⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Cal.com v5.8.9 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: calcom · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
fix: alby booking page breaking by @Amit91848 in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24859
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cal.com v5.8.9. Source highlight: fix: Arrows visible when embed has hidden entire page
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- fix: alby booking page breaking by @Amit91848 in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24859
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- feat: Upgrade badges inside workflows
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix: Arrows visible when embed has hidden entire page
- fix: filter deleted fields from routing form insights headers
- fix: video install step v3
- fix: Add refresh token to refresh-token request response
- fix: hide organizer email on cancellation page
- fix: address onboarding v3 teams redirectfrom onboarding
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## What's Changed
* fix: Arrows visible when embed has hidden entire page by @hariombalhara in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24868
* fix: filter deleted fields from routing form insights headers by @eunjae-lee in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24830
* fix: video install step v3 by @sean-brydon in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24865
* fix: Add refresh token to refresh-token request response by @crrobinson14 in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24831
* feat: Upgrade badges inside workflows by @dhairyashiil in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24839
* docs: Update documentation to include setup_intent events in Stripe webhook by @adgitate1 in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24805
* fix: hide organizer email on cancellation page by @dhairyashiil in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24616
* fix: address onboarding v3 teams redirectfrom onboarding by @sean-brydon in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24875
* fix(ui): interface language toggle by @dhairyashiil in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24371
* fix: long URLs no longer overflow when creating or editing an event on smaller screens by @ifrah-ashraf in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24700
* fix: Recurring events set to "yearly" don't recur by @designed2code in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24361
* chore: return `timeZone` property of event owner in `EventType` for api v1 by @Ryukemeister in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24876
* fix: existence check of searchParams in NavigationItem by @eunjae-lee in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24877
* fix: highlight hyperlinks in booking questions by @Vibgitcode27 in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24171
* fix: alby booking page breaking by @Amit91848 in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24859
* docs: event calVideoSettings not available for platform by @supalarry in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24879
* refactor: remove cal ai banners by @dhairyashiil in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24885
* chore: User->UUID as a required field, ready for use in foreign keys by @emrysal in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24881
* refactor: extract booking actions dropdown to separate component by @eunjae-lee in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24872
## New Contributors
* @crrobinson14 made their first contribution in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24831
* @adgitate1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24805
* @designed2code made their first contribution in https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/pull/24361
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/compare/v5.8.8...v5.8.9