5.41.0 (2026-04-01)

🔥 Bug fix

• use strapi.fetch for remote uploads (#25661)
• Content types with attributes named filters, sort, fields, or populate no longer cause 400 validation errors on populate queries and countDraftRelations (#21338, #25762)
• check devDependencies when resolving required admin deps (#22130)
• use max batch sizes per dialect (#25390)
• content-type-builder: default draftAndPublish to true in AI CTB (#25781)
• document-service: re-insert cascade-deleted bidirectional relations (#25725)
• graphql: expose status and hasPublishedVersion on non–D&P root queries for nested relations (#25763)
• homepage: render widgets progressively and batch permission checks (#25846)
• upload: allow removal of file type filter in media library (#25399)
• upload: row duplicate-key warning (#25670)
• upload: allow upload of files with empty MIME type (#25844)

⚙️ Chore

• deps: bump undici from 6.23.0 to 6.24.0 (#25731)
• deps: bump effect from 3.19.19 to 3.21.0 (#25796)
• scripts/check-package-versions: support Yarn catalog (#25625)

💅 Enhancement

• add customField parameter to extendFields (#22521)
• content-manager: add documentid in listview and editview (#25759)

🚨 Security

• package upgrades to remove deprecated versions of boolean, tar, and glob (#25776)

❤️ Thank You

• Adrien Foulon @Tofandel
• akash-dabhi-qed @akash-dabhi-qed
• Bassel Kanso @Bassel17
• Ben Irvin
• Daniil Barkov @giollord
• Kai Gritun
• mathildeleg @mathildeleg
• Nico André
• Shuhrat Dehkanov
• Ziyi @butcherZ