# Medusa v2.0.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Medusa (https://medusajs.com)
- **Version:** v2.0.0
- **Released:** Oct 23, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/medusajs/updates/v2.0.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Medusa v2.0.0. Source highlight: We’re excited to announce the release of Medusa 2.0 to the world today. This major version has been over 16 months in the making, with more than 3500 pull requests merged, and represents an incredible engineering feat by our team.

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- Medusa 2.0 is a complete rewrite of our architecture and feature set with breaking changes to many areas of Medusa 1.0. While we recognize this may be disruptive for our users, we deemed these changes necessary to establish the proper foundation for our vision of the future of building applications with Medusa.
- Since this is a complete rewrite and we have yet to finalize an upgrade guide, there is no point in covering all the breaking changes in this announcement. You can expect this to be covered in the upgrade guide, which is published within the next two months. This post focuses on what’s new in Medusa 2.0. We will briefly cover the new architecture and commerce features, but otherwise, leave it to the documentation to educate about all the new concepts. Our documentation has also been rewritten and will, aside from tutorials, guides, and references, offer an in-depth learning path, equipping you
- An upgrade guide with step-by-step instructions and a full list of breaking changes will be published within the following months.