Deprecation: #107562 - IP Anonymization Task configuration via $GLOBALS

Description

The \TYPO3\CMS\Scheduler\Task\IpAnonymizationTask has been migrated to use TYPO3's native TCA-based task configuration system. As part of this migration, the previous configuration method using $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['scheduler']['tasks'][IpAnonymizationTask::class]['options']['tables'] has been deprecated and will be removed in TYPO3 v15.0.

Impact

Using the old configuration method will trigger a PHP deprecation warning. The functionality continues to work for now, with the deprecated configuration being merged with the new TCA-based configuration automatically.

Affected installations

Any installation that configures custom tables for the IpAnonymizationTask using the deprecated $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS'] configuration.

The extension scanner will report any usage as a weak match.

Migration

Instead of configuring tables via $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS'], tables should now be configured in TCA using the taskOptions configuration of the corresponding record type within Configuration/TCA/Overrides/.

Before (deprecated):

ext_localconf.php

use TYPO3\CMS\Scheduler\Task\IpAnonymizationTask;

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['scheduler']['tasks'][IpAnonymizationTask::class]['options']['tables']['tx_myextension_my_table'] = [
        'dateField' => 'tstamp',
        'ipField' => 'private_ip',
    ];

After (new method):

Configuration/TCA/Overrides/scheduler_ip_anonymization.php

use TYPO3\CMS\Scheduler\Task\IpAnonymizationTask;

if (isset($GLOBALS['TCA']['tx_scheduler_task'])) {
    $GLOBALS['TCA']['tx_scheduler_task']['types'][IpAnonymizationTask::class]['taskOptions']['tables'] ['tx_myextension_my_table'] = [
            'dateField' => 'tstamp',
            'ipField' => 'private_ip',
        ];
}

It is also possible to modify the tables added by TYPO3, for example changing the dateField of sys_log:

use TYPO3\CMS\Scheduler\Task\IpAnonymizationTask;

if (isset($GLOBALS['TCA']['tx_scheduler_task'])) {
    $GLOBALS['TCA']['tx_scheduler_task']['types'][IpAnonymizationTask::class]['taskOptions']['tables']['sys_log']['dateField']
        = 'custom_date';
}

The new TCA-based configuration provides the same functionality while integrating better with TYPO3's native scheduler task system and FormEngine.