# Directus v9.15.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Directus (https://directus.io)
- **Version:** v9.15.0
- **Released:** Aug 04, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/directus/updates/v9.15.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v9.15.0. Source highlight: :sparkles: New Features

## New Features
- #14833 Improve cache performance by compressing records (by @joselcvarela)
- #14786 Support custom aspect ratios in image editor (by @azrikahar)
- #14410 Add support for operation extensions to the Extensions SDK (by @nickrum)
- #14745 Add configuration for "Add New"/"Select Existing" buttons in M2O interface (by @rijkvanzanten)
- #14663 Add Show Search option to checkbox tree (by @u12206050)

## Improvements
- #14818 Exclude relationship fields on field validation (by @u12206050)
- #14662 Resolve a warning shown when opening the in-App docs in dev mode (by @nickrum)
- #14659 Improve extension scaffolding log message (by @nickrum)
- #14625 Handle not unique errors during auto-registration (by @aidenfoxx)

## Bug Fixes
- #14829 Check for allowed filter operators when applying filter (by @licitdev)
- #14803 Move serializers option to the right place for pino-http (by @erickjth)
- #14741 Fix Emit Events for item CRUD operations in Flows (by @azrikahar)
- #14705 Replace functions within arrays in GraphQL (by @licitdev)
- #14627 500 error when using scoped fields query when not applicable (by @br41nslug)
- #14581 Extend OpenAPI schemas for JSON-backed fields (by @pmwheatley)