# Appwrite 2.6.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Appwrite (https://appwrite.io)
- **Version:** 2.6.1
- **Released:** Oct 21, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/appwrite/updates/2.6.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Appwrite 2.6.1. Source highlight: Appwrite 2.6.1 is a precautionary maintenance release that moves the runtime to PHP 8.5.12. It ships with the same 1.2.97 self-hosted Console as 2.6.0, has no schema changes, and upgrading from 2.6.0 only replaces the images.

## Bug Fixes
- Update PHP from 8.5.11 to 8.5.12 through `appwrite/base` 2.2.6 (appwrite/docker-base#125). PHP 8.5.12 fixes CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 ("PHP2Shell"). **Appwrite is not affected by either one:** it serves requests through Swoole rather than PHP's web SAPIs (mod_php, PHP-FPM, CGI). This release keeps the runtime on the patched version anyway.