Improvements to existing features

This version's headline feature is a redesigned navigation system, built to make in-depth browsing within Decidim easier and more intuitive. The upgrade centers on two major improvements: a new menu for both desktop and mobile, and a redesigned breadcrumb trail that helps users track where they are within a participatory space.

You can check all the PRs related:

Implement breadcrumb navigation #15141
Implement new menu in frontend #15134
Add language chooser to header #15365
Remove the "Global menu" content block #15135

Members in restricted and transparent spaces

Replace private/transparent with access mode in Processes and Assemblies #15895
Rename private participants to members #15749

Elections

A series of improvements have been made to enhance the new election component, including the ability for participants to verify whether they are on the census before starting the election.

Add “Maximum choices” field for Election questions #15318

Add pre-election census check for scheduled elections #15329
Display the description of each question in the voting booth #15324

Improvements to comments performance

Improve comments performance #16073

Improvements to sorting options

Be smart with the 'with more authors' sorting option #16104
Be smart with the 'most commented' sorting option #16136
Be smart with the 'most liked' sorting option #16300
Document why the "Most followed" sorting option is shown #16542

New elements added to the write API

Write API: create proposals #15790
Write API: create debates #15801
Write API: update meetings #15797
Write API: update proposals #15795
Write API: update debates #15802
Write API: vote/unvote proposals #15791
Write API: add participant details #14885

Ruby on Rails update to 8.1

We are updating to the last Rails version, 8.1. This version has security support until October 2027. You can check the related PR for more details: Upgrade to Rails 8.1.2.

Add locale to the URL

For a long time Decidim has been using internally the user browser to detect the language of the user. This has been changed to use the locale of the URL instead. You can read more about this change on PR #14432.

Deprecating features

We are continuing our efforts to streamline Decidim’s source code to make it more lightweight and maintainable in the long term. As part of this, we have deprecated three features that were no longer in use and were creating technical debt: