Strapi v4.5.3 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 4 ⚡ Improvements 3 🔧 Bug Fixes 4

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Strapi v4.5.3. Source highlight: [core:database] generate db config with all clients (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14233) @Elhebert

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (4)

[core:database] generate db config with all clients (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14233) @Elhebert
[core:database] [Feature] Populate fragments for polymorphic relations (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14879) @Convly
[core:content-type-builder] [Custom fields] Add default value to options (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14590) @markkaylor
[tooling] Add MySQL 5.7 to Github API tests (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14878) @petersg83

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (3)

[core:upload] Upload: Improve asset cards and upload progress visual design (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14849) @gu-stav
[marketplace] [Marketplace] Exp-373 Update the sort options in SelectSort component (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14814) @madhurisandbhor
[plugin:i18n] Update russian translation (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14883) @alekskorolev3

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)

[plugin:i18n] Chore/fix iso locales (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14835) @ivanThePleasant
[core:admin] Rewrite invalid uid prefix error message (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14870) @jorgeRambla
[core:content-manager] [Custom fields] Create hook to lazy load custom field components (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14873) @markkaylor
[plugin:documentation] Fix #14712: Query Parameter for Locale (API Documentation Plugin) (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14885) @raphaelmue

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

### 🚀 New feature * [core:database] generate db config with all clients (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14233) @Elhebert * [core:database] [Feature] Populate fragments for polymorphic relations (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14879) @Convly ### 💅 Enhancement * [core:content-type-builder] [Custom fields] Add default value to options (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14590) @markkaylor * [core:upload] Upload: Improve asset cards and upload progress visual design (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14849) @gu-stav * [marketplace] [Marketplace] Exp-373 Update the sort options in SelectSort component (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14814) @madhurisandbhor * [plugin:i18n] Update russian translation (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14883) @alekskorolev3 ### ⚙️ Chore * [core:content-manager] [Content manager] Refactor edit view (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14881) @markkaylor * [dependencies] chore(deps): bump commander from 8.2.0 to 8.3.0 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14666) @dependabot * [dependencies] chore(deps): bump aws-sdk from 2.1215.0 to 2.1260.0 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14969) @dependabot * [dependencies] [design-system]: update to 1.4.0 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15026) @simotae14 * [plugin:i18n] Chore/fix iso locales (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14835) @ivanThePleasant * [tooling] GitHub Workflows security hardening (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14746) @sashashura * [tooling] Add MySQL 5.7 to Github API tests (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14878) @petersg83 * [tooling] Use cache action to cache node_modules (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14976) @alexandrebodin ### 🔥 Bug fix * [core:admin] Rewrite invalid uid prefix error message (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14870) @jorgeRambla * [core:content-manager] [Custom fields] Create hook to lazy load custom field components (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14873) @markkaylor * [plugin:documentation] Fix #14712: Query Parameter for Locale (API Documentation Plugin) (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/14885) @raphaelmue --- ### 📚 Update and Migration Guides - General update guide can be found [here](https://docs.strapi.io/developer-docs/latest/update-migration-guides/update-version.html) - Migration guides can be found [here](https://docs.strapi.io/developer-docs/latest/update-migration-guides/migration-guides.html) 📚

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