Fixes#12975.
When editing autosave-enabled documents through the join field, the
document drawer closes unexpectedly on every autosave interval, making
it nearly impossible to use.
This is because as of #12842, the underlying relationship table
re-renders on every autosave event, remounting the drawer each time. The
fix is to lift the drawer out of table's rendering tree and into the
join field itself. This way all rows share the same drawer, whose
rendering lifecycle has been completely decoupled from the table's
state.
Note: this is very similar to how relationship fields achieve similar
functionality.
This PR also adds jsdocs to the `useDocumentDrawer` hook and strengthens
its types.
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### What?
This PR introduces complete trash (soft-delete) support. When a
collection is configured with `trash: true`, documents can now be
soft-deleted and restored via both the API and the admin panel.
```
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'posts',
trash: true, // <-- New collection config prop @default false
fields: [
{
name: 'title',
type: 'text',
},
// other fields...
],
}
```
### Why
Soft deletes allow developers and admins to safely remove documents
without losing data immediately. This enables workflows like reversible
deletions, trash views, and auditing—while preserving compatibility with
drafts, autosave, and version history.
### How?
#### Backend
- Adds new `trash: true` config option to collections.
- When enabled:
- A `deletedAt` timestamp is conditionally injected into the schema.
- Soft deletion is performed by setting `deletedAt` instead of removing
the document from the database.
- Extends all relevant API operations (`find`, `findByID`, `update`,
`delete`, `versions`, etc.) to support a new `trash` param:
- `trash: false` → excludes trashed documents (default)
- `trash: true` → includes both trashed and non-trashed documents
- To query **only trashed** documents: use `trash: true` with a `where`
clause like `{ deletedAt: { exists: true } }`
- Enforces delete access control before allowing a soft delete via
update or updateByID.
- Disables version restoring on trashed documents (must be restored
first).
#### Admin Panel
- Adds a dedicated **Trash view**: `/collections/:collectionSlug/trash`
- Default delete action now soft-deletes documents when `trash: true` is
set.
- **Delete confirmation modal** includes a checkbox to permanently
delete instead.
- Trashed documents:
- Displays UI banner for better clarity of trashed document edit view vs
non-trashed document edit view
- Render in a read-only edit view
- Still allow access to **Preview**, **API**, and **Versions** tabs
- Updated Status component:
- Displays “Previously published” or “Previously a draft” for trashed
documents.
- Disables status-changing actions when documents are in trash.
- Adds new **Restore** bulk action to clear the `deletedAt` timestamp.
- New `Restore` and `Permanently Delete` buttons for
single-trashed-document restore and permanent deletion.
- **Restore confirmation modal** includes a checkbox to restore as
`published`, defaults to `draft`.
- Adds **Empty Trash** and **Delete permanently** bulk actions.
#### Notes
- This feature is completely opt-in. Collections without trash: true
behave exactly as before.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/00b83f8a-0442-441e-a89e-d5dc1f49dd37
Supports grouping documents by specific fields within the list view.
For example, imagine having a "posts" collection with a "categories"
field. To report on each specific category, you'd traditionally filter
for each category, one at a time. This can be quite inefficient,
especially with large datasets.
Now, you can interact with all categories simultaneously, grouped by
distinct values.
Here is a simple demonstration:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0dcd19d2-e983-47e6-9ea2-cfdd2424d8b5
Enable on any collection by setting the `admin.groupBy` property:
```ts
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
const MyCollection: CollectionConfig = {
// ...
admin: {
groupBy: true
}
}
```
This is currently marked as beta to gather feedback while we reach full
stability, and to leave room for API changes and other modifications.
Use at your own risk.
Note: when using `groupBy`, bulk editing is done group-by-group. In the
future we may support cross-group bulk editing.
Dependent on #13102 (merged).
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As discussed in [this
RFC](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/discussions/12729), this PR
supports collection-scoped folders. You can scope folders to multiple
collection types or just one.
This unlocks the possibility to have folders on a per collection instead
of always being shared on every collection. You can combine this feature
with the `browseByFolder: false` to completely isolate a collection from
other collections.
Things left to do:
- [x] ~~Create a custom react component for the selecting of
collectionSlugs to filter out available options based on the current
folders parameters~~
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Disables add row button using disabled prop from useField - i.e. when
the form is processing or initializing.
This fixes a flaky array test that clicks the button before the form has
finished initializing/processing.
Also corrects the add row button color styles with specificity.
