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• Add attempt report setting for showing / hiding overall quiz grade


• Add attempt report setting for showing / hiding question correctness indicators


• Add attempt report setting for showing / hiding raw marks for questions


• Migrate quiz attempt renderer to new quiz attempt summary API

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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 This version requires at least Moodle 4.5 (LTS) and PHP 8.1. If you are still using an older Moodle
version, please upgrade to at least Moodle 4.5 (LTS) or stick to the latest available v3.x release of the plugin.

• Ensure compatibility with Moodle 5.2


• Add PDF/A-3b compliant PDF file export


• Add parallel job execution capability


• Add support for MathJax 4 (used by default by Moodle >= 5.2)


• Various technical improvements of the archive worker service


• Cleanup of old Moodle 4.1 (LTS) compatibility code

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v4.0.0 is required.

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• Force wrapping of long lines in code boxes to prevent overflowing out of page boundaries


• Reduce padding of comment boxes within code boxes to prevent them from overlapping student code

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• Ensure compatibility with Moodle 5.1


• Fix naming of capabilities and migrate old capability assignments to renamed capabilities during upgrade. No manual action is required.


• Add Moodle 5.1 and all supported PHP versions to CI test matrix


• Comply with Moodle coding style version 3.6

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• Fix archive job creation for quizzes with forward slashes in names when the ${quizname} variable is used

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• Fix Moodle CSS stylelint errors for mkdocs extra CSS file to make Moodle plugin directory prechecks happy


• Fix attempt report generation unit tests for latest Moodle version >= 4.5

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• Fix autoinstall not setting mnethostid to local host when creating the service account user, preventing the user from being deleted using the web interface


• Automatically set correct mnethostid for the service account user during this plugin upgrade

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• Switch from .tar.gz to .zip format for quiz archives


• Fix problems with very long archive / attempt names and paths

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• Support for Moodle 5.0 and PHP 8.4


• Allow attempt folder names to be fully customized using variables


• Allow attempt folders to create variable sub-folders


• Add group names, group IDs, and group ID numbers as valid variables for attempt folder- and filenames


• Create sub-page allowing to view the attempts that are contained inside each archive, including the number of file submissions per attempt


• Automatically trim attempt and archive filenames


• Create default values for unset filename variables


• Improve webservice API implementation for attempt report and metadata retrieval


• Automatically check code coverage during PHP unit test execution and evaluate results


• Improve references to illustrations in the documentation


• Update images in the documentation and add help for new features

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v3.0.0 is required.

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• Add new QUIZ_ARCHIVER_SKIP_HTTPS_CERT_VALIDATION environment variable to docs
  
  
  
  • Starting with moodle-quiz-archive-worker version >= v2.3.0
  
  
  
  


• Fix download of Moodle backups by the archive worker for specific webserver and proxy setups
  
  
  
  • Starting with moodle-quiz-archive-worker version >= v2.3.0
  
  
  
  


• Fix privacy metadata provider to include attempts metadata table

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• Make grade display in quiz attempt header independent of quiz review options

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• Fix opening job details modal for quizzes with single quotes in their names


• Prepare backup creation routine for Moodle 4.6 and above


• Add support for HTTP and SOCKS proxy servers
  
  
  
  • Starting with moodle-quiz-archive-worker version >= v2.2.0
  
  
  
  


• Add instructions for configuring proxy server usage to the documentation


• Add troubleshooting tips for font rendering problems to the documentation

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• Add student ID number to quiz attempt header


• Add student ID number to exported attempts_metadata.csv file inside quiz archives


• Allow student ID number to be used in attempt filename pattern as ${idnumber}


• Fix creation of quiz archives with duplicate archive names (e.g., when using quiz-archive-${quizid}-${quizname} as the archive name pattern)


• Improve display of user firstname, lastname, and avatar in quiz attempt header


• Improve display of empty values in quiz attempt header (e.g., feedback, idnumber, ...)


