Discuss Joomla! 3.9.8

[pe7er]

Here you can discuss about the release of Joomla 3.9.8

See Announcement: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=972459

[sozzled]

Updated three Joomla websites (so far) from J! 3.9.6 to J! 3.9.8 without any problems. Front- and back-end access all seem to work OK. Thanks, everyone.

UPDATE: Updated another half-dozen websites from J! 3.9.6 to J! 3.9.8 without any problems. Tip: Make sure that you "check for updates" in case the Joomla! Update component shows the latest update is J! 3.9.7.

[JAVesey]

Updated both "live" and "local" sites from 3.9.6 to 3.9.8 directly without issue.

Thank you to those involved

[Argyll45]

Just updated 12 websites and on one of them I still get a message to upload the new version 3.8.5 - the site still runs and I can add content as usual but why the message ( see attached image)
Jim

[jgress-]

Just updated 12 websites and on one of them I still get a message to upload the new version 3.8.5 - the site still runs and I can add content as usual but why the message ( see attached image)
Jim

Did you click the Check for Updates button?
And I'd clear Joomla cache too.

[Argyll45]

yeh, message disappeared thanks
jim

[jgress-]

Happy it's sorted, Jim.

[Fan33GR]

I've updated 3 sites from 3.9.6 to 3.9.8, no problem at all.

Thanks Joomla! Team.

[jgress-]

I too did 50+ sites and all fine. Thanks everyone!!!! <3
Jenn

[bsorli]

Just updated 12 websites and on one of them I still get a message to upload the new version 3.8.5 - the site still runs and I can add content as usual but why the message ( see attached image)
Jim

Yes same problem with 3.96 update to 3.98! Joomla now reporting that I should update from my 3.98 installation back to 3.96. Please note, attached images as reference and thanks for the help!

Sorli...

[pe7er]

Yes same problem with 3.96 update to 3.98! Joomla now reporting that I should update from my 3.98 installation back to 3.96.

That's a weid problem. It guess that it's some local server issue.

Your Joomla site has a file called administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
that defines Joomla's update servers:

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<updateservers>
<server name="Joomla! Core" type="collection">https://update.joomla.org/core/list.xml</server>
</updateservers>

The URL https://update.joomla.org/core/list.xml tells your Joomla site where to look if there are any updates:

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<extension name="Joomla" element="joomla" type="file" version="3.9.8" targetplatformversion="3.9" detailsurl="https://update.joomla.org/core/sts/extension_sts.xml"/>

And in https://update.joomla.org/core/sts/extension_sts.xml it speficies the new versions + downloads

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<update>
<name>Joomla! 3.9</name>
<description>Joomla! 3.9 CMS</description>
<element>joomla</element>
<type>file</type>
<version>3.9.8</version>
<infourl title="Joomla!">
https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5771-joomla-3-9-8-release.html
</infourl>
<downloads>
<downloadurl type="full" format="zip">
https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-9-8/Joomla_3.9.8-Stable-Update_Package.zip
</downloadurl>
<downloadsource type="full" format="zip">
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/releases/download/3.9.8/Joomla_3.9.8-Stable-Update_Package.zip
</downloadsource>
<downloadsource type="full" format="zip">
https://update.joomla.org/releases/3.9.8/Joomla_3.9.8-Stable-Update_Package.zip
</downloadsource>
</downloads>
<tags>
<tag>stable</tag>
</tags>
<sha256>
e3f5c1923aea06eee4fe6bdde4bdca4d2c7fd38537518a045d651096b94f7494
</sha256>
<sha384>
3a77a2a0f537fc75e448b5811c7982a6660d5d71a74da74be51f6b8c801ffc0bf428e4937fbedaeb1e38d9d8d2fefbd8
</sha384>
<sha512>
76db0a02e89724146f68826dc7d3da759f7d5393774be26f422d09282ac0ddf6c65fae4302a8e04fc4d3c90bf5a428478d6d64acf18a0bf3f19d39fa858345bd
</sha512>
<maintainer>Joomla! Production Department</maintainer>
<maintainerurl>https://www.joomla.org</maintainerurl>
<section>STS</section>
<targetplatform name="joomla" version="3.[789]"/>
<php_minimum>5.3.10</php_minimum>
</update>

Does your site uses any server cache or proxy?
So that Joomla keeps seeing / using to the old Joomla version information that was on https://update.joomla.org/core/sts/extension_sts.xml before the J3.9.8 update?

I would test that by using ssh to log in into that server, and investigate the output of

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curl https://update.joomla.org/core/sts/extension_sts.xml

Of course you could also ask your hosting company.

[bsorli]

Just in case anyone else has my problem. I logged into Adminsitrator and then manually forced Joomla Updates to check for newer version of software. It initially report

Installed version: 3.9.8
Update version: 3.9.6

but after force refresh to check for new updates...finally reporting latest version installed and now running 3.9.11.