# Strapi v5.21.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.21.0
- **Released:** Aug 06, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.21.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.21.0. Source highlight: key statistics homepage widget (#23938)

## New Features
- key statistics homepage widget (#23938)
- homepage upcoming releases widget (#23998)
- Added firstPublishedAt field which sets the datetime when a content is first published. (#22512, #23160)
- add empty project to examples (#24049)

## Improvements
- improve getstarted dummy preview page (#24091)

## Bug Fixes
- do not overwrite modified names in create ct modal (06dce79903)
- create relation and save flaky test (#24041)
- do not overwrite modified names in create ct modal (be03ffa02a)
- incorrect config won't run example app (#24063)
- color of release status icon (#23842)
- allow audit logs to be increased up to the license maximum (#24061)