Strapi v4.6.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 4 ⚡ Improvements 5 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Strapi v4.6.2. Source highlight: [core:admin] [Settings]: fix mail icon on windows (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15807) @joshuaellis

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (4)

[dependencies] Add all undeclared packages to `package.json` (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15792) @smorimoto
[tooling] Github: Add admin bundle-size PR reporter (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15832) @gu-stav
[core:utils] feat(utils): add ReduceAsync function (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15802) @nathan-pichon
[core:database] Generate db config with all clients (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15732) @christiancp100

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (5)

[core:content-type-builder] replace axiosInstance with getFetchClient inside the content-type builder (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15781) @simotae14
[core:email] replace axiosInstance with getFetchClient inside the email (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15730) @simotae14
[core:helper-plugin] [Helper-Plugin] getYupInnerErrors use yup params in error messaging (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15692) @jhoward1994
[plugin:i18n] replace axiosInstance with useFetchClient inside the i18n plugin (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15727) @simotae14
[tooling] Chore: Bump swc jsc.target to es2020 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15827) @gu-stav

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

[core:admin] [Settings]: fix mail icon on windows (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15807) @joshuaellis
[core:content-manager] fix: Sometimes the children display order is incorrect in list view (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15757) @gitstart
[core:content-manager] [Relations]: Introduce fractional indexing for better diffing (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15818) @joshuaellis
[core:content-type-builder] Fix wrong import names for some icons in the CTB (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15887) @Convly
[core:database] Fix JSON field for postgres when the value is a simple string (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15752) @petersg83
[core:strapi] [Fix]: Graphql accept publication state argument in relations (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15693) @Marc-Roig

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

### 🔥 Bug fix * [core:admin] [Settings]: fix mail icon on windows (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15807) @joshuaellis * [core:content-manager] fix: Sometimes the children display order is incorrect in list view (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15757) @gitstart * [core:content-manager] [Relations]: Introduce fractional indexing for better diffing (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15818) @joshuaellis * [core:content-type-builder] Fix wrong import names for some icons in the CTB (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15887) @Convly * [core:database] Fix JSON field for postgres when the value is a simple string (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15752) @petersg83 * [core:strapi] [Fix]: Graphql accept publication state argument in relations (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15693) @Marc-Roig * [core:upload] Upload middleware route & typo fix (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12666) @alexkainzinger * [core:upload] fix: Can not update media folder (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15771) @gitstart * [core:upload] fix: always return an object if data is falsey (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15831) @joshuaellis * [core:upload] EditAssetDialog: Only send the folderId when saving the cropped asset (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15843) @gu-stav * [core:utils] [Fix]: forEach async (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15881) @Marc-Roig * [generators:app] [Templates] Plugin deps & Custom.d.ts (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15798) @joshuaellis * [generators:app] Fix the relative path for sqlite database in the default database connection (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15886) @Convly * [plugin:graphql] [Fix]: Graphql handle pagination arguments in relations (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15715) @Marc-Roig * [plugin:i18n] Set default locale when using Query Engine function createMany (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15742) @petersg83 * [typescript] Fix a tiny syntax error in `config/database.ts` of the template (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15853) @smorimoto ### ⚙️ Chore * [core:admin] Chore: Update redux and react-redux (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15761) @gu-stav * [core:admin] Chore: Update koa-session to 6.4.0 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15767) @gu-stav * [core:admin] Chore: Remove node-polyfill-webpack-plugin (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15769) @gu-stav * [core:admin] EE Move audit logs permissions to EE (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15785) @remidej * [core:admin] Track settings pages usage (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15788) @remidej * [core:admin] Remove dead code for the install and uninstall plugin actions (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15816) @remidej * [core:admin] [chore] fixes on Overview page & moved get help link (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15824) @ronronscelestes * [core:admin] Chore: Remove usage of lodash chain from admin/src (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15863) @gu-stav * [core:content-type-builder] Chore: Remove legacy cypress tests (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15766) @gu-stav * [core:content-type-builder] chore: remove admin imports from tests (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15858) @joshuaellis * [core:helper-plugin] chore: tidy up deps and export cjs & esm modules (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15441) @joshuaellis * [core:helper-plugin] Delete createBuildIndex.js (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15797) @joshuaellis * [core:helper-plugin] Chore: Remove whatwg-fetch polyfill (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15860) @gu-stav * [dependencies] chore(deps): bump luxon from 1.28.0 to 1.28.1 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15388) @dependabot * [dependencies] Add all undeclared packages to `package.json` (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15792) @smorimoto * [dependencies] chore(deps-dev): bump webpack-bundle-analyzer from 4.7.0 to 4.8.0 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15810) @dependabot * [dependencies] chore(deps): bump react-intl from 6.2.7 to 6.2.8 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15813) @dependabot * [dependencies] chore(deps): bump prettier from 2.7.1 to 2.8.4 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15821) @dependabot * [dependencies] Convert all files to single imports of the DS & icons (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15830) @joshuaellis * [dependencies] chore(deps): bump node-fetch from 2.6.7 to 2.6.9 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15859) @dependabot * [plugin:i18n] [chore] en-KW & fr-MU i18n support (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15819) @ronronscelestes * [tooling] Chore: Update msw to 1.0.0 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15760) @gu-stav * [tooling] Chore: Update gh actions dependencies (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15762) @gu-stav * [tooling] Remove `request` dependency (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15765) @gu-stav * [tooling] Chore: Update supertest (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15768) @gu-stav * [tooling] Chore: Upgrade swc and remove core-js polyfill for tests (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15826) @gu-stav * [tooling] Github: Add admin bundle-size PR reporter (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15832) @gu-stav * [tooling] GH: Optimize GH bundle-size report setup (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15836) @gu-stav ### 💅 Enhancement * [core:content-type-builder] replace axiosInstance with getFetchClient inside the content-type builder (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15781) @simotae14 * [core:email] replace axiosInstance with getFetchClient inside the email (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15730) @simotae14 * [core:helper-plugin] [Helper-Plugin] getYupInnerErrors use yup params in error messaging (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15692) @jhoward1994 * [core:utils] feat(utils): add ReduceAsync function (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15802) @nathan-pichon * [plugin:i18n] replace axiosInstance with useFetchClient inside the i18n plugin (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15727) @simotae14 * [tooling] Chore: Bump swc jsc.target to es2020 (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15827) @gu-stav ### 🚀 New feature * [core:database] Generate db config with all clients (https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/15732) @christiancp100 --- ### 📚 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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