[Updated] Call for Testing: Jetpack 11.9 Beta

This post has been updated to reflect the new deployment date due to an incompatibility found with the AMP plugin > 2.0.1.

Jetpack 11.9 beta is available now and the download link is available here.

Jetpack 11.9 will be deployed to VIP on Thursday, March 16, 2023*. 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.}

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

What is being added or changed?

Import: add new automattic/jetpack-import package.
Jetpack: improve design of MediaButton component.
Sharing: update look and feel of sharing buttons when in “official” mode.
Site editor: display location-aware snackbar in edit mode.
Stats: adds filter to hide stats widget based on user capability.
Stats: added a notice with a link to a survey when the new stats interface is disabled.
Subscriptions: updated submit messages text for subscriptions.
Social: visual update to social buttons.

Stats: adjust margin for WordPress.com stats link in Jetpack dashboard.
VideoPress: extend media button for VideoPress video block.
VideoPress: restore v5/v6 transform for all platforms.
Social: update icon font to remove support for older browsers (IE11-).
Themes: ensure redesigned sharing buttons look good in default themes (Twenty Nineteen, Twenty Sixteen).

Bug fixes

Form block: update form-styles script to prevent blurred forms on slow loading pages.
Story block: remove dependency on wp-components from the frontend code.
Forms block: add filter to prevent contact-form-styles script from being concatenated.
Forms block: add new method to parse the form fields, fallback to old method.
Forms block: prevent blur effect on AMP pages.
Subscriptions: fix premium content block where it would only allow access to site subscribers.
Subscriptions: fix subscribe-block button to behave the same as in the fronted.
Widgets: fix GoodReads custom widget not finding the target HTML element and appending another after its script tag.

We recommend the below:

As you’re testing, there are 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 “Query Monitor” to help make PHP notices and warnings more noticeable and report anything you see.

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