v0.55.1 v3.91.0

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payloadcms/payloadOct 2, 2026 → Oct 15, 202613 days between releases

What's New

Major update introduces breaking Node.js requirements and core CMS improvements

Breaking Changes

  • Minimum Node.js version raised to 20.18.1
  • Upgraded email-nodemailer to v10; custom transports require removing @types/nodemailer
  • storage-azure minimum Node version raised to 22.0.0

New Features

  • Enhanced plugin-mcp with missing properties and cleaned object inputs
  • Backport nested select projections to GraphQL
  • Show image thumbnails in folder list view
  • Preserve default block types when conditions reveal rows
  • Add _parent_id index to localized tables in Drizzle

Improvements

  • Significantly reduced memory usage for referenced block schemas in MongoDB
  • Upgraded email-nodemailer to v10 to resolve security advisories
  • Performance optimizations for MongoDB and Drizzle

Bug Fixes

  • Return 404 for version operations when versions are disabled
  • Prevent join field where mutation during query validation
  • Fix Hot Module Reload (HMR) issues when Next.js basePath is set
  • Prevent silent CLI exits

Upgrade Notes

Ensure your runtime environment meets the new minimum Node.js version (20.18.1). If using storage-azure, upgrade to Node 22.0.0. Note that the email-nodemailer upgrade to v10 requires removing @types/nodemailer if custom transports are used.

The Two Releases

v0.55.1

v0.55.1

Oct 2, 2026· 20 days ago

This patch release optimizes the default text-to-speech provider for the Pipecat example bot to Deepgram Aura for faster response times and fixes a critical bug where bot audio was dropped during pause arbitration resolutions.

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v3.91.0

v3.91.0

Oct 15, 2026· 6 days ago

This release introduces improvements to the plugin-mcp tooling and fixes critical bugs regarding version operations, join fields, and hot module reloading. It includes performance optimizations for MongoDB and Drizzle, alongside updates to the UI and storage plugins. However, it introduces breaking changes concerning Node.js version requirements and updates to the email and storage dependencies.

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