# Directus v9.4.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Directus (https://directus.io)
- **Version:** v9.4.1
- **Released:** Dec 29, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/directus/updates/v9.4.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v9.4.1. Source highlight: :rocket: Improvements

## New Features
- #10698 Add notice for display templates when creating M2M field (@azrikahar)
- #10697 Add empty state to revisions (@azrikahar)
- #6440 Add stacked drawers effect  (@rijkvanzanten)

## Improvements
- #10713 exclude MS-SQL system table 'sysdiagrams' (@paulboudewijn)
- #10611 Update interface previews (@azrikahar)

## Bug Fixes
- #10740 Fix data type inconsistencies in directus_shares table (@rijkvanzanten)
- #10736 Replace knex.fn.now() to Date() (@licitdev)
- #10674 check system deny list in relations for GraphQL (@azrikahar)
- #10721 Tweak auto-refresh of panels (@rijkvanzanten)
- #10704 App: fix m2o raw value (@joselcvarela)
- #10703 App: add sort on create m2m item (@joselcvarela)