PocketBase v0.28.0stable Released May 11, 2025
Impact Score: 5/10

PocketBase: v0.28.0 Release

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

PocketBase v0.28.0. Source highlight: _To update the prebuilt executable you can run `./pocketbase update`._

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.

๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.

โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.

โœจ New Features & Capabilities (1)

  • Added new `filesystem.System.GetReuploadableFile(fileKey, preserveName)` method to return an existing blob as a `*filesystem.File` value (#6792).

โšก Performance & Enhancements (1)

  • Other minor improvements (updated the GitHub release min Go version to 1.23.9, updated npm and Go deps, etc.)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
> _To update the prebuilt executable you can run `./pocketbase update`._ - Write the default response body of `*Request` hooks that are wrapped in a transaction after the related transaction completes to allow propagating the transaction error ([#6462](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6462#discussioncomment-12207818)). - Updated `app.DB()` to automatically routes raw write SQL statements to the nonconcurrent db pool ([#6689](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6689)). _For the rare cases when it is needed users still have the option to explicitly target the specific pool they want using `app.ConcurrentDB()`/`app.NonconcurrentDB()`._ - โš ๏ธ Changed the default `json` field max size to 1MB. _Users still have the option to adjust the default limit from the collection field options but keep in mind that storing large strings/blobs in the database is known to cause performance issues and should be avoided when possible._ - โš ๏ธ Soft-deprecated and replaced `filesystem.System.GetFile(fileKey)` with `filesystem.System.GetReader(fileKey)` to avoid the confusion with `filesystem.File`. _The old method will still continue to work for at least until v0.29.0 but you'll get a console warning to replace it with `GetReader`._ - Added new `filesystem.System.GetReuploadableFile(fileKey, preserveName)` method to return an existing blob as a `*filesystem.File` value ([#6792](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6792)). _This method could be useful in case you want to clone an existing Record file and assign it to a new Record (e.g. in a Record duplicate action)._ - Other minor improvements (updated the GitHub release min Go version to 1.23.9, updated npm and Go deps, etc.)