---
title: "Deprecation: #85389 - Various public properties in favor of Context API"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-85389"
source: "Changelog/9.4/Deprecation-85389-VariousPublicPropertiesInFavorOfContextAPI.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #85389 - Various public properties in favor of Context API

See [forge#85389](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/85389)

## Description

The following properties have been marked as deprecated in favor of the newly introduced Context API:

-   `TypoScriptFrontendController->loginUser`
-   `TypoScriptFrontendController->gr_list`
-   `TypoScriptFrontendController->beUserLogin`
-   `TypoScriptFrontendController->showHiddenPage`
-   `TypoScriptFrontendController->showHiddenRecords`

The Context API supersedes the public properties in favor of decoupling the information from global objects.

## Impact

Reading or writing information on any of the public properties will trigger a PHP `E_USER_DEPRECATED` error,
however the value is still stored and contains the same information as before.

## Affected Installations

Any TYPO3 installation using extensions accessing this kind of information.

## Migration

Use Context API / Aspects instead to read from this information.
Instantiate the context object and get an aspect:

-   `$context = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Context\Context::class);`
-   `$context->getPropertyFromAspect('visibility', 'includeHiddenPages')` instead of `$TSFE->showHiddenPage`
-   `$context->getPropertyFromAspect('visibility', 'includeHiddenContent')` instead of `$TSFE->showHiddenRecords`
-   `$context->getPropertyFromAspect('frontend.user', 'isLoggedIn')` instead of `$TSFE->loginUser`
-   `$context->getPropertyFromAspect('backend.user', 'isLoggedIn')` instead of `$TSFE->beUserLogin`
-   `$context->getPropertyFromAspect('frontend.user', 'groupIds')` instead of `$TSFE->gr_list`

For more information see [Context API chapter](https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-coreapi/main/en-us/ApiOverview/Context/Index.html#context-api) in TYPO3 Explained.