Impact Score: 5/10
PocketBase: v0.16.1 Release
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
PocketBase v0.16.1. Source highlight: _To update the prebuilt executable you can run `./pocketbase update`._
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- Fixed backup restore not working in a container environment when `pb_data` is mounted as volume (#2519).
- Fixed Dart SDK realtime API preview example (#2523; thanks @xFrann).
- Fixed typo in the backups create panel (#2526; thanks @dschissler).
- Fixed Export Collections "Download as JSON" (#2540).
- Fixed file field drag and drop not working in Firefox and Safari (#2541).
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
> _To update the prebuilt executable you can run `./pocketbase update`._
- Fixed backup restore not working in a container environment when `pb_data` is mounted as volume ([#2519](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/2519)).
- Fixed Dart SDK realtime API preview example ([#2523](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/2523); thanks @xFrann).
- Fixed typo in the backups create panel ([#2526](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/2526); thanks @dschissler).
- Removed unnecessary slice length check in `list.ExistInSlice` ([#2527](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/pull/2527); thanks @KunalSin9h).
- Avoid mutating the cached request data on OAuth2 user create ([#2535](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/2535)).
- Fixed Export Collections "Download as JSON" ([#2540](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/2540)).
- Fixed file field drag and drop not working in Firefox and Safari ([#2541](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/2541)).