Ghost v6.74.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 3 ⚡ Improvements 3 🔧 Bug Fixes 22

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Ghost v6.74.0 introduces new filtering capabilities, comment link sharing, and editor word counts alongside a comprehensive set of bug fixes. These updates improve administrative workflows, editor ergonomics, and system reliability.

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Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

💻 Software Engineers & Devs

Review the patch notes for fixes concerning database deadlocks under single connections and automation editor state management.

📊 Product & Engineering Leads

Content creators benefit from new productivity features like product card alt text, selected word counts, and improved label filtering.

⚙️ DevOps & Security

Monitor Ghost-Pro update hanging behaviors and SMTP unreachable handling resolved in this release during deployment cycles.

✨ New Features & Capabilities (3)

Added "is all of" to the members label filter
Added "Copy link" to the comment menu
Added user-editable alt text for the Product card

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (3)

Added a selected word count to the post editor
Changed the calendar to mark today with a line under its date
Added an upload size check before editor uploads start

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (22)

Fixed stale tier list in automation editor
Fixed newsletter recipient picker for sites with large amount of labels
Fixed newsletter averages and charts to include all sends
Fixed Portal email preferences showing success before saving
Fixed the editor's add-card button being cut off on phones
Fixed a new automation showing the one just created after a save
Fixed billing portal opening the wrong Stripe customer
Fixed duplicated pages losing their title and feature image setting
Fixed Admin error screens with no way to recover
Fixed formats spreading onto the next text when one ends inside another
Fixed unresponsive staff invitation dialog for Editors
Fixed the post scheduler's time field selecting only part of the time
Fixed Analytics failing to load when the browser reports no timezone
Fixed newsletters being sent to addresses that keep rejecting them
Fixed inline links in Settings showing without an underline
Fixed scheduled posts shifting by an hour when the site timezone changes
Fixed password reset requests hanging when the SMTP server is unreachable
Fixed Ghost updates waiting forever when Ghost never comes back
Fixed missing Admin version in Settings → About on Ghost(Pro)
Fixed analytics screens failing for staff without admin access
Fixed member code sign-in deadlock with a single database connection
Fixed crash when activating a built-in theme after a failed install

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

* ✨ Added "is all of" to the members label filter - Rob Lester * ✨ Added "Copy link" to the comment menu (#32125) - Matthew Matsuzaki * 🎨 Added a selected word count to the post editor (#29431) - Kevin Feng * 🎨 Added user-editable alt text for the Product card. (#30526) - Cathy Sarisky * 🎨 Changed the calendar to mark today with a line under its date (#32292) - Luis Azevedo * 🎨 Added an upload size check before editor uploads start (#32253) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed stale tier list in automation editor (#32471) - Evan Hahn * 🐛 Fixed newsletter recipient picker for sites with large amount of labels (#32189) - Sag * 🐛 Fixed newsletter averages and charts to include all sends (#32281) - JoaoMarcos44 * 🐛 Fixed Portal email preferences showing success before saving (#32314) - wei xu * 🐛 Fixed the editor's add-card button being cut off on phones (#32385) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed a new automation showing the one just created after a save (#32388) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed billing portal opening the wrong Stripe customer (#31690) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed duplicated pages losing their title and feature image setting (#32280) - JoaoMarcos44 * 🐛 Fixed Admin error screens with no way to recover (#32383) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed formats spreading onto the next text when one ends inside another (#32355) - Ngo Quoc Viet * 🐛 Fixed unresponsive staff invitation dialog for Editors (#32304) - Peter Schulz * 🐛 Fixed the post scheduler's time field selecting only part of the time (#32207) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed Analytics failing to load when the browser reports no timezone - Aileen Booker * 🐛 Fixed newsletters being sent to addresses that keep rejecting them - Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki * 🐛 Fixed inline links in Settings showing without an underline (#32271) - Renato Costa * 🐛 Fixed scheduled posts shifting by an hour when the site timezone changes - JoaoMarcos44 * 🐛 Fixed password reset requests hanging when the SMTP server is unreachable (#30699) - Waqas Ahmed * 🐛 Fixed Ghost updates waiting forever when Ghost never comes back (#32246) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed missing Admin version in Settings → About on Ghost(Pro) (#32242) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed analytics screens failing for staff without admin access (#31837) - Steve Larson * 🐛 Fixed member code sign-in deadlock with a single database connection (#32193) - Pavel Zakharov * 🐛 Fixed crash when activating a built-in theme after a failed install (#31838) - Steve Larson --- View the changelog for full details: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/compare/v6.73.0...v6.74.0

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