# Strapi v5.52.3 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.52.3
- **Released:** Sep 02, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.52.3/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.52.3. Source highlight: **admin:** preserve special characters in filter and search values (#27440)

## Bug Fixes
- **admin:** preserve special characters in filter and search values (#27440)
- **content-manager:** relation picker loses locale in nested entries (#27487)
- **content-manager:** relation fields display document ids when main fields are empty (#27488)
- **content-type-builder:** remove unused runtime import of @strapi/types (#27452)
- **review-workflows:** guard release-action service call when cms-content-releases is disabled (#27312)
- **upload:** sniff file bytes in admin when browser MIME is generic (#27363)