# Strapi v5.56.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Strapi (https://strapi.io)
- **Version:** v5.56.0
- **Released:** Sep 30, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/strapi/updates/v5.56.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Strapi v5.56.0. Source highlight: **admin:** record admin account and password actions in audit logs (#27748)

## New Features
- **admin:** record admin account and password actions in audit logs (#27748)
- **admin:** audit webhook create, update and delete (#27779)
- **strapi:** compile Tailwind for the admin panel from one host stylesheet (#27550)
- add test:ts:back to packages with unchecked server code (#27811)

## Improvements
- **ci:** require an explicit QA label to merge (#27464)
- **upload:** support custom AI providers for metadata generation (#27684)

## Bug Fixes
- update create edit e2e test (#27751)
- **admin:** build window.strapi before mount and type the project-type contract (#27683)
- **admin:** reopen button on dismissed trial banner overlays page controls (#27777)
- **content-manager:** create-relation option offered for relations targeting a Single Type (82a2ecb2dd)
- **content-manager:** hide create-relation option for Single Type targets instead of disabling it (89b1efaeef)
- **content-manager:** cannot re-assign a relation still present on the published version (#27602)