Impact Score: 5/10
Ghost 0.9.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: ghost · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost 0.9.0. Source highlight: Please read the release blog post for more details.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (3)
- **[Improved]** Install & upgrade process by removing dependency on `semver` which regularly broke npm
- **[Improved]** Better error handling for visitors and admin users whilst performing upgrades
- **[Changed]** Referrer policy changed from `origin` to `origin-when-cross-origin` to improve in-site analytics
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)
- **[Fixed]** "Access Denied" errors when uploading images
- **[Fixed]** Editing a post via the API without providing a tags list would delete the post's tags 😱
- **[Fixed]** Problems running in nested sub-directories, e.g. `mysite.com/my/blog`
- **[Fixed]** Session handling on intermittent connections - it should now be easier to stay logged in
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-9-0) for more details.
## Highlights
- **[New]** Scheduled posts - tell Ghost to publish your post sometime in the future 🕑
- **[New]** Configurable blog timezone - super important for making scheduled posts work the way you expect.
- **[New]** Internal tags (Beta) - use tags for managing content without them appearing in your theme
- **[Improved]** Install & upgrade process by removing dependency on `semver` which regularly broke npm
- **[Improved]** Better error handling for visitors and admin users whilst performing upgrades
- **[Fixed]** "Access Denied" errors when uploading images
- **[Fixed]** Editing a post via the API without providing a tags list would delete the post's tags 😱
- **[Fixed]** Problems running in nested sub-directories, e.g. `mysite.com/my/blog`
- **[Fixed]** Session handling on intermittent connections - it should now be easier to stay logged in
- **[Changed]** Referrer policy changed from `origin` to `origin-when-cross-origin` to improve in-site analytics
- **[Changed]** [Node v4 is now the recommended node version](https://dev.ghost.org/node-4/) for running Ghost 🎉
- And much more...
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The full [change log](https://gist.github.com/kevinansfield/ac440cd1433f33df0bc358b786608812) contains a list of all changes.