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Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for April 15, 2019:

• NOTABLE: An update for the Fandom app on iOS and Android was recently released - check Apps Technical Updates for details!
• NOTABLE: We recently completed migration of a range of wikis to wikia.org
• FIXED: We recently fixed a bug where approve actions would show as delete actions on Discussions Insights report lists.
• FIXED: We recently fixed a bug where file pages could be tagged in Discussions posts.
• FIXED: We're rolling out a fix for an issue where some images are downloaded as 'octet-stream' instead of the expected file format - but it is affected by caching. Some additional fixes for image generation are being worked on, and we plan to perform a wide cache refresh once all are live. (As a workaround, you can simply rename the .octet-stream extension to the expected one, such as .jpg or .png)

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for April 8, 2019:

• FIXED: We recently fixed a situation that resulted in mobile content being cached too strongly for anonymous visitors.
• FIXED: We recently fixed a case that could result in some GIFs failing to animate when using Chrome.
• NOTABLE: We recently reduced the maximum height of the Discussions reply window to make it easier to re-read the content you are replying to.
• KNOWN ISSUE: We are investigating some behavioural issues with the drafts feature, such as categories incorrectly being removed.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for April 4, 2019:

• KNOWN ISSUE: Formatting (such as hyperlinks) is stripped from Discussions guidelines when they appear as a popup in the updated Discussions.
• KNOWN ISSUE: Custom favicons are ignored on Discussions pages in favor of the default Fandom icon.
• KNOWN ISSUE: At the bottom of the new Discussions Feed, the option to load the next batch of older posts is missing.
• KNOWN ISSUE: On post detail pages in Discussions, the browser tab label doesn't reflect that post's title.
• KNOWN ISSUE: On communities with a larger number of Discussions categories, the bottom categories can't be selected at post creation due to a display issue.
• KNOWN ISSUE: For wikis with diacritics in their sitename, a random "a" can get added in the right rail module's title on post detail pages.
• KNOWN ISSUE: The "Hide deleted" filter for admins and mods doesn't remember their selection when they navigate away from Discussions. 
• KNOWN ISSUE: In the Wiki Feed module in the right rail on post details pages, the timestamp for posts that are more than a few days old contains an error. 
• KNOWN ISSUE: The timestamp on Discussions notifications on web for new replies falsely points to midnight as the reply creation time.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for April 3, 2019:

• NEW FEATURE: We will release article tags to the new combined Discussions Feed.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for April 1, 2019:

• NOTABLE: We will release some significant updates to Discussions - see this blog post and this forum post for more details!

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for March 11, 2019:

• We will update the global navigation bar to adapt more smoothly to browsers of all widths. On large desktop screens, it will now make use of the entire breadth of the window. We will also fix some issues with the entertainweb logo, which only appears for German and sometimes caused the navigation bar to expand into two lines.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for February 21, 2019:

• FIXED: We will fix several situations where links to Discussions could be missing the language path on non-English wikis, such as on user profiles and the activity feed.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for February 6, 2019:

• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue where Fandom app logins incorrectly limited maximum password length to 50 characters.
• NOTABLE: We will refresh the design of the 'forgot password' flow on the mobile layout.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for February 4, 2019:

• FIXED: We will fix some spacing issues with section headings that contain links on the mobile layout.
• NOTABLE: We will update Discussions notification emails to include a direct link to the relevant post.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for January 29, 2019:

• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue where sharing a link to the Discussions Guidelines page in Discussions used an unexpected preview image (a user's avatar).
• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue where some ads in the Fandom App could not be dismissed. Note that it may take up to 24 hours for this fix to take effect on your device.

Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for January 23, 2019:

• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue that caused editing redirects to behave incorrectly (e.g. taking you to the edit page for the destination page, not the redirect).
• FIXED: We recently fixed a case that could prevent some image embeds using Special:Filepath from working correctly.
• FIXED: We will fix InstantCommons images not showing properly on the mobile layout.

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday break! Here are the release notes for Fandom's code release scheduled for January 9, 2019:

• A variety of fixes and improvements for portable infoboxes have recently gone live:
  • FIXED: We corrected an issue where & was incorrectly being displayed as &
  • FIXED: Image tags within horizontal group layouts now show correctly
  • FIXED: <br/> tags are now respected in captions and labels on the mobile layout
  • FIXED: After the next stats update, Special:Nonportableinfoboxes will no longer show broken links
  • FIXED: Improvements have been made to the portability detection behavior, which should reduce instances of portable infoboxes not being detected as such
• FIXED: We recently fixed a legacy link that was redirecting badly, Special:Top/community

Here are the release notes for FANDOM's code release scheduled for December 3, 2018:

• FIXED: We will fix a broken Announcements link on Special:AdminDashboard for non-English wikis on fandom.com.
• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue where reCAPTCHA failed to load on fandom.com communities.

Here are the release notes for FANDOM's code release scheduled for November 29, 2018:

• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue with cross-wiki interlanguage links pointing to fandom.com wikis. (For example, [[w:c:animalcrossing:fr:Animal Crossing (Jeu)]] now correctly takes you to the French Animal Crossing wiki.)
• NOTABLE: The Fandom homepage and editorial topic pages will be migrated from fandom.wikia.com to fandom.com domains. This will also enable HTTPS for all users visiting the homepage.

Here are the release notes for FANDOM's code release scheduled for November 27, 2018:

• FIXED: We will fix a bug that could prevent Discussions image post titles from being edited.

Here are the release notes for FANDOM's code release scheduled for November 21, 2018:

• FIXED: We will fix an issue where missing /wiki/ from a non-English fandom.com URL could result in a redirect to the wrong location.

We've no special release notes for the Nov 19 code release, but here's one for today, Nov 16:

• NOTABLE: New English-language wikis are now created on fandom.com instead of wikia.com.

Here are the release notes for FANDOM's code release scheduled for November 14, 2018:

• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue where timestamps in Discussions were always displayed in the American format (Month/Day/Year). They are now based on browser locale (e.g. Day/Month/Year for British English).
• KNOWN ISSUE: We're working on solving an issue where some special pages have not received their expected daily updates. This fix should be live soon!

Here are the release notes for FANDOM's code release scheduled for October 31, 2018:

• FIXED: We recently fixed an issue that could result in some symbols being posted incorrectly in Discussions (such as "&" instead of "&").