Impact Score: 5/10
Directus v9.5.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v9.5.0. 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
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- #11094 Enable end-to-end tests for Oracle and SQLite (@Oreilles)
- #11050 Add CSV/JSON Import capability via App (@azrikahar)
- #11009 Add soft character limit to various inputs (@jaycammarano)
- #10911 Adds possible extra pino logger options through env vars (@keesvanbemmel)
- #10113 Implement CockroachDB support (@wodka)
- #10113 Implement CockroachDB support (@wodka)
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (6)
- #11174 Improve end-to-end test displayed results (@Oreilles)
- #11164 Only render project descriptor if it is set (@nickrum)
- #11116 Disable login form when AUTH_DISABLE_DEFAULT is enabled (@diegoleme)
- #11103 Make email_notifications column a translated name (@rijkvanzanten)
- #11018 App: `use-edits-guard` (@joselcvarela)
- #11016 `has-edits` as part of `use-item` (@joselcvarela)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- #11238 Use new pg_catalog based schema introspection (@rijkvanzanten)
- #11227 Fix nested transactions on SQLite (@licitdev)
- #11193 Set CRDB options to avoid inconsistencies between vendors (@rijkvanzanten)
- #11159 fix for filtering nested M2M relations (@zimmersi)
- #11129 Fix auth refresh issue (@azrikahar)
- #11112 Handle errors while pre-bundling App extensions more gracefully (@nickrum)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### :sparkles: New Features 🪳
Huge shoutout to @wodka for championing **support for CockroachDB**!
- **Misc.**
- [#11094](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11094) Enable end-to-end tests for Oracle and SQLite ([@Oreilles](https://github.com/Oreilles))
- **App**
- [#11050](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11050) Add CSV/JSON Import capability via App ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#11009](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11009) Add soft character limit to various inputs ([@jaycammarano](https://github.com/jaycammarano))
- **API**
- [#10911](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10911) Adds possible extra pino logger options through env vars ([@keesvanbemmel](https://github.com/keesvanbemmel))
- [#10113](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10113) Implement CockroachDB support ([@wodka](https://github.com/wodka))
- **schema**
- [#10113](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10113) Implement CockroachDB support ([@wodka](https://github.com/wodka))
### :rocket: Improvements
- **Misc.**
- [#11174](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11174) Improve end-to-end test displayed results ([@Oreilles](https://github.com/Oreilles))
- **App**
- [#11164](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11164) Only render project descriptor if it is set ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11116](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11116) Disable login form when AUTH_DISABLE_DEFAULT is enabled ([@diegoleme](https://github.com/diegoleme))
- [#11103](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11103) Make email_notifications column a translated name ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#11018](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11018) App: `use-edits-guard` ([@joselcvarela](https://github.com/joselcvarela))
- [#11016](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11016) `has-edits` as part of `use-item` ([@joselcvarela](https://github.com/joselcvarela))
- [#11015](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11015) Minor Shares UX Improvements ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#11014](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11014) Move danger styling to field-select-menu component ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#10992](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10992) Enable context menu for read-only fields & adds copy/paste options ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#10991](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10991) Improve Width for Search Input & Filters ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#10985](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10985) Add relations tab for file type fields ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#10951](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10951) Filter UI tweaks ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#10944](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10944) add last_page to minimal permissions on app side ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- **sdk**
- [#11162](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11162) Added the 4 "_starts/ends_with" filter operators to type defs in SDK ([@wfoxall](https://github.com/wfoxall))
- **API**
- [#11113](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11113) Only watch entrypoints of local extensions for changes ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11096](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11096) Add Unsupported Media Type Exception ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#11079](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11079) Removed OpenID token fetching from OAuth flow ([@aidenfoxx](https://github.com/aidenfoxx))
- [#10960](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10960) Allow passing 'version' to Knex ([@joeinnes](https://github.com/joeinnes))
- **Extensions**
- :warning: [#11106](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11106) Rename sourceMaps flag to sourcemap to align with other tools and add no-minify flag to the extensions-sdk CLI ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11100](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11100) Always inline dynamic imports when bundling extensions ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11099](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11099) Remove extensions-sdk and axios from the list of shared deps ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
### :bug: Bug Fixes
- **API**
- [#11238](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11238) Use new pg_catalog based schema introspection ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#11227](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11227) Fix nested transactions on SQLite ([@licitdev](https://github.com/licitdev))
