# CiviCRM 4.7.16

Released FIX DATE

- **[Features](#features)**
- **[Bugs resolved](#bugs)**
- **[Credits](#credits)**

## <a name="features"></a>Features

### Core CiviCRM

- **[CRM-19925](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19925) Add metadata to fields array with entity info & date format info ([9727](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9727))**

- **[CRM-19829](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19829) Activity feed ([9714](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9714), [9649](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9649), and [9624](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9624))**

- **[CRM-19893](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19893) Activity Type Categories ([9696](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9696))**

- **[CRM-19831](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19831) Function CRM_Contact_BAO_Group::getGroupsHierarchy performes bad with 3000 groups ([9673](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9673) and [9633](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9633))**

- **[CRM-19256](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19256) Add a hook to dynamically escalate permissions ([8916](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/8916))**

- **[CRM-19853](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19853) Change interval select controls in Scheduled Reminders with number controls ([9664](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9664))**

- **[CRM-19769](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19769) Colors for tags ([9660](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9660), [9600](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9600), and [9554](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9554))**

- **[CRM-19770](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19770) Favorite (starred) activities ([9629](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9629))**

- **[CRM-19816](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19816) Improve activity search filters ([9609](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9609))**

- **[CRM-19447](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19447) Improve Activity Subject/Details text search to be similiar to Notes Subject/Body ([9536](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9536))**

- **[CRM-19810](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19810) Api3 - Add joins on optionValue table ([9593](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9593))**

### CiviCase

- **[CRM-19723](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19723) Icons for activity types ([9707](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9707), [9553](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9553), and [9528](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9528))**

- **[CRM-19806](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19806) CiviCase using two formlinks when it only needs one ([9586](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9586))**

### CiviMail

- **[CRM-19690](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19690) Allow alternative email templating systems ([9689](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9689), [9566](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9566), [9619](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9619), [9565](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9565), [9564](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9564), [9563](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9563), and [9562](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9562))**

- **[CRM-19783](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19783) Accessibility Error - CiviCRM Subscription Page ([9606](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9606))**

### CiviCRM Search, CiviReport

- **[CRM-19883](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19883) Activity Priority Field is Not Included in Advanced Search or Activity Reports  ([9687](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9687))**

### CiviContribute, Core CiviCRM

- **[CRM-8526](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-8526) Support [contribution.custom_nn] tokens in templates ([9661](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9661))**

### CiviCRM API

- **[CRM-19874](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19874) Allow overriding sort in the getlist API without clobbering pager ([9675](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9675))**

### CiviEvent

- **[CRM-19860](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19860) Event participant batch update: respect "options per line" setting for radio buttons ([9667](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9667))**

### Accounting Integration, CiviContribute, Core CiviCRM

- **[CRM-16189](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16189) Improve support for Accrual Method bookkeeping ([8870](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/8870))**

### Drupal Integration Modules

- **[CRM-17917](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-17917) Add support for Drupal 8 ([388](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/388))**

## <a name="bugs"></a>Bugs resolved

### Core CiviCRM

- **[CRM-19936](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19936) Membership line items are duplicated when a membership is created or renewed with priceset containing multiple memberships ([9748](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9748))**

- **Comment fixes plus fix inconsistent unused return bool ([9722](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9722))**

- **[nfc] Updated test generated examples ([9720](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9720))**

- **Remove unused var, comments & clean up & refactor caching function ([9721](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9721))**

- **[CRM-19778](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19778) Allowed statuses per case-type ([9705](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9705))**

- **[CRM-19906](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19906) Allow Drupal user names with "@" ([9708](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9708))**

- **[CRM-19897](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19897) Cannot edit multiple case activities via profile, because deprecated "access CiviCase" permission is referenced ([9703](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9703))**

- **[nfc] Comment fixes, remove one unused var, declare visibility ([9717](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9717))**

- **[NFC] add comments & extract function in contribution search ([9716](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9716))**

- **[CRM-19003](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19003) Profile listing doesn't produce expected results when range-searching custom date field ([9699](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9699))**

- **[CRM-19801](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19801) changing the same relationship type of a relationship from A to B or vice versa does not work ([9579](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9579))**

- **iconPicker style improvements ([9706](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9706))**

- **[CRM-19842](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19842) Can't delete a dedupe rule ([9698](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9698))**

- **[CRM-19794](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19794) Wrong fields displayed when setting a price set for a contribution page ([9697](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9697))**

- **typo fix in New Tag Form. ([9700](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9700))**

