5.49.0 (2026-06-24)
🚀 New feature
- mcp: export defineTool/defineResource/definePrompt builders (#26603)
🔥 Bug fix
- add support for initiallySelectedAssets (#26679)
- homepage dashboard duplicates entries for users with multiple roles (#25860)
- avoid buffering large uploads for MIME detection (#26678)
- throw ValidationError when populate exceeds qs arrayLimit (#25632, #25916)
- push anchor into view to prevent off-screen tooltips (#26303)
- admin: support array of links in StrapiApp.addSettingsLink (#26433)
- admin: admin users logged out mid-session by access-token expiry timer (#26680)
- content-manager: use top-level Core type import in MCP types (#26681)
- content-manager: save draft with Cmd/Ctrl+Enter, publish with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter (#26621)
- content-manager: reduce MCP relation output to identity-only shape (#26560)
- content-manager: deduplicate MCP tool names when plugin has multiple content types (#26710)
- core/core: mcp misleading lifecycle docs (#26698)
- create-strapi-app: allow pnpm to build better-sqlite3 for SQLite scaffolds (#26675)
- data-transfer: transfer admin menu and auth logos with configuration (#26425)
- database: stop full-schema component_type IN on dynamic zone populate (#26734)
- document-service: preserve published relations from non-dp sources (#26654)
- strapi: default allowedHosts and pin Vite HMR to main server in dev (#26244)
- types: add explicit return types to recursive functions (#26704)
📚 Documentation Changes
- fix spelling typos in content-manager relations guide (#26724)
⚙️ Chore
- removing coderabbit status (#26703)
- core: upgrade package-json to 10.0.1 + rollup interop 'auto' (#26673)
- deps: bump markdown-it from 14.1.1 to 14.2.0 in the richtext-editor-security group across 1 directory (#26688)
- deps: bump dompurify from 3.4.5 to 3.4.9 (#26684)
- deps: bump nodemailer from 8.0.5 to 8.0.9 (#26689)
- deps: bump tar from 7.5.11 to 7.5.16 (#26691)
- deps: bump form-data from 4.0.4 to 4.0.6 (#26692)
- deps: bump anthropics/claude-code-action from 1.0.123 to 1.0.132 (#26727)
- deps: bump piscina from 4.9.2 to 4.9.3 (#26716)
- deps: bump undici from 6.25.0 to 6.27.0 (#26714)
- deps: bump dompurify from 3.4.9 to 3.4.11 (#26719)
- deps-dev: bump @babel/core (#26667)
💅 Enhancement
- upload: add optional replace method to upload providers (#26582)
❤️ Thank You
- akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
- Andrei L @unrevised6419
- Andrew Bone
- Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
- Ben Irvin
- Giulio Montagner @giu1io
- guoyangzhen
- jasleenkaur-qed42
- Nico André
- Shivam S @BIGSUS24
- Simon Norris @cache-your-dreams
- Travis Swientek @travelton
- Vallabh Mahajan @Vallabh-1504
- Vishal Kumar Singh @singhvishalkr
⚠️ Changes to be aware of
Content Manager keyboard shortcuts
Save a draft with Cmd/Ctrl+Enter (or Cmd/Ctrl+S). Publish with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Since v5.31.3, plain Cmd/Ctrl+Enter published immediately — that shortcut now saves instead. (#26621)