Patch/Bugfix update¶

What are patch/bugfix updates¶

Patch/Bugfix updates contain bugfixes and security updates. They never contain new features and do not break backwards compatibility.

For example, updating from TYPO3 version 11.5.2 to 11.5.3 is a patch/bugfix update.

The pre-upgrade tasks chapter contains a list of tasks that should be actioned prior to upgrading to a major release.

The only tasks that need to actioned for a patch/bugfix update are making a backup and updating the reference index.

There are two ways to check if a patch/bugfix update is available for an installation of TYPO3.

All supported versions of TYPO3 and their version numbers are published on get.typo3.org.

Alternatively, running composer outdated -m "typo3/*" will present a list of any TYPO3 packages that have patch/bugfix updates.

To execute the update, run composer update --with-all-dependencies "typo3/*".

This will update all TYPO3 packages, the --with-all-dependencies signals that any dependencies of TYPO3 should also be updated.

Once Composer has finished updating the installation of TYPO3, log in to the backend and clear all caches.

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