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TAO Testing

EDTECH
Velocity5.0

Open-source computer-based assessment and testing platform.

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TAO follows its lockdown browser release with a version-gate fix within days.

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◆Current state
TAO's core reached 56.16.4 on November 13. 56.16.3 lets admins set a minimum lockdown browser version, three days after 56.16.0 added lockdown browser delivery, and restores another deleted language string; 56.16.4 syncs Crowdin translations. The older 56.13.1 branch got a backport of Japanese translations in 56.13.1.4.
◆Where it's heading
Secure test delivery is the active feature track: lockdown browser support shipped and is already being tightened so schools can require a current client. Around it, TAO keeps maintaining several older patch branches with backports, which points to institutions that upgrade slowly.
◆Prediction
Expect further 56.16 patches on lockdown browser configuration and more backports to older branches; a 56.17 feature release is not signaled in these notes.

◆Recent moves

  1. 19h ago

    TAO 56.13.1.4 backports Japanese translations

    A translation backport to the 56.13.1 branch. It continues TAO's upkeep of older lines for installs that don't upgrade quickly.

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  2. 21h ago

    TAO 56.16.4 syncs Crowdin translations

    Another translation sync in the 56.16 patch run. Routine housekeeping.

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  3. 21h ago

    TAO 56.16.3 lets admins require a minimum lockdown browser version

    Admins can now set a minimum lockdown browser version, so exams refuse outdated secure clients. It is the first follow-up to the 56.16.0 lockdown browser release and makes that feature usable for stricter test policies.

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  4. 3d ago

    TAO 56.16.2 restores deleted language strings

    Puts back language strings removed by mistake, likely in the Crowdin update a few hours earlier.

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  5. 3d ago

    TAO 56.16.1 pulls new Crowdin translations

    A translation sync. Routine housekeeping.

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  6. 3d ago

    TAO 56.16.0 adds lockdown browser integration

    Tests can now be delivered through a lockdown browser that blocks other apps during an exam. The first delivery-side feature after weeks of authoring and maintenance work.

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