# MinIO RELEASE.2025-02-18T16-25-55Z — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** MinIO (https://min.io)
- **Version:** RELEASE.2025-02-18T16-25-55Z
- **Released:** Feb 18, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/minio/updates/RELEASE.2025-02-18T16-25-55Z/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
MinIO RELEASE.2025-02-18T16-25-55Z. Source highlight: Fix nil pointer deref in PeerPolicyMappingHandler

## Bug Fixes
- Fix nil pointer deref in PeerPolicyMappingHandler
- Quick patch for Snowball AutoExtract: #20883
- Fix missing authorization check for `PutObjectRetentionHandler`
- fix(docs): update mc admin trace link to MinIO official docs