TYPO3 13.4.29—What’s Changed?

Released: May 12, 2026
Update type: Bugfix and maintenance release

TYPO3 13.4.29 is a maintenance release focusing on stability and bug fixes. Key improvements include fixes for drag-and-drop functionality in the page module, enhanced TypoScript handling for multibyte characters, and several backend UX refinements. This release contains no security fixes but addresses multiple edge cases and improves overall system reliability.

Security Fixes

No security fixes in this release.

Editing & UX Improvements

  • Drag and drop in page module — Restored usable drag-and-drop functionality in long page module views, improving content management workflow.
  • IRRE/files toggle switch — Adapted toggle switch behavior for invertStateDisplay option in inline relational record editing.
  • Grid column width in language comparison — Ensured correct column width rendering when using language comparison mode.
  • Return URL handling — Streamlined returnUrl handling in PageLayoutController for more consistent navigation behavior.

Backend & Administration

  • Database compare improvements — Mitigated dependency injection issues during database schema comparison operations.
  • Log rotation setting — Fixed handling of “0” max files setting when rotating log files, properly respecting unlimited retention.
  • PHPStorm metadata — Corrected invalid class paths in PHPStorm meta configuration for better IDE support.
  • PageInformation class stability — Removed experimental flag from PageInformation class, marking it as stable API.

Technical Changes

  • TypoScript multibyte support — Fixed handling of multibyte characters in TypoScript parsing and prevented empty reference output.
  • f:render.text ViewHelper — Backported f:render.text ViewHelper to TYPO3 v13 for enhanced Fluid template functionality.
  • Site route matching — Fixed route matching for slugs identical to site path, resolving edge case routing issues.
  • Package cache identifier — Combined mtime and filesize for package cache identifier generation to improve cache invalidation accuracy.
  • DataHandler versioning — Avoided false-positive “version of a version” errors in DataHandler operations.
  • Indexed search stability — Ensured indexed_search extension does not throw exceptions in edge cases.
  • Menu rendering fix — Fixed isSubMenu excluding link pages from menu children calculation.