Release Notes 3.7 (Goal: 2026-TBD)
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π¦ Key Points
π Cut Date: 2026-____TBD
π Release Date: 2026-____TBD
Release Manager: Nethmi Rodrigo
Key Features: (Note, these are just suggestions for now - need to be discussed and agreed upon β¦β¦.)
Billing Module Features/Enhancements
Several features have been requested, and those would especially benefit the DRC project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jI8tuEb4HKOfcDSO8i55IC6FEdvzUcQLKc1BOe5c9KU/edit?tab=t.0
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/projects/pages/751206405
The current billing-related work is largely on bug fixes and module stabilization
Procedures History App
This work was started during the September hackathon, but got stalled and needs to be completed (Jaye has taken this up).
Missing concepts have also been added to facilitate this task completion.
Order favouriting
Requirements: https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/projects/pages/373358598
First iteration: PR
Second iteration: will be under the GSoC project
Growth Chart MVP
MVP: Talk
Sticky Note Feature
This work was started during the September hackathon, but got stalled and needs to be completed.
Tasks and Task List
Brandon (through Madiro) has already started this work.
Requirements: https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/projects/pages/619282584
Orders App and Results Viewer Improvements
Security Improvements (NSF project)
Chart Search Prototype (Google AI Project)
Platform-related, @Daniel Kayiwaplease add any platform-related stuff
Others
e2e tests coverage
Review of scenarios and adding coverage for new functionalities in the system (possibly need to add some edge cases β¦ gradually)
Tech debt
Migration to React 19, Rspack, Vitest.
Moving shared logic from Common lib to the framework
β οΈ Breaking Changes:
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Where to find it: Demo at o3.openmrs.org (admin/Admin123) or download here: openmrs.org/download/
π· Contributors
Special thanks to the following community PR reviewers:
DIGI: @Ian Bacher
OpenMRS: @Dennis Kigen, @Jayasanka Weerasinghe, @nethmi, β¦
PIH:
Palladium:
METS:
MSF Madiro:
Template note: Reach out to @beryl; she will be the primary builder of this list.
Thank you so much to the following contributors - you make releases like this possible! Alphabetically by Organization affiliation:
CSaude:
Health IT (UoN):
ICRC:
Intellisoft:
Madiro:
Mekom:
METS:
OpenMRS Support:
Palladium-Kenya:
PIH:
UCSF:
UW ITECH DIGI:
Independent Contributors:
Thank you Translation Contributors!
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π¦ Highlights for Implementers
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πΈ Example Visual Changes
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π Detailed Changelog
Code:
Distro RefApp
Reference Application 3.5.0 (<-- needs hyperlink like this)
Frontend Modules
Cohort Builder v4.0.3 (patch) (<-- example only)
Patient Chart v10.0.0 β οΈ (major - breaking change) (<-- example only)
Backend Modules
Core 2.7.4 (<-- example only)
Steps to figure this out: (see also 2nd video in this Talk thread: https://talk.openmrs.org/t/backend-contributions-to-emr-releases-why-and-how/46090 )
1. Find What Backend Modules Changed: Compare previous releaseβs distro/pom.xml file to this one, e.g.: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication/compare/3.3.1...3.4.0-rc.2
2. Use release notes for those to figure out who contributed, e.g. https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-webservices.rest/releases