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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  - fixed #11457: Carousel broken
  - fixed #11455: Wrong use of Extras macro?
  - fixed #11715: "Empty" user profile fields: not in userProfileData / cannot delete
+ - fixed #11718: Matrix does not URI encode search parameters
 
 7.9.8
  - fixed #11651: First Day of Week is a string...
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