5.42.1 (2026-04-15)

🔥 Bug fix

• typo in Russian translation for upload button (#25946)
• fixed 9 typos, spelling errors, and duplicate words. (#25936)
• skip form onChange when markdown updates come from setValue (#25955)
• adjust typo in test (#25960)
• update snapshot (9b2501ceeb)
• increase test timeout (f50134dbae)
• preserve relations in fill from another locale (#25703)
• enable save button when re-ordering components or dynamic zones (#25959)
• made changes to resolve Firefox timepicker issue (#25129, #25438)
• admin: batch content manager permission checks and reuse session ability (#25911)
• core: add firstPublishedAt field to draft (#25947)
• document-service: preserve relations during publish (#25909)
• tests: type errors cause build to fail which cause tests to fail (072ad0d801)
• upload: cache busting for cross-origin images in crop (#25950)
• upload-aws-s3: trust S3 response Location URL for compatible providers (#25939)

⚙️ Chore

• fix typos in comments and docs (12dfbe97c9)
• adding finnish translation to Strapi Admin (#25620)
• fix typos in comments and docs (91407798c4)
• update Polish language translations (#23762)
• deps: bump lodash from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1 (#25919)
• deps: bump lodash-es from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1 (#25906)
• deps: bump nodemailer from 8.0.4 to 8.0.5 (#25963)
• deps: bump axios from 1.13.5 to 1.15.0 (#25980)
• deps: bump path-to-regexp from 8.4.1 to 8.4.2 (#25901)
• examples: delete config.server.url to restore port override capability (#26011)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L @Adzouz
• akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
• Antti Tuppurainen
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Jamie Howard @jhoward1994
• Mark Kaylor @markkaylor
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Michał Kleszczyński @Magiczne
• Nico André @nclsndr
• Shalabh Gupta @coding-shalabh
• Tony @tonytkachenko
• Yohaan Narayanan @yohaann196
• Yohei Yamamoto @NAM-MAN

5.42.0 (2026-04-08)

🚀 New feature

• removing A/B testing from the prompt Currently A/B testing opt-in isn't used, so removing it from the CLI (8d5b04ece4)
• changing sonar variable (0d822ade04)
• data-transfer: add directory export/import format (#25867)

🔥 Bug fix

• change return to continue in deleteRelations when using foreign keys (#25857)
• hide legacy options (da9cdfc640)
• contains filter no longer returns empty data (#25810)
• typos in documentation plugin README (4ff54bff36)
• admin: p is not function error (#25663)
• content-manager: pass component schemas when rebuilding list view headers (#25872)
• content-manager: wrap single type displayName with formatMessage (#25880)
• core: relation handling preserves order during unpublish/republish cycles (#25764)
• create-strapi-app: generate .yarnrc.yml for Yarn projects (#25869)
• documentation: use dist extensions path in production (#25863)

📚 Documentation Changes

• fix typos in documentation plugin README (8e11e41247)

⚙️ Chore

• add .claude directory to gitignore (e85aa81cdf)
• sonarqube variables like in their docs (40f9ecd6c7)
• deps: bump minimatch from 10.2.4 to 10.2.5 (#25879)
• deps: bump @xmldom/xmldom from 0.8.6 to 0.8.12 (#25877)
• deps: bump path-to-regexp from 8.2.0 to 8.4.0 (#25850)
• deps: bump undici from 6.24.0 to 6.24.1 (#25785)
• deps: bump handlebars from 4.7.7 to 4.7.9 (#25841)
• deps: bump yauzl from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 (#25729)
• deps: bump bn.js from 4.12.0 to 4.12.3 (#25691)
• deps: bump js-yaml from 3.14.1 to 3.14.2 (#25680)
• deps: bump mdast-util-to-hast from 13.2.0 to 13.2.1 (#25681)
• deps: bump path-to-regexp from 8.4.0 to 8.4.1 (#25888)
• deps: bump simple-git from 3.21.0 to 3.32.3 (#25704)
• deps: bump file-type from 21.0.0 to 21.3.2 (#25728)
• deps: bump @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest from 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 (#25693)
• deps: bump @octokit/request from 8.4.0 to 8.4.1 (#25694)
• deps: bump picomatch from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 (#25828)
• deps: bump nodemailer from 8.0.1 to 8.0.4 (#25848)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L @Adzouz
• Adrien Lepoutre @Adzouz
• Alexandre BODIN
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Ben Irvin
• guoyangzhen
• Jamie Howard @jhoward1994
• Joshua Klinesmith
• Simon Norris

