# Sanity: what changed from 5 to 6

- Product: Sanity (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity)
- Vendor: Sanity
- Range: changelog entries numbered after v5.31.2 up to and including v6.12.0, stable releases only
- Entries below: 10 releases (newest first)
- Resolved: 5 is v5.31.2 and 6 is v6.12.0, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 0 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 0 · Removing or deprecating something: 0
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/compare/5...6

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

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## What changed (32 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### v6.11.0 (2026-08-25)

- Shipped Portable Text Editor v8

#### v6.10.0 (2026-08-18)

- Sanity App SDK is now available out of the box for custom Studio tools
- New CLI asset upload command
- Token expiry support for the CLI

#### v6.6.0 (2026-07-22)

- Add table editing to Portable Text
- Enable updating existing drafts when publishing a release

### Changed

#### v6.12.0 (2026-09-01)

- Improved collaborative editing stability
- Enhanced the Presentation tool's preview navigation

#### v6.11.0 (2026-08-25)

- Redesigned document status icons in lists

#### v6.9.0 (2026-08-04)

- Enhance TypeScript schema helpers to better preserve optional properties

#### v6.8.0 (2026-07-30)

- Improve CLI authentication handling

### Fixed

#### v6.12.0 (2026-09-01)

- Fixed multiple UI alignment and visibility issues across the Studio interface

#### v6.11.0 (2026-08-25)

- Fixed popover visibility
- Fixed text styling in multi-block selections
- Fixed document pane performance

#### v6.10.1 (2026-08-18)

- Fix auto-updating studios where v6.10.2 was reporting itself as v6.9.2 and showing incorrect update prompts

#### v6.10.0 (2026-08-18)

- Fixed issues with pasting

#### v6.9.2 (2026-08-11)

- Content Releases publish date handling
- Image uploads in Portable Text fields
- Workspace visibility redirects
- UI issues with popovers and dialogs

#### v6.9.1 (2026-08-06)

- Critical issues with field validation on multiple field types
- CORS errors with media library video fields
- Image crop preview rendering

#### v6.9.0 (2026-08-04)

- Fix crash in the structure tool's incoming references inspector

#### v6.8.0 (2026-07-30)

- Prevent Structure Tool list items from being erroneously hidden after expanding a collapsed pane
- Fix release view rate-limit issues

#### v6.7.0 (2026-07-28)

- Task creation in content releases
- Document menu functionality when annotation editors are open
- URI validation for custom schemes
- Asset selector accessibility

#### v6.6.0 (2026-07-22)

- Fix field navigation from external links so collapsed sections expand properly

## Release notes

### v6.12.0 — Sanity Studio v6.12.0: Improved Translate component, collaboration stability fixes, and improved Presentation navigation

- Date: 2026-09-01
- Version: v6.12.0
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni4xMS4w
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.12.0

This release improves collaborative editing stability, fixes multiple UI alignment and visibility issues across the Studio interface, and enhances the Presentation tool's preview navigation. Add compo…

- **changed** — Improved collaborative editing stability
- **fixed** — Fixed multiple UI alignment and visibility issues across the Studio interface
- **changed** — Enhanced the Presentation tool's preview navigation

### v6.11.0 — Sanity Studio v6.11.0: Redesigned document status icons, Portable Text Editor v8, React Compiler on oxc, and Studio reliability fixes

- Date: 2026-08-25
- Version: v6.11.0
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni4xMC4x
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.11.0

This release redesigns document status icons in lists and ships Portable Text Editor v8. It also fixes popover visibility, text styling in multi-block selections, document pane performance, and WebSoc…

- **changed** — Redesigned document status icons in lists
- **added** — Shipped Portable Text Editor v8
- **fixed** — Fixed popover visibility
- **fixed** — Fixed text styling in multi-block selections
- **fixed** — Fixed document pane performance

### v6.10.1 — Sanity Studio v6.10.1: Fixes the non-dismissible "Reload to update to v6.10.0" button

- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v6.10.1
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni4xMC4w
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.10.1

