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Payload CMS

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Velocity6.3

Headless CMS and application framework you self-host

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Payload 4.0 beta 5 is a fix release with one adapter-facing breaking change.

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◆Current state
Payload v4.0.0-beta.5 is a short fix list: password validation on reset, hidden fields excluded from GraphQL mutation inputs, plugins able to override other plugins' options, and signed upload receipts. Its one breaking change moves extra upload fields into clientData for adapters running without receipts, which no first-party adapter does. Beta releases now ship per-package SBOMs.
◆Where it's heading
The 4.0 beta lands every three to five days, and each one is smaller than the last. beta.0 shipped the admin redesign, TanStack support and the new MCP. Later betas covered adapters, Next.js cache components and accessibility, and beta.5 is mostly correctness and supply-chain hygiene, which suggests a release candidate is close.
◆Prediction
Expect one or two more fix-only betas, then a 4.0 release candidate. The SBOM addition suggests supply-chain artifacts will carry over to stable releases.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1d ago

    Payload 4.0 beta 5: GraphQL, upload and password-reset fixes

    A fix-only beta: password validation on reset, hidden fields dropped from GraphQL inputs, plugin option overrides, and per-package SBOMs on beta releases. The one breaking change only touches third-party upload adapters running without receipts. It continues the shift from features to release readiness.

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  2. 6d ago

    Payload 4.0 beta 4: accessibility fixes, Node 24.22.1 minimum

    Beta 4 closes the remaining accessibility audit findings in the admin, raises the minimum Node to 24.22.1 and fixes version restore and access-control inputs. The beta is shifting from new features to release readiness.

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  3. 9d ago

    Payload 4.0 beta 3 adds Next.js cache components support

    Beta 3 brings Next.js cache-components support and moves the TanStack Start adapter onto React Flight, breaking that adapter's internals. Both framework paths now share a server-component rendering approach as 4.0 heads toward stable.

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  4. 13d ago

    Payload 4.0 beta 2 moves to stable TanStack Start

    beta.2 moves the TanStack Start adapter onto the stable framework release, adds custom API routes for it and renames LLM instructions to agent instructions. It also forces nodemailer 10, the kind of breaking cleanup expected before 4.0 stabilises.

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  5. 15d ago

    Payload 4.0 beta 1: codemod and docs fixes

    beta.1 is a small fix and docs pass, mainly pointing the codemod and create-payload-app at the beta tag.

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  6. 19d ago

    Payload 4.0 beta: admin redesign, TanStack support, new MCP

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    beta.0 packages a year of canaries into a public 4.0 beta: admin redesign, TanStack support, hierarchies, tags, upload versions and a rewritten MCP server. It is the release the rest of this window builds toward.

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