# Directus v11.12.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Directus (https://directus.io)
- **Version:** v11.12.0
- **Released:** Sep 16, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/directus/updates/v11.12.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v11.12.0. Source highlight: ⚠️ Potential Breaking Changes

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- ⚠️ Potential Breaking Changes **Fixed `USER_CREATED`, `USER_UPDATED`, `DATE_CREATED`, and `DATE_UPDATED` values in content versioning. These fields now correctly reflect the actual user and timestamp of creation or last update, rather than the user and date of promotion. ([#25744](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/25744))**

## New Features
- Add MCP support (#25578 by @ComfortablyCoding)
- Added description and primary key copy option to the policy page sidebar (#25755 by @khanahmad4527)
- Add MCP support (#25578 by @ComfortablyCoding)
- **@directus/format-title**
- Add MCP support (#25578 by @ComfortablyCoding)
- **@directus/system-data**

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed `USER_CREATED`, `USER_UPDATED`, `DATE_CREATED`, and `DATE_UPDATED` values in content versioning. These fields now correctly reflect the actual user and timestamp of creation or last update, rather than the user and date of promotion. (#25744 by @Nitwel)
- Fixed `USER_CREATED`, `USER_UPDATED`, `DATE_CREATED`, and `DATE_UPDATED` values in content versioning. These fields now correctly reflect the actual user and timestamp of creation or last update, rather than the user and date of promotion. (#25744 by @Nitwel)
- Fixed OAuth flow to allow for 2FA setup (#25695 by @robluton)
- Fixed OAuth flow to allow for 2FA setup (#25695 by @robluton)
- Ensured that custom validation messages are displayed in the drawer (#25786 by @formfcw)
- Added cache-busting to image asset URLs in the studio to ensure updated images are always loaded (#25833 by @formfcw)