Call for Testing: Jetpack 10.8 Beta

Jetpack 10.8-beta is available now and the download link is available here.

Jetpack 10.8 will be deployed to VIP Go on Thursday, April 7, 2022*. The upgrade is expected to be performed at 17:00 UTC (1:00PM ET).
_{*This deployment date and time are subject to change if issues are discovered during testing of the Jetpack release.}

What is being added or changed?

Enhancements

Blocks: make settings discoverable and toggleable, and add a card to highlight the blocks available from Jetpack on the dashboard.
Form Block: offer option to install/activate the Jetpack CRM plugin from the Form block settings panel.
Payments Block: introduce new post-publish panel to highlight the options available with Payments blocks.
VideoPress: added support for the muted, controls and playsinline properties on the ‘wpvideo’ and VideoPress shortcodes.

Improved compatibility

Shortcodes: adds the Jetpack namespace to slideshow shortcode CSS class names.

Other Changes

Subscriptions Block: make the block messages clearer.
Payments Block: we now provide a way in which we can propagate the controls to the child blocks.
Payment Blocks: Added links to manage subscriptions and fees to the Product Management controls.
Payments Button Block: add back the upgrade nudge.
Fix ProductManagementControls not being able to open the block settings sidebar on site and widgets editor.
Adding language attributes to code blocks.
Search: Add search feature to benefits API.
Fix VS Code ESLint and prettier config.
Removed unneeded calls to Atomic_Plan_Manager.
Add uloggedin parameter for reporting.
Block Form: update required Jetpack CRM version.
Documented the rna prop of the Button component.
E2E tests: improve assertions for sync tests.
Jetpack CRM: adjust banner’s wording.
Various PHPCS updates.
Search: removed migrated tests.
Updated package dependencies.
Assistant: make call-to-actions point to checkout page.
WordPress.com Toolbar: check if function exists before to use it.
WordPress.com Toolbar: avoid PHP notices when locale is not defined.
Payments Block: use the product management controls to manage subscriptions. Migrated the Payments Block to a functional component and cleaned up code.

A full list of changes is available in the release notes and the commit log.

What do I need to do?

We recommend:

Installing the beta release on your non-production sites using these instructions.
Running through the testing flows outlined in the Jetpack Testing Guide.

As you’re testing a few things to keep in mind:

Check your browser’s JavaScript console and see if there are any errors reported by Jetpack there.
Use “Debug Bar” or “Query Monitor” to help make PHP notices and warnings more noticeable and report anything you see.

Questions?

If you have any questions, related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.