Previously, if `addRandomSuffix` is set to true, the filename would be
stored URL-encoded in the database:
<img width="2212" height="140" alt="Screenshot 2025-09-08 at 18 47
50@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b001e30-0154-4764-a2e9-b7d8bf729581"
/>
If in addition to that, if you set `disablePayloadAccessControl: true`,
Payload will url-encode the already url-encoded filename on read,
leading to an error.
This PR fixes this issue by always decoding the filename before storing
it in the database, so that they're always stored unencoded, no matter
if `addRandomSuffix` is set or not:
<img width="1730" height="184" alt="Screenshot 2025-09-08 at 18 49
29@2x"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/44328bfa-e489-4247-9e9b-7ddc6e271afb"
/>
---
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used, see below:
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This PR makes it so that `modifyResponseHeaders` is supported in our
adapters when set on the collection config. Previously it would be
ignored.
This means that users can now modify or append new headers to what's
returned by each service.
```ts
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
export const Media: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'media',
upload: {
modifyResponseHeaders: ({ headers }) => {
const newHeaders = new Headers(headers) // Copy existing headers
newHeaders.set('X-Frame-Options', 'DENY') // Set new header
return newHeaders
},
},
}
```
Also adds support for `void` return on the `modifyResponseHeaders`
function in the case where the user just wants to use existing headers
and doesn't need more control.
eg:
```ts
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
export const Media: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'media',
upload: {
modifyResponseHeaders: ({ headers }) => {
headers.set('X-Frame-Options', 'DENY') // You can directly set headers without returning
},
},
}
```
Manual testing checklist (no CI e2es setup for these envs yet):
- [x] GCS
- [x] S3
- [x] Azure
- [x] UploadThing
- [x] Vercel Blob
---------
Co-authored-by: James <james@trbl.design>
Currently, we globally enable both DOM and Node.js types. While this
mostly works, it can cause conflicts - particularly with `fetch`. For
example, TypeScript may incorrectly allow browser-only properties (like
`cache`) and reject valid Node.js ones like `dispatcher`.
This PR disables DOM types for server-only packages like payload,
ensuring Node-specific typings are applied. This caught a few instances
of incorrect fetch usage that were previously masked by overlapping DOM
types.
This is not a perfect solution - packages that contain both server and
client code (like richtext-lexical or next) will still suffer from this
issue. However, it's an improvement in cases where we can cleanly
separate server and client types, like for the `payload` package which
is server-only.
## Use-case
This change enables https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/12622 to
explore using node-native fetch + `dispatcher`, instead of `node-fetch`
+ `agent`.
Currently, it will incorrectly report that `dispatcher` is not a valid
property for node-native fetch
Fixes https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/issues/11473
Previously, when `disablePayloadAccessControl: true` was defined, client
uploads were working improperly. The reason is that
`addDataAndFileToRequest` expects `staticHandler` to be defined and we
don't add in case if `disablePayloadAccessControl: true`.
This PR makes it so otherwise and if we have `clientUploads`, it pushes
the "proxied" handler that responses only when the file was requested in
the context of client upload (from `addDataAndFileToRequest`)
Ensures that even if you pass `enabled: false` to the storage adapter
options, e.g:
```ts
s3Storage({
enabled: false,
collections: {
[mediaSlug]: true,
},
bucket: process.env.S3_BUCKET,
config: {
credentials: {
accessKeyId: process.env.S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
secretAccessKey: process.env.S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
},
},
})
```
the client handler component is added to the import map. This prevents
errors when you use the adapter only on production, but you don't
regenerate the import map before running the build
### What
The vercel storage adapter returns a 500 internal server error when a
file is not found.
It's expected that it will return 404 when a file is not found.
### Why
The `head` function from vercel blob sdk does not return undefined when
a blob is not found, but throws an error as documented here:
https://vercel.com/docs/storage/vercel-blob/using-blob-sdk#head
### How
Check if exception thrown is of type BlobNotFoundError and return a 404
in that case.
### Testing
***Note***: I have not been able to test this inside payload itself as
I'm unable to build a package to test with. I have tested the
implementation outside. Is it possible to get a canary build so proper
testing with package can be done?
Fixes#10326
This PR makes changes to every storage adapter in order to add
browser-based caching by returning etags, then checking for them into
incoming requests and responding a status code of `304` so the data
doesn't have to be returned again.
Performance improvements for cached subsequent requests:

