# Ghost v6.36.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ghost (https://ghost.org)
- **Version:** v6.36.0
- **Released:** May 01, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ghost/updates/v6.36.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost v6.36.0. Source highlight: 🎨 Added direct access-code entry for private sites - Jonatan Svennberg

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- 🐛 Fixed What's New banner breaking on null changelog fields - Rob Lester

## New Features
- 🎨 Added direct access-code entry for private sites - Jonatan Svennberg
- 🐛 Added missing empty state for members (#27463) - Weyland Swart

## Bug Fixes
- 🐛 Fixed RTL languages rendering left-to-right in newsletter emails (#27357) - Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
- 🐛 Fixed admin deep-link redirect when URL has a trailing slash - Rob Lester
- 🐛 Fixed What's New banner breaking on null changelog fields - Rob Lester
- 🐛 Fixed missing favicon and apple-touch-icon in React admin (#27528) - leafwind
- 🐛 Fixed member import tier mapping (#27612) - Jonatan Svennberg
- 🐛 Fixed Popover leaking Escape to ancestor dismissable layers - Rob Lester