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.

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*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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