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### What?
This PR introduces support for copy + pasting complex fields such as
Arrays and Blocks. These changes introduce a new `ClipboardAction`
component that houses logic for copy + pasting to and from the clipboard
to supported fields. I've scoped this PR to include only Blocks &
Arrays, however the structure of the components introduced lend
themselves to be easily extended to other field types. I've limited the
scope because there may be design & functional blockers that make it
unclear how to add actions to particular fields.
Supported fields:
- Arrays
([Demo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/523916f6-77d0-43e2-9a11-a6a9d8c1b71c))
- Array Rows
([Demo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0cd01a1f-3e5e-4fea-ac83-8c0bba8d1aac))
- Blocks
([Demo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4c55ac2b-55f4-4793-9b53-309b2e090dd9))
- Block Rows
([Demo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b4d2bea-981a-485b-a6c4-c59a77a50567))
Fields that may be supported in the future with minimal effort by
adopting the changes introduced here:
- Tabs
- Groups
- Collapsible
- Relationships
This PR also encompasses e2e tests that check both field and row-level
copy/pasting.
### Why?
To make it simpler and faster to copy complex fields over between
documents and rows within those docs.
### How?
Introduces a new `ClipboardAction` component with helper utilities to
aid in copy/pasting and validating field data.
Addresses #2977 & #10703
Notes:
- There seems to be an issue with Blocks & Arrays that contain RichText
fields where the RichText field dissappears from the dom upon replacing
form state. These fields are resurfaced after either saving the data or
dragging/dropping the row containing them.
- Copying a Row and then pasting it at the field-level will overwrite
the field to include only that one row. This is intended however can be
changed if requested.
- Clipboard permissions are required to use this feature. [See Clipboard
API caniuse](https://caniuse.com/async-clipboard).
#### TODO
- [x] ~~I forgot BlockReferences~~
- [x] ~~Fix tests failing due to new buttons causing locator conflicts~~
- [x] ~~Ensure deeply nested structures work~~
- [x] ~~Add missing translations~~
- [x] ~~Implement local storage instead of clipboard api~~
- [x] ~~Improve tests~~
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As stated in #12529, the setTimeout was defined through trial and error
as it wasn't possible to reproduce the bug with the devtools open and
therefore with the CPU throttled. One user reported still experiencing
the bug.
I'm increasing the timeout to 100ms, which seems acceptable enough to
keep postponing a better fix, considering the bug isn't that critical.
If we find it keeps happening, we'll probably need to investigate the
root cause.
## What / Why
Date & Time fields were rendering their field label as a `<span>` while
every other field type uses a proper `<label>` with a matching
`htmlFor`.
Because the element was a span it broke styles and made 'field-label'
have different styles from the rest of 'field-label's.
**Root cause:** DateTimeField failed to pass its `path` (or an explicit
`htmlFor`) to `FieldLabel`. When `FieldLabel` receives no `htmlFor`, it
intentionally downgrades to a `<span>`.
## Screenshots
### Before

*DateTime label rendered as `<span>`, causing style inconsistencies*
### After

*DateTime label now rendered as proper `<label>` element*
## Changes introduced
- `packages/ui/src/fields/DateTime/index.tsx`
- Added `path={path}` prop to `FieldLabel` component
## Behavior after the fix
- Date-time labels are now real `<label>` elements with `for="field-…"`
- Visual alignment now matches every other field type
## How to test manually
1. Run `pnpm dev fields`
2. Inspect the DateTime field markup – label is now `<label>`
3. Observe that vertical spacing matches other types of fields
This clarifies that jobs.autoRun only *runs* already-queued jobs. It does not queue the jobs for you.
Also adds an e2e test as this functionality had no e2e coverage
### What?
This PR fixes an issue while using `text` & `number` fields with
`hasMany: true` where the last entry would be unreachable, and thus
undeletable, because the `transformForWrite` function did not track
these rows for deletion. This causes values that should've been deleted
to remain in the edit view form, as well as the db, after a submission.
This PR also properly threads the placeholder value from
`admin.placeholder` to `text` & `number` `hasMany: true` fields.
### Why?
To remove rows from the db when a submission is made where these fields
are empty arrays, and to properly show an appropriate placeholder when
one is set in config.
### How?
Adjusting `transformForWrite` and the `traverseFields` to keep track of
rows for deletion.
