# Appwrite 1.9.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Appwrite (https://appwrite.io)
- **Version:** 1.9.8
- **Released:** Oct 21, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/appwrite/updates/1.9.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Appwrite 1.9.8. Source highlight: Appwrite 1.9.8 is a security patch for self-hosted deployments following the eMudhra certificate compromise. It retains Console 8.7.37 for compatibility with the 1.9 server APIs. Upgrading from 1.9.7 keeps the existing migration class and introduces no schema changes.

## New Features
- Map 1.9.8 to migration V25, the same class as 1.9.7; no migration class is added.

## Bug Fixes
- **Security:** use patched CA trust in the runtime and independent Composer dependency-download stage (#14718).
- **Avatars:** update `enshrined/svg-sanitize` to 1.1.1 to address reported sanitizer advisories (#14718).