- ✨ Added boot-time validation functionality support for adapters (#29371) - Austin Burdine
- ✨ Added user lookup dependency injection to sso base adapter (#29365) - Austin Burdine
- ✨ Improved protection against spam member signups (#29319) - Steve Larson
- 🎨 Improved author selection performance on sites with many staff users (#29044) - Kevin Ansfield
- 🎨 Improved analytics chart bucketing for Year to date and All time ranges (#29237) - Steve Larson
- 🐛 Fixed false unsaved warning in welcome email editor (#29389) - Steve Larson
- 🐛 Fixed expired sessions leaving Admin stuck instead of returning to signin (#29328) - Steve Larson
View the changelog for full details: v6.52.1...v6.53.0