Moodle 3.11 release notes
Releases > Moodle 3.11 release notes
Release date: Not yet released - scheduled for 17 May 2021
Here is the full list of fixed issues in 3.11.
If you are upgrading from a previous version, please see Upgrading in the user docs.
Server requirements
These are just the minimum supported versions. We recommend keeping all of your software and operating systems up-to-date.
- Moodle upgrade: Moodle 3.6 or later
- PHP version: minimum PHP 7.3.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.10. PHP 7.4.x is supported too. PHP 8.0 support is being implemented (see MDL-70745) and not ready for production yet.
- PHP extension sodium is recommended. It will be required in Moodle 4.2. For further details, see Environment - PHP extension sodium.
- PHP setting max_input_vars is recommended to be >= 5000 for PHP 7.x installations. It's a requirement for PHP 8.x installations. For further details, see Environment - max input vars.
Database requirements
Moodle supports the following database servers. Again, version numbers are just the minimum supported version. We recommend running the latest stable version of any software.
Database | Minimum version | Recommended |
---|---|---|
PostgreSQL | 9.6 | Latest |
MySQL | 5.7 | Latest |
MariaDB | 10.2.29 | Latest |
Microsoft SQL Server | 2017 (increased since Moodle 3.10) | Latest |
Oracle Database | 11.2 | Latest |
Client requirements
Browser support
Moodle is compatible with any standards compliant web browser. We regularly test Moodle with the following browsers:
Desktop:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari
- Edge
Note: Moodle 3.10 does NOT support Internet Explorer 11.
Safari 7 and below has known compatibility issues with Moodle 3.10.
Mobile:
- MobileSafari
- Google Chrome
For the best experience and optimum security, we recommend that you keep your browser up to date. https://www.whatsmybrowser.org/
Warnings
- If you have a site running on MariaDB / MySQL with many users, you may experience database issues after the upgrade step 2021042100. The upgrade attempts to drop several columns from the user table (after they were converted to new user profile fields - MDL-28452). This typically requires copying all the rows into a new tablespace and rebuilding all indexes. Which may eventually lead to time-outs and "MySQL server has gone away" errors. It should be enough and safe to simply re-run the upgrade until the upgrade step 2021042100.01 finishes successfully.
Major features
Other highlights
For administrators
- MDL-67748 - Web services configuration is now located in Site administration > Server section. Tokens management was improved to allow searching and filtering.
Security issues
A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.
For developers
API changes
- MDL-45242 - Allow user profile fields to be specified as user identity fields - New code is backwards-compatible, but report-code should be updated.
Web service additions and updates
- MDL-71169 - All new external functions implementation classes should use execute as the method name, in which case the methodname property should not be specified in db/services.php file
See also