5.51.0 (2026-07-23)

🚀 New feature

• data-transfer: add exclude/only content type CLI filters (#26915)
• i18n: add locale codes for Abkhazian and Circassian (Adyghe and Kabardian) (#26255)

🔥 Bug fix

• preserve order when reordering a relation to the start of a list (#26112)
• singleton modules for consistent runtime instances (#27064)
• admin: admin session token respects configured admin-cookie-path (#25478, #26300)
• admin: make plugin/setting "Select all" work in admin token permissions (#27027)
• admin: revalidate SPA shell to avoid stale chunk imports (#27039)
• admin: expire admin reset-password tokens (#27020)
• admin: improve SSO session metadata and logout revocation (#26872)
• admin: blank admin in develop from prism language prebundle (#27086)
• admin: SSO remote logout infinite redirect (cookie path) (#27100)
• content-manager: pre-bundle prism language plugins for all apps (#26978)
• content-manager: respect disconnected draft relations in publish warning (#26871)
• content-manager: validate items passed to plugin action APIs (#27008)
• content-manager: skip blocks editor remount on equal value echoes (#27042)
• content-manager: keep preview button mounted during document churn (#27043)
• core: enforce default maxLength 255 for string fields (#26128)
• core: preserve draft relation order in discard-drafts migration (#26851)
• core: propagate server updatedAt in addFirstPublishedAtToDraft to avoid false modified flag (#26525)
• create-strapi-app: npm ci fails on fresh npm scaffold (#27038)
• create-strapi-app: missing @strapi/database dependency breaks pnpm builds (#27083)
• database: apply MySQL dialect configure to resolved connection functions (#26646)
• graphql: include private fields in mutation inputs (#26489)
• types: update LoadedPlugin type to understand factories (#25298)
• upload: report real upload progress in the media library (#27045)
• users-permissions: use correct i18n ids for role notifications (#27044)
• users-permissions: fix role notification translations (#26933)

⚙️ Chore

• merge main into develop after 5.50.2 release (9d93244f7e)
• deps: bump ws from 8.21.0 to 8.21.1 (#27030)
• deps: bump tar from 7.5.18 to 7.5.20 (#27029)
• deps: bump linkify-it from 5.0.0 to 5.0.2 (#26886)
• email-mailgun: migrate unit tests from jest to vitest (#27069)
• types: per-client database connection types (#26949)
• users-permissions: replace grant/purest/jwk-to-pem with fetch and crypto (#26820)
• utils: upgrade preferred-pm to v5 with dynamic import (#26822)

❤️ Thank You

• Akash Santra @Akash504-ai
• akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
• Akash! @Akash5908
• Andrei L @unrevised6419
• Andrew Bone
• Ben Irvin
• deferral-opium
• Dijedon @dijedontahiri
• Giulio Montagner @giu1io
• Jamie Howard @jhoward1994
• jasleenkaur-qed42 @jasleenkaur-qed42
• KaiNative
• Maher @abaza738
• Mohammad Arshid @Mohammadarshid
• Rowan-Paul
• Sami Waseem @AbdulSamiWaseem
• santichausis @santichausis