Strapi v5.50.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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✨ Features 6 ⚡ Improvements 1 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Strapi v5.50.0. Source highlight: **admin:** add active devices session management (#26628)

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

**admin:** add active devices session management (#26628)
**cli:** add security defaults to create-strapi-app templates (#26737)
**database:** export lifecycle event type (#25637)
**provider-email-sendgrid:** add region option for EU data residency (#25907)
**provider-upload-aws-s3:** accept a credential provider function (#26796)
**translations:** comprehensive Japanese (ja) translation update for admin and 9 plugins (#26687)

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)

**strapi:** lazy-load TypeScript chain for non-build CLI commands (#26265)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

refresh token cookies missing Max-Age when sessions.cookie.maxAg… (#26747)
add test database healthchecks (#26511)
generate apis in named directories (#26354)
**admin:** retry lazy chunk loads and improve loading and error UX (#25954)
**admin:** open "Upgrade your admin panel" link in new tab (#26510)
**admin:** remove @ts-expect-error in useQueryParams hook (#25006)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

## 5.50.0 (2026-07-02) ### 🚀 New feature - **admin:** add active devices session management ([#26628](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26628)) - **cli:** add security defaults to create-strapi-app templates ([#26737](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26737)) - **database:** export lifecycle event type ([#25637](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25637)) - **provider-email-sendgrid:** add region option for EU data residency ([#25907](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25907)) - **provider-upload-aws-s3:** accept a credential provider function ([#26796](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26796)) - **translations:** comprehensive Japanese (ja) translation update for admin and 9 plugins ([#26687](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26687)) - **ts:** augment all context error response methods ([#25424](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25424)) ### 🔥 Bug fix - refresh token cookies missing Max-Age when sessions.cookie.maxAg… ([#26747](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26747)) - add test database healthchecks ([#26511](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26511)) - generate apis in named directories ([#26354](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26354)) - **admin:** retry lazy chunk loads and improve loading and error UX ([#25954](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25954)) - **admin:** open "Upgrade your admin panel" link in new tab ([#26510](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26510)) - **admin:** remove @ts-expect-error in useQueryParams hook ([#25006](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25006)) - **admin:** hide boolean clear action when field is disabled ([#26294](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26294)) - **admin:** restore default locale in permissions when adding i18n to ct ([#26548](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26548)) - **admin:** keep static fallback paths url-safe ([#26518](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26518)) - **admin:** stop storing IP addresses in session metadata ([#26873](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26873)) - **ci:** use allowlisted thollander action ref in experimental publish workflow ([#26768](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26768)) - **content-api:** validate populate for polymorphic structures ([#25854](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25854)) - **content-manager:** warn before publishing with draft relations ([#26736](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26736)) - **content-manager:** use ListViewTable relation-loaded translation key ([#26798](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26798)) - **content-manager:** serve live preview script from server endpoint ([#26732](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26732)) - **content-manager:** capitalize component category names in dynamic zone ([#24426](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24426), [#26337](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26337)) - **content-manager:** add Japanese EditView shortcut hint translations ([#26814](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26814)) - **content-manager:** prevent dynamic zone crash when value is null ([#26816](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26816)) - **content-manager:** skip publish warning for M2M links to published entries ([#26858](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26858)) - **content-type-builder:** improve component category validation error message ([#25455](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25455)) - **core:** preserve M2M relation order on published version after reo… ([#26791](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26791)) - **core:** maxFileSize error not detected in body middleware ([#25011](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/25011)) - **core:** resolve relations on non-localized entries with stale locale column ([#26805](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26805)) - **create-strapi-app:** scaffold pnpm 11 allowBuilds for Strapi Cloud ([#26757](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26757)) - **create-strapi-app:** enable strict TypeScript in app scaffolds ([#26779](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26779)) - **create-strapi-app:** limit odd Node major warning to versions before 26 ([#26810](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26810)) - **data-transfer:** restore localizations links that use document_id refs ([#26870](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26870)) - **graphql:** preserve M2M relation order with pagination ([#26577](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26577), [#26785](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26785)) - **test:** tighten jest ignore patterns to match path segments ([#26753](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26753)) - **translations:** correct ja "characters" mistranslation in WYSIWYG controls ([#26845](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26845)) - **types:** tighten Core.Config typings with backward-compatible deprecations ([#26787](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26787)) - **upload:** disable asset editing and deletion on published entries ([#26127](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26127)) - **users-permissions:** accept documentId for the role relation on user create/update ([#26715](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26715)) - **users-permissions:** correct "occured" → "occurred" typo in error notifications ([#26508](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26508)) - **utils:** prevent crash on null dynamic zone entry during traversal ([#24303](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24303), [#26842](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26842)) ### 📚 Documentation Changes - fix typos and grammar slips in content-manager docs ([#26600](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26600)) ### ⚙️ Chore - add ai-tooling sync script for skill symlinks ([#26594](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26594)) - rename ai-tooling yarn scripts to ai:* ([#26767](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26767)) - reduce Vercel noise on PRs (contributor-docs ignore step) ([#26772](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26772)) - cloud plugin updates ([#26801](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26801)) - update cli deploy copies ([f0fa460525](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/f0fa460525)) - **deps:** hoist @types/node to root and align with 20, min supported engine ([#26291](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26291)) - **deps:** upgrade TypeScript to 5.9.3 ([#26782](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26782)) - **deps:** bump hono from 4.12.23 to 4.12.27 ([#26761](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26761)) - **deps:** bump design-system to v2.2.1 ([#26788](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26788)) - **deps:** bump axios from 1.18.0 to 1.18.1 ([#26762](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26762)) - **deps:** upgrade lint-staged to 16 and scope linting to staged files ([#26765](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26765)) - **deps:** remove unused @strapi/ts-zen dev dependency ([#26759](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26759)) - **typescript:** enable erasableSyntaxOnly and noUncheckedSideEffectImports ([#26790](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26790)) - **workflows:** make documentation flag name more obvious ([#26649](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26649)) ### 💅 Enhancement - **admin:** add uz-Cyrl native name to languageNativeNames ([#24920](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24920)) - **strapi:** lazy-load TypeScript chain for non-build CLI commands ([#26265](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26265)) - **utils:** add env.required for strict scaffold secrets ([#26830](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26830)) ### 🚨 Security - **users-permissions:** default legacy JWT verify to HS256 ([#26752](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26752)) ### ❤️ Thank You - Akash Santra @Akash504-ai - Andrei L @unrevised6419 - Arthur - Aurélien GEORGET - Ayoub Hidri @ayhid - Ben Irvin - Daiske @daiske - Florent Baldino @Baldinof - greymoth - ivseb @ivseb - jasleenkaur-qed42 - Jian Zhang @Jian-Zhang08 - Joseph Ajayi @ajayi-joseph - kdt523 - kibwashere - Maksim Zhukau @MaksZhukov - mariekirsch @mariekirsch - mathildeleg @mathildeleg - mehmet turac @mturac - mhsnsfh - Minh Lê @DucMinhNe - Nico André - Niels Kaspers @nielskaspers - Nuraliev Alirahmon - Pierre Wizla - Rowan-Paul - Tewson Seeoun @tewson - Vibhu Gupta @VibhuGupta-dev - Vishal Kumar Singh @singhvishalkr

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