• Fix name of QUIZ_ARCHIVER_PREVENT_REDIRECT_TO_LOGIN environment variable in archive worker documentation


• Fix single unit test suit execution command in developer documentation


• Improve content spacing in docs


• Only run Moodle CI for commits and PRs on master and develop branches to prevent duplicate runs

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• Ensure compatibility with Moodle 4.5 (LTS)


• Create an official Quiz Archiver documentation website: https://quizarchiver.gandrass.de/
  
  
  
  • Great thanks to @melanietreitinger for reviewing and providing valuable feedback!
  
  
  
  


• Automate building and deployment of documentation website


• Cleanup and restructure existing documentation within README


• Add demo quiz archive worker information to admin settings page


• Fix job details dialog not showing up if artifact file was deleted but metadata still remains


• Fix PHP warning on autoinstall admin page


• Add Moodle 4.5 to automated (CI) test matrix

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• Switch to semantic versioning (see README.md, Section: "Versioning and Compatibility")


• Fix rendering of GeoGebra applets under certain conditions


• Improve robustness of attempt page rendering state detection ("ready for export" detection)


• Improve status and error notifications for all actions (job creation, deletion, ...)


• Prevent form data resubmission on page reload


• Add tooltip to archive overview refresh button and list time of last page refresh


• Improve visual presentation of the quiz archive overview table


• Improve visual presentation of the quiz archive creation form


• Add complex examples (large image compression, GeoGebra applets) to reference course

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v2.0.0 is required.

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• Show periodically updated progress of running archive jobs in job overview table and job details modal


• Creation of new job status values:
  
  
  
  • WAITING_FOR_BACKUP: All attempt reports are generated and the archive worker service is waiting for the Moodle backup to be ready.
  
  
  • FINALIZING: The archive worker service is finalizing the archive creation process (checksums, compression, ...).
  
  
  
  


• Create hover tooltip with help text for all job status values


• Add additional soft error handling to some web service functions


• Minor compatibility fixes for PHP 7.4 and Moodle 4.1 (LTS)


• Expanding unit test coverage to include the whole plugin logic


• Optimizing unit test code to improve readability and maintainability


• Create generic testing data generator


• Code quality improvements

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v1.6.0 is required.

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• Optionally scale down large images within quiz reports to preserve space and keep PDF files compact


• Optionally compress images within quiz reports to preserve space and keep PDF files compact


• Fix image inlining for files with non-lowercase file extensions (e.g., image.JPG)


• Fix conditional hide/show of retention time in quiz archive form when locked


• Optimize order of settings in quiz archive form and plugin admin settings

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v1.5.0 is required.

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• Full code overhaul to comply with the Moodle Coding Style


• Enforce strict coding style checks during CI runs / prior to any new releases


• Improve English and German translations

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• Synchronize default job timeout setting with quiz archive worker and add hint about the additional timeout inside the archive worker config


• Describe different job timeout settings inside the "Known Pitfalls" section of the README file.


• Fix display of variables in archive / report names help texts in Moodle <= 4.2

Note: Keep in mind to update your Quiz Archive Worker too!

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• Fix autoinstall admin UI form for Moodle 4.1 (LTS)


• Fix edge case during GDPR exports via the Moodle privacy API when using PHP 7.4


• Fix webservice token generation on Moodle 4.1 (LTS)


• Largely extend the test coverage. Now almost everything is tested automatically
  for all combinations of:
  
  
  
  • Moodle version: 4.1 - 4.4
  
  
  • PHP versions: 7.4 - 8.3
  
  
  • Database backends: mariadb, pgsql
  
  
  
  


• Cleanup attempt report generation code


• Provide documentation how to run tests locally


• Fix typos

Note: Keep in mind to update your
Quiz Archive Worker too!

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• Fix inlining of images with filenames that contains URL encoded characters (e.g., image (1).jpg)


• Fix inlining of Moodle theme icons (e.g., drag and drop markers)


• Fix PHP warning on quiz_archiver_generate_attempt_report webservice call


• Fix quiz header / summary table injection in Moodle 4.4+


• Replace deprecated Moodle 4.4+ language strings

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• Extend automated tests to cover Moodle 4.4 with PHP 8.1 to 8.3 using PostgreSQL and MariaDB


• Removal of deprecated function use for Moodle 4.4 (See MDL-67667)

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• Add an automatic plugin configuration feature, to simplify the setup process (#15 - Thanks to @melanietreitinger)


• Display a welcome message with setup instructions during plugin installation


• Add support for automated configuration using a CLI script


• Add error message during job creation, when plugin is not fully configured yet


• Create quizzes with 100, 250, 500, and 1000 attempts in the reference course res/backup-moodle2-course-qa-ref.mbz


• Update installation instructions in README.md to reflect the new setup process

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• Fix image inlining for Moodle instances that reside in subdirectories (e.g., https://your.domain/moodle)
  
  
  
  • Thanks a lot to @500gLychee for extensive testing and reporting!
  
