Impact Score: 5/10
PocketBase: v0.5.0 Release
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
PocketBase v0.5.0. Source highlight: Added `@now` datetime filter constant [#197]
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- Added `@now` datetime filter constant [#197]
- Added support for additional thumb resizers [#87]:
- WxH (eg. 100x50) - crop to WxH viewbox (from center)
- WxHt (eg. 100x50t) - crop to WxH viewbox (from top)
- WxHb (eg. 100x50b) - crop to WxH viewbox (from bottom)
- WxHf (eg. 100x50f) - fit inside a WxH viewbox (without cropping)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)
- Fixed admin reset password email link [#302]
- Updated the uploaded file naming strategy to include also the original filename [#210]
- Updated the user and admin login email validator to check only the string format in order to avoid slow logins caused by slow MX record lookups [#298]
- Added the "real"(proxy) user IP to the logs alongside the trusted remote address
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Features
- Added `@now` datetime filter constant [#197]
- Added support for additional thumb resizers [#87]:
```
- WxH (eg. 100x50) - crop to WxH viewbox (from center)
- WxHt (eg. 100x50t) - crop to WxH viewbox (from top)
- WxHb (eg. 100x50b) - crop to WxH viewbox (from bottom)
- WxHf (eg. 100x50f) - fit inside a WxH viewbox (without cropping)
- 0xH (eg. 0x50) - resize to H height preserving the aspect ratio
- Wx0 (eg. 100x0) - resize to W width preserving the aspect ratio
```
- Simplified the "Mail settings" UI and added support to customize the defaullt user email templates [#275]:
> ⚠️ If you are using custom email urls, please make sure to update your settings with the new placeholders format!
- Added option to send test user emails [#75]
- Added option to test the S3 storage connection for errors and other incompatibilities [#75]
- Added **"Hide collection create and edit controls"** toggle setting to prevent making accidental schema changes on prod environments.
## Bugfixes and other minor changes
- Fixed admin reset password email link [#302]
- Updated the uploaded file naming strategy to include also the original filename [[#210](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/210#discussioncomment-3425773)]
- Updated the user and admin login email validator to check only the string format in order to avoid slow logins caused by slow MX record lookups [[#298](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/298)]
- Added the "real"(proxy) user IP to the logs alongside the trusted remote address