# Strapi v4.0.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v4.0.0
- **Released:** Nov 30, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v4.0.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v4.0.0. Source highlight: New Design system. **Read more**.

## New Features
- New Design system. **Read more**.
- New **Database layer** and **Query engine**.
- New **GraphQL API**.
- New Error standard format
- Documentation restructuring. **Read more**.