👀 Release information
- 💁 14+ contributors
- 🧰 11+ Pull Requests has been merged
- ⬆️ New migration guide
- 📖 New developer documentation
- 🌎 Release page
- 👀 Full Changelog
🚀 Download information
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🔥 Installation Packages
| New Joomla! Installations | SHA-256 Checksums |
|---|---|
| ZIP Archive (.zip) | 1ed141236a86302f4c979cd68833b5f09890dcb16a6ae09f15091905e2b8cb8a |
| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | bf0de78195611f515d31989b3c41e79784ed74d09b05abec46462cd691cc7874 |
| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | a2147e1279c0ee724d7a5f825f5af3c9a4f36300abaccd3e90019fec61398d8d |
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✒️ Upgrade Packages
Important
Don't update directly from a version lower than 5.4 it is important that you first update to 5.4 and then update to 6.x
| Update from a previous version | SHA-256 Checksums |
|---|---|
| ZIP Archive (.zip) | 9e434658d588253a911428dfa4695d7505f4ce04a9de5444d1a5ec18438b1ea0 |
| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | e9bb21099a249e22669fa25c341d020ba430ebf92435918d3d2eab6af2bb3323 |
| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | 522d024dac8e874f60dbc43e55351b4eb6fae7a6fdaa5404d59fcf7eb305a8df |
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🧹 What has been changed
- [6.0] NPM audit fix security vulnerabilities in indirect development dependencies 2025-11-26 by @richard67 in #46503
- [6.0] Fix menu toggle startlevel handling by @LadySolveig in #46484
- [6.0] Fix deprecated message in messages - my settings by @chmst in #46475
- [6.0] Fix emailToPunycode() throws "Prohibited input U+0000005C" by @janschoenherr in #46450
- [6.0] Cassiopeia Extended - Use hover color for btn-primary by @drmenzelit in #46279
- [6.0] language keys of Cassiopeia Extended template (in frontend) translated by @alikon in #46518
- [6.0] Prevent error when cache of language file broken by @joomdonation in #46541
- [6.0] Fix tinyMCE dark mode by @dgrammatiko in #46543
- [6.0] NPM audit fix security vulnerabilities in indirect development dependencies 2025-12-13 by @richard67 in #46572
- [6.0] Fix deep submenu display by @bembelimen in #46550
- [6.0] NPM audit fix security vulnerabilities in development dependencies 2025-12-19 by @richard67 in #46591
🧑💻 Test contributions
Thank you to all the testers who help us maintain high quality standards and deliver a robust product:
@ahotzler, @alikon, @bembelimen, @brianteeman, @chmst, @ChristineWk, @CMS-Manufaktur, @dautrich, @exlemor, @Kostelano, @michaelmaass, @muhme, @tecpromotion, @woluweb
Full Changelog: 6.0.1...6.0.2
⚠️ Known Issues
Update (16 January 2026): Known issue “Mailer setSender() does not work”. For details and a workaround, see: https://manual.joomla.org/migrations/54-60/known-issues/6.0.2/
