Impact Score: 5/10
Directus v8.8.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: directus · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v8.8.0. Source highlight: Ignore prereleases in requirements check
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- Fix date formatting in file interface in Safari
- Fix activity tab crashing when user doesn't exist
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Changes
### App
* Ignore prereleases in requirements check
* Fix date formatting in file interface in Safari
* Fix activity tab crashing when user doesn't exist
https://github.com/directus/app/projects/73
### API
* ✨ Make `SameSite` and `Secure` cookie flags configurable
This allows you to run Directus without the HTTPS requirement and opt-in to the `Secure` flag in the cookie when using the cookie auth mode from JS cross-domain.
This can be configured by adding the following to your config file:
```php
'cookie' => [ // Controls for the auth cookie mode
'same_site' => 'None' // Set the SameSite flag
'secure' => true // Add the Secure flag
],
```
https://github.com/directus/api/projects/66