Impact Score: 5/10
PocketBase: v0.13.0 Release
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
PocketBase v0.13.0. Source highlight: Added new "View" collection type allowing you to create a read-only collection from a custom SQL `SELECT` statement. It supports:
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โจ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- Added new "View" collection type allowing you to create a read-only collection from a custom SQL `SELECT` statement. It supports:
- Added auto fail/retry (default to 8 attempts) for the `SELECT` queries to gracefully handle the `database is locked` errors (#1795).
- Added default max query execution timeout (30s).
- Added support for `dao.RecordQuery(collection)` to scan directly the `One()` and `All()` results in `*models.Record` or `[]*models.Record` without the need of explicit `NullStringMap`.
- Added support to overwrite the default file serve headers if an explicit response header is set.
- Added file thumbs when visualizing `relation` display file fields.
โก Performance & Enhancements (1)
- Other minor Admin UI improvements.
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
- Added new "View" collection type allowing you to create a read-only collection from a custom SQL `SELECT` statement. It supports:
- aggregations (`COUNT()`, `MIN()`, `MAX()`, `GROUP BY`, etc.)
- column and table aliases
- CTEs and subquery expressions
- auto `relation` fields association
- `file` fields proxying (up to 5 linked relations, eg. view1->view2->...->base)
- `filter`, `sort` and `expand`
- List and View API rules
- Added auto fail/retry (default to 8 attempts) for the `SELECT` queries to gracefully handle the `database is locked` errors ([#1795](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/1795#discussioncomment-4882169)).
_The default max attempts can be accessed or changed via `Dao.MaxLockRetries`._
- Added default max query execution timeout (30s).
_The default timeout can be accessed or changed via `Dao.ModelQueryTimeout`._
_For the prebuilt executables it can be also changed via the `--queryTimeout=10` flag._
- Added support for `dao.RecordQuery(collection)` to scan directly the `One()` and `All()` results in `*models.Record` or `[]*models.Record` without the need of explicit `NullStringMap`.
- Added support to overwrite the default file serve headers if an explicit response header is set.
- Added file thumbs when visualizing `relation` display file fields.
- Added "Min select" `relation` field option.
- Enabled `process.env` in JS migrations to allow accessing `os.Environ()`.
- Added `UploadedFiles` field to the `RecordCreateEvent` and `RecordUpdateEvent` event structs.
- **!** Moved file upload after the record persistent to allow setting custom record id safely from the `OnModelBeforeCreate` hook.
- **!** Changed `System.GetFile()` to return directly `*blob.Reader` instead of the `io.ReadCloser` interface.
- **!** Changed `To`, `Cc` and `Bcc` of `mailer.Message` to `[]mail.Address` for consistency and to allow multiple recipients and optional name.
If you are sending custom emails, you'll have to replace:
```go
message := &mailer.Message{
...
// (old) To: mail.Address{Address: "[email protected]"}
To: []mail.Address{{Address: "[email protected]", Name: "Some optional name"}},
// (old) Cc: []string{"[email protected]"}
Cc: []mail.Address{{Address: "[email protected]", Name: "Some optional name"}},
// (old) Bcc: []string{"[email protected]"}
Bcc: []mail.Address{{Address: "[email protected]", Name: "Some optional name"}},
...
}
```
- **!** Refactored the Authentik integration as a more generic "OpenID Connect" provider (`oidc`) to support any OIDC provider (Okta, Keycloak, etc.).
_If you've previously used Authentik, make sure to rename the provider key in your code to `oidc`._
_To enable more than one OIDC provider you can use the additional `oidc2` and `oidc3` provider keys._
- **!** Removed the previously deprecated `Dao.Block()` and `Dao.Continue()` helpers in favor of `Dao.NonconcurrentDB()`.
- Updated the internal redirects to allow easier subpath deployment when behind a reverse proxy.
- Other minor Admin UI improvements.