v3.79.0

## [v3.79.0](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/compare/v3.78.0...v3.79.0) (2026-03-04)


### 🚀 Features

* **richtext-lexical:** separate configuration for lexical block icons ([#15632](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15632)) ([f0498f2](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/f0498f2))
* **richtext-lexical:** upgrade lexical from 0.35.0 to 0.41.0 ([#15760](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15760)) ([ba3bd74](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/ba3bd74))
* **translations:** add i18n translations for modular dashboards ([#15004](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15004)) ([cef2838](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/cef2838))

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**Separate Block Icon Configuration (richtext-lexical)** — Configure different images for Lexical block icons and block drawer thumbnails independently. Previously, `imageURL` served both contexts, forcing a compromise between a good 20x20px icon and a good drawer thumbnail. The new `images` property supports separate `icon` and `thumbnail` values with automatic fallback. Fully backwards compatible — `imageURL` still works but is deprecated. [#15632](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/15632)

<img width="562" height="370" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/912e1482-0b37-40f7-a144-e21e43fc7aec" />

```ts
const QuoteBlock: Block = {
  slug: 'quote',
  images: {
    icon: 'https://example.com/icons/quote-20x20.svg',
    thumbnail: { url: 'https://example.com/thumbnails/quote-480x320.jpg', alt: 'Quote block' },
  },
  fields: [...],
}
```

**Lexical Upgrade 0.35.0 → 0.41.0 (richtext-lexical)** — Upgrades the Lexical rich text editor dependency from v0.35.0 to v0.41.0. Includes upstream fixes like `normalizeMarkdown` ([facebook/lexical#7812](https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7812)). All Lexical breaking changes are handled internally by Payload — no action required for standard usage. If you installed `lexical` manually, update it to 0.41.0 (though using the re-exported versions from `@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/lexical/*` is recommended). [#15760](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/15760)

**Modular Dashboard Translations (translations)** — Adds i18n translation support for the Modular Dashboards feature, covering all dashboard widget buttons and error messages. Previously, dashboard UI elements lacked translation keys, making them inaccessible for non-English users. Also updates the automatic translation script to use GPT-4.1 for improved cost efficiency. [#15004](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/15004)

<img width="830" height="399" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ca6cd857-e0dd-47b0-8b36-6242396f2c73" />

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

* restoreVersion validation for localized required fields ([#15821](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15821)) ([e899182](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/e899182))
* draft doc validation when duplicating docs ([#15816](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15816)) ([f470699](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/f470699))
* **plugin-ecommerce:** pass req to Payload API calls in Stripe adapter ([#15839](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15839)) ([74799ea](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/74799ea))
* **plugin-import-export:** automatically inherit locale and limit from URL queries ([#15812](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15812)) ([ee083f0](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/ee083f0))
* **plugin-import-export:** fix imports with locales in a different column order than exported ([#15808](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15808)) ([410912c](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/410912c))
* **plugin-import-export:** fix exports in other non-latin scripts being broken when opened in excel ([#15813](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15813)) ([d931894](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/d931894))
* **ui:** drag and drop not working for sortable hasMany fields ([#15845](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15845)) ([2c7ef3f](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/2c7ef3f))
* **ui:** prevent false positive stale data modal on autosave-enabled documents ([#15817](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15817)) ([6aff717](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/6aff717))
* **ui:** typo in CodeEditor export statement ([#15795](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15795)) ([c5b2a91](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/c5b2a91))

### 🛠 Refactors

* rename widget ComponentPath to Component for consistency ([#15780](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15780)) ([f7d0d04](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/f7d0d04))

### 📚 Documentation

* add documentation for conditional tabs ([#15809](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15809)) ([a1d6733](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/a1d6733))
* fix table formatting in import-export plugin ([#15792](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15792)) ([0dba95a](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/0dba95a))

### 🧪 Tests

* update suites selected by default in runTestsWithSummary ([#15789](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15789)) ([07f2f05](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/07f2f05))

### 🏡 Chores

* prevent dev server from dirtying tracked files ([#15826](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15826)) ([cb6f426](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/cb6f426))
* **plugin-search:** clean up .DS_Store file and resulting empty images directory ([#14506](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/14506)) ([f6f73dd](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/f6f73dd))

### ⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES

* rename widget ComponentPath to Component for consistency ([#15780](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15780)) ([f7d0d04](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/f7d0d04))

  - Renames `Widget.ComponentPath` to `Widget.Component` and types it as PayloadComponent` instead of `string`
  - This aligns dashboard widgets with every other component reference in (collections, globals, fields, admin components) - none of them _path_ in the property name, and all of them are typed as `PayloadComponent`
  - Enables new [typescript plugin](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/15779) to work for widget paths (the plugin uses `PayloadComponent` contextual type detection - `string`-typed properties were invisible to it)


* **ui:** typo in CodeEditor export statement ([#15795](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/15795)) ([c5b2a91](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/c5b2a91))

### 🤝 Contributors

- Patrik (@PatrikKozak)
- Jens Becker (@jhb-dev)
- Paul (@paulpopus)
- German Jablonski (@GermanJablo)
- Elliot DeNolf (@denolfe)
- Luiz Cláudio (@lcnogueira)
- Palamar Roman (@VeiaG)
- Sebastian Blank (@blankse)
- Alessio Gravili (@AlessioGr)
- Mahmoud Hassan (@Mhmod-Hsn)