- **Docs fix: update for changed URL of Case Management > Setup page. ([9701](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9701))**

- **CRM_Extension_Browser - Allow different cache files for different feeds ([9693](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9693))**

- **[CRM-17663](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-17663) Dashlet code improvements ([9672](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9672))**

- **Fire hook_civicrm_emailProcessor('activity') if Activity,create successful ([9651](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9651))**

- **Civi\API\ExternalBatch - Verify that $_ENV is working ([9595](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9595))**

- **Crm 19847 ([9653](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9653))**

- **Comment Fixes ([9659](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9659))**

- **Comments ([9658](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9658))**

- **(NFC) Civi/*, CRM_Utils_SQL_Select - Fix various warnings ([9657](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9657))**

- **Add comment blocks ([9656](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9656))**

- **[CRM-19839](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19839) Declare class used on developer tab of CiviCRM reports ([9646](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9646))**

- **allow descendant classes to access the cache array ([9605](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9605))**

- **[CRM-19795](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19795) Contribution page confirmation screen undefined index pay_later_receipt ([9632](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9632))**

- **[CRM-19585](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19585) Sales tax issue ([9598](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9598), [9576](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9576), [9590](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9590), and [9574](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9574))**

- **[CRM-19824](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19824) Event listeners are missing if container cache is disabled ([9617](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9617))**

- **[CRM-19826](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19826) Extensions in "vendor" folder have errant slash ([9618](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9618))**

- **fix header ([9607](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9607))**

- **[CRM-19706](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19706) Smart Group criteria (Activity Status) are not being retained when using 'Edit Smart Group criteria' ([9620](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9620))**

- **[CRM-19624](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19624) Exclude / Include by privacy radio buttons gets reset on Smartgroup re-editing ([9597](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9597))**

- **[CRM-19800](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19800) Incorrect Amount recorded in civicrm_financial_trxn table ([9577](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9577))**

- **[CRM-19817](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19817) Notice error fails membership export ([9610](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9610))**

- **[CRM-19805](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19805) Comparing instead of Assigning ([9591](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9591))**

- **Fix startdate for testMembershipJoinDateFixed ([9608](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9608))**

- **Add select2 class to loc_event_id ([9603](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9603))**

- **[CRM-19812](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19812) Display related contact names in activity.get api ([9599](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9599))**

- **(NFC) CRM_*_Tokens - Reduce redundant docs ([9573](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9573))**

- **[CRM-19244](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19244) Custom fields with option group not importing ([8906](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/8906))**

- **OptionValue Api cleanup - remove unnecessary lookup ([9569](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9569))**

- **[CRM-19789](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19789) Cannot create smart group from 'Find participants' ([9567](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9567))**

- **tools/scripts/phpunit-ls - Fix PhpStorm lookup of PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase ([9535](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9535))**

- **[CRM-18472](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-18472) Notice fixes ([9558](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9558))**

- **[CRM-19413](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19413) CiviMail: Test mail notice errors: undefined index ([9550](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9550))**

- **Upgrade cleanup - use addColumn utility instead of sql ([9548](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9548))**

- **API Explorer: Minor usability improvements ([9539](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9539))**

- **Document inconsistent function signature. ([9541](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9541))**

- **fix headers ([421](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/421))**

- **CiviCRM Menu -- Add PathProcessor to allow parameters to routes to include slashes ([420](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/420))**

- **Reroll of VTecheira's updates to civicrm.info.yml and civicrm.install ([419](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/419))**

- **fix headers ([109](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/109))**

- **fix headers ([42](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-joomla/pull/42))**

- **Convert drupal to Backdrop and change variable_get/set to state_get/set ([21](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-backdrop/pull/21))**

### CiviCRM API, Joomla Integration

- **[CRM-19877](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19877) on Joomla api.Setting.create fails with "option,task not valid settings" ([9678](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9678))**

### CiviMail, CiviMember

- **[CRM-19895](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19895) membership renewal page style collapsed if email disabled ([9713](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9713))**

### CiviEvent

- **[CRM-19907](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19907) Syntax error generated on CiviEvent Dashboard when show_events is null ([9709](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9709))**

- **[CRM-19832](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19832) hook_civicrm_searchTasks get invoked twice for some entities ([9637](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9637))**

### CiviCRM Search

- **[CRM-19875](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19875) Search builder: Fatal error when searching custom field of type "country" ([9695](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9695))**

- **[CRM-19811](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19811) Slow queries due to use of LOWER() in mysql searches, fix contribution search, current employer. Comment elsewhere ([9596](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9596))**

