Action Scheduler

Changelog

3.9.0 – 2024-11-14

• Minimum required version of PHP is now 7.1.
• Performance improvements for the as_pending_actions_due() function.
• Existing filter hook action_scheduler_claim_actions_order_by enhanced to provide callbacks with additional information.
• Improved compatibility with PHP 8.4, specifically by making implicitly nullable parameters explicitly nullable.
• A large number of coding standards-enhancements, to help reduce friction when submitting plugins to marketplaces and plugin directories. Special props @crstauf for this effort.
• Minor documentation tweaks and improvements.

3.8.2 – 2024-09-12

• Add missing parameter to the pre_as_enqueue_async_action hook.
• Bump minimum PHP version to 7.0.
• Bump minimum WordPress version to 6.4.
• Make the batch size adjustable during processing.

3.8.1 – 2024-06-20

• Fix typos.
• Improve the messaging in our unidentified action exceptions.

3.8.0 – 2024-05-22

• Documentation – Fixed typos in perf.md.
• Update – We now require WordPress 6.3 or higher.
• Update – We now require PHP 7.0 or higher.

3.7.4 – 2024-04-05

• Give a clear description of how the $unique parameter works.
• Preserve the tab field if set.
• Tweak – WP 6.5 compatibility.

3.7.3 – 2024-03-20

• Do not iterate over all of GET when building form in list table.
• Fix a few issues reported by PCP (Plugin Check Plugin).
• Try to save actions as unique even when the store doesn’t support it.
• Tweak – WP 6.4 compatibility.
• Update “Tested up to” tag to WordPress 6.5.
• update version in package-lock.json.

3.7.2 – 2024-02-14

• No longer user variables in _n() translation function.

3.7.1 – 2023-12-13

• update semver to 5.7.2 because of a security vulnerability in 5.7.1.

3.7.0 – 2023-11-20

• Important: starting with this release, Action Scheduler follows an L-2 version policy (WordPress, and consequently PHP).
• Add extended indexes for hook_status_scheduled_date_gmt and status_scheduled_date_gmt.
• Catch and log exceptions thrown when actions can’t be created, e.g. under a corrupt database schema.
• Tweak – WP 6.4 compatibility.
• Update unit tests for upcoming dependency version policy.
• make sure hook action_scheduler_failed_execution can access original exception object.
• mention dependency version policy in usage.md.

3.6.4 – 2023-10-11

• Performance improvements when bulk cancelling actions.
• Dev-related fixes.

3.6.3 – 2023-09-13

• Use _doing_it_wrong in initialization check.

3.6.2 – 2023-08-09

• Add guidance about passing arguments.
• Atomic option locking.
• Improve bulk delete handling.
• Include database error in the exception message.
• Tweak – WP 6.3 compatibility.

3.6.1 – 2023-06-14

• Document new optional $priority arg for various API functions.
• Document the new --exclude-groups WP CLI option.
• Document the new action_scheduler_init hook.
• Ensure actions within each claim are executed in the expected order.
• Fix incorrect text domain.
• Remove SHOW TABLES usage when checking if tables exist.

3.6.0 – 2023-05-10

• Add $unique parameter to function signatures.
• Add a cast-to-int for extra safety before forming new DateTime object.
• Add a hook allowing exceptions for consistently failing recurring actions.
• Add action priorities.
• Add init hook.
• Always raise the time limit.
• Bump minimatch from 3.0.4 to 3.0.8.
• Bump yaml from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2.
• Defensive coding relating to gaps in declared schedule types.
• Do not process an action if it cannot be set to in-progress.
• Filter view labels (status names) should be translatable | #919.
• Fix WPCLI progress messages.
• Improve data-store initialization flow.
• Improve error handling across all supported PHP versions.
• Improve logic for flushing the runtime cache.
• Support exclusion of multiple groups.
• Update lint-staged and Node/NPM requirements.
• add CLI clean command.
• add CLI exclude-group filter.
• exclude past-due from list table all filter count.
• throwing an exception if as_schedule_recurring_action interval param is not of type integer.

