Deprecation: Ability to modify Learning MFE sidebar behavior with waffle flags

Announcements Deprecation
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We plan to deprecate configuring sidebar behavior in the Learning MFE via the following waffle flags:

  • courseware.enable_navigation_sidebar
  • courseware.always_open_auxiliary_sidebar

in favor of customization using Frontend Plugin Framework slots/plugins.

See the DEPR ticket for more details [DEPR]: Remove ability to modify Learning MFE sidebar behavior with waffle flags · Issue #316 · openedx/public-engineering · GitHub

If you have concerns/questions/thoughts please share them on the GH issue! The goal is to finalize the DEPR on 2025-03-14T04:00:00Z