Impact Score: 5/10
Ghost 0.7.8 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available โ automated, not human-reviewed
Component: ghost ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost 0.7.8. Source highlight: Please read the release blog post for more details.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- **[Fixed]** Unable to add an existing tag to a new post
- **[Fixed]** Node v4 LTS support handles 4.3 and all future v4 LTS versions ๐
- **[Fixed]** Settings cache cleared on import, so your blog will now look correct without needing a restart
- **[Fixed]** Various issues with navigation - the UI behaves better, and you'll no longer get ignored by `{{current}}` if you forget a trailing slash.
- **[Fixed]** API serving invalid status codes, which was a potential source of crashes ๐ฅ
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-7-8) for more details.
## Highlights
- **[Fixed]** Unable to add an existing tag to a new post
And from 0.7.7...
- **[Fixed]** Node v4 LTS support handles 4.3 and all future v4 LTS versions ๐
- **[Fixed]** Settings cache cleared on import, so your blog will now look correct without needing a restart
- **[Fixed]** Various issues with navigation - the UI behaves better, and you'll no longer get ignored by `{{current}}` if you forget a trailing slash.
- **[Fixed]** API serving invalid status codes, which was a potential source of crashes ๐ฅ
- **[New]** The delete all content button now creates a backup file first... just in case ๐
- And much more...
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The full [change log](https://gist.github.com/ErisDS/aa1109b919b00ce19b12) contains a list of all changes.