Moodle Admin Alert! Moodle 4.0.5 and other minor versions released

Moodle LMS has released the minor point versions for all the supported versions. The new minor version release includes big fixes and security issues addressed. The versions released today includes Moodle 4.0.5, 3.11.11 and 3.9.18.

The next major Moodle version i.e. Moodle 4.1 is scheduled to be released on November 28. The list of general fixes and improvements includes:

• MDL-68437 – Whole forum grading shows suspended students
• MDL-73624 – Chrome cannot download files when the filename in Content-Disposition contains a comma (e.g. quiz report download)
• MDL-74762 – Statistics in the Moodle 4.0 question bank use many DB queries causing performance problems
• MDL-74941 – Cannot edit 3.11 Calculated Multichoice questions in Moodle 4.0
• MDL-27570 – Quiz time limit changes are not reflected in active quiz attempts without page refresh
• MDL-66955 – Slow search in ‘Search people and messages’
• MDL-68943 – Converted PDF file does not update when submission file is overwritten
• MDL-75173 – Course is marked as completed when conditions are not met for passing grade
• MDL-61880 – Oauth2 field mappings are reset and endpoints lost when identity issuer settings saved
• MDL-75065 – Database error when creating simple calculated question
• MDL-71531 – Moodle file cache – excessive locking around cache reads
• MDL-76011 – “Download all/selected submissions” imposes download date on the zipped files instead of retaining submission dates
• MDL-75010 – Viewing images in email should not update last access
• MDL-74201 – Content bank files used by reference not restored on other site
• MDL-75766 – Adding indexes in h5p database table (backport of MDL-71129)
• MDL-74965 – BigBlueButton students access error
• MDL-75784 – Expand all/Collapse all button is not working when we have two more button in a page
• MDL-76169 – Various behat fixes for Question
• MDL-74468 – BigBlueButton Custom Completion Fixes
• MDL-59458 – Sorting database module entries by certain fields shows no results
• MDL-72490 – Restrict date/time: Show error if users picks incompatible date restrictions
• MDL-75985 – Standardise HTML output when comparing editor values
• MDL-76020 – Some items missing from footer in Classic theme
• MDL-76113 – Legacy grade sync always fails for LTI 2.0 consumers
• MDL-76170 – LTI legacy grade sync fails if member sync occurs before first user launch
• MDL-76041 – Exception when on the Recording Only page in BigBlueButton
• MDL-74315 – Filters dropdown with large amount of elements is not displayed correctly in report builder
• MDL-75519 – Default configuration of “Users” report source should sort by fullname
• MDL-76108 – Exception thrown when restoring 1.9 backup into current moodle
• MDL-75192 – “Current week” condition in report builder always considers Monday as start of week
• MDL-75848 – “Cannot read properties of null” error when using Atto editor
• MDL-75558 – BigBlueButton displays alert banner when Forced Group Mode “No groups” enabled
• MDL-75642 – Error deleting multiple (random) questions from quiz
• MDL-75727 – Problem with regrade for quizzes where “each attempt builds on the last”
• MDL-75889 – allowedemaildomains should be case insensitive

There are other security fixes and accessibility improvements which are listed in the release notes here.

You can download the latest Moodle versions from the official downloads page here or through the GitHub repository here.

In case you need help in choosing which is the best Moodle version for you, you can check out this guide.