5.41.1 (2026-04-01)

🔥 Bug fix

• load inquirer async (043798dbe8)

❤️ Thank You

• Ben Irvin

5.41.0 (2026-04-01)

🔥 Bug fix

• use strapi.fetch for remote uploads (#25661)
• Content types with attributes named filters, sort, fields, or populate no longer cause 400 validation errors on populate queries and countDraftRelations (#21338, #25762)
• check devDependencies when resolving required admin deps (#22130)
• use max batch sizes per dialect (#25390)
• content-type-builder: default draftAndPublish to true in AI CTB (#25781)
• document-service: re-insert cascade-deleted bidirectional relations (#25725)
• graphql: expose status and hasPublishedVersion on non–D&P root queries for nested relations (#25763)
• homepage: render widgets progressively and batch permission checks (#25846)
• upload: allow removal of file type filter in media library (#25399)
• upload: row duplicate-key warning (#25670)
• upload: allow upload of files with empty MIME type (#25844)

⚙️ Chore

• deps: bump undici from 6.23.0 to 6.24.0 (#25731)
• deps: bump effect from 3.19.19 to 3.21.0 (#25796)
• scripts/check-package-versions: support Yarn catalog (#25625)

💅 Enhancement

• add customField parameter to extendFields (#22521)
• content-manager: add documentid in listview and editview (#25759)

🚨 Security

• package upgrades to remove deprecated versions of boolean, tar, and glob (#25776)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien Foulon @Tofandel
• akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Ben Irvin
• Daniil Barkov @giollord
• Kai Gritun
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Nico André
• Shuhrat Dehkanov
• Ziyi @butcherZ

5.40.0 (2026-03-18)

🚀 New feature

• add package manager dropdown before version in bug report template (#25679)

🔥 Bug fix

• add maxwidth to documentactions menu (#25664)
• formatErrorMessages array values formatting (#24196)
• admin: alias singleton frontend deps in vite (#25682)
• content-manager: reduce excessive rerendering in components and dynamic zones (#25631)
• content-manager: skip non-draftAndPublish relations in countDraftRelations (#25453)
• i18n: show locale key in disabled select when editing locale (#25124)

📚 Documentation Changes

• fix docs links in README (#25715)

⚙️ Chore

• use https instead of git url in package.repository.url (#25698)
• content-manager: optimize relations handling in EditView component (#25683)
• core: parallelize and cache dynamic zone populate (#25685)

💅 Enhancement

• resolved filter editability on clicking filter tag (#24057)
• core: remove beta on Document API, enforce deprecation on EntityService API (#25744)

❤️ Thank You

• akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
• Andrea Cappuccio @hood
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• calm @calm329
• Jamie Howard @jhoward1994
• markkaylor
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Nico André
• Nikolas Rimikis @Leptopoda
• Pierre Wizla
• Varun Chawla @veeceey

5.38.1 (2026-03-11)

Superseded on March 11, 2026 by v5.39.0 due to versioning mistake.
Please use v5.39.0.

5.39.0 (2026-03-11)

🚀 New feature

• expand accordion by default when inserting a new component in a document (#24230)
• content-manager: filter list view by publication status (#25510)

🔥 Bug fix

• added shift+tab to blocks editors (#24122)
• single type publish permission error (#24754)
• es translations (#25655)
• typo 'compatability' to 'compatibility' in error messages (#25535)
• content-manager: export ContentManagerPlugin type for plugin dev… (#24149)
• content-manager: reduce excessive rerendering in relation fields (#25623)
• content-manager: reduce rerenders for conditional fields (#25617)
• content-releases: publish in right order to preserve relations (#25551)
• guided-tour: no overlay in dark mode (#25485)
• openapi: correctly merge plugin router prefix with route paths (#25616)
• types: fix document findOne params (#25613)
• upload: add crossOrigin attribute to image preview (#24946)

