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fix: Mendix 10.24 nightly failures and version compatibility docs
Nightly integration tests for Mendix 10.24 failed because widget templates (from 11.6) and 11.x-only MDL features were not gated. Changes: - Gate 17-custom-widget-examples and 19-image-collection-examples to 11.0+ (pluggable widget template tests) - Gate P040_ConditionalProps section in 03-page-examples to 11.0+ (Visible/Editable xpath syntax) - Add CE0463 as global known error (widget template version mismatch) - Update nightly/push-test to use Mendix 11.9.0 (latest release) - Add conditional visibility/editability and responsive column widths to version registry YAML files - Expand version-compatibility docs with fine-grained feature matrix sourced from sdk/versions/*.yaml metadata Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.github/workflows/nightly.yml

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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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strategy:
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matrix:
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mendix-version: ['10.24.16.96987', '11.6.4', '11.8.0']
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mendix-version: ['10.24.16.96987', '11.6.4', '11.9.0']
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fail-fast: false
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name: test (Mendix ${{ matrix.mendix-version }})
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.github/workflows/push-test.yml

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- name: Test
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run: make test
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- name: Setup mxbuild
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run: ./bin/mxcli setup mxbuild --version 11.8.0
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run: ./bin/mxcli setup mxbuild --version 11.9.0
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- name: Integration tests
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run: make test-integration
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docs-site/src/appendixes/version-compatibility.md

