v3.61.0

v3.61.0 (2025-10-23)

🚀 Features

• @payloadcms/plugin-mcp Released (BETA) - New plugin that enables Payload to function as an MCP server, allowing AI models to interact with your collections through a standardized protocol. The plugin provides built-in tools for CRUD operations on collections and supports custom tools. #13674
• MCP Documentation
• GitHub Discussion for feedback

🐛 Bug Fixes

• user updatedAt modified during session operations (#14269) (a1671ec)
• document header text clipping (#14291) (db973e9)
• typescript requires fields when draft: true despite passing draft: true (#14271) (1016cd0)
• blocks access control not respecting update access whether on collection or on a per field basis (#14226) (88cb687)
• allow slugField to accept localized argument and fixed slug generation with custom field names (#14234) (2ced43d)
• db-postgres: limit index and foreign key names length (#14236) (a63b4d9)
• drizzle: folders with trash enabled don't display documents in polymorphic joins (#14223) (6d3aaaf)
• plugin-form-builder: display full textarea content in form submissions (#14161) (24dad01)
• plugin-multi-tenant: block references issue (#14320) (4f8b7d2)
• plugin-search: exclude skipped drafts in reindex handler (#14224) (0dc782c)
• richtext-lexical: ensure block node form displays up-to-date value when editor remounts (#14295) (f8e6b65)
• richtext-lexical: node replacements ignored for block, inline block, upload, unknown and relationship nodes (#14249) (1561853)
• richtext-lexical, ui: ui errors with Slash Menu in Lexical and SearchBar component in RTL (#14231) (fed3bba)
• ui: document locked modal blocks interaction after clicking Go Back (#14287) (5782a41)
• ui: change password button being hidden and unlock button being shown incorrectly on account page (#14220) (bcb4d8e)

⚡ Performance

• richtext-lexical: decrease size of field schema, minor perf optimizations (#14248) (e25ce1c)
• richtext-lexical: do not return i18n from editor adapter (#14228) (54224c3)

🛠 Refactors

• richtext-lexical: ensure classNames of all nodes can be customized (#14294) (e1ef1d2)

📚 Documentation

• improve slate to lexical migration docs (#14309) (6838c56)
• db indexes - code example missing const (#14171) (3b37f4a)
• add explanation about re-renders in useFormFields (#14288) (8cdb5dc)
• add jsdocs to RichText adapter (#14246) (8b0ac01)
• clarify admin.timezones list configuration with example (#14238) (de5f3db)
• fix link to slug-overrides in text.mdx (#14211) (8136a84)
• add mention of the useUploadHandlers error and steps to remedy it with a mention to monorepos (#14233) (8663024)

🔨 Build

• add plugin-mcp to publishList (#14319) (894cf0c)
• add README sync for top-level -> packages/payload (#14316) (2aba827)

🏡 Chores

• extract snapshot logic, correct types in version ops (#14290) (c2dcd12)
• bump pino to v9.14.0 and pino-pretty (#14283) (b252658)
• refresh CLAUDE.md (#14268) (05a869d)
• cleanup, short-circuit .split calls (#14245) (d57be12)

🤝 Contributors

• Jarrod Flesch (@JarrodMFlesch)
• Elliot DeNolf (@denolfe)
• Kendell (@kendelljoseph)
• Alessio Gravili (@AlessioGr)
• Patrik (@PatrikKozak)
• Boyan Bratvanov (@bratvanov)
• Paul (@paulpopus)
• German Jablonski (@GermanJablo)
• Bogdan Covrig (@bogdaaamn)
• Romain Pironneau (@romainpi)
• Sasha (@r1tsuu)
• Ahmed Abdellahi Abdat (@ahmed-abdat)
• Said Akhrarov (@akhrarovsaid)