Impact Score: 5/10
Strapi v5.18.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.18.1. Source highlight: homepage widget entries chart (#23903)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (3)
- homepage widget entries chart (#23903)
- round arrow, adjust offsets, add border none back (590c24ce65)
- update cloud plugin to add Free plan (#23934)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- add Introduction step in the Single collection Edit view (#23943)
- yarn build issue (#23906)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## 5.18.1 (2025-07-16)
### 🚀 New feature
- homepage widget entries chart ([#23903](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23903))
### 🔥 Bug fix
- add Introduction step in the Single collection Edit view ([#23943](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23943))
- yarn build issue ([#23906](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23906))
### ⚙️ Chore
- round arrow, adjust offsets, add border none back ([590c24ce65](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/590c24ce65))
- remove fragment ([8ed7454f69](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/8ed7454f69))
- strapi DS v2.0.0-rc.29 bump ([#23937](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23937))
- update cloud plugin to add Free plan ([#23934](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23934))
### ❤️ Thank You
- Adrien L
- Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
- mariekirsch @mariekirsch
- Mark Kaylor
- markkaylor
- Rémi de Juvigny @remidej
- Simone