Question Kunena 7.0.1 stable released for Joomla! 5.4 and 6.0

Just a note:
In Kunena 7, you can find “karma_time” in:
/administrator/components/com_kunena/install/kunena.install.upgrade.xml
/administrator/components/com_kunena/install/sql/updates/php/6.4.5-2025-07-30_remove_columns_users_table.php
/components/com_kunena/src/Controllers/UserController.php 
 

simsonCH wrote:

Hello
We have 7.0.1 / 2026-01-30 and get following log MSG/error
"Exception throw at line 489 in file \/home\/sammler\/public_html\/libraries\/vendor\/joomla\/database\/src\/Pdo\/PdoDriver.php with message 42S22, 1054, Unknown column 'socials' in 'SET'"

We get this MSG on all 5.4.2 Joomla installations.



 

Hello,

it seems the upgrade process will do things with socials not work correctly, i will add a fonction under tools to be able to make the import of socials when it has failed during upgrade

Denitz wrote:

Code:

( ! ) Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Kunena\Forum\Libraries\User\KunenaUser::$karma_time is deprecated in \libraries\kunena\src\User\KunenaUser.php on line 700

I have looked in the code so it should be handled in upgrade process when you are coming from before Kunena 6.4.0 . I have forgot the params karma_time so it remains in config, it explains why you get this error

The message is on e.g. /administrator/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=cpanel and in frontend forum index as well.
I updated Kunena from 6.4.7 to 7.0.1
PHP 8.3, error reporting Maximum

( ! ) Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Kunena\Forum\Libraries\User\KunenaUser::$karma_time is deprecated in
\libraries\kunena\src\User\KunenaUser.php on line 700

( ! ) Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Kunena\Forum\Libraries\User\KunenaUser::$twitter is deprecated in
\libraries\kunena\src\User\KunenaUser.php on line 700

 

Yes, I also have such a message as error reporting Maximum, but if I set it to standard, everything is ok.

Yes, I also have such a message as error reporting Maximum,
but if I set it to standard, everything is ok.
ps
sorry messaged 2x because it seemed like it wasn't saving..

i try this Quick workaround (safe, but temporary)it works on my test site
If you can’t update right now, you can silence the warning by allowing dynamic properties in the class.
Option 1 – Add #[\AllowDynamicProperties] (PHP 8.2+)
Edit:
/components/com_kunena/libraries/user/KunenaUser.php
Find:
class KunenaUser
Change to: ⚠️ This will be overwritten by updates — use only as a stopgap.

docs.kunena.org/en/basics/requirements/requirements-k7-x
docs.kunena.org/en/basics/installation/installation-k7-x
docs.kunena.org/en/basics/upgrade/upgrade-k7-x