5.50.0 (2026-07-02)

🚀 New feature

• admin: add active devices session management (#26628)
• cli: add security defaults to create-strapi-app templates (#26737)
• database: export lifecycle event type (#25637)
• provider-email-sendgrid: add region option for EU data residency (#25907)
• provider-upload-aws-s3: accept a credential provider function (#26796)
• translations: comprehensive Japanese (ja) translation update for admin and 9 plugins (#26687)
• ts: augment all context error response methods (#25424)

🔥 Bug fix

• refresh token cookies missing Max-Age when sessions.cookie.maxAg… (#26747)
• add test database healthchecks (#26511)
• generate apis in named directories (#26354)
• admin: retry lazy chunk loads and improve loading and error UX (#25954)
• admin: open "Upgrade your admin panel" link in new tab (#26510)
• admin: remove @ts-expect-error in useQueryParams hook (#25006)
• admin: hide boolean clear action when field is disabled (#26294)
• admin: restore default locale in permissions when adding i18n to ct (#26548)
• admin: keep static fallback paths url-safe (#26518)
• admin: stop storing IP addresses in session metadata (#26873)
• ci: use allowlisted thollander action ref in experimental publish workflow (#26768)
• content-api: validate populate for polymorphic structures (#25854)
• content-manager: warn before publishing with draft relations (#26736)
• content-manager: use ListViewTable relation-loaded translation key (#26798)
• content-manager: serve live preview script from server endpoint (#26732)
• content-manager: capitalize component category names in dynamic zone (#24426, #26337)
• content-manager: add Japanese EditView shortcut hint translations (#26814)
• content-manager: prevent dynamic zone crash when value is null (#26816)
• content-manager: skip publish warning for M2M links to published entries (#26858)
• content-type-builder: improve component category validation error message (#25455)
• core: preserve M2M relation order on published version after reo… (#26791)
• core: maxFileSize error not detected in body middleware (#25011)
• core: resolve relations on non-localized entries with stale locale column (#26805)
• create-strapi-app: scaffold pnpm 11 allowBuilds for Strapi Cloud (#26757)
• create-strapi-app: enable strict TypeScript in app scaffolds (#26779)
• create-strapi-app: limit odd Node major warning to versions before 26 (#26810)
• data-transfer: restore localizations links that use document_id refs (#26870)
• graphql: preserve M2M relation order with pagination (#26577, #26785)
• test: tighten jest ignore patterns to match path segments (#26753)
• translations: correct ja "characters" mistranslation in WYSIWYG controls (#26845)
• types: tighten Core.Config typings with backward-compatible deprecations (#26787)
• upload: disable asset editing and deletion on published entries (#26127)
• users-permissions: accept documentId for the role relation on user create/update (#26715)
• users-permissions: correct "occured" → "occurred" typo in error notifications (#26508)
• utils: prevent crash on null dynamic zone entry during traversal (#24303, #26842)

📚 Documentation Changes

• fix typos and grammar slips in content-manager docs (#26600)

⚙️ Chore

• add ai-tooling sync script for skill symlinks (#26594)
• rename ai-tooling yarn scripts to ai:* (#26767)
• reduce Vercel noise on PRs (contributor-docs ignore step) (#26772)
• cloud plugin updates (#26801)
• update cli deploy copies (f0fa460525)
• deps: hoist @types/node to root and align with 20, min supported engine (#26291)
• deps: upgrade TypeScript to 5.9.3 (#26782)
• deps: bump hono from 4.12.23 to 4.12.27 (#26761)
• deps: bump design-system to v2.2.1 (#26788)
• deps: bump axios from 1.18.0 to 1.18.1 (#26762)
• deps: upgrade lint-staged to 16 and scope linting to staged files (#26765)
• deps: remove unused @strapi/ts-zen dev dependency (#26759)
• typescript: enable erasableSyntaxOnly and noUncheckedSideEffectImports (#26790)
• workflows: make documentation flag name more obvious (#26649)

💅 Enhancement

• admin: add uz-Cyrl native name to languageNativeNames (#24920)
• strapi: lazy-load TypeScript chain for non-build CLI commands (#26265)
• utils: add env.required for strict scaffold secrets (#26830)

🚨 Security

• users-permissions: default legacy JWT verify to HS256 (#26752)

❤️ Thank You

• Akash Santra @Akash504-ai
• Andrei L @unrevised6419
• Arthur
• Aurélien GEORGET
• Ayoub Hidri @ayhid
• Ben Irvin
• Daiske @daiske
• Florent Baldino @Baldinof
• greymoth
• ivseb @ivseb
• jasleenkaur-qed42
• Jian Zhang @Jian-Zhang08
• Joseph Ajayi @ajayi-joseph
• kdt523
• kibwashere
• Maksim Zhukau @MaksZhukov
• mariekirsch @mariekirsch
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• mehmet turac @mturac
• mhsnsfh
• Minh Lê @DucMinhNe
• Nico André
• Niels Kaspers @nielskaspers
• Nuraliev Alirahmon
• Pierre Wizla
• Rowan-Paul
• Tewson Seeoun @tewson
• Vibhu Gupta @VibhuGupta-dev
• Vishal Kumar Singh @singhvishalkr