Fixes a problem affecting auto-updating studios where v6.10.2 is reporting itself as v6.9.2, which shows the “Reload to update to v6.10.0“ action. Clicking it reloads the page, and since the CDN bundl…

- **fixed** — Fix auto-updating studios where v6.10.2 was reporting itself as v6.9.2 and showing incorrect update prompts

### v6.10.0 — Sanity Studio v6.10.0: Studio SDK integration, CLI asset uploads and token expiry, and presentation and Vision fixes

- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v6.10.0
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni45LjI
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.10.0

This release provides the Sanity App SDK out of the box for custom Studio tools, a new CLI asset upload command, token expiry support for the CLI, and fixes numerous bugs including issues with pasting…

- **added** — Sanity App SDK is now available out of the box for custom Studio tools
- **added** — New CLI asset upload command
- **added** — Token expiry support for the CLI
- **fixed** — Fixed issues with pasting

### v6.9.2 — Sanity Studio v6.9.2: Sanity New, Content Releases fixes, and Studio UI improvements

- Date: 2026-08-11
- Version: v6.9.2
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni45LjE
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.9.2

This release fixes several bugs including Content Releases publish date handling, image uploads in Portable Text fields, workspace visibility redirects, and various UI issues with popovers and dialogs…

- **fixed** — Content Releases publish date handling
- **fixed** — Image uploads in Portable Text fields
- **fixed** — Workspace visibility redirects
- **fixed** — UI issues with popovers and dialogs

### v6.9.1 — Sanity Studio v6.9.1: Fixes media library video CORS error and validation fixes

- Date: 2026-08-06
- Version: v6.9.1
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni45LjA
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.9.1

This release fixes critical issues with field validation on multiple field types, resolves CORS errors with media library video fields, and corrects image crop preview rendering. 🐛 Notable bugfixes a…

- **fixed** — Critical issues with field validation on multiple field types
- **fixed** — CORS errors with media library video fields
- **fixed** — Image crop preview rendering

### v6.9.0 — Sanity Studio v6.9.0: Improve structure tool stability, CLI behavior, and TypeScript schema typings

- Date: 2026-08-04
- Version: v6.9.0
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni44LjA
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.9.0

This release fixes a crash in the structure tool's incoming references inspector, and enhances TypeScript schema helpers to better preserve optional properties. 🐛 Notable bugfixes and improvements Fi…

- **fixed** — Fix crash in the structure tool's incoming references inspector
- **changed** — Enhance TypeScript schema helpers to better preserve optional properties

### v6.8.0 — Sanity Studio v6.8.0: Structure Tool list virtualization fix and other bugfixes

- Date: 2026-07-30
- Version: v6.8.0
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni43LjA
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.8.0

This release prevents Structure Tool list items from being erroneously hidden after expanding a collapsed pane, improves CLI authentication handling, fixes release view rate-limit issues, and resolves…

- **fixed** — Prevent Structure Tool list items from being erroneously hidden after expanding a collapsed pane
- **changed** — Improve CLI authentication handling
- **fixed** — Fix release view rate-limit issues

### v6.7.0 — Sanity Studio v6.7.0: Fixes for task creation in content releases, Portable Text annotation popovers, URI validation, and more

- Date: 2026-07-28
- Version: v6.7.0
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni42LjA
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.7.0

This release fixes several key issues including task creation in content releases, document menu functionality when annotation editors are open, URI validation for custom schemes, asset selector acces…

- **fixed** — Task creation in content releases
- **fixed** — Document menu functionality when annotation editors are open
- **fixed** — URI validation for custom schemes
- **fixed** — Asset selector accessibility

### v6.6.0 — Sanity Studio v6.6.0: Portable Text table editing, smarter content releases, and more reliable Studio and CLI behavior

- Date: 2026-07-22
- Version: v6.6.0
- Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/studio-Ni41LjA
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v6.6.0

This release adds table editing to Portable Text and lets you update existing drafts when publishing a release. It also fixes field navigation from external links so collapsed sections expand properly…

- **added** — Add table editing to Portable Text
- **added** — Enable updating existing drafts when publishing a release
- **fixed** — Fix field navigation from external links so collapsed sections expand properly