# Strapi v5.45.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.45.0
- **Released:** May 06, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.45.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.45.0. Source highlight: extended ctb api for plugins (ad7cb5d5d7)

## New Features
- extended ctb api for plugins (ad7cb5d5d7)
- sort based on publish status (#25689)
- **admin:** api token supports admin permissions and admin user ownership (#25657)
- **content-manager:** add Zod 4 foundation utilities (#25574)

## Bug Fixes
- issue with plugin content type uid (f768670d38)
- style issues (2f42e5fe44)
- opt out of the ct backup strategy for plugin content types (5936814932)
- build errors (520ecfc6d5)
- enforce minimum length (f2b6c2bcd0)
- prevent trailing ? in URL when params is empty object (#25724, #25900)