# Strapi v5.52.0

- Product: Strapi (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/strapi)
- Vendor: Strapi
- Date: 2026-08-12
- Version: v5.52.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.52.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/strapi/releases/v5.52.0

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- **added** — Record MCP actions in audit logs
- **added** — Add locale codes for Corsican in i18n
- **added** — Enhance Koa app configuration with proxy settings
- **fixed** — Fix typescript pipeline issue
- **fixed** — Dedupe react-dnd in the admin bundle
- **fixed** — Address filter entries by position so duplicate filter chips behave correctly
- **fixed** — Merge query populate paths to preserve nested populate
- **fixed** — Prevent editing relations from removing inverse field conditions
- **fixed** — Clear stale validation errors when the form data is replaced
- **fixed** — Skip orphaned links and isolate FK failures on restore in data-transfer
- **fixed** — Skip unregistered RBAC conditions during ability generation in permissions
- **fixed** — Allowlist Vite optimizeDeps.exclude for plugin UI kits
- **fixed** — Refresh folder header count on upload and delete in upload
- **fixed** — Guard cache-buster on signed URLs in new-ML AssetCropEditor
- **fixed** — Target current asset in drawer actions in upload
- **fixed** — Keep infinite scroll loading when the sentinel stays visible in upload
- **changed** — Replace umzug with internal migration runner in database
- **changed** — Memoize private attributes in sanitizeOutput
- **changed** — Stop using a thrown Error to test for boolean-like populate keys
- **changed** — Memoize scope decisions and keep the relation visitor sync
- **security** — Bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk to 1.30.0
- **security** — Bump sharp to 0.35.3 for libvips CVEs in upload

##### 5.52.0 (2026-08-12)

###### 🚀 New feature

- record MCP actions in audit logs ([#27151](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27151))
- **i18n:** add locale codes for Corsican ([#27099](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27099))
- **server:** enhance Koa app configuration with proxy settings ([#26409](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26409))

###### 🔥 Bug fix

- typescript pipeline issue ([99a723d024](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/99a723d024))
- **admin:** dedupe react-dnd in the admin bundle ([#27217](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27217))
- **admin:** address filter entries by position so duplicate filter chips behave ([#27188](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27188))
- **content-manager:** merge query populate paths to preserve nested populate ([#27236](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27236))
- **content-type-builder:** editing relations removes inverse field conditions ([#27226](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27226))
- **content-type-builder:** clear stale validation errors when the form data is replaced ([#27222](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27222))
- **data-transfer:** skip orphaned links and isolate FK failures on restore ([#26852](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26852))
- **permissions:** skip unregistered RBAC conditions during ability generation ([#27282](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27282))
- **strapi:** allowlist Vite optimizeDeps.exclude for plugin UI kits ([#27264](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27264))
- **upload:** refresh folder header count on upload & delete (CMS-1563) ([#27231](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27231))
- **upload:** guard cache-buster on signed URLs in new-ML AssetCropEditor ([#27228](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27228))
- **upload:** target current asset in drawer actions ([#27259](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27259))
- **upload:** keep infinite scroll loading when the sentinel stays visible (CMS-1562) ([#27230](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27230))

###### ⚙️ Chore

- release v5.51.2 update develop ([101643bcfb](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/101643bcfb))
- bump design system version ([#27292](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27292))
- **cloud-cli:** migrate unit tests from jest to vitest ([#27218](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27218))
- **database:** replace umzug with internal migration runner ([#26824](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26824))
- **deps:** bump ip-address from 10.2.0 to 10.4.0 ([#27238](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27238))
- **deps:** bump ws from 8.21.1 to 8.21.2 ([#27239](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27239))
- **deps:** bump hono from 4.12.27 to 4.13.0 ([#27243](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27243))
- **deps:** bump prettier from 3.3.3 to 3.6.2 ([#27244](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27244))
- **deps:** bump direct deps and yarn dedupe ([#27291](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27291))
- **deps:** bump nanoid from 3.3.16 to 3.3.18 ([#27329](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27329))
- **permissions:** migrate unit tests from jest to vitest ([#27219](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27219))
- **sentry:** migrate unit tests from jest to vitest ([#27252](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27252))
- **tooling:** add admin translation verification ([#26960](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/26960))
- **upload-aws-s3:** migrate unit tests from jest to vitest ([#27216](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27216))

###### 💅 Enhancement

- **utils:** memoize private attributes in sanitizeOutput ([#27140](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27140))
- **utils:** stop using a thrown Error to test for boolean-like populate keys ([#27234](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27234))
- **utils:** memoize scope decisions and keep the relation visitor sync ([#27145](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/27145))

###### 🚨 Security

- **deps:** bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk to 1.30.0 ([#2730

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