- [#11193](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11193) Set CRDB options to avoid inconsistencies between vendors ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#11159](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11159) fix for filtering nested M2M relations ([@zimmersi](https://github.com/zimmersi))
- [#11129](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11129) Fix auth refresh issue ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#11112](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11112) Handle errors while pre-bundling App extensions more gracefully ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11096](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11096) Add Unsupported Media Type Exception ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#11077](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11077) Fixed broken auth SQL on Oracle ([@aidenfoxx](https://github.com/aidenfoxx))
- **Extensions**
- [#11231](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11231) Add DefinitelyTyped deps to shared ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- **shared**
- [#11231](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11231) Add DefinitelyTyped deps to shared ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- **App**
- [#11170](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11170) Only trigger edits guard if there are edits ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11084](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11084) Fix collection options menu clicks ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#10993](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10993) Set minimum value for string field length to 1 ([@jaycammarano](https://github.com/jaycammarano))
- [#10977](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10977) Fix project name overflow ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#10970](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10970) show items without archive value in all items view ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#10945](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10945) App (Presets): Fix delete reactivity ([@joselcvarela](https://github.com/joselcvarela))
- [#8467](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/8467) Remove marginTop option from presentation divider ([@licitdev](https://github.com/licitdev))
- **Misc.**
- [#11081](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11081) Make skipping of workflows work again ([@paescuj](https://github.com/paescuj))
- [#11041](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11041) moved sso doc over to configurations ([@erondpowell](https://github.com/erondpowell))
### :sponge: Optimizations
- **API**
- [#11238](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11238) Use new pg_catalog based schema introspection ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#11191](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11191) Remove API extension types from the API ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11179](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11179) Moving schema and relation types into shared package ([@johnhuffsmith](https://github.com/johnhuffsmith))
- [#11163](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11163) Clean up emitting "items" events ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#10955](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10955) Delete required hooks only once ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- **Misc.**
- [#11232](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11232) Remove no-break space characters with regular spaces ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#11167](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11167) Removed unused session data type ([@aidenfoxx](https://github.com/aidenfoxx))
- [#10968](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10968) End-to-end tests refactor ([@Oreilles](https://github.com/Oreilles))
- **App**
- [#11171](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11171) Fix a prop type check in the advanced schema drawer ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
### :memo: Documentation
- [#11224](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11224) Change "register" for "handler" in the example ([@jjmiranda](https://github.com/jjmiranda))
- [#11108](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11108) Add alert about nested alias ([@joselcvarela](https://github.com/joselcvarela))
- [#11085](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11085) break word for code tags in custom blocks ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#11041](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11041) moved sso doc over to configurations ([@erondpowell](https://github.com/erondpowell))
- [#11038](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11038) Update Running Locally docs to have correct paths in commands ([@jaycammarano](https://github.com/jaycammarano))
- [#10943](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10943) fix Read By Query example code ([@azrikahar](https://github.com/azrikahar))
- [#10936](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10936) Installation guide for Google Cloud Platform ([@keesvanbemmel](https://github.com/keesvanbemmel))
- [#10922](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10922) Add documentation for EXTENSIONS_AUTO_RELOAD ([@nickrum](https://github.com/nickrum))
- [#10911](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10911) Adds possible extra pino logger options through env vars ([@keesvanbemmel](https://github.com/keesvanbemmel))
### :package: Dependency Updates
- [#11203](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11203) Update knex-schema-inspector ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#11118](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11118) Upgrade dependencies ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))
- [#11118](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11118) Upgrade dependencies ([@rijkvanzanten](https://github.com/rijkvanzanten))