Impact Score: 5/10
Strapi v5.5.0 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: strapi ยท Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.5.0. Source highlight: use mux player for video (dd53b0048b)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (3)
- use mux player for video (dd53b0048b)
- send diagnostic messages from remote strapi (#22214)
- re-add some controls (e997beffb8)
โก Performance & Enhancements (1)
- disable preview link when changes are not saved (#22275)
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (4)
- turn on and update i18n settings.spec.ts (#22282)
- document actions being rendered multiple times (#22283)
- add documentId to `me` graphql query (#22321)
- **preview:** page title and disabled link (#22324)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## 5.5.0 (2024-12-04)
### ๐ New feature
- use mux player for video ([dd53b0048b](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/dd53b0048b))
- send diagnostic messages from remote strapi ([#22214](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22214))
### ๐ฅ Bug fix
- turn on and update i18n settings.spec.ts ([#22282](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22282))
- document actions being rendered multiple times ([#22283](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22283))
- add documentId to `me` graphql query ([#22321](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22321))
- **preview:** page title and disabled link ([#22324](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22324))
### โ๏ธ Chore
- re-add some controls ([e997beffb8](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/e997beffb8))
- test-snapshots ([651b22d8b9](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/651b22d8b9))
- remove yarn.lock from templates/website ([#22294](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22294))
- use "workspace:*" for internal dependencies ([#22303](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22303))
- upgrade vite-plugin-dts ([#22297](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22297))
- update sdk-plugin and dedupe yarn.lock ([#22296](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22296))
- cleanup removing support for assets without metadata ([#22215](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22215))
- **deps:** bump @strapi/design-system from 2.0.0-rc.13 to 2.0.0-rc.14 ([#22274](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22274))
- **deps:** update @strapi/pack-up to v5.0.2 ([#22261](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22261))
### ๐
Enhancement
- disable preview link when changes are not saved ([#22275](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/22275))
### โค๏ธ Thank You
- Alexandre Bodin
- Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
- Ben Irvin
- Jonas Thelemann
- Laurens Kling @laurenskling
- markkaylor
- Rรฉmi de Juvigny @remidej
- Sora Morimoto @smorimoto