From eb8a925058c15e866669213ac382597a5cd01399 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jessica Chowdhury <jessica@trbl.design>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:51:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: fix typo in createClientConfig

---
 packages/payload/src/config/client.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/payload/src/config/client.ts b/packages/payload/src/config/client.ts
index 3130dc7497..04574ef717 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/config/client.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/config/client.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export const createClientConfig = ({
 
         break
 
-      case 'experiental':
+      case 'experimental':
         if (config.experimental) {
           clientConfig.experimental = {}
           if (config.experimental?.localizeStatus) {

From 5ef49cfa6fd30d99d1e6d3a4e595455409890807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrod Flesch <jarrodmflesch@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:35:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add default experimental object

---
 packages/payload/src/config/defaults.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/payload/src/config/defaults.ts b/packages/payload/src/config/defaults.ts
index 77dc94677c..aa8c01a0b7 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/config/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/config/defaults.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const defaults: Omit<Config, 'db' | 'editor' | 'secret'> = {
   defaultDepth: 2,
   defaultMaxTextLength: 40000,
   endpoints: [],
+  experimental: {},
   globals: [],
   graphQL: {
     disablePlaygroundInProduction: true,
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ export const addDefaultsToConfig = (config: Config): Config => {
   config.defaultDepth = config.defaultDepth ?? 2
   config.defaultMaxTextLength = config.defaultMaxTextLength ?? 40000
   config.endpoints = config.endpoints ?? []
+  config.experimental = config.experimental ?? {}
   config.globals = config.globals ?? []
   config.graphQL = {
     disableIntrospectionInProduction: true,