===
template option 'searchaction' instead.
* LoadBalancer::haveIndex() and LoadBalancer::isNonZeroLoad() have
been deprecated.
+* FileBackend::getWikiId() has been deprecated.
+ Use FileBackend::getDomainId() instead.
* User::getRights() and User::$mRights have been deprecated. Use
PermissionManager::getUserPermissions() instead.
* The LocalisationCacheRecache hook no longer allows purging of message blobs
* SearchEngine::textAlreadyUpdatedForIndex() is deprecated, given the
deprecation above this method is no longer needed/called and should not be
implemented by SearchEngine implementation.
-* Title::purgeSquid is deprecated. Use MediaWikiServices::getHtmlCacheUpdater.
=== Other changes in 1.34 ===
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