โ ๏ธ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Ghost: 5.72.0
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.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
๐ Fixed adding recommendation with URL redirect breaking one-click-subscribe (#18863) - Simon Backx
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost v5.72.0. Source highlight: โจ Added well-known assetlinks.json to allowed files - Hannah Wolfe
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.
โ ๏ธ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- ๐ Fixed adding recommendation with URL redirect breaking one-click-subscribe (#18863) - Simon Backx
โจ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- โจ Added well-known assetlinks.json to allowed files - Hannah Wolfe
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- ๐ Fixed showing recommendations on custom welcome pages (#18864) - Simon Backx
- ๐ Fixed adding recommendation with URL redirect breaking one-click-subscribe (#18863) - Simon Backx
- ๐ Fixed post feature image caption updates saving with every keystroke (#18833) - Steve Larson
- ๐ Fixed escape handling for Pintura in Settings (#18800) - Ronald Langeveld
- ๐ Fixed user list behaviour after deletion (#18738) - Jono M
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
* โจ Added well-known assetlinks.json to allowed files - Hannah Wolfe
* ๐ Fixed showing recommendations on custom welcome pages (#18864) - Simon Backx
* ๐ Fixed adding recommendation with URL redirect breaking one-click-subscribe (#18863) - Simon Backx
* ๐ Fixed post feature image caption updates saving with every keystroke (#18833) - Steve Larson
* ๐ Fixed escape handling for Pintura in Settings (#18800) - Ronald Langeveld
* ๐ Fixed user list behaviour after deletion (#18738) - Jono M
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View the changelog for full details: https://github.com/tryghost/ghost/compare/v5.71.2...v5.72.0
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