# Directus v11.0.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Directus (https://directus.io)
- **Version:** v11.0.0
- **Released:** Aug 06, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/directus/updates/v11.0.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v11.0.0. Source highlight: Directus v11 contains a brand new permissions system that's based on policies. We've provided a migration, so the upgrade path is the same as with other releases. This is a big release, which changes the paradigm on how permissions are attached and executed. Please make a database backup before upgr

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- ⚠️ Potential Breaking Changes - **@directus/app**

## New Features
- Added a new policy based permissions system (#22773 by @rijkvanzanten)
- Added a new policy based permissions system (#22773 by @rijkvanzanten)
- Added new collections and fields and updated existing fields and permissions needed for Policies (#22773 by @rijkvanzanten)
- Added new types and modified existing types required for Policies (#22773 by @rijkvanzanten)
- Added new dynamic variables to `parseFilter` and added the `processChunk` helper (#22773 by @rijkvanzanten)
- Updated WebSocket subscriptions to include the new policies collection (#22773 by @rijkvanzanten)

## Bug Fixes
- Ensured collections in system permissions interface are scrolled into view when added but out of view (#23036 by @paescuj)
- Ensured the permissions table under policies is displayed correctly on mobile devices (#22985 by @paescuj)
- Fixed table layout default query, to not include presetational fields (#22840 by @hanneskuettner)
- Fixed missing policies in public role policy selection (#23192 by @hanneskuettner)
- Fixed `groupBy` behavior that resulted in an internal server error when used with relational item permissions (#23185 by @hanneskuettner)
- Fixed an issue that would cause the API to return an error when a root field in a m2a builder was queried (#23181 by @rijkvanzanten)