search_api 8.x-1.21

This is release 1.21 of the Search API module, containing several bug fixes and new features.

Two issues that are currently of interest:

• In #3214236: How to change input type from "text" to "search" it is suggested to change the HTML type attribute for the Views fulltext search filter to search (from text). Would be great to get frontend people’s feedback there on whether and how we could/should do this.
• #3228210: Fix current test failures added a prefix length on the UNIQUE KEY of the search_api_task for MySQL (not for other drivers). Please make sure this is not a problem on your website, and please provide feedback in case you have an opinion on this. (In this case, please ping me to have me re-open the issue.)

Complete list of changes since release 1.20:

• #3199906 by carolpettirossi, drunken monkey: Added an option for disabling tracking of changes in related entities.
• #3230791 by Anul, drunken monkey: Converted the remaining README.txt files to markdown.
• #2958811 by drunken monkey, Niklan, Andriy Khomych: Fixed bug in AddURL processor during REST requests.
• #3228533 by drunken monkey: Fixed mock object type hints in comments.
• #3212925 by drunken monkey, DiegoPino: Fixed some processors removing "(not) empty" conditions.
• #3228210 by drunken monkey, DiegoPino: Fixed current test failures.
• #3201305 by mkalkbrenner, drunken monkey, Sam152: Added more options (including customized ones) for fulltext field boost values.
• #3206362 by drunken monkey, zviryatko: Fixed serialization of fields.
• #3226933 by drunken monkey: Fixed some exception handling problems.
• #3065771 by New Zeal, drunken monkey, onedotover, PaulDinelle: Fixed passing multiple values to "All taxonomy term fields" Views contextual filter.
• #3220988 by varshith, drunken monkey: Fixed display of Stemmer processor on non-English sites.
• #3198412 by drunken monkey: Fixed error handling in tracker plugin methods.
• #3193690 by jungle, drunken monkey, Charlie ChX Negyesi, longwave: Fixed creation of duplicate tasks.
• #3195199 by drunken monkey, claudiu.cristea: Fixed config schema for Views bulk form.
• #3013663 by chr.fritsch, drunken monkey, merauluka: Added performance improvement for item tracking.
• #3226699 by drunken monkey: Added explicit accessCheck() call to all entity queries.
• #2348117 by ekes, drunken monkey: Added support for core REST data views.
• #3226642 by drunken monkey: Added "lifecycle" key to .info.yml file.