# Strapi v4.12.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v4.12.1
- **Released:** Aug 02, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v4.12.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v4.12.1. Source highlight: :warning: Security Warning and Notice :warning:

## New Features
- [core:strapi] Drop Node 14 support, add Node 20 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/16557) @innerdvations
- [tooling] tests(e2e): init playwright, add small test suite & cli (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14807) @alexandrebodin
- [core:content-manager] Add case insensitive filters to content manager (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/16960) @marob
- [core:content-manager] Feat: Add creator fields as filter options (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/17043) @Feranchz
- [core:data-transfer] [DTS] Add detail to ws upgrade error (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/17452) @innerdvations

## Improvements
- [core:utils] Wildcard populate performance optimizations (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/16507) @Convly

## Bug Fixes
- [docs] Fix some spelling and standardiZe regional usages (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/17491) @innerdvations
- [generators:app] fix: Update env.example (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/16570) @xiaotiandada
- [core:admin] Fix: Registration - Send null for lastname instead of empty string (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/17462) @gu-stav
- [core:data-transfer] Fix data transfer relations (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/17475) @christiancp100
- [core:review-workflows] fix: reorder rw permissions so they appear as CRUD (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/17493) @Marc-Roig
- [core:review-workflows] fix: Content API partial update fails when not populating stage field  (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/17512) @Marc-Roig