# Directus v9.21.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Directus (https://directus.io)
- **Version:** v9.21.1
- **Released:** Nov 28, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/directus/updates/v9.21.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v9.21.1. Source highlight: :rocket: Improvements

## Improvements
- #16512 v-menu pointer event tweaks (by @azrikahar)
- #16511 Improve v-icon performance (by @azrikahar)
- #16501 Set `auth_data` to null when updating user `provider` or `external_identifier` (by @azrikahar)
- #16499 Remove named timezone usage on MySQL (by @licitdev)
- #15989 Use esbuild to build typescript extensions (by @nickrum)

## Bug Fixes
- #16641 Fixup: Re-add entrypoint type definition files in @directus/shared (by @paescuj)
- #16606  Re-add entrypoint type definition files in `@directus/shared` (by @paescuj)
- #16570 fix missing collection after sorting in M2A (by @azrikahar)
- #16518 Fix .module-nav-resize-handle layout (by @d1rOn)
- #16562 Propagate mutation options for schema apply (by @licitdev)