Fixes#11781
Before:
[Editing---Post-dbpg-before--Payload.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5ba1708a-2672-4b36-ac68-05212f3aa6cb)
After:
[Editing---Post--dbpg-hasmany-after-Payload.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1292e998-83ff-49d0-aa86-6199be319937)
We've already supported `autoComplete` on admin config for text fields
but it wasn't being threaded through to the text input element so it
couldn't be applied.
This PR uses the new `useQueue` hook for relationship react-select field
for loading options. This will reduce flakiness in our CI and ensure the
following:
- most recently triggered options loading request will not have its
result overwritten by a previous, delayed request
- reduce unnecessary, parallel requests - outdated requests are
discarded from the queue if a newer request exist
To reproduce this bug, insert the following feature into the richtext
editor:
```ts
BlocksFeature({
inlineBlocks: [
{
slug: 'inline-media',
fields: [
{
name: 'media',
type: 'relationship',
relationTo: ['media'],
admin: {
appearance: 'drawer',
},
},
],
},
],
}),
```
Then try opening the relationship field drawer. The inline block drawer
will close.
Note: Interestingly, at least in Chrome, this only happens with DevTools
closed. It worked fine with DevTools open. It probably has to do with
capturing events like focus.
The current solution is a 50ms delay. I couldn't test it with CPU
throttle because it disappears when I close the devtools. If you
encounter this bug, please open an issue so we can increase the delay
or, better yet, find a more elegant solution.
It is a common pattern to dynamically show and validate a select field's
options based on various criteria such as the current user or underlying
document.
Some examples of this might include:
- Restricting options based on a user's role, e.g. admin-only options
- Displaying different options based on the value of another field, e.g.
a city/state selector
While this is already possible to do with a custom `validate` function,
the user can still view and select the forbidden option...unless you
_also_ wired up a custom component.
Now, you can define `filterOptions` on select fields.
This behaves similarly to the existing `filterOptions` property on
relationship and upload fields, except the return value of this function
is simply an array of options, not a query constraint. The result of
this function will determine what is shown to the user and what is
validated on the server.
Here's an example:
```ts
{
name: 'select',
type: 'select',
options: [
{
label: 'One',
value: 'one',
},
{
label: 'Two',
value: 'two',
},
{
label: 'Three',
value: 'three',
},
],
filterOptions: ({ options, data }) =>
data.disallowOption1
? options.filter(
(option) => (typeof option === 'string' ? options : option.value) !== 'one',
)
: options,
}
```
I think it's easier to review this PR commit by commit, so I'll explain
it this way:
## Commits
1. [parallelize eslint script (still showing logs results in
serial)](c9ac49c12d):
Previously, `--concurrency 1` was added to the script to make the logs
more readable. However, turborepo has an option specifically for these
use cases: `--log-order=grouped` runs the tasks in parallel but outputs
them serially. As a result, the lint script is now significantly faster.
2. [run pnpm
lint:fix](9c128c276a)
The auto-fix was run, which resolved some eslint errors that were
slipped in due to the use of `no-verify`. Most of these were
`perfectionist` fixes (property ordering) and the removal of unnecessary
assertions. Starting with this PR, this won't happen again in the
future, as we'll be verifying the linter in every PR across the entire
codebase (see commit 7).
3. [fix eslint non-autofixable
errors](700f412a33)
All manual errors have been resolved except for the configuration errors
addressed in commit 5. Most were React compiler violations, which have
been disabled and commented out "TODO" for now. There's also an unused
`use no memo` and a couple of `require` errors.
4. [move react-compiler linter to eslint-config
package](4f7cb4d63a)
To simplify the eslint configuration. My concern was that there would be
a performance regression when used in non-react related packages, but
none was experienced. This is probably because it only runs on .tsx
files.
5. [remove redundant eslint config files and fix
allowDefaultProject](a94347995a)
The main feature introduced by `typescript-eslint` v8 was
`projectService`, which automatically searches each file for the closest
`tsconfig`, greatly simplifying configuration in monorepos
([source](https://typescript-eslint.io/blog/announcing-typescript-eslint-v8#project-service)).
Once I moved `projectService` to `packages/eslint-config`, all the other
configuration files could be easily removed.
I confirmed that pnpm lint still works on individual packages.
The other important change was that the pending eslint errors from
commits 2 and 3 were resolved. That is, some files were giving the
error: "[File] was not found by the project service. Consider either
including it in the tsconfig.json or including it in
allowDefaultProject." Below I copy the explanatory comment I left in the
code:
```ts
// This is necessary because `tsconfig.base.json` defines `"rootDir": "${configDir}/src"`,
// And the following files aren't in src because they aren't transpiled.
