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Open Core Trac tickets for the next release, by component, and the open calls for testing and feedback.

100 open tickets in 35 components, milestone 7.2. Newest activity first.

Build/Test Tools29

#66211 Tests: Make PHPUnit data providers public and staticaccepted, task (blessed), normal
#65893 Many PHPUnit tests are not well isolatedaccepted, task (blessed), normal
#66455 Build/Test Tools: improve the reliability and structure of the E2E tests suiteaccepted, task (blessed), normal
#52895 Add end-to-end tests for wp-admin screensaccepted, enhancement, normal
#59901 PHPunit tests for wp_find_hierarchy_loopnew, enhancement, normal

General14

#65860 Docblock improvements for 7.2new, task (blessed), normal
#66648 Prepare for PHP 8.6reopened, task (blessed), normal
#66340 Sync changes from Gutenberg for WordPress 7.2new, task (blessed), normal
#65817 PHPStan code quality improvements for 7.2reviewing, task (blessed), normal
#66138 Block processor fixes and improvements for 7.2assigned, task (blessed), normal

Media5

#66490 Media: client-side uploads take over media frames on pages a plugin isolates, and reject file types a plugin allows per frameassigned, defect (bug), normal
#66417 wp_read_audio_metadata() keeps no tags from FLAC, Ogg or M4A filesnew, defect (bug), normal
#65300 Increase Minor Bottom Spacing for Labels “Filter by type” and “Filter by date” in Media Modalnew, defect (bug), normal
#66412 Media: The Media Library uploader does not create image sizes that share dimensionsnew, defect (bug), normal
#66462 wp_read_image_metadata() uses a bare EXIF UserComment character code ("ASCII") as the title and captionnew, defect (bug), normal

Administration4

#66432 Administration: Fatal errors on admin screens when list table request parameters are arraysreviewing, defect (bug), normal
#66360 Mobile Admin Menu overlaps main content and #wpfooter text when openassigned, defect (bug), normal
#59446 Use script helper functions in admin to enable Content-Security-Policy opt-inaccepted, defect (bug), normal
#65958 Reordering a meta box destroys any TinyMCE editor inside itnew, defect (bug), normal

REST API4

#66653 Lack of type checking in rest API can trigger fatal errorreviewing, defect (bug), normal
#66385 Check for a non-string _method parameter in WP_REST_Server::serve_request()reviewing, defect (bug), normal
#65050 REST API: Comments controller returns 403 instead of 404 for invalid post ID in update_item()reviewing, defect (bug), normal
#66384 REST batch requests can pass WP_Error to rest_post_dispatch, causing TypeErrorreviewing, defect (bug), normal

Bundled Theme3

#65433 Twenty Nineteen: replace whitespace character for heading decorationreopened, defect (bug), normal
#66352 New default theme for WP 7.2: Ipsum.new, task (blessed), high
#66565 Twenty Twenty-Five: Stylesheet version uses the child theme's versionnew, defect (bug), normal

HTML API3

#66208 KSES: Re-implement using HTML APInew, enhancement, normal
#65967 HTML API: Fuzz-test and fix detections in 7.2new, defect (bug), normal
#65466 HTML API: Introduce helper function for parsing CSS class names from a (decoded) attribute valuereviewing, defect (bug), normal

Abilities API2

#66433 Abilities API: a client cannot tell that the callback ran when output validation failsassigned, defect (bug), normal
#66325 Abilities API: Allow abilities to declare required capabilitiesreopened, enhancement, normal

Editor2

#66439 Block Parser: `<!--` inside a Custom HTML block swallows the block closer and nests all later blocksnew, defect (bug), normal
#66312 Editor: Support the current state for Navigation Submenu in theme.jsonreopened, enhancement, normal

Emoji2

#66134 wp_staticize_emoji() converts emoji inside code/pre blocks that have attributesnew, defect (bug), normal
#66120 wp-exclude-emoji is ignored when the excluded element is the node being parsednew, defect (bug), normal

External Libraries2

#66649 Update PHPMailer to 7.2.0new, task (blessed), normal
#66646 Update getID3 to version 1.9.28new, task (blessed), normal

