Verawood Operator Release Notes by sarina · Pull Request #1493 · openedx/docs.openedx.org

sarina · 2026-07-28T16:52:43Z

Description

Syncs the Verawood developer & operator release notes with the latest content on the Verawood - Operator Release Notes wiki page, which has been updated since these notes were first drafted.

Changes:

Corrected the Upgrade/upsell widget entry (enabled by default, updated config keys/slot names).
Added the new "notifications enabled by default" opt-out waffle flag change.
Documented removal of course-level notification preferences, the is_core preference flag, and the V2 notification preferences config API.
Expanded the send_email_digest deprecation entry with the new digest scheduling settings.
Documented new operator-facing notification settings: instance-level preference overrides, the immediate-email buffer window, and ORA reminder notifications.
Added the "Frontend-base" and "Loading External Scripts" sections, which existed on the wiki but were missing from these notes.

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Refs openedx/wg-build-test-release#610

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sarina · 2026-07-28T17:49:23Z

@mariajgrimaldi @feoh just FYI, I'm going to be merging the operator release notes to main as part of a set of stacked PRs all at once.

BryanttV

FYI @mariajgrimaldi

kdmccormick · 2026-07-30T20:02:21Z

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+* **Deprecation of legacy built-in XBlock implementations.** Several previously
+  built-in XBlocks have been extracted from ``edx-platform`` into the shared
+  ``xblock-contrib`` repository, and the extracted implementations are used by


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``xblock-contrib`` repository, and the extracted implementations are used by

``xblocks-core`` repository, and the extracted implementations are used by

The repo was renamed to xblocks-core recently.

kdmccormick · 2026-07-30T20:02:28Z

+  default in Verawood. The legacy "built-in" block code is considered
+  deprecated. Starting in Willow, the deprecated built-in implementations are
+  planned to be removed from ``edx-platform``, leaving only the extracted
+  variants in ``xblock-contrib``.


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variants in ``xblock-contrib``.

variants in ``xblocks-core``.

kdmccormick · 2026-07-30T20:02:39Z

+  planned to be removed from ``edx-platform``, leaving only the extracted
+  variants in ``xblock-contrib``.
+
+  The following blocks have been extracted and now live in ``xblock-contrib``:


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The following blocks have been extracted and now live in ``xblock-contrib``:

The following blocks have been extracted and now live in ``xblocks-core``:

sarina · 2026-07-30T21:52:04Z

@kdmccormick - anything else you need?

* docs: add Verawood dev/operator release notes content Populate the Verawood dev/operator release notes with breaking changes, deprecations & removals, Aspects analytics, and administrators & operators sections. * docs: sync Verawood dev/operator release notes with wiki updates Integrate additions and corrections made to the Verawood Operator Release Notes wiki page since the notes were first drafted here. - Correct the Upgrade/upsell widget entry: it is enabled by default in Verawood, and the config keys and slot names it documented were out of date. - Note that notifications and notification emails are now enabled by default via new opt-out waffle flags. - Document removal of course-level notification preferences, the is_core preference flag, and the V2 notification preferences config API. - Expand the send_email_digest deprecation entry with the new daily and weekly digest scheduling settings. - Document new operator-facing notification settings: instance-level preference overrides, the immediate-email buffer window, and ORA reminder notifications. - Add the Frontend-base and Loading External Scripts sections, which were present on the wiki page but missing from these notes. Refs: https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMM/pages/5331222534/Verawood+-+Operator+Release+Notes Refs openedx/wg-build-test-release#610 * Update source/community/release_notes/verawood/dev_op_release_notes.rst Co-authored-by: Maria Grimaldi (Majo) <maria.grimaldi@edunext.co> * docs: add RBAC AuthZ for Course Authoring to Verawood release notes Adds a new entry under Administrators & Operators covering the authz.enable_course_authoring waffle flag (course/org/global levels), the migration and rollback management commands, the opt-in automatic migration setting, the audit trail, and a known caveat around Admin Console course visibility, including the flag-resolution behavior added in openedx/frontend-app-admin-console#176. * docs: add a Migrations to be aware of section to Verawood release notes Several migrations in this release touch existing data at scale, run automatically without an explicit opt-in, or can fail depending on instance data history. Consolidate the existing course-ID case sensitivity callout with four newly identified ones (MariaDB UUID conversion, AuthZ course-authoring role migration, catalog course/run backfill, and enterprise academies auto-enable) into one dedicated, top-level section so operators can find them ahead of an upgrade. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Sarina Canelake <sarina@axim.org> --------- Co-authored-by: Maria Grimaldi (Majo) <maria.grimaldi@edunext.co> Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Sarina Canelake <sarina@axim.org>

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-authored-by: Bryann Valderrama <bryann.valderrama@edunext.co>

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sarina changed the title ~~Verawood Operator Relaese Notes~~ Verawood Operator Release Notes Jul 28, 2026

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docs: add verawood rbac docs #1497

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Operators: release notes openedx/frontend-base#222

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docs: point Verawood RNs at real frontend-base porting docs (#1498)

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Update RBAC operator release note

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Co-authored-by: Bryann Valderrama <bryann.valderrama@edunext.co>

Update xblocks-core name and add Legacy Libraries documentation

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	The following blocks have been extracted and now live in ``xblock-contrib``:
	The following blocks have been extracted and now live in ``xblocks-core``:

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