  
  
  


• Fix inlining of miscellaneous local images that do not fall into any specific link type category


• Detect quizzes without attempts and prevent archive creation until at least one attempt was registered


• Create GitHub issue template forms for bug reports and feature requests
  
  
  
  • Found a bug? Please report it here: https://github.com/ngandrass/moodle-quiz_archiver/issues
  
  
  
  

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• Fix job setting storage issues with MySQL / MariaDB


• Create PHPUnit tests for key components


• Set up automated Moodle-CI tests for all supported Moodle and PHP versions with both PostgreSQL and MariaDB


• Remove use of 'mixed' union type to fix PHP 7.4 compatibility


• Replace ValueError exceptions to fix PHP 7.4 compatibility


• Improve PHPDoc comments


• Fix deserialization of example JSON test data within Mustache templates


• Improve error reporting of Moodle backup management class


• Improve webservice parameter strictness

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• Fix locking of archive retention time job preset


• Fix wrong interpretation of checked and locked checkboxes within job preset settings


• Server-side prevention of job setting changes/tinkering if presets are locked globally

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• Fix compatibility with PHP 7.4 by replacing union type usages


• Improve code quality

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• Support for automatic deletion of quiz archives after a specified retention period


• Allow to enforce a global retention policy via the plugin settings


• Allow manual deletion of artifact files while keeping job metadata from job details modal


• Differentiate between quiz archive creation and deletion permission


• Link to course, quiz, and archive creation user in job details modal


• Reduce job action form URL arguments and improve displayed warnings / information


• Delete TSP data, if job or artifact is deleted

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• Allow customization of archive and attempt report filenames based on variables (e.g., quiz name, username, ...)


• Add option to exclude HTML files from generated archives to save space


• Implement global archive job presets (e.g., attempt report sections, exported data, paper format, ...)


• Introduce global archiving policies (i.e., locked archive job presets that cannot be changed by the user)


• Fix archive job timeout on Moodle instances where filter_mathjaxloader is loaded, but attempts do not contain any MathJax formulas

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v1.3.0
is required.

Note: Since version 1.1.0, HTML files will be excluded from the archive by
default. This behavior can be changed for each job individually or via the
global archive presets.

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• Switch from BETA to STABLE status! :)


• Backwards-compatibility to Moodle 4.1 (LTS) until end of support on 08-12-2025


• Include question attachments (e.g., essay file submissions) in quiz archive


• Fix dynamic rendering of Drag and Drop question types


• Provide reference quiz, containing all standard Moodle question types

WARNING: If you are upgrading from v0.6.3 or earlier, you need to add the permissions mod/quiz:reviewmyattempts and mod/quiz:viewreports to the quiz archiver service account role. This is required to allow access to quiz attachments (e.g., uploaded essay files). The provided XML role definition res/moodle_role_quiz_archiver.xml is already updated to reflect these changes.

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v1.2.0 is required.

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• Implement privacy API to ensure GDPR compliance


• Remember attempts and users that are contained within a given quiz archive


• Add support to internally extract a single attempt from a full quiz archive


• Introduce a scheduled task to execute cleanup routines

Note: Use of moodle-quiz-archive-worker >= v1.1.3
is required during archive creation to export individual attempts via the Moodle privacy API.

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• Honor Moodle proxy configuration and other network settings during requests


• Preparation for listing within the Moodle plugin directory

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• Support for quiz archive signing using the Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP) according to RFC 3161.


• Minor UI improvements


• Documentation improvements

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• BREAKING: This version requires Moodle >= 4.2


• Adapt to Moodle 4.2 API changes. See Moodle 4.2 Developer Update for details.