Impact Score: 5/10
Strapi v5.20.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: strapi · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.20.0. Source highlight: :warning: Security Warning and Notice :warning:
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 (1)
- add conditional fields e2e tests (#23843)
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)
- promote preview configuration docs (#23961)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- document_id must appear in the GROUP BY clause (947c3a83d8)
- resolved filter overlapping issue by changing z-index (#23953)
- update autocomplete attribute in RelationsInput component to filter by contains (#23579)
- add reducer to be able to mutate widgets in register function (#23908)
- resolved filter overlap with datepicker by reducing zIndex of filter … (#23884)
- conditional validation preview publish (#23894)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### :warning: Security Warning and Notice :warning:
Strapi was made aware of a vulnerably that were patched in this release, for now we are going to delay the detailed disclosure of the exact details on how to exploit it and how it was patched to give time for users to upgrade before we do public disclosure.
## 5.20.0 (2025-07-30)
### 🚀 New feature
- add conditional fields e2e tests ([#23843](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23843))
### 🔥 Bug fix
- document_id must appear in the GROUP BY clause ([947c3a83d8](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/947c3a83d8))
- resolved filter overlapping issue by changing z-index ([#23953](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23953))
- update autocomplete attribute in RelationsInput component to filter by contains ([#23579](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23579))
- add reducer to be able to mutate widgets in register function ([#23908](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23908))
- resolved filter overlap with datepicker by reducing zIndex of filter … ([#23884](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23884))
- conditional validation preview publish ([#23894](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23894))
- port comparison ([6e535cb756](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/6e535cb756))
- add full support for wildcards ([33c610560b](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/33c610560b))
- handle undefined origins ([77cb37d43d](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/77cb37d43d))
- prevent full screen loader regression in preview page ([#24038](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24038))
- support wildcards in arrays of origins ([4754eca8ef](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/4754eca8ef))
- prevent validation error when updating user without password change ([#23898](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23898))
- **content-type-builder:** fix schema validation when max is equal to min ([#24032](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24032))
### ⚙️ Chore
- fix test types ([5ea30a044e](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/5ea30a044e))
- remove old guided tour and set the new one as stable ([#24003](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24003))
- clean up logic ([5302884290](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/5302884290))
- replace node-schedule with strapi.cron service ([e648c19c20](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/e648c19c20))
### 💅 Enhancement
- promote preview configuration docs ([#23961](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/23961))
### ❤️ Thank You
- Adrien L
- akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
- Ben Irvin
- Dhruv Chheda @chhedadhruv
- Giulio Montagner @giu1io
- ioleo
- markkaylor
- Michal Kos @michalkos
- Rémi de Juvigny @remidej
- Simone
- Ulysse Prygiel @ulybu