Directus v9.7.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 2 ⚡ Improvements 2 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Directus v9.7.1. Source highlight: :rocket: Improvements

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)

#12170 Add App Translation Strings in Settings (by @azrikahar)
#12324 Add shortcut from data model to collection content (by @Tummerhore)

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (2)

#12310 Save last accessed collection in Content Module (by @azrikahar)
#12141 Prefix existing field typecasting flags with "cast-" (by @licitdev)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

#12276 Fix field preview background color (by @azrikahar)
#12330 Fix auto-casting of array like values in env (by @rijkvanzanten)
#12328 Fix inconsistent delete action payload (by @rijkvanzanten)
#12190 Add query filter validation with permissions (by @licitdev)
#12130 Fix incorrect order of migrations when reverting (by @licitdev)
#12316 Disable dashboard/panel actions based on permissions (by @azrikahar)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

## v9.7.1 (March 23, 2022) ### :rocket: Improvements - **App** - [#12170](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12170) Add App Translation Strings in Settings (by @azrikahar) - [#12324](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12324) Add shortcut from data model to collection content (by @Tummerhore) - [#12310](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12310) Save last accessed collection in Content Module (by @azrikahar) - [#12276](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12276) Fix field preview background color (by @azrikahar) - **API** - [#12141](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12141) Prefix existing field typecasting flags with "cast-" (by @licitdev) ### :bug: Bug Fixes - **API** - [#12330](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12330) Fix auto-casting of array like values in env (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12328](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12328) Fix inconsistent delete action payload (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12190](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12190) Add query filter validation with permissions (by @licitdev) - [#12130](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12130) Fix incorrect order of migrations when reverting (by @licitdev) - **App** - [#12316](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12316) Disable dashboard/panel actions based on permissions (by @azrikahar) - [#12312](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12312) Prevent M2M item edits without permission via app (by @azrikahar) - [#12302](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12302) Handle array vs string based sorting in export (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12284](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12284) Fix groups in v-field-template (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12280](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12280) Fix start setting of detail group (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12279](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12279) Fix color translation keys (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12277](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12277) Add fields to directus_user app recommended permission (by @licitdev) - [#12274](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12274) fix export sidebar's collection not updating (by @azrikahar) - [#12260](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12260) Fix being able to export a relational field that is within a group (by @u12206050) - [#11836](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11836) Prevent errors when using string filters with empty values (by @licitdev) - **shared** - [#11836](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/11836) Prevent errors when using string filters with empty values (by @licitdev) Directus refs/tags/v9.7.1

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