Impact Score: 5/10
Directus v8.0.1 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: directus ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v8.0.1. Source highlight: Fix two wrong links in breadcrumb (thanks @dev7ch!)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (2)
- Add migration to ensure `directus_files.filename_download` and `directus_files.private_hash` are set
- Add migration to ensure people are on the new WYSIWYG
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- Fix two wrong links in breadcrumb (thanks @dev7ch!)
- Fix attempting to read from default value if default value is `null`
- Fix CLI `install:database` command when using ENV mode (Docker)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Changes:
### App
* Fix two wrong links in breadcrumb (thanks @dev7ch!)
* Filter out non-existing fields from layout presets to prevent sorting on deleted fields
* Fix attempting to read from default value if default value is `null`
* Fetch `status` type fields when hidden on browse to ensure permissions are still available
* Updated Russian and Arabic translations
### API
* Support more MySQL column types when generating `directus_fields.type` column (#1517)
* Add migration to ensure `directus_files.filename_download` and `directus_files.private_hash` are set
* Set a default value for `directus_settings.asset_whitelist` on new installations
* Use UUID4 instead of UUID5 for generated filenames
* Add migration to ensure people are on the new WYSIWYG
* Fix CLI `install:database` command when using ENV mode (Docker)
* Update schema.sql demo file