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Ghost v6.40.0stable Released May 21, 2026
Impact Score: 5/10

Ghost v6.40.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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✨ Features 1 🔧 Bug Fixes 6
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Ghost v6.40.0. Source highlight: ✨ Added gift subscriptions - Michael Barrett

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Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

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⚙️ DevOps & Security

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)

  • ✨ Added gift subscriptions - Michael Barrett

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • 🐛 Fixed uploads of .ogg that use application/ogg (#24505) - Nova Cat
  • 🐛 Fixed feature image button becoming unresponsive in Safari (#27993) - Michael Barrett
  • 🐛 Fixed HTML entities appearing in email publication dates (#27655) - Schalk Neethling
  • 🐛 Fix Instagram URL input clearing on mid-typing dot char (#27935) - Yahya Saqban
  • 🐛 Fixed Unsplash picker not opening on Settings pages (#27939) - Renato Costa
  • 🐛 Fixed broken oembeds on sites with many past embeds - Fabien O'Carroll
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
* ✨ Added gift subscriptions - Michael Barrett * 🐛 Fixed uploads of .ogg that use application/ogg (#24505) - Nova Cat * 🐛 Fixed feature image button becoming unresponsive in Safari (#27993) - Michael Barrett * 🐛 Fixed HTML entities appearing in email publication dates (#27655) - Schalk Neethling * 🐛 Fix Instagram URL input clearing on mid-typing dot char (#27935) - Yahya Saqban * 🐛 Fixed Unsplash picker not opening on Settings pages (#27939) - Renato Costa * 🐛 Fixed broken oembeds on sites with many past embeds - Fabien O'Carroll --- View the changelog for full details: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/compare/v6.39.0...v6.40.0
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