3.5.4 – 2023-01-17

• Add pre filters during action registration.
• Async scheduling.
• Calculate timeouts based on total actions.
• Correctly order the parameters for ActionScheduler_ActionFactory’s calls to single_unique.
• Fetch action in memory first before releasing claim to avoid deadlock.
• PHP 8.2: declare property to fix creation of dynamic property warning.
• PHP 8.2: fix “Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead”.
• Prevent undefined variable warning for $num_pastdue_actions.

3.5.3 – 2022-11-09

• Query actions with partial match.

3.5.2 – 2022-09-16

• Fix – erroneous 3.5.1 release.

3.5.1 – 2022-09-13

• Onderhoud aan A/S-documenten.
• fix: PHP 8.2 deprecated notice.

3.5.0 – 2022-08-25

• Add – The active view link within the “Tools > Scheduled Actions” screen is now clickable.
• Add – A warning when there are past-due actions.
• Enhancement – Added the ability to schedule unique actions via an atomic operation.
• Enhancement – Improvements to cache invalidation when processing batches (when running on WordPress 6.0+).
• Enhancement – If a recurring action is found to be consistently failing, it will stop being rescheduled.
• Enhancement – Adds a new “Past Due” view to the scheduled actions list table.

3.4.2 – 2022-06-08

• Fix – Change the include for better linting.
• Fix – update: Added Action scheduler completed action hook.

3.4.1 – 2022-05-24

• Fix – Change the include for better linting.
• Fix – Fix the documented return type.

3.4.0 – 2021-10-29

• Enhancement – Number of items per page can now be set for the Scheduled Actions view (props @ovidiul). #771
• Fix – Do not lower the max_execution_time if it is already set to 0 (unlimited) (props @barryhughes). #755
• Fix – Avoid triggering autoloaders during the version resolution process (props @olegabr). #731 & #776
• Dev – ActionScheduler_wcSystemStatus PHPCS fixes (props @ovidiul). #761
• Dev – ActionScheduler_DBLogger.php PHPCS fixes (props @ovidiul). #768
• Dev – Fixed phpcs for ActionScheduler_Schedule_Deprecated (props @ovidiul). #762
• Dev – Improve actions table indices (props @glagonikas). #774 & #777
• Dev – PHPCS fixes for ActionScheduler_DBStore.php (props @ovidiul). #769 & #778
• Dev – PHPCS Fixes for ActionScheduler_Abstract_ListTable (props @ovidiul). #763 & #779
• Dev – Adds new filter action_scheduler_claim_actions_order_by to allow tuning of the claim query (props @glagonikas). #773
• Dev – PHPCS fixes for ActionScheduler_WpPostStore class (props @ovidiul). #780

3.3.0 – 2021-09-15

• Enhancement – Adds as_has_scheduled_action() to provide a performant way to test for existing actions. #645
• Fix – Improves compatibility with environments where NO_ZERO_DATE is enabled. #519
• Fix – Adds safety checks to guard against errors when our database tables cannot be created. #645
• Dev – Now supports queries that use multiple statuses. #649
• Dev – Minimumvereisten voor WordPress en PHP verhoogd (naar respectievelijk 5.2 en 5.6). #723

3.2.1 – 2021-06-21

• Fix – Add extra safety/account for different versions of AS and different loading patterns. #714
• Fix – Handle hidden columns (Tools → Scheduled Actions) | #600.

3.2.0 – 2021-06-03

• Fix – Add “no ordering” option to as_next_scheduled_action().
• Fix – Add secondary scheduled date checks when claiming actions (DBStore) | #634.
• Fix – Add secondary scheduled date checks when claiming actions (wpPostStore) | #634.
• Fix – Adds a new index to the action table, reducing the potential for deadlocks (props: @glagonikas).
• Fix – Fix unit tests infrastructure and adapt tests to PHP 8.
• Fix – Identify in-use data store.
• Fix – Improve test_migration_is_scheduled.
• Fix – PHP notice on list table.
• Fix – Speed up clean up and batch selects.
• Fix – Update pending dependencies.
• Fix – [PHP 8.0] Only pass action arg values through to do_action_ref_array().
• Fix – [PHP 8] Set the PHP version to 7.1 in composer.json for PHP 8 compatibility.
• Fix – add is_initialized() to docs.
• Fix – fix file permissions.
• Fix – fixes #664 by replacing __ with esc_html__.