# Directus v9.6.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Directus (https://directus.io)
- **Version:** v9.6.0
- **Released:** Mar 05, 2022
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/directus/updates/v9.6.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Directus v9.6.0. Source highlight: :sparkles: New Features

## New Features
- #11952 Update base theme of the App (by @rijkvanzanten)
- #11874 Update available-languages.yaml (by @g-ariunbold)
- #11942 Add `authenticate` hook to implement custom auth checks against current request (by @rijkvanzanten)
- #11869 Add support to extend `server` properties (by @joselcvarela)
- #11622 Emit an event after items are manually sorted 💯 (by @infomiho)
- #11465 Support listen parameter (by @YpNo)

## Improvements
- #11799 LDAP handle posix groups (by @aidenfoxx)
- #11617 Avoid get database when authenticate with JWT (by @abdonrd)
- #11944 Resizable navigation panel (by @azrikahar)
- #11854 Close date picker on select (by @azrikahar)
- #11793 Hide delete action for last admin role (by @azrikahar)
- #11787 Allow target="_blank" in markdown sanitization (by @azrikahar)

## Bug Fixes
- #11750 Fix anonymous binding ldap (by @schlagmichdoch)
- #11945 Enable editing of Geometry types from the raw value modal (by @vidhav)
- #11904 Fix access to public role permissions (by @licitdev)
- #11893 Respect the disable the o2m sort option (by @abdonrd)
- #11882 Redirect to page not found for collections that do not exist (by @azrikahar)
- #11815 add missing directus_shares note (by @azrikahar)