⚙️ Chore

• upgrade to glob 13 (#25610)
• upgrade better-sqlite3 to 12.6.2 (#25611)
• remove eslint-plugin-rxjs (#25612)
• upgrade koa to 20.8.4 and minimatch to 10.2.4 (#25624)
• eslintignore coverage (#25649)
• stop adding issues to GitHub projects in issues_handleLabel workflow (#25677)
• update package metadata (#25599)
• *: register vitest dependency in Yarn catalog (#25400)
• core/permissions: ensure engine properly merges conditions (#25569)
• deps: bump js-yaml from 3.14.1 to 3.14.2 (#24858)
• deps: bump qs from 6.14.2 to 6.15.0 (#25555)
• deps: bump jws from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3 (#24981)
• deps: bump elliptic from 6.5.7 to 6.6.1 (#24803)
• deps: bump serialize-javascript from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 (#24841)
• deps: bump mdast-util-to-hast from 13.2.0 to 13.2.1 (#24950)
• deps: bump jws from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3 (#25652)
• deps: bump tar from 7.5.9 to 7.5.10 (#25642)
• deps: bump serialize-javascript from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 (#25653)

🚨 Security

• upload: improve mimetype detection for uploads (#25177)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L
• Akash Santra @Akash504-ai
• akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
• Ayoub Hidri @ayhid
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Ben Irvin
• Brandon Aaron @brandonaaron
• Daniel Garcia @dagadevelop
• Gouttfi @Gouttfi
• jeanvier
• markkaylor
• Nico André
• Nikolas Rimikis @Leptopoda
• Owen Rossi-Keen @Smoke3785

5.38.0 (2026-03-04)

🚀 New feature

• content-manager: add relationOpenMode setting (modal/page/newTab) (#25433)
• email-nodemailer: upgrade to Nodemailer v8 with advanced email features and Admin UI capabilities (#25392)
• i18n: add missing french translations (#23093)

🔥 Bug fix

• typo 'recieved' to 'received' across codebase (#25541)
• markdown editor number list is created with wrong numbers (#24631)
• add i18n for boolean cell values (#22314)
• folder subtitles for folders without assets or subfolders (#22694)
• vite and webpack config when linking ds locally (#25530)
• types: add missing typing for proxy.koa config (#25575)

⚙️ Chore

• bump design-system to v2.2.0 (#25584)
• deps: bump rollup from 4.27.4 to 4.59.0 (#25566)
• upload: add import from url (#25496)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L
• Altay Akkus
• Ayoub Hidri @ayhid
• Daniel Garcia @dagadevelop
• Grégory Boutte
• Jorrit Schippers
• markkaylor
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Schero D. @Schero94
• Tewson Seeoun @tewson

5.37.1 (2026-02-26)

🔥 Bug fix

• core: preserve component clone integrity in discard-drafts migration

❤️ Thank You

• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Ben Irvin

5.37.0 (2026-02-26)

🔥 Bug fix

• improve subnav on mobile so it works with banner (#25450)
• layout page broken (#25501)
• add design-system to config (#25435)
• radix ui dialog dependency version (#25549)

📚 Documentation Changes

• fix typos in content-releases frontend intro (#25471)

⚙️ Chore

• add bot and contributor detection to community-label workflow (#25497)
  (#25494))
• docs: revise README for AWS S3 provider updates (#25449)

💅 Enhancement

• improve mobile ux of list view (#25366)

🚨 Security

• feature: add strictParam, addQueryParams, addInputParams (#25528)
• deps: upgrade to tar 7.5.9 (#25504)
• deps: upgrade multiple dependencies (#25506)
• deps: bump bn.js from 4.12.0 to 4.12.3 (#25521)
• deps: bump minimatch from 9.0.3 to 10.2.1 ([#25494]

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L
• Ayoub Hidri @ayhid
• Ben Irvin
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Pierre Wizla
• Simon Norris @cache-your-dreams
• Ziyi @butcherZ

5.36.1 (2026-02-18)

🔥 Bug fix

• handle undefined tours property (#25290)
• core: handle negative and zero min/max validation for number fields (#25409)
• history: improve error handling and batch deletion in cron jobs (#25425)
• migrations: speed up discard-drafts with bulk batches (#25293)
• ts: ignore generated .strapi folder (#25086)
• utils: bump preferred-pm to fix npm workspace detection (#25406)

