MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2026.02

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We would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension
Bundle 2026.02. This bundle is compatible with *MediaWiki 1.45.0*. It
requires *PHP >= 8.1.0*.

The next MLEB is expected to be released in 6 months after *MediaWiki 1.46
release*. If there are important bug fixes, we will do an intermediate
release. Please give us your feedback at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MLEB.

   - Download:
   https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2026.02.tar.bz2
   - sha256sum:
   297e6ca2b62615db17b614021cf805e875dd10d2f03e81c222431fd2edb6ebf4
   - Signature:
   https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2026.02.tar.bz2.asc

*Quick links*

   - Installation instructions are at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB
   - Announcements of new releases will be posted to a mailing list:
   https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-i18n.lists.wikimedia.org/
   - Report bugs to: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/1464

Highlights Babel

   - Localisation and maintenance updates only.

cldr

   - Update to cldr 48.
   - Localisation and maintenance updates.

Translate

   - Removed support for Yandex machine translation service.
   - Mark Echo extension dependency as optional. This is only required if
   Message group subscription feature is enabled. (T389998
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T389998>)
   - Require permission to create translations of empty categories. (T390348
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T390348>)
   - Enable subpage syntax based search in Special:SearchTranslations. (
   T405607 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T405607>)
   - Security fix: Ensure session information is set in jobs. (T399627
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T399627>)
   - Check DisabledTargetLanguages and group configuration for disabled
   languages to check for reason. (T402132
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402132>)
   - Add hook to control the state of title translation on
   Special:PageTranslation (T401874
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401874>)
   - Fix empty proofread section on Special:Translate when moving from
   untranslated tab. (T253017 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T253017>)
   - Don't display unusable shortcuts on Special:Translate (T406826
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T406826>)
   - Fix fatal error when a message bundle page is empty (T401348
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401348>)
   - Force-load the translation unit editor if saving fails (T345987
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T345987>)
   - Make it clearer how to edit "translations" into the source language (
   T393515 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T393515>)
   - Block external attempts to move translatable pages and message bundles
   (T370714 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T370714>)
   - Display all validation errors when using the legacy editor (T409665
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T409665>)

UniversalLanguageSelector

   - The languagesearch API has moved to MediaWiki core with no changes to
   its signature. The Universal Language Selector will maintain the code for
   legacy compatibility until the next MLEB release, at which point it will be
   removed.
   - Localisation and maintenance updates.

Full release notes are available at:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Language_Extension_Bundle/2026.02

--
Kartik Mistry

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nt-family:&quot;arial black&quot;,sans-serif"></span><span class=3D"gmail_d=
efault" style=3D"font-family:&quot;arial black&quot;,sans-serif"></span>We =
would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2=
026.02. This bundle is compatible with <b id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail=
-mwBQ">MediaWiki  1.45.0</b>. It requires <b id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gm=
ail-mwBg">PHP &gt;=3D 8.1.0</b>.<p id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwBw">=
The next MLEB is expected to be released in 6 months after <b id=3D"m_-3290=
232163070488145gmail-mwCA">MediaWiki 1.46 release</b>. If there are importa=
nt bug fixes, we will do an intermediate release. Please give us your feedb=
ack at <a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MLEB" rel=3D"mw:WikiL=
ink" title=3D"Talk:MLEB" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwCQ" target=3D"=
_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MLEB</a>.</p>
<ul id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwCg"><li id=3D"m_-329023216307048814=
5gmail-mwCw">Download: <a href=3D"https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiL=
anguageExtensionBundle-2026.02.tar.bz2" rel=3D"mw:ExtLink nofollow" id=3D"m=
_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwDA" target=3D"_blank">https://translatewiki.ne=
t/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2026.02.tar.bz2</a></li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwDQ">sha256sum: 297e6ca2b62615db17b6=
14021cf805e875dd10d2f03e81c222431fd2edb6ebf4</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwDg">Signature: <a href=3D"https://t=
ranslatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2026.02.tar.bz2.asc"=
 rel=3D"mw:ExtLink nofollow" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwDw" target=
=3D"_blank">https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle=
-2026.02.tar.bz2.asc</a></li></ul>

<p id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwEA"><b><span class=3D"gmail_default"=
 style=3D"font-family:&quot;arial black&quot;,sans-serif"></span>Quick link=
s</b></p>

<ul id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwEQ"><li id=3D"m_-329023216307048814=
5gmail-mwEg">Installation instructions are at: <a href=3D"https://www.media=
wiki.org/wiki/MLEB" rel=3D"mw:ExtLink" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mw=
Ew" target=3D"_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB</a></li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwFA">Announcements of new releases w=
ill be posted to a mailing list: <a href=3D"https://lists.wikimedia.org/pos=
torius/lists/mediawiki-i18n.lists.wikimedia.org/" rel=3D"mw:ExtLink" id=3D"=
m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwFQ" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.wikimedia=
.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-i18n.lists.wikimedia.org/</a></li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwFg">Report bugs to: <a href=3D"http=
s://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/1464" rel=3D"mw:ExtLink" id=3D"m=
_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwFw" target=3D"_blank">https://phabricator.wiki=
media.org/project/view/1464</a></li></ul><div><h2 id=3D"m_-3290232163070488=
145gmail-Highlights"><font size=3D"2">Highlights</font></h2>

