# Twenty twenty/v2.56.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Twenty (https://twenty.com)
- **Version:** twenty/v2.56.0
- **Released:** Nov 05, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 9/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/twenty/updates/twenty-v2.56.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Twenty v2.56.0 introduces significant structural changes to AI workflow execution, permissions management, and API security. Users must account for breaking adjustments to AI configuration scopes and backend permission policies.

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- ⚠️ Breaking changes - [BREAKING_CHANGE] Let AI workflow steps run from their own config and permission scope ([#29368](https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/pull/29368)) by @FelixMalfait

## New Features
- Added case-sensitive IS/IS_NOT operands for TEXT fields
- Introduced billing arrangement entity with overlapping insertion validation
- Added user-scoped connection providers for Microsoft Teams and Fathom
- Implemented onboarding and getting-started completion states

## Improvements
- Refactored AI workflow steps to operate under specific permission scopes
- Centralized permission checks via AccessPolicyGuard across REST and GraphQL modules
- Renamed Email record tab to Messages with improved channel visibility
- Optimized LinkedIn app synchronization and history imports

## Bug Fixes
- Resolved duplicate AI component previews
- Fixed incorrect field permission specifications
- Fixed caching eviction for renamed or deleted fields
- Addressed various security dependencies including follow-redirects and happy-dom