// This is typescript-eslint's way of adding files that aren't included in tsconfig.
// See: https://typescript-eslint.io/troubleshooting/typed-linting/#i-get-errors-telling-me--was-not-found-by-the-project-service-consider-either-including-it-in-the-tsconfigjson-or-including-it-in-allowdefaultproject
// The best practice is to have a tsconfig.json that covers ALL files and is used for
// typechecking (with noEmit), and a `tsconfig.build.json` that is used for the build
// (or alternatively, swc, tsup or tsdown). That's what we should ideally do, in which case
// this hardcoded list wouldn't be necessary. Note that these files don't currently go
// through ts, only through eslint.
```
6. [Differentiate errors from warnings in VScode ESLint
Rules](5914d2f48d)
There's no reason to do that. If an eslint rule isn't an error, it
should be disabled or converted to a warning.
7. [Disable skip lint, and lint over the entire repo now that it's
faster](e4b28f1360)
The GitHub action linted only the files that had changed in the PR.
While this seems like a good idea, once exceptions were introduced with
[skip lint], they opened the door to propagating more and more errors.
Often, the linter was skipped, not because someone introduced new
errors, but because they were trying to avoid those that had already
crept in, sometimes accidentally introducing new ones.
On the other hand, `pnpm lint` now runs in parallel (commit 1), so it's
not that slow. Additionally, it runs in parallel with other GitHub
actions like e2e tests, which take much longer, so it can't represent a
bottleneck in CI.
8. [fix lint in next
package](4506595f91)
Small fix missing from commit 5
9. [Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into
fix-eslint](563d4909c1)
10. [add again eslint.config.js in payload
package](78f6ffcae7)
The comment in the code explains it. Basically, after the merge from
main, the payload package runs out of memory when linting, probably
because it grew in recent PRs. That package will sooner or later
collapse for our tooling, so we may have to split it. It's already too
big.
## Future Actions
- Resolve React compiler violations, as mentioned in commit 3.
- Decouple the `tsconfig` used for typechecking and build across the
entire monorepo (as explained in point 5) to ensure ts coverage even for
files that aren't transpiled (such as scripts).
- Remove the few remaining `eslint.config.js`. I had to leave the
`richtext-lexical` and `next` ones for now. They could be moved to the
root config and scoped to their packages, as we do for example with
`templates/vercel-postgres/**`. However, I couldn't get it to work, I
don't know why.
- Make eslint in the test folder usable. Not only are we not linting
`test` in CI, but now the `pnpm eslint .` command is so large that my
computer freezes. If each suite were its own package, this would be
solved, and dynamic codegen + git hooks to modify tsconfig.base.json
wouldn't be necessary
([related](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/11984)).
### What?
Basically an unnamed group moves all of its children to the same level
with the group. When another field at the same level has a unique access
setting, the permissions will return a json of permissions for each
fields at the same level instead of return a default `true` value. For
traditional group field, there will be a `fields` property inside the
permissions object, so it can use ```permissions={permissions === true ?
permissions : permissions?.fields``` as the attribution of
<RenderFields> in `packages/ui/src/fields/Group/index.tsx`. Right now,
since we somehow "promote" the group's children to the upper level,
which makes the `fields` property no longer exists in the `permissions`
object. Hence, the `permissions?.fields` mentioned above will always be
undefined, which will lead to return null for this field, because the
getFieldPermissions will always get read permission as undefined.
### Why?
The only reason we use `permissions : permissions?.fields` before
because the traditional group field moves all its children to a child
property `fields`. Since we somehow promoted those children to upper
level, so there is no need to access the fields property anymore.
### How?
For the permissions attribute for unnamed group's <RenderFields>, simple
pass in `permissions={permissions}` instead of `{permissions === true ?
permissions : permissions?.fields}`, since you have already gotten all
you want in permissions. No worry about the extra permission property
brought in(the access permission in the unnamed group level), because
`getFieldPermissions` will filter those redundant ones out.
Fixes#12430
Fixes the issue where this returns all the documents:
```
{
name: 'post',
type: 'relationship',
relationTo: 'posts',
filterOptions: { id: { in: [] } }
}
```
The issue isn't with the Local API but with how we send the query to the
REST API through `qs.stringify`. `qs.stringify({ id: { in: [] } }`
becomes `""`, so the server ignores the original query. I don't think
it's possible to encode empty arrays with this library
https://github.com/sindresorhus/query-string/issues/231, so I just made
sanitization to `{ exists: false }` for this case.
