# Ghost v6.50.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ghost (https://ghost.org)
- **Version:** v6.50.0
- **Released:** Jul 02, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ghost/updates/v6.50.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost v6.50.0. Source highlight: ✨ Added publisher gift links (#29043) - Kevin Ansfield

## New Features
- ✨ Added publisher gift links (#29043) - Kevin Ansfield
- ✨ Added configurable admin session max age (#26682) - Julien Millau
- ✨ Added system appearance mode to Ghost Admin (#28911) - Weyland Swart
- 🐛 Enabled link search in feature image caption and center caption text (#28730) - Dikshant Chaturvedi

## Improvements
- 🎨 Improved y-axis scaling and country names in Analytics (#28708) - Peter Zimon
- 🎨 Improved share modal to clamp long post previews (#28966) - Weyland Swart
- 🎨 Improved dark mode across Shade and Ghost admin (DES-1397) (#28895) - Peter Zimon
- 🎨 Improved admin Comments page load time on large comment datasets (#28734) - Jonathon W. Marshall

## Bug Fixes
- 🐛 Fixed stored XSS and mangled structured data in JSON-LD output (#29013) - Steve Larson
- 🐛 Fixed admin sidebar hidden behind legacy screens on mobile (#28956) - Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
- 🐛 Fixed hover-reveal View more buttons staying hidden on keyboard focus (#28929) - Dimitris Trechas
- 🐛 Fixed bookmark favicon selection in oEmbed fallback (#28939) - Moc
- 🐛 Fixed bookmark cards showing 'Amazon' as site name on .co domains (#28961) - Steve Larson
- 🐛 Fixed flaky target delivery window batch-sending test (#28937) - Steve Larson