# Sanity changelog > A headless CMS with a customizable editing environment and a real-time content API. - Vendor: Sanity - Category: Developer Tools - Official site: https://www.sanity.io - Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity) - Harvested from: Blog (https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/feed/json) - Entries below: 17 (newest first) 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. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. ## Releases ### MCP server v2.28.0: Explicit release IDs and safer schema management - Date: 2026-08-10 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/088a09a5-3c69-4590-8566-023795da354e - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-088a09a5-3c69-4590-8566-023795da354e New Features create_release tool: Now accepts an optional releaseId parameter. If omitted, an ID is generated. Improvements Schema tools: Clarified that MCP-managed and Studio-managed schemas must use… - **added** — create_release tool now accepts an optional releaseId parameter for explicit release ID specification - **changed** — Schema tools clarified distinction between MCP-managed and Studio-managed schemas ### v4.0.0 — Sanity UI v4.0.0: Smaller bundles, subpath imports, and a required stylesheet - Date: 2026-08-10 - Version: v4.0.0 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/ff1da457-dce8-45b7-9431-3fce5265fa8b - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/v4.0.0 @sanity/ui v4.0.0 is available. The theme of the release is bundle size: heavy components now live behind subpath entry points, unused components tree-shake out, and styles ship as a stylesheet you im… - **changed** — Heavy components now live behind subpath entry points - **changed** — Unused components tree-shake out - **changed** — Styles ship as a stylesheet ### 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 ### Media Library: Faster asset grid, and key media library bugfixes - Date: 2026-08-06 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/apiChange-ml-clean-rules-kiss - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-apichange-ml-clean-rules-kiss This release makes the asset grid dramatically faster in large libraries, plus fixes for the "In use" dialog and array aspects in the edit form. Faster asset grid The asset grid now renders only the a… - **changed** — Asset grid now renders only the visible items, dramatically improving performance in large media libraries - **fixed** — Fixed the "In use" dialog in the media library - **fixed** — Fixed array aspects in the edit form ### MCP server v2.27.0: Run Sanity CLI commands and safer document patching - Date: 2026-08-04 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/cd866aa8-983f-46cc-8d3c-a6ec0bab3e8c - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-cd866aa8-983f-46cc-8d3c-a6ec0bab3e8c New Features run_sanity_cli tool: Run a limited set of Sanity CLI commands through MCP without access to a local shell. Improvements patch_documents tool: Now reports when editing a published document… - **added** — Add run_sanity_cli tool to run a limited set of Sanity CLI commands through MCP without access to a local shell - **changed** — Improve patch_documents tool to report when editing a published document ### 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 ### Sanity React App SDK v2.19.0: Presence now works in both directions - Date: 2026-08-03 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/82d09497-0178-4e73-a51b-3d5b4c75a09a - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-82d09497-0178-4e73-a51b-3d5b4c75a09a Until this release, an app could see other people in a document but never appeared to them, so a Studio user editing alongside your app saw nobody. Your app can now announce its own users, read presen… - **added** — Apps can now announce their own users for presence, allowing Studio users editing alongside the app to see the app's users ### Media Library v2026-07-30: A new look for the Media Library asset grid - Date: 2026-07-30 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/apiChange-ml-fuzzy-taxis-search - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-apichange-ml-fuzzy-taxis-search The asset grid has a new look, with consistent previews and neatly aligned titles, and video thumbnails now show a progress bar as you scrub them. The sidebar preview also makes better use of its spac… - **changed** — Asset grid now displays with consistent previews and neatly aligned titles - **changed** — Video thumbnails now show a progress bar when scrubbing - **changed** — Sidebar preview makes better use of its space ### 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 ### Manage: Define custom roles using a visual builder - Date: 2026-07-29 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/688e1170-eb14-4ff0-9e37-9b97abcfc044 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-688e1170-eb14-4ff0-9e37-9b97abcfc044 Unknown block type "docsPaidFeature", specify a component for it in the `components.types` option Content Resources define the set of documents a custom role grants access to. Now when defining a cont… - **added** — Define custom roles using a visual builder for managing Content Resources and document access ### 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 ### Sanity Connect for Shopify: Import Shopify Metafields Into Sanity - Date: 2026-07-28 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/bf1af963-ffb5-4d85-b350-55a08949d449 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-bf1af963-ffb5-4d85-b350-55a08949d449 Sanity Connect can now bring your Shopify metafields across to Sanity. Product and collection metafields arrive on the synced documents as a store.metafields array, so custom data you already keep in… - **added** — Sanity Connect can now import Shopify metafields into Sanity, with product and collection metafields arriving as a store.metafields array on synced documents ### Media Library v2026.07.24: Store original video files, refresh the PDF viewer, and unify copy URL behavior - Date: 2026-07-24 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/apiChange-ml-quick-ears-join - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-apichange-ml-quick-ears-join This release adds storage of original video files, replaces the PDF preview with a new viewer, and brings consistent behavior to URL copy actions across all asset types. Original video files are now s… - **added** — Store original video files in the media library - **changed** — Replace the PDF preview with a new PDF viewer - **changed** — Unify copy URL behavior across all asset types ### MCP server v2.26.6: Maintenance and stability - Date: 2026-07-23 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/ddad92cc-cc1b-471a-b64e-98b95e105f32 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-ddad92cc-cc1b-471a-b64e-98b95e105f32 Maintenance and stability improvements ### MCP server v2.26.5: Fuller whoami output and mixed-case workspace name support - Date: 2026-07-23 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/e561130c-22cc-450f-adab-810547069500 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-e561130c-22cc-450f-adab-810547069500 Improvements whoami tool: Now returns the full authenticated user record, including the identity provider. This is useful for telling Sanity accounts apart when one email maps to several accounts. The… - **changed** — whoami tool now returns the full authenticated user record, including the identity provider - **added** — Support for mixed-case workspace names ### 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 ### MCP server v2.26.4: Fixes for schema deploys and document patching - Date: 2026-07-21 - Original notes: https://www.sanity.io/docs/changelog/867f773f-0385-4543-9ced-1c1d7a233053 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/sanity/releases/feed-867f773f-0385-4543-9ced-1c1d7a233053 Fixes deploy_schema tool: Fixed deploys failing on every follow-up deploy to a workspace whose schema contains a portable-text block field ( Found unknown properties for decorator strong: "i18nTitleKe… - **fixed** — Fixed deploy_schema tool failing on follow-up deploys to a workspace whose schema contains a portable-text block field with unknown properties for decorator