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In many places in Backdrop we use title callbacks in hook_menu() to set the page titles, while in others we use backdrop_set_title(). The title callback approach has some advantages: it affects breadcrumbs and menu links for example. While the backdrop_set_title() approach is convenient it only affects the current page.
While attempting to use title callbacks instead of backdrop_set_title(), I found that it was not possible to use the t() function and return text that used the placeholder replacement (i.e. t('Edit %title')). Instead you end up with a title that displays with the HTML escaped, such as this:

It would be a good thing if we could make it so that title callbacks could provide already-escaped text, so that we could include HTML in the page titles, as is possible with backdrop_set_title().
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Perhaps, these latest lines of random test failures can be considered in the meeting too?
December 18th, 2025 - Weekly Meetings
There are some test failures in the user module after merging in the latest commits. Randomly, only in one PHP version - and always a different one. See also this Zulip...
December 18th, 2025 - Weekly Meetings
Two issues would benefit from testing and code reviews; they've been around for a while and no takers. It would be a shame for these to miss the next releases. View Table Headings...
December 18th, 2025 - Weekly Meetings