Breaking changes
View the list of all breaking changes introduced between Strapi v4 and v5.
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View All TagsDatabase identifiers shortened in v5
Database identifiers are shortened in Strapi v5 and can't be longer than 53 characters to avoid issues with identifiers that are too long.
Draft & Publish always enabled in v5
Draft & Publish is always enabled in Strapi v5 and this is reflected in the Content API models.
Internationalization (i18n) is now part of the strapi core
Internationalization (i18n) is now part of the Strapi core and no longer a plugin, and this impacts how some the locale parameter is sent and accessed.
MySQL v5 unsupported
MySQL v5 is not supported in Strapi v5 anymore.
Some env-only configuration options are handled by the server configuration
In Strapi 5, some env-only configuration options are handled by the server configuration
Strapi 5 uses React Router DOM 6
Database identifiers are shortened in Strapi v5 and can't be longer than 53 characters to avoid issues with identifiers that are too long.
strapi.fetch uses native fetch() API
Draft & Publish is always enabled in Strapi v5 and this is reflected in the Content API models.
Strict requirements for configuration filenames
Strapi 5 has strict requirements on the configuration filenames allowed to be loaded.
The isSupportedImage method is removed in Strapi 5
The `isSupportedImage` method is removed in Strapi 5. Users should use `isImage` or `isOptimizableImage` instead.
Vite is the default bundler
In Strapi 5, Vite is the default bundler and replaces webpack.