v3.79.0

Breaking Changes

📅 Mar 4, 2026📦 payload-cmsView on GitHub →

⚠ 2 breaking✨ 3 features🐛 9 fixes⚡ 1 deprecations🔧 11 symbols

Summary

This release introduces granular icon/thumbnail configuration for Lexical blocks and adds i18n support for modular dashboards. It also includes a significant upgrade to the underlying Lexical dependency and numerous bug fixes across plugins and the UI.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

Renamed `Widget.ComponentPath` to `Widget.Component` and changed its type from `string` to `PayloadComponent`. Update configurations referencing this property to use `Widget.Component`.
A typo in the `CodeEditor` export statement was fixed, which might affect consumers relying on the exact previous export structure.

Migration Steps

If you configured Lexical blocks, replace usage of `imageURL` with the new `images` property containing `icon` and `thumbnail` definitions.
If you were relying on the old type definition for widget components, rename usages of `Widget.ComponentPath` to `Widget.Component` and ensure the property is typed as `PayloadComponent` instead of `string`.

✨ New Features

Implemented separate configuration for Lexical block icons and block drawer thumbnails via the new `images` property in block configuration, supporting fallback.
Added i18n translations for modular dashboards, covering widget buttons and error messages.
Upgraded Lexical dependency from 0.35.0 to 0.41.0 in `richtext-lexical`.

🐛 Bug Fixes

Fixed validation issues during `restoreVersion` for localized required fields.
Resolved issue preventing draft document validation when duplicating documents.
Ensured `req` object is passed to Payload API calls within the Stripe adapter for `plugin-ecommerce`.
Fixed `plugin-import-export` to automatically inherit locale and limit from URL queries.
Corrected imports in `plugin-import-export` when locales are present in a different column order than exported.
Fixed exports in `plugin-import-export` for non-latin scripts that were broken when opened in Excel.
Fixed drag and drop functionality for sortable hasMany fields in the UI.
Prevented false positive stale data modal from appearing on documents with autosave enabled in the UI.
Fixed a typo in the `CodeEditor` export statement.

Affected Symbols

richtext-lexical block configuration Widget.ComponentPath Widget.Component PayloadComponent CodeEditor export statement lexical (dependency update)Stripe adapter (plugin-ecommerce)plugin-import-export URL queries plugin-import-export locale handling sortable hasMany fields (UI)autosave modal (UI)

⚡ Deprecations

The `imageURL` property for Lexical block configuration is deprecated. Use the new `images` property with separate `icon` and `thumbnail` values for better control.