# CiviCRM 5.6.1

Released October 23, 2018

- **[Synopsis](#synopsis)**
- **[Bugs resolved](#bugs)**
- **[Credits](#credits)**
- **[Feedback](#feedback)**

## <a name="synopsis"></a>Synopsis

| *Does this version...?*                                         |         |
|:--------------------------------------------------------------- |:-------:|
| Fix security vulnerabilities?                                   |   no    |
| Change the database schema?                                     |   no    |
| Alter the API?                                                  |   no    |
| Require attention to configuration options?                     |   no    |
| Fix problems installing or upgrading to a previous version?     |   no    |
| Introduce features?                                             |   no    |
| **Fix bugs?**                                                   | **yes** |

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

### Core CiviCRM

- **[dev/core#428](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/428) Fatal error in
  Activity Details report when Sorting uses Section Header
  ([12963](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/12963),
  [12915](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/12915),
  [12967](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/12967))**

- **[dev/core#396](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/396) date ranges are
  lost when creating smart groups
  ([12909](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/12909))**

### CiviMail

- **[dev/core#421](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/421) Creating a new
  message template from within CiviMail interface requires both edit user
  workflow templates and edit system workflow templates as well as edit message
  templates ([12896](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/12896))**

- **[dev/core#448](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/448) When creating a
  CiviCRM Mailing including a Smart Group, All contacts met by the criteria of
  the smart group are added. There is no check performed to make sure that
  contacts removed from the smart group aren't included
  ([12962](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/12962))**

### Joomla Integration

- **Fixed Joomla menu z-index regression
  ([12952](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/12952))**

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

This release was developed by the following authors and reviewers:

Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton; Thomas Mannell; Progressive
Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Pradeep Nayak; Nicol Wistreich;
Joinery - Allen Shaw; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb; Circle Interactive -
Martin Castle; Australian Greens - Seamus Lee; Agileware - Justin Freeman

## <a name="feedback"></a>Feedback

These release notes are edited by Tim Otten and Andrew Hunt.  If you'd like to
provide feedback on them, please login to https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm and
contact `@agh1`.