### What?
Selected documents in a relationship field can be opened in a new tab.
### Why?
Related documents can be edited using the edit icon which opens the
document in a drawer. Sometimes users would like to open the document in
a new tab instead to e.g. modify the related document at a later point
in time. This currently requires users to find the related document via
the list view and open it there. There is no easy way to find and open a
related document.
### How?
Adds custom handling to the relationship edit button to support opening
it in a new tab via middle-click, Ctrl+click, or right-click → 'Open in
new tab'.
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Co-authored-by: Jacob Fletcher <jacobsfletch@gmail.com>
### What?
Improve performance of the relationship select options by reducing the
fetched documents to only necessary data.
### Why?
The relationship select only requires an ID and title. Fetching the
whole document instead leads to slow performance on collections with
large documents.
### How?
Add a select parameter to the query, the same way it is done in the
[WhereBuilder](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/blob/main/packages/ui/src/elements/WhereBuilder/Condition/Relationship/index.tsx#L105-L107)
already.
### What?
This fixes an issue raised by @maximseshuk in this PR #11553. Here is
the text of the original comment:
If the field has the property hasMany: true and you select one item, it
shows up in the select field, but any additional selected items won't be
visible in the select field, even though the data is actually there and
can be saved. After refreshing the page, they appear.
In addition I added a fix to an issue where the filterOptions weren't
being passed in to the useListDrawer hook properly in polymorphic
relationships
### How?
Instead of using the push method to update the value state, a new array
is created and directly set using useState. I think the issue was
because using push mutates the original array.
When server rendering custom components within form state, those
components receive a path that is correct at render time, but
potentially stale after manipulating array and blocks rows. This causes
the field to briefly render incorrect values while the form state
request is in flight.
The reason for this is that paths are passed as a prop statically into
those components. Then when we manipulate rows, form state is modified,
potentially changing field paths. The component's `path` prop, however,
hasn't changed. This means it temporarily points to the wrong field in
form state, rendering the data of another row until the server responds
with a freshly rendered component.
This is not an issue with default Payload fields as they are rendered on
the client and can be passed dynamic props.
This is only an issue within custom server components, including rich
text fields which are treated as custom components. Since they are
rendered on the server and passed to the client, props are inaccessible
after render.
The fix for this is to provide paths dynamically through context. This
way as we make changes to form state, there is a mechanism in which
server components can receive the updated path without waiting on its
props to update.
### What?
This PR adds the ability to use the ListDrawer component for selecting
related collections for the relationship field instead of the default
drop down interface. This exposes the advanced filtering options that
the list view provides and provides a good interface for searching for
the correct relationship when the workflows may be more complicated.
I've added an additional "selectionType" prop to the relationship field
admin config that defaults to "dropdown" for compatability with the
existing implementation but "drawer" can be passed in as well which
enables using the ListDrawer for selecting related components.
### Why?
Adding the ability to search through the list view enables advanced
workflows or handles edge cases when just using the useAsTitle may not
be informative enough to find the related record that the user wants.
For example, if we have a collection of oscars nominations and are
trying to relate the nomination to the person who recieved the
nomination there may be multiple actors with the same name (Michelle
Williams, for example:
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931329/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931329/),
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931332/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931332/)).
It would be hard to search through the current dropdown ui to choose the
correct person, but in the list view the user could use other fields to
identify the correct person such as an imdb id, description, or anything
else they have in the collection for that person. Other advanced
workflows could be if there are multiple versions of a record in a
collection and the user wants to select the most recent one or just
anything where the user needs to see more details about the record that
they are setting up the relationship to.
### How?
This implementation just re-uses the useListDrawer hook and the
ListDrawer component so the code changes are pretty minimal. The main
change is a new onListSelect handler that gets passed into the
ListDrawer and handles updating the value in the field when a record is
selected in the ListDrawer.
