# Strapi v5.42.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.42.0
- **Released:** Apr 08, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.42.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.42.0. Source highlight: removing A/B testing from the prompt Currently A/B testing opt-in isn't used, so removing it from the CLI (8d5b04ece4)

## New Features
- removing A/B testing from the prompt Currently A/B testing opt-in isn't used, so removing it from the CLI (8d5b04ece4)
- changing sonar variable (0d822ade04)
- **data-transfer:** add directory export/import format (#25867)
- add .claude directory to gitignore (e85aa81cdf)

## Bug Fixes
- change return to continue in deleteRelations when using foreign keys (#25857)
- hide legacy options (da9cdfc640)
- contains filter no longer returns empty data (#25810)
- typos in documentation plugin README (4ff54bff36)
- **admin:** p is not function error (#25663)
- **content-manager:** pass component schemas when rebuilding list view headers (#25872)