Update test matrix

[barryhughes]

As soon as reasonably practical, we should evaluate if we can incorporate PHP 8.4 into our automated test matrix (and make any changes needed to support that).

[mikkamp]

When testing with a plugin dependent on WooCommerce I get several deprecation messages when running on PHP 8.4.

deprecation messages

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_QueueCleaner::__construct(): Implicitly marking parameter $store as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/ActionScheduler_QueueCleaner.php on line 35

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Abstract_QueueRunner::__construct(): Implicitly marking parameter $cleaner as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Abstract_QueueRunner.php on line 34

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_QueueRunner::__construct(): Implicitly marking parameter $async_request as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/ActionScheduler_QueueRunner.php on line 40

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Action::__construct(): Implicitly marking parameter $schedule as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/actions/ActionScheduler_Action.php on line 37

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_ActionFactory::get_stored_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $schedule as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/ActionScheduler_ActionFactory.php on line 21

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_DBLogger::log(): Implicitly marking parameter $date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_DBLogger.php on line 21

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_DBStore::claim_actions(): Implicitly marking parameter $before_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_DBStore.php on line 863

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_DBStore::stake_claim(): Implicitly marking parameter $before_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_DBStore.php on line 798

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_DBStore::save_action_to_db(): Implicitly marking parameter $date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_DBStore.php on line 82

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_DBStore::save_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $scheduled_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_DBStore.php on line 68

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_DBStore::save_unique_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $scheduled_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_DBStore.php on line 55

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_DBStoreMigrator::save_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $last_attempt_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/migration/ActionScheduler_DBStoreMigrator.php on line 26

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Logger::log_failed_fetch_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $exception as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in /tmp/woocommerce-9.4.1/plugins/woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Logger.php on line 213

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Logger::log(): Implicitly marking parameter $date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Logger.php on line 34

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_wpCommentLogger::log(): Implicitly marking parameter $date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in /tmp/woocommerce-9.4.1/plugins/woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_wpCommentLogger.php on line 19

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_wpPostStore::claim_actions(): Implicitly marking parameter $before_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore.php on line 634

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_wpPostStore::stake_claim(): Implicitly marking parameter $before_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore.php on line 585

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_wpPostStore::create_post_array(): Implicitly marking parameter $scheduled_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore.php on line 61

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_wpPostStore::save_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $scheduled_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_wpPostStore.php on line 38

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_HybridStore::save_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_HybridStore.php on line 246

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_HybridStore::stake_claim(): Implicitly marking parameter $before_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_HybridStore.php on line 216

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_HybridStore::__construct(): Implicitly marking parameter $config as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/data-stores/ActionScheduler_HybridStore.php on line 43

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Store::get_scheduled_date_string_local(): Implicitly marking parameter $scheduled_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php on line 303

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Store::get_scheduled_date_string(): Implicitly marking parameter $scheduled_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php on line 286

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Store::stake_claim(): Implicitly marking parameter $before_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php on line 198

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Store::save_action(): Implicitly marking parameter $scheduled_date as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/abstracts/ActionScheduler_Store.php on line 29

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Schedule::next(): Implicitly marking parameter $after as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/classes/schedules/ActionScheduler_Schedule.php on line 11

Deprecated: ActionScheduler_Schedule_Deprecated::next(): Implicitly marking parameter $after as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead in woocommerce/packages/action-scheduler/deprecated/ActionScheduler_Schedule_Deprecated.php on line 16

Now that the minimum version has been bumped to 7.1, these should all be fixable by making the parameter type nullable.

Edit: I found the PR which fixes these issues: https://github.com/woocommerce/action-scheduler/pull/1205

[barryhughes]

Edit: I found the PR which fixes these issues: https://github.com/woocommerce/action-scheduler/pull/1205

Right, so that should ship in Action Scheduler 3.9.0. However, given the context (your 'true' dependency is WooCommerce), it's worth noting WooCommerce tends to lag one or two versions behind (because of differences in release cadence).