v5.49.0 Release

5.49.0 (2026-06-24)

🚀 New feature

• mcp: export defineTool/defineResource/definePrompt builders (#26603)

🔥 Bug fix

• add support for initiallySelectedAssets (#26679)
• homepage dashboard duplicates entries for users with multiple roles (#25860)
• avoid buffering large uploads for MIME detection (#26678)
• throw ValidationError when populate exceeds qs arrayLimit (#25632, #25916)
• push anchor into view to prevent off-screen tooltips (#26303)
• admin: support array of links in StrapiApp.addSettingsLink (#26433)
• admin: admin users logged out mid-session by access-token expiry timer (#26680)
• content-manager: use top-level Core type import in MCP types (#26681)
• content-manager: save draft with Cmd/Ctrl+Enter, publish with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter (#26621)
• content-manager: reduce MCP relation output to identity-only shape (#26560)
• content-manager: deduplicate MCP tool names when plugin has multiple content types (#26710)
• core/core: mcp misleading lifecycle docs (#26698)
• create-strapi-app: allow pnpm to build better-sqlite3 for SQLite scaffolds (#26675)
• data-transfer: transfer admin menu and auth logos with configuration (#26425)
• database: stop full-schema component_type IN on dynamic zone populate (#26734)
• document-service: preserve published relations from non-dp sources (#26654)
• strapi: default allowedHosts and pin Vite HMR to main server in dev (#26244)
• types: add explicit return types to recursive functions (#26704)

📚 Documentation Changes

• fix spelling typos in content-manager relations guide (#26724)

⚙️ Chore

• removing coderabbit status (#26703)
• core: upgrade package-json to 10.0.1 + rollup interop 'auto' (#26673)
• deps: bump markdown-it from 14.1.1 to 14.2.0 in the richtext-editor-security group across 1 directory (#26688)
• deps: bump dompurify from 3.4.5 to 3.4.9 (#26684)
• deps: bump nodemailer from 8.0.5 to 8.0.9 (#26689)
• deps: bump tar from 7.5.11 to 7.5.16 (#26691)
• deps: bump form-data from 4.0.4 to 4.0.6 (#26692)
• deps: bump anthropics/claude-code-action from 1.0.123 to 1.0.132 (#26727)
• deps: bump piscina from 4.9.2 to 4.9.3 (#26716)
• deps: bump undici from 6.25.0 to 6.27.0 (#26714)
• deps: bump dompurify from 3.4.9 to 3.4.11 (#26719)
• deps-dev: bump @babel/core (#26667)

💅 Enhancement

• upload: add optional replace method to upload providers (#26582)

❤️ Thank You

• akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
• Andrei L @unrevised6419
• Andrew Bone
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Ben Irvin
• Giulio Montagner @giu1io
• guoyangzhen
• jasleenkaur-qed42
• Nico André
• Shivam S @BIGSUS24
• Simon Norris @cache-your-dreams
• Travis Swientek @travelton
• Vallabh Mahajan @Vallabh-1504
• Vishal Kumar Singh @singhvishalkr

⚠️ Changes to be aware of

Content Manager keyboard shortcuts

Save a draft with Cmd/Ctrl+Enter (or Cmd/Ctrl+S). Publish with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Since v5.31.3, plain Cmd/Ctrl+Enter published immediately — that shortcut now saves instead. (#26621)