Formatting2

#66110 Block Hooks run during wp_trim_excerpt(), leaking hooked-block markup into excerptsreviewing, defect (bug), normal
#65717 Add support for the autofocus attribute for dialog childrenassigned, defect (bug), normal

Plugins2

#64493 Plugin dependencies: better messaging or management of plugin active statesaccepted, defect (bug), normal
#66057 get_plugins() cache ignores extra_plugin_headers registered after the first scannew, defect (bug), normal

Rewrite Rules2

#66630 Ensure post types with the slug `random` take priority over random redirect endpoint.new, defect (bug), normal
#66625 Random content: no-cache and noindex headers are missing when the selected post is not redirected toassigned, defect (bug), normal

Script Loader2

#66591 Script Modules: Translations are not printed for script modules that classic scripts depend onnew, defect (bug), normal
#65272 Blocks' opinionated styles are not loading on demand in classic themesaccepted, defect (bug), normal

Taxonomy2

#49799 get_the_terms() object term cache check too strict?accepted, defect (bug), normal
#66007 wp_update_term() reports success when the database write is rejectedreviewing, defect (bug), normal

XML-RPC2

#66107 XML-RPC: Fatal error when a date field is not a dateTime.iso8601new, defect (bug), normal
#66108 Fatal error in wp_insert_term() when the term name is not a stringreviewing, defect (bug), normal

AI1

#65223 Connectors plugin install flow does not show filesystem credentials form when FTP is requiredaccepted, defect (bug), normal

Application Passwords1

#62064 Refresh Authorize Application page UInew, defect (bug), normal

Cache API1

#66006 WP_Post::get_instance() and four others cache a miss while cache addition is suspendedreviewing, defect (bug), normal

Customize1

#65030 Customize: `isLinkPreviewable()` regex overrides `customize_allowed_urls` filter for sites with `/wp-content/` in home URLaccepted, defect (bug), normal

Help/About1

#66202 About Page - 7.2new, task (blessed), normal

I18N1

#64522 Clarify expected behavior for invalid weekday values in WP_Locale::get_weekday()reviewing, defect (bug), normal

Interactivity API1

#66452 Interactivity API: 7.2 hardeningnew, task (blessed), normal

Posts, Post Types1

#64810 A password protected post can be sticky but sometimes this behaviour is forbidden.new, defect (bug), normal

Privacy1

#47491 Avoid double colouring in privacy request rows w/ noticesaccepted, defect (bug), normal

Query1

#66654 Explore ways to improve the performance of random redirects for large sitesassigned, task (blessed), normal

Role/Capability1

#66453 edit_block_binding check changes the registered post type object and ignores its edit_post capabilitynew, defect (bug), normal

Security1

#66424 Secrets API: A failed read of a secret's record reads as a missing secretnew, defect (bug), normal

Site Health1

#64707 Site Health: Opcode cache test reports a false negative when OPcache runs in file-cache-only modeaccepted, defect (bug), normal

Themes1

#64620 function read_json_file throws an error if the file is missingassigned, defect (bug), normal

TinyMCE1

#62924 TinyMCE uses deprecated “unload” event listenernew, defect (bug), normal

Toolbar1

#66013 Admin bar submenu arrows are misaligned on small-screen devices.new, defect (bug), normal

Upgrade/Install1

#66456 Update `$_old_files` list for 7.2new, task (blessed), normal

Widgets1

#66165 Link ratings show even when disablednew, defect (bug), normal

Open asks

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Content feedback: vendor example in "Group Management Topics" places "WordPress" in the brand position (trademark)No date given
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Feedback - Wording of the quiz question in lesson "Managing spam on your site"No date given
Needs reviewTraining
Help Us Review and Improve the Learn WordPress Learning PathwaysNo date given
Needs testingTest
Help Test WordPress 7.2No date given
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Call for Code Review Help: Repairing Gutenberg GitHub Actions Workflows for wp/x.y BranchesNo date given
Comment openPhotos
Proposal: Document the AI-generated image ruleNo date given
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