search_api 8.x-1.18

This is release 1.18 of the Search API module, containing several bug fixes and new features.

One great news for this release is that the long-standing problem and complaint #2007692: Changes in related entities don't lead to proper re-indexing has now finally been fixed. This means that for the first time, changing a related entity’s properties will lead to indexed entities being updated accordingly, if appropriate.
This still doesn’t seem to work in all case (see #3178307: Changes in related entities are not being re-indexed for all levels of entity references), but is a great improvement nonetheless.

Caution: Some people have complained about fatal errors introduced by this module version in certain circumstances. Please be prepared to roll back to a previous version if that is the case for you, or wait for the new release with the bug fix, planned for November. See #3178941: Fatal error "Call to a member function getColumns() on bool" for details.

Complete list of changes since release 1.17:

• #3153153 by mkalkbrenner, cristiroma, drunken monkey: Fixed serialization of backends using BackendPluginBase.
• #3169531 by akalam, drunken monkey: Fixed warning when non-array "f" parameter is present in URL.
• #3173400 by drunken monkey: Removed drupalPostForm() calls from functional tests.
• #3160757 by JordanDukart, drunken monkey: Fixed handling of NULL values in "Ignore characters" processor.
• #2936043 by froboy, drunken monkey, ressa, agentrickard, navneet0693: Added an option to the "URI" field to make the created URL absolute.
• #3151966 by robin.ingelbrecht, drunken monkey: Fixed parsing of keywords with stand-alone dash (-).
• #3157958 by maximpodorov, ankithashetty, ressa, drunken monkey: Fixed display of Media entities in Views.
• #3137627 by SimeonKesmev, drunken monkey: Added a test for field value extraction in edge cases.
• #3150764 by bendev, drunken monkey: Fixed documentation for Drush "sapi-i" command.
• #3145955 by b_sharpe, drunken monkey: Added Tokenizer option to configure ignored characters.
• #3164255 by drunken monkey, borisson_: Added support for the excerpt field to the Views "Rendered item" field.
• #3157397 by Murz, drunken monkey: Fixed indexing of complex properties with computed main properties.
• #3155965 by Ramya Balasubramanian, solideogloria, drunken monkey: Fixed missing single quote in search_api.index.schema.yml.
• #3136543 by deulenko, drunken monkey: Replaced assertTrue(isset()) with assertArrayNotHasKey() where appropriate.
• #3168114 by drunken monkey: Fixed test fails against Drupal 9.1.x.
• #3165015 by penyaskito: search_api_test_example_content_references test module broke D9 build
• #3131384 by lolandese, drunken monkey: Fixed Composer license value.
• #2007692 by bucefal91, drunken monkey, marassa: Added automatic re-indexing when indexed related entities are changed.
• #3082868 by Raunak.singh, drunken monkey: Changed README.txt to README.md.
• #3158559 by drunken monkey: Updated coding standards and fixed adherence.
• #3126367 by drunken monkey: Fixed fatal error after module upgrade due to changed service definition.
• #2976339 by drunken monkey, sker101, vflirt: Fixed bug when importing server configs.
• #2873023 by drunken monkey, borisson_: Fixed handling of special characters in searches on DB backend.