The silence is deafening and concerning...

[smallwheels]

On a positive note: From the start-posting of the thread on Oc. 14th 2025:

In the last 6 weeks (since September 1, 2025):
(...)
No update posts, no bug reports closed.

and the state on last Sunday

The currently 786 open bugs in the "XF bug reports" forum

the situation has visibly improved. The number of threads in the bug-reports forum has shrunk to 756. Since the release of 2.3.7 almost six months ago roughly 140 bugs have been moved to the "closed bugs" forum with various states, making an average of ~140/6= ~33 per months. Between 35 and 40 have been moved there in 2026, so over the last two weeks. Which is more than double the speed of the last six months average. So there is massive movement at the moment and it seems to continue.

Maybe (!) this also indicates that 2.3.8 is done feature wise and as the last step now open bugs get fixed for the upcoming release. Though not all bugs moved to "closed bugs" do indicate a fix (as some may i.e. be considered duplicates) this massive amount of bugfixes will make 2.3.8 probably a very valuable update once it get's released.

 

[Alpha1]

I'm hoping that XF 2.3.8 will address the main issues with bounced email processing, because as it currently stands XF bounce processing is partly broken and most hard bounces are processed as soft bounces.

bounce handling

xenforo.com

 

[dethfire]

I'm never for abuse, but some ppl here act like holding a business to account is abuse. Xenforo is a business, not a charity nor volunteer project and customers have a right to voice opinions and take our money elsewhere. The owners and employees are grown adults running a business.

 

[🔥Iggy🔥]

You could use what has been already there for ages for exactly that purpose...

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its actually the first time ive tried this function....now that ive done that however, ive noticed it doesnt actually notify you, you have to click news feed which is another function ive never used....and if you follow a group of ppl things can get buried fast seems like....

i understand why xf would set things up that way so theres not 100s of notifications if you follow ppl, but someone should make an addon with an option to be notified if only certain users post.....otherwise if you are manually checking whats the point of following its bascally the same as clicking into their profile to see if they posted

 

[🔥Iggy🔥]

I'm never for abuse, but some ppl here act like holding a business to account is abuse. Xenforo is a business, not a charity nor volunteer project and customers have a right to voice opinions and take our money elsewhere. The owners and employees are grown adults running a business.

yeah i also dont agree that some ppl being disrespectful justifies breaking communication(for months).......ignore the disrespectful but dont punish the whole community it really doesnt make sense....unless the idea is that not doing what you said, doesnt require any update communication but i think thats basic common politeness/professionalism...

 

[Wing]

Simple fact of the matter is thatXenForo hasn’t released an update in what’s becoming a concerning amount of time. Customers are allowed to notice this, and express feedback. It doesnt always have to be taken as an emotional thing like "trolling", "abuse" ect.
That said, we do respect and appreciate Chris being transparent with the community about his family situation and I genuinely wish him and his family the best.

But the bigger question here is business continuity:

Why does XenForo’s update schedule appear to completely stall if one person is out? In 2026, it’s fair to ask why there doesn’t seem to be anyone else inside XenForo who can keep the ball rolling like a normal business should.

Is XenForo development really down to just Chris at this point?