There were also a two things that I didn't implement as they would
require broader code changes 1) Bulk select from the ListDrawer when a
relationship is hasMany - when using bulkSelect in the list drawer the
relatedCollection doesn't get returned so this doesn't work for
polymorphic relationships. Updating this would involve changing the
useListDrawer hook 2) Hide values that are already selected from the
ListDrawer - potentially possible by modifying the filterOptions and
passing in an additional filter but honestly it may not be desired
behaviour to hide values from the ListDrawer as this could be confusing
for the user if they don't see records that they are expected to see
(maybe if anything make them unselectable and indicate that they are
disabled). Currently if an already selected value gets selected the
selected value gets replaced by the new value
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fee164da-4270-4612-9304-73ccf34ccf69
---------
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### What?
UI only issue: An array row with `required: false` and `minRows: x` was
displaying an error banner - this should only happen if one or more rows
are present.
The validation is not affected, the document still saved as expected,
but the error should not be inaccurately displayed.
### Why?
The logic for displaying the `minRow` validation error was `rows.length
> minRows` and it needs to be `rows.length > 1 && rows.length > minRows`
### How?
Updates the UI logic.
Fixes#12010
### What?
This PR relaxes the mimeType checks in the thumbnail and file cell
components to accommodate an `adminThumbnail` even if the file is a
non-image. This is useful when, for example, using an `adminThumbnail`
function to retrieve or generate thumbnails for files that are
non-images such as videos.
### Why?
To prioritize an admin thumbnail if/when available on file cells and
upload field thumbnails in both edit and list views.
### How?
By relaxing the mimeType checks in the `Thumbnail` component and instead
lifting that responsibility on the caller of this component. Some of
these checks were not needed as the best-fit helper utility function
will automatically select the thumbnailURL if available or revert to the
original url if no best-fit is found.
Demo of admin thumbnail being loaded on non-image while still selecting
best-fit size for images:

Significantly optimizes the component rendering strategy within the form
state endpoint by precisely rendering only the fields that require it.
This cuts down on server processing and network response sizes when
invoking form state requests **that manipulate array and block rows
which contain server components**, such as rich text fields, custom row
labels, etc. (results listed below).
Here's a breakdown of the issue:
Previously, when manipulating array and block fields, _all_ rows would
render any server components that might exist within them, including
rich text fields. This means that subsequent changes to these fields
would potentially _re-render_ those same components even if they don't
require it.
For example, if you have an array field with a rich text field within
it, adding the first row would cause the rich text field to render,
which is expected. However, when you add a second row, the rich text
field within the first row would render again unnecessarily along with
the new row.
This is especially noticeable for fields with many rows, where every
single row processes its server components and returns RSC data. And
this does not only affect nested rich text fields, but any custom
component defined on the field level, as these are handled in the same
way.
The reason this was necessary in the first place was to ensure that the
server components receive the proper data when they are rendered, such
as the row index and the row's data. Changing one of these rows could
cause the server component to receive the wrong data if it was not
freshly rendered.
While this is still a requirement that rows receive up-to-date props, it
is no longer necessary to render everything.
Here's a breakdown of the actual fix:
This change ensures that only the fields that are actually being
manipulated will be rendered, rather than all rows. The existing rows
will remain in memory on the client, while the newly rendered components
will return from the server. For example, if you add a new row to an
array field, only the new row will render its server components.
To do this, we send the path of the field that is being manipulated to
the server. The server can then use this path to determine for itself
which fields have already been rendered and which ones need required
rendering.
## Results
The following results were gathered by booting up the `form-state` test
suite and seeding 100 array rows, each containing a rich text field. To
invoke a form state request, we navigate to a document within the
"posts" collection, then add a new array row to the list. The result is
then saved to the file system for comparison.
| Test Suite | Collection | Number of Rows | Before | After | Percentage
Change |
|------|------|---------|--------|--------|--------|
| `form-state` | `posts` | 101 | 1.9MB / 266ms | 80KB / 70ms | ~96%
smaller / ~75% faster |
---------
Co-authored-by: James <james@trbl.design>
Co-authored-by: Alessio Gravili <alessio@gravili.de>
Continuation of #11867. When rendering custom fields nested within
arrays or blocks, such as the Lexical rich text editor which is treated
as a custom field, these fields will sometimes disappear when form state
requests are invoked sequentially. This is especially reproducible on
slow networks.
This is different from the previous PR in that this issue is caused by
adding _rows_ back-to-back, whereas the previous issue was caused when
adding a single row followed by a change to another field.
