Impact Score: 5/10
Strapi v4.0.6 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v4.0.6. Source highlight: ⚠️**Please note**, a migration guide is required to enable the session middleware. This middleware is used for the Users & Permission plugin auth providers. See the link at the bottom of this change log ⚠️
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 (1)
- [dependencies] Add strapi as peerDependency to Strapi Market plugins (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12313) @remidej
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (2)
- [core:admin] Migrate 404 page and init 500 page (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12236) @HichamELBSI
- [plugin:graphql] unpin graphql and regenerate lockfile (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/11866) @guyathomas
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- [core:admin] Fix admin.port not used in the webpack dev server configuration (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12215) @soupette
- [core:strapi] Fix SSO redirection (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12340) @Convly
- [core:upload] Fix duplicate & crop an image on the media library file edit form (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12282) @HichamELBSI
- [plugin:users-permissions] Enable session middleware by default (fixes U&P provider authentication) (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/11825) @petersg83
- [core:admin] Admin enhancements & fixes (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12298) @HichamELBSI
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
⚠️**Please note**, a migration guide is required to enable the session middleware. This middleware is used for the Users & Permission plugin auth providers. See the link at the bottom of this change log ⚠️
### 🐛 Bug fix
* [core:admin] Fix admin.port not used in the webpack dev server configuration (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12215) @soupette
* [core:strapi] Fix SSO redirection (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12340) @Convly
* [core:upload] Fix duplicate & crop an image on the media library file edit form (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12282) @HichamELBSI
* [plugin:users-permissions] Enable session middleware by default (fixes U&P provider authentication) (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/11825) @petersg83
### 💅 Enhancement
* [core:admin] Migrate 404 page and init 500 page (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12236) @HichamELBSI
* [core:admin] Admin enhancements & fixes (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12298) @HichamELBSI
* [dependencies] Add strapi as peerDependency to Strapi Market plugins (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12313) @remidej
* [plugin:graphql] unpin graphql and regenerate lockfile (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/11866) @guyathomas
### 🚨 Security
* [dependencies] chore(deps): update node-fetch to v2.6.7 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12283) @dargmuesli
* [dependencies] [helper-plugin] bump axios to v0.25.0 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12314) @markkaylor
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### 📚⚠️ [Migration guide can be found here](https://docs.strapi.io/developer-docs/latest/update-migration-guides/migration-guides/v4/migration-guide-4.0.x-to4.0.6.html) ⚠️📚