Impact Score: 5/10
Directus v9.26.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v9.26.0. Source highlight: :sparkles: New Features
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)
- #15829 [Feat] Flow: Add Mail Templates (by @JonathanSchndr)
- #15829 [Feat] Flow: Add Mail Templates (by @JonathanSchndr)
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (3)
- #18303 Schema cache auto-purge (by @br41nslug)
- #18284 Only show tooltips when sidebar is not open (by @azrikahar)
- #16373 Improve Permissions in relational Interfaces (by @Nitwel)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- #18275 Fix the ownership of the workdir in the docker image (by @paescuj)
- #18305 App: Fix show Tinymce style formats (by @joselcvarela)
- #18283 Fix refreshing on save (by @Nitwel)
- #18186 Fix tabular not properly dealiasing items (by @Nitwel)
- #16373 Improve Permissions in relational Interfaces (by @Nitwel)
- #18287 Fix extension reloading for local bundle extensions (by @nickrum)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## v9.26.0 (April 24, 2023)
### :sparkles: New Features
- **API**
- [#15829](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/15829) [Feat] Flow: Add Mail Templates (by @JonathanSchndr)
- **App**
- [#15829](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/15829) [Feat] Flow: Add Mail Templates (by @JonathanSchndr)
### :rocket: Improvements
- **API**
- [#18303](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18303) Schema cache auto-purge (by @br41nslug)
- **App**
- [#18284](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18284) Only show tooltips when sidebar is not open (by @azrikahar)
- [#16373](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/16373) Improve Permissions in relational Interfaces (by @Nitwel)
- **Misc.**
- [#18275](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18275) Fix the ownership of the workdir in the docker image (by @paescuj)
### :bug: Bug Fixes
- **App**
- [#18305](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18305) App: Fix show Tinymce style formats (by @joselcvarela)
- [#18283](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18283) Fix refreshing on save (by @Nitwel)
- [#18186](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18186) Fix tabular not properly dealiasing items (by @Nitwel)
- [#16373](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/16373) Improve Permissions in relational Interfaces (by @Nitwel)
- **API**
- [#18287](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18287) Fix extension reloading for local bundle extensions (by @nickrum)
### :sponge: Optimizations
- **App**
- [#18294](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18294) Move formatted-json-value to script[setup] (by @rijkvanzanten)
- [#18292](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18292) Move file display to script[setup] (by @rijkvanzanten)
- [#18291](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18291) Move color display to script[setup] (by @rijkvanzanten)
- [#18290](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18290) Move collection display to script[setup] (by @rijkvanzanten)
- [#18289](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18289) Move app.vue to script[setup] (by @rijkvanzanten)
### :memo: Documentation
- [#18276](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18276) Update the docs on how to install additional packages in docker (by @paescuj)
- [#18270](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18270) Edit docs about minimum app permissions for clarity (by @danielduckworth)
- [#18264](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18264) Remove misleading contents migration docs for now (by @paescuj)
### :package: Dependency Updates
- [#18274](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18274) updated vm2 (by @br41nslug)
- [#18260](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/18260) Patch Tuesday 🐸 (by @paescuj)