Issues

• v4: file-type 22 loads strtok3 via import(variable) → strtok3/lib/index.js missing from Next standalone output, fileTypeFromFile throws ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND

  area: corearea: uploadsBugplugin: next (`withPayload`)
  payloadcms/payload#18588 · Filter by author CommerceMax opened on Oct 7, 2026

• Collection and global slugs are not validated for uniqueness

  area: coreBugcreated-by: Contributordb: mongodbdb: sqlitestatus: needs-triagev3
  payloadcms/payload#18584 · Filter by author VeiaG opened on Oct 7, 2026

• Jobs (3.x): two runs claim and run the same due jobs; the slower one fails with "Cannot read properties of null (reading 'log')" — please backport #17441

  area: coreBugdb: postgres
  payloadcms/payload#18565 · Filter by author stratlabsin-byte opened on Oct 6, 2026
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• createImageSizes decodes the source once per image size, all at once, so one upload can take hundreds of MB

  area: coreBugUploads
  payloadcms/payload#18531 · Filter by author saadshahd opened on Oct 6, 2026

• join field: the table header's "Add new" button ignores the create permission

  area: uiBug
  payloadcms/payload#18521 · Filter by author giovannetti-eric opened on Oct 5, 2026
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• [plugin-ecommerce] Variant options selector and duplicate-variant validation silently stop at the first 10 join results

  Bug
  payloadcms/payload#18498 · Filter by author klaatu-code opened on Oct 5, 2026

• payload build requires runtime secrets because it loads the full config (Payload 3 & 4)

  area: coreBugstatus: needs-triagev3
  payloadcms/payload#18497 · Filter by author Llois41 opened on Oct 5, 2026
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• bulkOperationsSingleTransaction: bulk update and delete return documents that were rolled back

  area: coreBugcreated-by: Contributordb: mongodb
  payloadcms/payload#18494 · Filter by author Livog opened on Oct 5, 2026

• plugin-mcp: revalidatePath/revalidateTag called in hooks during MCP tool calls are silently dropped

  Bugplugin: mcp
  payloadcms/payload#18490 · Filter by author LukasHechenberger opened on Oct 5, 2026
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• Jobs: updateJobs never rolls back when db.updateJobs throws, leaking a pool connection per failure (postgres)

  area: core db: postgresBug
  payloadcms/payload#18480 · Filter by author adam-joura opened on Oct 4, 2026

• Locale switcher bypasses LeaveWithoutSaving: unsaved changes are discarded on a locale switch (regression of #7215 by #11387)

  area: uiBug
  payloadcms/payload#18476 · Filter by author RasmusBetterDevelopers opened on Oct 3, 2026

• createVersion / createGlobalVersion rewrite every older version's latest flag on each save

  Bugdb: drizzle (also sqlite and d1db: postgreswhich share the code)
  payloadcms/payload#18465 · Filter by author PatchLord opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• SQL adapters & Data Corruption: block rows are stranded in the old numbered table when a block's placements are renumbered, and reappear as duplicates on the next save

  area: coreBugdb: postgresdb: sqlitedb: vercel-postgresstatus: needs-triagev3
  payloadcms/payload#18462 · Filter by author cwhatley opened on Oct 2, 2026

• bug: conditional tab visibility is submitted as document data

  area: uiBugcreated-by: Contributor
  payloadcms/payload#18452 · Filter by author jhb-dev opened on Oct 2, 2026
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• Custom GraphQL mutations fail with Cannot convert undefined or null to object when arguments are passed as variables (graphql v17 only)

  area: graphqlBugstatus: needs-triagev3
  payloadcms/payload#18432 · Filter by author tidart opened on Oct 1, 2026

• Admin form: a form-state answer that lands after a newer change overwrites it, and nothing asks again (conditional fields stay hidden, a failed save’s field errors vanish)

  area: uiBug
  payloadcms/payload#18425 · Filter by author sam9191 opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• formatErrors drops data in production once a page has initialized Payload — duplicate error classes across Next.js server layers (not fixed by #16089)

  area: coreBug
  payloadcms/payload#18420 · Filter by author sam9191 opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• Field access.update inside a nested array: a partial update (or list-view bulk Publish) resets the stored value to defaultValue

  Bugcreated-by: Contributor
  payloadcms/payload#18415 · Filter by author mrobst opened on Sep 30, 2026

• checkDocumentLockStatus reads locked documents without req, deadlocking the Postgres pool under concurrent update/delete

  Bug
  payloadcms/payload#18406 · Filter by author TheVilfer opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• richtext-lexical: a newly inserted block takes two undo presses to remove (the initial form-state write is its own history entry)

  Bugplugin: richtext-lexical
  payloadcms/payload#18403 · Filter by author lexsemenenko opened on Sep 30, 2026

• Restoring a Draft version in the admin unpublishes the live document

  area: corearea: uiBug
  payloadcms/payload#18389 · Filter by author jimmi-joensson opened on Sep 29, 2026
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• Every WebP and GIF upload is re-encoded, even when the collection sets no image option

  area: coreBugstatus: needs-triagev3
  payloadcms/payload#18386 · Filter by author franknoel opened on Sep 29, 2026

• A focal point change from the admin reads the stored file and writes it back, even with no image sizes

  area: corearea: uiBugstatus: needs-triagev3
  payloadcms/payload#18385 · Filter by author franknoel opened on Sep 29, 2026

• storage-vercel-blob with addRandomSuffix: a create or a file replacement answers with a url that gives 404

  Bugplugin: cloud-storage
  payloadcms/payload#18384 · Filter by author franknoel opened on Sep 29, 2026

• A JPEG with an EXIF orientation is recorded with its width and height swapped

  area: coreBugstatus: needs-triagev3
  payloadcms/payload#18383 · Filter by author franknoel opened on Sep 29, 2026