⚙️ Chore

• add --no-build-admin option to 'strapi develop' command (#25415)
• */vitest: introduce Vitest and vitest-config package (#25286)
• ci: redirect question issues to GitHub Discussions (#25441)
• deps: bump @casl/ability from 6.5.0 to 6.7.5 (#25430)
• deps: bump qs from 6.14.1 to 6.14.2 (#25444)

🚨 Security

• upgrade to tar 7 (#25380)
• update react-router (#25391)
• deps: upgrade axios from v1.12.2 to v1.13.5 (#25427)

❤️ Thank You

• Andrei L @unrevised6419
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Ben Irvin
• DMehaffy
• Florent Baldino @Baldinof
• Jamie Howard @jhoward1994
• Jonas Thelemann
• Josh Stuible
• Nico André
• SARGUNESH S V @sargunesh25
• Simen @Eventyret

5.36.0 (2026-02-11)

🚀 New feature

• persistent list view settings (#24246)
• strapi/create: type strapi configs (#21859)
• upload-aws-s3: add extended configuration for S3-compatible providers (#25263)

🔥 Bug fix

• responsive drawer for content history (#25344)
• scrolling in sidenav also scroll content (#25379)
• match database package version (#25389)
• content-manager: preserve origin id when cloning, to fetch relations so they are corrected re-populated (#25307)
• preview-config: allow and await for async handler (#25396)
• upload-aws-s3: use baseUrl even if upload location lacks protocol (#23400)

💅 Enhancement

• improve mobile design for edit view forms (#25320)
• create-strapi-app: add --non-interactive mode for CI and scripts (#25373)

🚨 Security

• upgrade apollo to 4.13.0 (#25375)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L
• Andrei L @unrevised6419
• Ben Irvin
• Enrique Carpintero
• jayesh70599 @jayesh70599
• Marian Vonsien @mvo-zyres
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Paul Bratslavsky @PaulBratslavsky
• Schero D. @Schero94

5.35.0 (2026-02-04)

🚀 New feature

• upload: add focal point picker for images (#25267)

🔥 Bug fix

• prevent bulk publish modal from closing during API refetch (#24632)
• update ko.json (#23501)
• mobile actions drawer in content manager edit view (#25243)
• upload: prevent asset deletion when clicking cancel on EditAssetDialog (#25318)

⚙️ Chore

• bump yarn 4.5 to 4.12 (#25284)

💅 Enhancement

• improve mobile design for content history forms (#25338)

🚨 Security

• update multiple subdependencies (#25337)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L
• Ben Irvin
• Dhruv Maradiya @Dhruv-Maradiya
• jayesh70599 @jayesh70599
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Niceplugin @niceplugin
• Nico André
• Schero D. @Schero94

5.34.0 (2026-01-28)

🚀 New feature

• update german translations for various components (#24143)
• upload: add retroactive ai metadata generation (#25066)

🔥 Bug fix

• add missing labels to IT locale (#25217)
• form elements mobile adjustments (#25202)
• responsive cm header (#25203)
• run orphan removal for the 'related_type' column (#24833)
• adjust padding for cm subnav (#25253)
• admin: format input error message with values (#23932)
• i18n: ai translation losing unsupported fields (#25247)
• menu: render external links as anchors (#25269)

📚 Documentation Changes

• clarify strapi installation instructions in README (#25016)
• CONTRIBUTING: set link to latest version of .commitlintrc.ts (#25224)

⚙️ Chore

• update pinned elliptic (#25206)
• remove unused imports from react and @strapi/design-system (#25222)
• update pinned dependencies express, qs, body-parser (#25209)
• remove in-app marketplace (#24958)
• update lodash to 4.17.23 (#25244)
• deps: bump lodash-es from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 (#25239)
• upload: setup future flag for media lib redesign work (#25229)
• ‎.github/workflows: bump outdated GitHub Actions versions (#25233)

💅 Enhancement

• responsiveness consistency for subnav (#25107)

🚨 Security

• update pinned mdast-utils (#25227)
• update pinned js-yaml, node-forge, tmp, and more (#25228)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien L
• Ben Irvin
• Boaz Poolman
• Jair Ortiz @JairOrtizGutierrez
• Jamie Howard @jhoward1994
• Leonid Vinogradov @leon-win
• Lukas Eipert
• markkaylor
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Nidhi Sharma @Nidhisharma4399
• Pádraic Slattery @pgoslatara
• Ziyi @butcherZ