TYPO3 Core

The DB table "sys_ter" was introduced in TYPO3 version 4.5-dev and stores information about the repositories for extensions and extension updates. During a fresh and clean TYPO3 version 4.5.0beta1 installation, the DB table sys_ter is filled with an initial record: "TYPO3.org Main Repository" (wsdl_url: http://typo3.org/wsdl/tx_ter_wsdl.php).

If you update your TYPO3 instance from TYPO3 version 4.4.x to version 4.5.x (beta1), the new table is created but does not contain any records.

Impact:
TYPO3 version 4.5.0beta1 seems not to use sys_ter very extensively. The "Mirror list" in ADMIN TOOLS -> Ext Manager -> settings shows a different, larger list (typo3.org main repository plus 6 mirrors), however sys_ter only has one record.

The main impact seems to be the (new) scheduler task to update extension list automatically (introduced in TYPO3 version 4.5.0beta1, see ticket #23848). This process is not working if you updated your TYPO3 instance from an older TYPO3 version to version 4.5.0beta1 (just because sys_ter is empty).

Issue is reproducible with (update from) TYPO3 version 4.4.4 to (update to) TYPO3 version 4.5.0beta1.
(issue imported from #M16549)