# PocketBase v0.36.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** PocketBase (https://pocketbase.io)
- **Version:** v0.36.1
- **Released:** Jan 18, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/pocketbase/updates/v0.36.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
PocketBase v0.36.1. Source highlight: _To update the prebuilt executable you can run `./pocketbase update`._

## Improvements
- Reverted the `DISTINCT` with `GROUP BY` replacement optimization from v0.36.0 as it was reported to negatively impact the indexes utilization for some queries and the minor performance boost that you may get when used on large records is not enough to justify the more common use (#7461).

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed code comment typos.