v5.55.0

## 5.55.0 (2026-09-23)

### 🚀 New feature

- **admin:** record token management in audit logs ([#27605](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27605))
- **admin:** content type folders ([#27419](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27419))

### 🔥 Bug fix

- ai endpoints requested when the ai feature is unavailable ([#27525](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27525))
- **admin:** suppress MISSING_TRANSLATION errors to fix sluggish editing ([#26108](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26108))
- **admin:** sso default role placeholder shows "choose here" twice ([#27685](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27685))
- **content-manager:** create on the fly prefills inverse from component paths ([#27636](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27636))
- **content-manager:** saved list sort resets on base-route navigation ([#27663](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27663))
- **core/core:** koa response helper types missing in consumer projects ([#27380](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27380))
- **database:** updateMany with relation filter subquery ([#26909](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26909))
- **database:** document-id migration can take hours on large localized tables ([#27404](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27404))
- **database:** updateMany ignores _q and filters ([#27769](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27769))
- **documentation:** restore properties for repeated relation targets ([#27592](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27592)) — **⚠️ Reverted in v5.55.1 (causing a performance drop for Strapi projects with the documentation plugin) — please update your projects to 5.55.1 instead if you're impacted ⚠️**
- **graphql:** exclude custom resolvers from built-in query field detection ([#27462](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27462))
- **upload:** store unsigned urls in richtext and blocks fields ([#27593](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27593))
- **upload:** media library degrades for roles without settings.read ([#27687](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27687))
- **upload:** show more media grid columns on wider screens ([#27711](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27711))
- **utils:** normalize string chunks before buffering streams ([#27700](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27700))

### ⚙️ Chore

- **deps:** remove unused dependencies from @strapi/strapi ([#27540](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27540))
- **docker:** postgres dev container fails to start on postgres 18 ([#27668](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27668))
- **upload:** promote the new media library out of future/ ([#27666](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27666))

### ❤️ Thank You

- Adrien L @Adzouz
- Akash Dabhi @akash-dabhi-qed
- Andrei L @unrevised6419
- Bassel Kanso
- Ben Irvin
- Christopher Pruijsen @cpruijsen
- Constantine @Constantine1916
- Daniel Chicea
- Dijedon @dijedontahiri
- Giulio Montagner @giu1io
- Gonzalo Andres Garcia @gonbaum
- Jamie Howard @jhoward1994
- jasleenkaur-qed42 @jasleenkaur-qed42
- mathildeleg @mathildeleg
- Nico André
- Owen Rossi-Keen @Smoke3785
- Vibhu Gupta @VibhuGupta-dev