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# Mendix Version Compatibility
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Supported Mendix Studio Pro versions, BSON format differences, and known limitations.
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Supported Mendix Studio Pro versions, feature availability matrix, and known limitations.
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## Supported Versions
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| 10.24 (LTS) | v2 | **Yes** | Supported |
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| 11.0 -- 11.5 | v2 | No | Supported |
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| 11.6 | v2 | **Yes** | Primary development target |
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| 11.8 | v2 | **Yes** | Latest tested |
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| 11.9 | v2 | **Yes** | Latest tested |
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## MPR Format Versions
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The library auto-detects the format. No configuration is needed.
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## Feature Availability by Version
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Not all MDL features work on all Mendix versions. The BSON document structure changes across versions, and some features were introduced in specific releases.
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### Core Features (all supported versions)
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| Feature | Minimum Version | Notes |
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|---------|----------------|-------|
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| Domain models (entities, attributes, associations) | 9.0 | Full CRUD support |
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| Microflows (60+ activity types) | 9.0 | Including loops, splits, error handling |
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| Nanoflows | 9.0 | Client-side flows |
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| Pages (50+ widget types) | 9.0 | Built-in widgets |
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| Enumerations | 9.0 | CREATE/ALTER/DROP |
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| Security (module roles, access rules) | 9.0 | Full support |
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| Navigation | 9.0 | Profiles, menus, home pages |
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| Workflows | 9.0 | User tasks, decisions, parallel splits |
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### Features Requiring Mendix 10.x+
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| Feature | Minimum Version | Notes |
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| Business events | 10.0 | Event service definitions |
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| Pluggable widgets (ComboBox, DataGrid2, Gallery) | 10.0 | Requires widget templates |
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| Image collections | 10.0 | CREATE/DROP IMAGE COLLECTION |
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### Features Requiring Mendix 11.0+
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These features use BSON structures that changed in Mendix 11.0 and are **not compatible with 10.x projects**:
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| Feature | Minimum Version | Error on 10.x |
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| View entities (CREATE VIEW ENTITY) | 10.18 | Version-aware serialization (inline OQL on 10.x) |
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| Page parameters (Params: { ... }) | 11.0 | InvalidOperationException on 'Variable' property |
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| Design properties (Atlas v3) | 11.0 | CE6083: "Design property not supported by your theme" |
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| REST client (CREATE REST CLIENT) | 11.0 | BSON format incompatibility |
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| Database Connector (EXECUTE DATABASE QUERY) | 11.0 | Module format incompatibility |
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| Association storage format | 11.0 | Different BSON encoding for associations |
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### Features Requiring Mendix 11.6+
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## Feature Availability Matrix
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The tables below show exactly which features are available on each Mendix version. Data is sourced from `sdk/versions/mendix-{9,10,11}.yaml`.
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### Domain Model
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| Feature | MDL Syntax | 9.x | 10.0+ | 10.18+ | 11.0+ |
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|---------|-----------|-----|-------|--------|-------|
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| Persistent entities | `CREATE PERSISTENT ENTITY` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Non-persistent entities | `CREATE NON-PERSISTENT ENTITY` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Calculated attributes | `CALCULATED BY Module.Microflow` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Entity generalization | `EXTENDS Module.ParentEntity` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| ALTER ENTITY | `ALTER ENTITY ... ADD/DROP/RENAME` | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| View entities | `CREATE VIEW ENTITY ... AS SELECT` | -- | -- | Yes | Yes |
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### Microflows
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| Feature | MDL Syntax | 9.x | 10.0+ | 10.6+ | 11.0+ |
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| Basic microflows | `CREATE MICROFLOW ... BEGIN ... END` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Loop in branches | `LOOP inside IF/ELSE` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| SEND REST REQUEST | `SEND REST REQUEST Module.Service.Op` | -- | 10.1+ | Yes | Yes |
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| Execute database query | `EXECUTE DATABASE QUERY ...` | -- | -- | Yes | Yes |
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| Show page with params | `SHOW PAGE ... WITH PARAMS` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| REST query parameters | `SEND REST REQUEST with QUERY params` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| DB query runtime connection | `EXECUTE DATABASE QUERY CONNECTION ...` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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### Pages
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| Feature | MDL Syntax | 9.x | 10.0+ | 10.18+ | 11.0+ |
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| Basic pages | `CREATE PAGE ... { ... }` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| ALTER PAGE | `ALTER PAGE ... SET/INSERT/DROP` | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Pluggable widgets | `DATAGRID`, `GALLERY`, `COMBOBOX`, `IMAGE` | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Conditional visibility | `Visible: [xpath]` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| Conditional editability | `Editable: [xpath]` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| Responsive column widths | `TabletWidth: 6, PhoneWidth: 12` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| Page parameters | `Params: { $Item: Module.Entity }` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| Page variables | `Variables: { ... }` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| Design properties (Atlas v3) | `DesignProperties: [...]` | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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::: tip Widget Templates
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Pluggable widget templates are currently extracted from Mendix 11.6. When used on 10.x projects, the [MPK augmentation system](../internals/widget-templates.md) reconciles property differences. Some CE0463 ("widget definition changed") errors may still occur.
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### Security
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| Feature | MDL Syntax | 9.x | 10.0+ |
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| Module roles | `CREATE MODULE ROLE` | Yes | Yes |
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| User roles | `CREATE USER ROLE` | Yes | Yes |
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| Entity access rules | `GRANT READ/WRITE ON ...` | Yes | Yes |
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| Demo users | `CREATE DEMO USER` | Yes | Yes |
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| OData client | `CREATE ODATA CLIENT` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Business events | `CREATE BUSINESS EVENT SERVICE` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| REST client (basic) | `CREATE REST CLIENT ... BEGIN ... END` | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| REST client headers | `HEADER 'Name' = 'Value'` | -- | -- | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Database Connector | `CREATE DATABASE CONNECTION` | -- | -- | -- | Yes | Yes |
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| REST client query params | `QUERY $param: Type` | -- | -- | -- | -- | Yes |
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| Parallel splits | `PARALLEL SPLIT` | Yes | Yes |
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mdl-examples/doctype-tests/03-page-examples.mdl

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mdl-examples/doctype-tests/17-custom-widget-examples.mdl

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mdl-examples/doctype-tests/19-image-collection-examples.mdl

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mdl/executor/roundtrip_doctype_test.go

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