search_api 8.x-1.22

This is release 1.22 of the Search API module, containing several bug fixes and new features.

There is one new change record for this release: ContentEntity::filterValidItemIds() is deprecated.

Please be aware that this will be the last release supporting Drupal 8. The 1.24 release will require at least Drupal 9.2 – see #3256028: Increase Core version requirement to 9.2. (1.23 was a patch release with just a single bugfix.)

Known issue: This release is missing an update hook to update the schema for the Task entity type. This will have no negative impact on your site’s functioning, though, except for an error message in the status report. See #3247781-68: Database update fails, database schema problem on latest release for details.

Complete list of changes since release 1.21:

• #3247781 by Taran2L, drunken monkey: Fixed error on database update because of task table UNIQUE key.
• #3228382 by mikran, drunken monkey: Added an "Entity type" field.
• #3222644 by johne, drunken monkey: Made ContentEntityTrackingManager::filterValidItemIds() public.
• #3256114 by drunken monkey: Fixed wrong static method calls in UnsavedIndexConfiguration.
• #2869103 by osopolar, drunken monkey: Fixed problems with theme cache when indexing the "Rendered HTML output" field.
• #3229495 by AndyF, drunken monkey: Fixed "start batch tracking" functionality for indexes.
• #3238635 by drunken monkey, mkalkbrenner: Added the AutocompleteBackendInterface.
• #3221103 by drunken monkey: Fixed small bug in Views fulltext search filter.
• #3255474 by murilohp, drunken monkey: Removed outdated test helper interfaces.
• #2983640 by Nick_vh, L_VanDamme, drunken monkey, Marios Anagnostopoulos, estoyausente, jsst, yogeshmpawar, borisson_, legolasbo: Added an option to create an excerpt even when no keywords are present.
• #3221345 by drunken monkey, jan kellermann: Fixed handling of invalid date values during indexing.
• #3220283 by james.williams, drunken monkey: Fixed automatic reindexing of related entities with undefined languages.
• #3225675 by mdupont, drunken monkey: Fixed score calculation in DB backend when multiple fields have the same score.
• #3253738 by mkalkbrenner, alexpott, drunken monkey: Fixed deprecation warnings in PHP 8.1.
• #3091198 by alexpott, drunken monkey: Fixed problems on MySQL 5.6/5.7.
• #3249801 by paulocs, beatrizrodrigues, drunken monkey: Fixed failing tests against Drupal HEAD.
• #3249792 by kim.pepper, borisson_: Fixed deprecation warning "$modules property must be declared protected".