Release Joomla! 5.3 Release Candidate 2

Author: bembelimen

administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
 	<copyright>(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
-	<version>5.3.0-rc2-dev</version>
+	<version>5.3.0-rc2</version>
 	<creationDate>2025-04</creationDate>
 	<description>FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
 

libraries/src/Application/MultiFactorAuthenticationHandler.php

@@ -271,11 +271,6 @@ private function needsMultiFactorAuthenticationRedirection(): bool
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Do not redirect if we are already in a MFA management or captive page
-        if ($this->isMultiFactorAuthenticationPage()) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
         $option       = strtolower($this->input->getCmd('option', ''));
         $task         = strtolower($this->input->getCmd('task', ''));
 
@@ -294,6 +289,13 @@ private function needsMultiFactorAuthenticationRedirection(): bool
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Do not redirect if we are already in a MFA management or captive page
+        $onlyCaptive = $this->isMultiFactorAuthenticationPending() && !$isMFASetupMandatory;
+
+        if ($this->isMultiFactorAuthenticationPage($onlyCaptive)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         return true;
     }
 

libraries/src/Version.php

@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.8.0
      */
-    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc2-dev';
+    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc2';
 
     /**
      * Development status.
      *
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
 
     /**
      * Code name.
@@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELDATE = '1-April-2025';
+    public const RELDATE = '8-April-2025';
 
     /**
      * Release time.
      *
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELTIME = '16:01';
+    public const RELTIME = '16:30';
 
     /**
      * Release timezone.