Strapi v5.51.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 3 ⚡ Improvements 3 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Strapi v5.51.2. Source highlight: **content-manager:** add optional component screenshots to DZ picker (#26863)

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (3)

**content-manager:** add optional component screenshots to DZ picker (#26863)
add contributor documentation for the MCP server (#27160)
**lint:** add non-blocking oxlint setup (#26923)

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (3)

**content-type-builder:** support required on relation attributes (#27080)
**core:** look models up on the registries in getModel (#27143)
**database:** reduce per-column work when mapping rows to entities (#27144)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

use radio roles for accessibility and improve aria attributes (#27139)
handle i18n conflict and local rights (6519f4d5db)
**admin:** interpolate min/max values in validation error messages (#27172)
**admin:** pin react-colorful to prevent optimizeDeps include/exclude conflict (#27203)
**content-manager:** relation creation discards parent changes (#27081)
**content-manager:** relation order changes after saving dynamic-zone components (#27135)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

## 5.51.2 (2026-08-05) ### 🚀 New feature - **content-manager:** add optional component screenshots to DZ picker ([#26863](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26863)) ### 🔥 Bug fix - use radio roles for accessibility and improve aria attributes ([#27139](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27139)) - handle i18n conflict and local rights ([6519f4d5db](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/6519f4d5db)) - **admin:** interpolate min/max values in validation error messages ([#27172](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27172)) - **admin:** pin react-colorful to prevent optimizeDeps include/exclude conflict ([#27203](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27203)) - **content-manager:** relation creation discards parent changes ([#27081](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27081)) - **content-manager:** relation order changes after saving dynamic-zone components ([#27135](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27135)) - **content-manager:** keep document status accurate on mixed-locale batches ([#27035](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27035)) - **core:** use configured default pageSize when only page is provided ([#27132](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27132)) - **database:** escape LIKE wildcards in filters and use equality for $eqi/$nei ([#26476](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26476)) - **i18n:** use fractional __temp_key__ when filling from locale ([#26296](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26296)) - **upload:** stream URL imports to disk instead of buffering in memory ([#27176](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27176)) - **upload:** keep cursor position while editing asset details fields (CMS-1536) ([2c6edbfacb](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/2c6edbfacb)) - **upload:** apply asset permissions to media library actions (CMS-434) ([e8099188e2](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/e8099188e2)) - **upload:** keep crop drag tracking on touch devices (CMS-1538) ([7807ea83dc](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/7807ea83dc)) - **upload:** keep asset drawer header visible on mobile (CMS-1539) ([4edad7ca75](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/4edad7ca75)) - **upload:** media library MVP fixes ([7a4012c65a](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/7a4012c65a)) ### 📚 Documentation Changes - add contributor documentation for the MCP server ([#27160](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27160)) ### ⚙️ Chore - **deps:** bump @hono/node-server from 1.19.14 to 1.19.17 ([#27166](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27166)) - **deps:** bump postcss from 8.5.14 to 8.5.25 ([#27195](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27195)) - **deps:** bump brace-expansion from 1.1.16 to 1.1.18 ([#27196](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27196)) - **deps:** bump js-yaml from 3.15.0 to 3.15.1 ([#27197](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27197)) - **deps:** bump motion from 12.23.24 to 12.40.0 ([#27133](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27133)) - **deps:** bump tar from 7.5.21 to 7.5.22 ([#27165](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27165)) - **deps:** bump react-router-dom from 6.30.3 to 6.30.4 ([#27134](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27134)) - **deps:** bump undici from 6.27.0 to 6.28.0 ([#27164](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27164)) - **deps:** bump axios from 1.18.1 to 1.19.0 ([#27198](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27198)) - **deps:** align app-template react-router-dom with admin 6.30.4 ([#27210](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27210)) - **jest:** run unit/front tests via nx, drop root jest config and dep ([#26701](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26701)) - **lint:** add non-blocking oxlint setup ([#26923](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26923)) - **users-permissions:** move server code into server/src ([#26105](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26105)) ### 💅 Enhancement - **content-type-builder:** support required on relation attributes ([#27080](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27080)) - **core:** look models up on the registries in getModel ([#27143](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27143)) - **database:** reduce per-column work when mapping rows to entities ([#27144](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27144)) ### ⚠️ Changes to be aware of #### Filter operators: literal wildcards and true case-insensitive equality `$eqi` / `$nei` now do real case-insensitive equality (`= LOWER(?)`), not `LIKE`, so values with `%`, `_`, or a trailing `\` no longer act as wildcards or crash some databases. Substring operators (`$contains`, `$startsWith`, `$endsWith`, and case-insensitive variants) now treat `%`, `_`, and `\` in the filter value as literal characters. If you relied on `%` / `_` inside those filters as SQL wildcards, update filters to match the new literal semantics. ([#26476](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26476)) ### ❤️ Thank You - Adrien L @Adzouz - Adrien Lepoutre @Adzouz - Andrei L @unrevised6419 - Arthur Moreau - Ayoub Hidri @ayhid - Bassel Kanso - Ben Irvin - DMehaffy - Dominik Juriga @dominik-juriga - Giulio Montagner @giu1io - Jamie Howard @jhoward1994 - magics @hugomagics - Mason McElvain @masonmcelvain - Nico André - Syed Osama Ali Shah @Osamaali313 - Vansh Parmar @vansh1011 - Vishal Kumar Singh @singhvishalkr

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