# Directus v8.4.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Directus (https://directus.io)
- **Version:** v8.4.0
- **Released:** Jan 14, 2020
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/directus/updates/v8.4.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v8.4.0. Source highlight: Sort the files in the file picker in descending order

## New Features
- ✨ Add ability to allow a custom value on the dropdown interface
- Added ability to authenticate on redis for caching

## Bug Fixes
- Fix placeholder for user-roles interface
- Fix the translated collection name in the item detail page header
- Fix type of slug interface on create
- Fix `POST /folders` endpoint
- Fix `required` not setting `NOT NULL` on the database