The 19th Open edX community release will be named Sumac. It will be released Dec 9th, 2024. The open-release/sumac.master branches will be created one month earlier, on November 9th. Code on master/main as of November 9th will be part of Sumac. Code merged after that will need special handling to be part of Sumac.

Put stuff here that we have to remember when we start packaging up Sumac.  Especially important is information that system installers or operators will need to know. Please include your name when you add an item, so that we can get back to you with questions.

Operational

• Course asset middleware converted to view — @Tim McCormack

  • Background: The LMS/CMS previously handled course asset requests (asset-v1: andc4x URLs) via a middleware called StaticContentServer. This middleware has been converted to a view.

  • Action: If your deployment has a custom MIDDLEWARE list in Django, you will need to remove this item at the time of upgrade to Sumac. Otherwise, no action is needed.

Deprecations and Removals

• In frontend-app-learner-dashboard — @Max Frank

  • support for Optimizely has been removed along with the ProductRecommendations widget

    • https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-learner-dashboard/issues/387

  • removed the RecommendationsPanel widget

    • https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-learner-dashboard/issues/410