# Changes in PHPUnit 9.4 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.4 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles. ## [9.4.2] - 2020-10-19 ### Added * Added missing `PHPUnit\Framework\assertObjectEquals()` and `PHPUnit\Framework\objectEquals()` wrapper functions ### Changed * `PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertObjectEquals()` is now `static` ## [9.4.1] - 2020-10-11 ### Fixed * [#4480](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/4480): Methods with "static" return type (introduced in PHP 8) are not handled correctly by test double code generator ## [9.4.0] - 2020-10-02 ### Added * [#4462](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/4462): Support for Cobertura XML report format * [#4464](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/4464): Filter based on covered (`@covers`) / used (`@uses`) units of code * [#4467](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/4467): Convenient custom comparison of objects ### Changed * The PHPUnit XML configuration generator (that is invoked using the `--generate-configuration` CLI option) now asks for a cache directory (default: `.phpunit.cache`) [9.4.2]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.4.1...9.4.2 [9.4.1]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.4.0...9.4.1 [9.4.0]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.3.11...9.4.0