Directus v9.8.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

### :sparkles: New Features - **sdk** - [#12503](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12503) [SDK] Add further request options to `items` functions (by @tschortsch) - **API** - [#12488](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12488) Add functions support to the app + add `count` function (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12363](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12363) Add field-level validation (by @rijkvanzanten) - **App** - [#12488](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12488) Add functions support to the app + add `count` function (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12363](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12363) Add field-level validation (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#8196](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/8196) Added default locale before login (by @christianrr) ### :rocket: Improvements - **App** - [#12485](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12485) Updated styling on Time Series tooltips to accommodate dark theme. (by @jaycammarano) - [#12465](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12465) Prevent password managers from triggering on input-hash fields (by @nickrum) - [#12402](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12402) Allow configuring filters on preset detail page (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12354](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12354) fix: translate formatted value when setting translation key (by @yassilah) - [#12031](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12031) Bookmark improvements (by @azrikahar) - [#10978](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/10978) App / Presets: Use layout-wrapper to list presets (by @joselcvarela) - **API** - [#12400](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12400) Improve cache reliability in DDL operations (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12344](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12344) refactor: replace deprecated String.prototype.substr() (by @CommanderRoot) ### :bug: Bug Fixes - **API** - [#12514](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12514) Cast input data for filters (by @azrikahar) - [#12482](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12482) Fix field validation not being cast as json (by @azrikahar) - [#12426](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12426) Fix filter permissions for relational fields (by @licitdev) - [#12394](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12394) Use Url util to construct urls everywhere (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12385](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12385) Fix deep _limit -1 not resolving all items (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12372](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12372) Fix typecast migration array (by @licitdev) - [#12370](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12370) Fix csv values from env variables in telemetry (by @azrikahar) - [#12351](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12351) Fix activity fields using invalid display (by @azrikahar) - [#12349](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12349) fix: cast translation strings as json (by @yassilah) - [#12342](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12342) fix LOGGER_LEVELS array being split as string (by @azrikahar) - [#12187](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12187) fix: handle nulls when processing m2m (by @sjones6) - **App** - [#12480](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12480) Allow primary key to be propagated upstream (by @RegisHubelia) - [#12467](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12467) Fix field validations showing filter interface with all fields (by @nickrum) - [#12464](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12464) Fix v-form overwriting type of input-hash interface (by @nickrum) - [#12463](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12463) Prevent selecting foreign keys for junction sort (by @azrikahar) - [#12461](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12461) Fix translations junction field not using language table name (by @azrikahar) - [#12446](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12446) Fix geometry fields raw value edits (by @azrikahar) - [#12445](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12445) fix color interface showing black color when empty (by @azrikahar) - [#12391](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12391) Fix default value for stars display (by @rijkvanzanten) - [#12371](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12371) Fix action for updateAllowed in M2M usePermissions (by @azrikahar) - [#12353](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12353) Fix translation drawer delete button hover style (by @azrikahar) - [#12320](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12320) Update system-filter interface to use v-field-list (by @azrikahar) - **sdk** - [#12399](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12399) Use date (epoch) compare workflow instead of timer to refresh token in SDK (by @krazyjakee) ### :sponge: Optimizations - **App** - [#12468](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12468) Fix prop type check issue in filter interface (by @nickrum) ### :memo: Documentation - [#12410](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12410) docs homepage clarifications and tweaks (by @benhaynes) - [#12362](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12362) Docs dark mode (by @benhaynes) - [#12341](https://github.com/directus/directus/pull/12341) Docs: Slightly better scrollbars in dark mode (by @loteoo) Directus refs/tags/v9.8.0