# Strapi v5.44.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.44.0
- **Released:** Apr 29, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.44.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.44.0. Source highlight: deploy to cloud homepage widget (#25774)

## New Features
- deploy to cloud homepage widget (#25774)
- add AGENTS.md universal agent guide (#26018)
- add ESM syntax support for Vite .mts config file (#25238)

## Improvements
- **examples:** migration performance benchmark harness + mariadb/sqlite + anti-pattern schemas (#26036)
- **i18n:** improve Russian translations of tours section in admin package (#25221)
- **translations:** update czech translations (#25824)

## Bug Fixes
- add responseType to getFetchClient for non-JSON responses (#25974)
- prevent browser defaults for Ctrl+I and other modifier shortcuts in Firefox (#26050)
- contain absolute descendants in OverflowingItem (#26133)
- **content-manager:** prevent duplicate React key in homepage recent-documents widget (#26084)
- **content-manager:** optimize document layout hooks (#26005)
- **database:** make 5.0.0-02-created-document-id migration idempotent (#26045)