<h2 id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-Babel"><font size=3D"2">Babel</font><=
/h2>
<ul id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwHA"><li id=3D"m_-329023216307048814=
5gmail-mwHQ">Localisation and maintenance updates only.</li></ul>

<h2 id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-cldr"><font size=3D"2">cldr</font></h=
2>
<ul id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwHw"><li id=3D"m_-329023216307048814=
5gmail-mwIA">Update to cldr 48.</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwIQ">Localisation and maintenance up=
dates.</li></ul>

<h2 id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-Translate"><font size=3D"2">Translate=
</font></h2>
<ul id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwIw"><li id=3D"m_-329023216307048814=
5gmail-mwJA">Removed support for Yandex machine translation service.</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwJQ">Mark Echo extension dependency =
as optional. This is only required if Message group subscription feature is=
 enabled. (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=3D"https://phabricator.wik=
imedia.org/T389998" title=3D"phabricator:T389998" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488=
145gmail-mwJg" target=3D"_blank">T389998</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwJw">Require permission to create tr=
anslations of empty categories. (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=3D"h=
ttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T390348" title=3D"phabricator:T390348" id=
=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwKA" target=3D"_blank">T390348</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwKQ">Enable subpage syntax based sea=
rch in Special:SearchTranslations. (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=
=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T405607" title=3D"phabricator:T405607=
" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwKg" target=3D"_blank">T405607</a>)</l=
i>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwKw">Security fix: Ensure session in=
formation is set in jobs. (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=3D"https:/=
/phabricator.wikimedia.org/T399627" title=3D"phabricator:T399627" id=3D"m_-=
3290232163070488145gmail-mwLA" target=3D"_blank">T399627</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwLQ">Check <code id=3D"m_-3290232163=
070488145gmail-mwLg">DisabledTargetLanguages</code> and group configuration=
 for disabled languages to check for reason. (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwi=
ki" href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402132" title=3D"phabricator=
:T402132" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwLw" target=3D"_blank">T402132=
</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwMA">Add hook to control the state o=
f title translation on Special:PageTranslation (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Inter=
wiki" href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401874" title=3D"phabricat=
or:T401874" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwMQ" target=3D"_blank">T4018=
74</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwMg">Fix empty proofread section on =
Special:Translate when moving from untranslated tab. (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink=
/Interwiki" href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T253017" title=3D"pha=
bricator:T253017" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwMw" target=3D"_blank"=
>T253017</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwNA">Don&#39;t display unusable shor=
tcuts on Special:Translate (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=3D"https:=
//phabricator.wikimedia.org/T406826" title=3D"phabricator:T406826" id=3D"m_=
-3290232163070488145gmail-mwNQ" target=3D"_blank">T406826</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwNg">Fix fatal error when a message =
bundle page is empty (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=3D"https://phab=
ricator.wikimedia.org/T401348" title=3D"phabricator:T401348" id=3D"m_-32902=
32163070488145gmail-mwNw" target=3D"_blank">T401348</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwOA">Force-load the translation unit=
 editor if saving fails (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=3D"https://p=
habricator.wikimedia.org/T345987" title=3D"phabricator:T345987" id=3D"m_-32=
90232163070488145gmail-mwOQ" target=3D"_blank">T345987</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwOg">Make it clearer how to edit &qu=
ot;translations&quot; into the source language (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Inter=
wiki" href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T393515" title=3D"phabricat=
or:T393515" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwOw" target=3D"_blank">T3935=
15</a>)</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwPA">Block external attempts to move=
 translatable pages and message bundles (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" h=
ref=3D"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T370714" title=3D"phabricator:T370=
714" id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwPQ" target=3D"_blank">T370714</a>)=
</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwPg">Display all validation errors w=
hen using the legacy editor (<a rel=3D"mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href=3D"https=
://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T409665" title=3D"phabricator:T409665" id=3D"m=
_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwPw" target=3D"_blank">T409665</a>)</li></ul>

<h2 id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-UniversalLanguageSelector"><font size=
=3D"2">UniversalLanguageSelector</font></h2>
<ul id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwQQ"><li id=3D"m_-329023216307048814=
5gmail-mwQg">The <code id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwQw">languagesear=
ch</code> API has moved to MediaWiki core with no changes to its signature.=
 The Universal Language Selector will maintain the code for legacy compatib=
ility until the next MLEB release, at which point it will be removed.</li>
<li id=3D"m_-3290232163070488145gmail-mwRA">Localisation and maintenance up=
dates.</li></ul><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:&quo=
t;arial black&quot;,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,=
sans-serif">Full release notes are available at:</span></div><a href=3D"htt=
ps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Language_Extension_Bundle/2026.02" re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki=
_Language_Extension_Bundle/2026.02</a><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"font-family:&quot;arial black&quot;,sans-serif"></span><br></div><div><=
br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:&quot;arial=
 black&quot;,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:=
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--</span></div><span style=3D"color:rgb(136,136=
,136)">Kartik Mistry</span><div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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