# Astro astro@5.16.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Astro (https://astro.build)
- **Version:** astro@5.16.8
- **Released:** Jan 09, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/astro/updates/astro-5.16.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Astro astro@5.16.8. Source highlight: Fixes an issue where requests with query parameters to the `base` path would return a 404 if trailingSlash was not `'ignore'` in development

## Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where requests with query parameters to the `base` path would return a 404 if trailingSlash was not `'ignore'` in development
- Fixes a case where `context.cookies.set()` would be overriden when setting cookies via response headers in development
- Fixes esbuild warning due to dead code in assets virtual module
- Updates "Unsupported page types found" error to only appear in more realistic cases
- Skips "Use the Image component" audit warning for images inside framework components (React, Vue, Svelte, etc.)

## Upgrade Command
```bash
npm install --save-exact astro@5.16.8
```