### CiviCase

- **[CRM-19890](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19890) Case Manager listed in cases tab is not up to date ([9691](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9691))**

- **[CRM-19754](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19754) CiviCase role relationships reversed ([9560](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9560))**

### CiviReport

- **[CRM-19884](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19884) DB Error on Activity Details Report ([9681](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9681))**

- **[CRM-19509](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19509) Add character set and collation to create table statements in reports ([9411](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9411))**

- **[CRM-19807](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19807) MySQL error when adding contacts on a report to a group ([9594](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9594))**

### Core CiviCRM, WordPress Integration

- **[CRM-19172](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19172) on behalf form + user account creation attempts to create user for org ([9669](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9669))**

### CiviContribute

- **[CRM-19863](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19863) 'item_name' unnecessarily truncated when passed to PayPal ([9677](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9677))**

- **[CRM-19725](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19725) Honoree should never be same as donor ([9503](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9503))**

- **[CRM-19761](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19761) contribution thank you letter generator: unable to export to docx ([9575](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9575) and [9568](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9568))**

- **[CRM-19799](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19799) LineItems incorrect at both Contribution Level and Financial Accounts Level ([9580](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9580))**

- **[CRM-19802](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19802) Contribution page : missing translation ([9581](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9581))**

- **[CRM-19777](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19777) Edit contribution : wrong decimal separator on total_amount ([9556](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9556))**

### CiviContribute, CiviEvent

- **[CRM-19803](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19803) View Payment popup of a participant does not show refunds ([9634](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9634) and [9592](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9592))**

- **[CRM-19288](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19288) VAT not included for additional participant fee when registering for events ([9545](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9545))**

### CiviCRM API

- **[CRM-18591](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-18591) group_type parameter ignored when using API to create group ([9578](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9578))**

### Accounting Integration, CiviContribute

- **[CRM-19804](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19804) Pre() and Post() hook for Financial Account ([9584](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9584))**

### CiviEvent, CiviReport

- **[CRM-19782](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19782) "View" link on printed Participant Listing Report renders display name unreadable ([9546](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9546))**

### Drupal Integration Modules

- **[CRM-19740](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19740) Regression in phone number Drupal views integration ([415](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/415))**

## <a name="credits"></a>Credits

This release was developed by the following code authors:

AGH Strategies - Andrew Hunt, Alice Frumin; Agileware - Agileware Team; AppChecker; Australian Greens - Seamus Lee; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Jitendra Purohit, Tim Otten, Yashodha Chaku, Monish Deb; CiviDesk - Nicolas Ganivet; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy; ErichBSchulz; Fuzion - Chris Burgess, Eileen McNaughton; Ginkgo Street Labs - Frank Gómez; JMA Consulting - Pradeep Nayak, Edzel Lopez; John Kingsnorth; Joinery - Allen Shaw; Jon Goldberg; Klangsoft - David Reedy Jr; Lighthouse Design and Consulting - Brian Shaughnessy; Marc Brazeau; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Véronique Gratioulet; aydun; dejan9393; herbdool; jaapjansma; jackrabbithanna; kainuk; omarabuhussein

Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following
reviewers contributed their comments:

AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin, Andrew Hunt; Agileware - Agileware Team; alifrumin; andrewhunt; AppChecker; Australian Greens - Seamus Lee; ayduns; cdsweb; Circle Interactive - Dave Jenkins; civicrm-builder; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Jitendra Purohit, Yashodha Chaku, Tim Otten, Monish Deb; CiviDesk - Nicolas Ganivet; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy; davisagli; dejan9393; Denver DataMan - Steve Kessler; detsieber; ErichBSchulz; fkhodkov; Fuzion - Eileen McNaughton, Peter Davis; grapio; haystack; hoegrammer; iXiam - Vangelis Pantazis; jaapjansma; jackrabbithanna; jamienovick; JMA Consulting - Pradeep Nayak; joemurray; John Kingsnorth; Joinery - Allen Shaw; Jon Goldberg; Kacper Warda; KarinG; kcristiano; keikelboom; kenwest; Klangsoft - David Reedy Jr; konadave; Korlon - Stuart Gaston; Lighthouse Design and Consulting - Brian Shaughnessy; litespeedmarc; lobo; madura; naomi; noah; omarabuhussein; pittstains; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; rjlang; rohan1990; tamar; TommyBobo; tschuettler; Vakees K; valfr35; vgratioulet; Véronique Gratioulet; wmortada