# Strapi v5.38.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.38.0
- **Released:** Mar 04, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.38.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.38.0. Source highlight: **content-manager:** add relationOpenMode setting (modal/page/newTab) (#25433)

## New Features
- **content-manager:** add relationOpenMode setting (modal/page/newTab) (#25433)
- **email-nodemailer:** upgrade to Nodemailer v8 with advanced email features and Admin UI capabilities (#25392)
- **i18n:** add missing french translations (#23093)
- **upload:** add import from url (#25496)

## Bug Fixes
- typo 'recieved' to 'received' across codebase (#25541)
- markdown editor number list is created with wrong numbers (#24631)
- add i18n for boolean cell values (#22314)
- folder subtitles for folders without assets or subfolders (#22694)
- vite and webpack config when linking ds locally (#25530)
- **types:** add missing typing for proxy.koa config (#25575)