Here's a screen recording demonstrating the issue:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5ecfa9ec-b747-49ed-8618-df282e64519d
The problem is that `requiresRender` is never sent in the form state
request for row 2. This is because the [task
queue](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/11579) processes tasks
within a single `useEffect`. This forces React to batch the results of
these tasks into a single rendering cycle. So if request 1 sets state
that request 2 relies on, request 2 will never use that state since
they'll execute within the same lifecycle.
Here's a play-by-play of the current behavior:
1. The "add row" event is dispatched
a. This sets `requiresRender: true` in form state
1. A form state request is sent with `requiresRender: true`
1. While that request is processing, another "add row" event is
dispatched
a. This sets `requiresRender: true` in form state
b. This adds a form state request into the queue
1. The initial form state request finishes
a. This sets `requiresRender: false` in form state
1. The next form state request that was queued up in 3b is sent with
`requiresRender: false`
a. THIS IS EXPECTED, BUT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE `true`!!
To fix this this, we need to ensure that the `requiresRender` property
is persisted into the second request instead of overridden. To do this,
we can add a new `serverPropsToIgnore` to form state which is read when
the processing results from the server. So if `requiresRender` exists in
`serverPropsToIgnore`, we do not merge it. This works because we
actually mutate form state in between requests. So request 2 can read
the results from request 1 without going through an additional rendering
cycle.
Here's a play-by-play of the fix:
1. The "add row" event is dispatched
a. This sets `requiresRender: true` in form state
b. This adds a task in the queue to mutate form state with
`requiresRender: true`
1. A form state request is sent with `requiresRender: true`
1. While that request is processing, another "add row" event is
dispatched
a. This sets `requiresRender: true` in form state AND
`serverPropsToIgnore: [ "requiresRender" ]`
c. This adds a form state request into the queue
1. The initial form state request finishes
a. This returns `requiresRender: false` from the form state endpoint BUT
IS IGNORED
1. The next form state request that was queued up in 3c is sent with
`requiresRender: true`
### What?
In the same vein as #11696, this PR optimizes how images are selected
for display in the document edit view. It ensures that only image files
are processed and selects the most appropriate size to minimize
unnecessary downloads and improve performance.
#### Previously:
- Non-image files were being processed unnecessarily, despite not
generating thumbnails.
- Images without a `thumbnailURL` defaulted to their original full size,
even when smaller, optimized versions were available.
#### Now:
- **Only images** are processed for thumbnails, avoiding redundant
requests for non-images.
- **The smallest available image within a target range** (`40px -
180px`) is prioritized for display.
- **If no images fit within this range**, the logic selects:
- The next smallest larger image (if available).
- The **original** image if it is smaller than the next available larger
size.
- The largest **smaller** image if no better fit exists.
### Why?
Prevents unnecessary downloads of non-image files, reduces bandwidth
usage by selecting more efficient image sizes and improves load times
and performance in the edit view.
### How?
- **Filters out non-image files** when determining which assets to
display.
- Uses the same algorithm as in #11696 but turns it into a reusable
function to be used in various areas around the codebase. Namely the
upload field hasOne and hasMany components.
Before (4.5mb transfer):

After (15.9kb transfer):

### What
The `crypto.randomUUID()` function was causing errors in non-secure
contexts (HTTP), as it is only available in secure contexts (HTTPS).
### How
Added a fallback to generate UUIDs using the `uuid` library when
`crypto.randomUUID()` is not available.
Fixes#11825
Previously, if you were querying a collection that has a join field with
`draft: true`, and the join field's collection also has
`versions.drafts: true` our db adapter would still query the original
SQL table / mongodb collection instead of the versions one which isn't
quite right since we respect `draft: true` when populating relationships
Passes the `i18n` arg through field label and description functions.
This is to avoid using custom components when simply needing to
translate a `StaticLabel` object, such as collection labels.
Here's an example:
```ts
{
labels: {
singular: {
en: 'My Collection'
}
},
fields: [
// ...
{
type: 'collapsible',
label: ({ i18n }) => `Translate this: ${getTranslation(collectionConfig.labels.singular, i18n)}`
// ...
}
]
}
```
### What?
When a user lands on an edit page that has a relationship to an `Upload`
field (which is `HasMany`). The UI will make a request with `limit=0` to
the backend providing there is no IDs populated already.
When a media collection is large, it will try and load all media items
into memory which causes OOM crashes.
### Why?
Fixes: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/11655 causing OOM
issues.
### How?
Adding guard check on the `populate` to ensure that it doesn't make a
request if not needed.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f195025f-3e31-423e-b13e-6faf8db40129