Impact Score: 5/10
Directus v8.2.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: directus · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v8.2.0. Source highlight: ✨ Added ability to show a note on the login view (#2303)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (3)
- ✨ Added ability to show a note on the login view (#2303)
- ✨ Added `project_public_note` setting (#1538)
- Added migrations to ensure correct settings are used for module/collection listing interfaces (#1537)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- Fixed support for custom navigation structures (#2302)
- Fixed system thumbnail settings on new installations
- Fixed project deletion endpoint not working in certain cases (#1535)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Changes
### App
* ✨ Added ability to show a note on the login view (#2303)
* Updated French, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese translations (#2294)
* Removed the required state for the database password during install
* Fixed support for custom navigation structures (#2302)
### API
* ✨ Added `project_public_note` setting (#1538)
* Fixed system thumbnail settings on new installations
* Fixed project deletion endpoint not working in certain cases (#1535)
* Added migrations to ensure correct settings are used for module/collection listing interfaces (#1537)
* Changed the output of `relative_url` to include the full path to Directus when running the platform in a folder (#1539)