This respects `disableCache` in the dev tools.
Also fixes a bug with getting the latest image when using the Vercel
Blob Storage adapter.
Previously with `@payloadcms/plugin-storage-blob`, if token was not set,
the plugin would throw an error. This caused a less-than-ideal developer
experience.
With this change, if the `token` value is undefined:
- Local storage will be used as a fallback
- The error will no longer be thrown.
**BREAKING:**
Improves type-safety of collection / global slugs by using `CollectionSlug` / `UploadCollectionSlug` and `GlobalSlug` types instead of `string` in these places:
Adds `UploadCollectionSlug` and `TypedUploadCollection` utility types
This also changes how we suggest to add an upload collection to a cloud-storage adapter:
Before:
```ts
azureStorage({
collections: {
[Media.slug]: true,
},
})
```
After:
```ts
azureStorage({
collections: {
media: true,
},
})
```
Adds a jobs queue to Payload.
- [x] Docs, w/ examples for Vercel Cron, additional services
- [x] Type the `job` using GeneratedTypes in `JobRunnerArgs`
(@AlessioGr)
- [x] Write the `runJobs` function
- [x] Allow for some type of `payload.runTask`
- [x] Open up a new bin script for running jobs
- [x] Determine strategy for runner endpoint to either await jobs
successfully or return early and stay open until job work completes
(serverless ramifications here)
- [x] Allow for job runner to accept how many jobs to run in one
invocation
- [x] Make a Payload local API method for creating a new job easily
(payload.createJob) or similar which is strongly typed (@AlessioGr)
- [x] Make `payload.runJobs` or similar (@AlessioGr)
- [x] Write tests for retrying up to max retries for a given step
- [x] Write tests for dynamic import of a runner
The shape of the config should permit the definition of steps separate
from the job workflows themselves.
```js
const config = {
// Not sure if we need this property anymore
queues: {
},
// A job is an instance of a workflow, stored in DB
// and triggered by something at some point
jobs: {
// Be able to override the jobs collection
collectionOverrides: () => {},
// Workflows are groups of tasks that handle
// the flow from task to task.
// When defined on the config, they are considered as predefined workflows
// BUT - in the future, we'll allow for UI-based workflow definition as well.
workflows: [
{
slug: 'job-name',
// Temporary name for this
// should be able to pass function
// or path to it for Node to dynamically import
controlFlowInJS: '/my-runner.js',
// Temporary name as well
// should be able to eventually define workflows
// in UI (meaning they need to be serialized in JSON)
// Should not be able to define both control flows
controlFlowInJSON: [
{
task: 'myTask',
next: {
// etc
}
}
],
// Workflows take input
// which are a group of fields
input: [
{
name: 'post',
type: 'relationship',
relationTo: 'posts',
maxDepth: 0,
required: true,
},
{
name: 'message',
type: 'text',
required: true,
},
],
},
],
// Tasks are defined separately as isolated functions
// that can be retried on fail
tasks: [
{
slug: 'myTask',
retries: 2,
// Each task takes input
// Used to auto-type the task func args
input: [
{
name: 'post',
type: 'relationship',
relationTo: 'posts',
maxDepth: 0,
required: true,
},
{
name: 'message',
type: 'text',
required: true,
},
],
// Each task takes output
// Used to auto-type the function signature
output: [
{
name: 'success',
type: 'checkbox',
}
],
onSuccess: () => {},
onFail: () => {},
run: myRunner,
},
]
}
}
```
### `payload.createJob`
This function should allow for the creation of jobs based on either a
workflow (group of tasks) or an individual task.
To create a job using a workflow:
```js
const job = await payload.createJob({
// Accept the `name` of a workflow so we can match to either a
// code-based workflow OR a workflow defined in the DB
// Should auto-type the input
workflowName: 'myWorkflow',
input: {
// typed to the args of the workflow by name
}
})
```
To create a job using a task:
```js
const job = await payload.createJob({
// Accept the `name` of a task
task: 'myTask',
input: {
// typed to the args of the task by name
}
})
```
---------
Co-authored-by: Alessio Gravili <alessio@gravili.de>
Co-authored-by: Dan Ribbens <dan.ribbens@gmail.com>
## Description
I'm facing a issue while trying to set a cache age for vercel blob
storage plugin, this way I changed to accept and set as response the
cache control.
### Before changes


### After changes


### Using plugin
```
vercelBlobStorage({
enabled: true, // Optional, defaults to true
// dev: Specify which collections should use Vercel Blob
collections: {
[Media.slug]: true,
},
// dev:Token provided by Vercel once Blob storage is added to your Vercel project
token: process.env.BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN!,
cacheControlMaxAge: 31536000, /// the same we see
}),
```
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it fixes. Please also include relevant motivation and context. -->
- [x] I have read and understand the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
document in this repository.
## Type of change
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- [ ] Chore (non-breaking change which does not add functionality)
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing
functionality to not work as expected)
- [ ] Change to the
[templates](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/tree/main/templates)
directory (does not affect core functionality)
- [ ] Change to the
[examples](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/tree/main/examples)
directory (does not affect core functionality)
- [ ] This change requires a documentation update
## Checklist:
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] Existing test suite passes locally with my changes
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
# Breaking Changes
### New file import locations
Exports from the `payload` package have been _significantly_ cleaned up.
Now, just about everything is able to be imported from `payload`
directly, rather than an assortment of subpath exports. This means that
things like `import { buildConfig } from 'payload/config'` are now just
imported via `import { buildConfig } from 'payload'`. The mental model
is significantly simpler for developers, but you might need to update
some of your imports.
Payload now exposes only three exports:
1. `payload` - all types and server-only Payload code
2. `payload/shared` - utilities that can be used in either the browser
or in Node environments
3. `payload/node` - heavy utilities that should only be imported in Node
scripts and never be imported into bundled code like Next.js
### UI library pre-bundling
With this release, we've dramatically sped up the compile time for
Payload by pre-bundling our entire UI package for use inside of the
Payload admin itself. There are new exports that should be used within
Payload custom components:
1. `@payloadcms/ui/client` - all client components
2. `@payloadcms/ui/server` - all server components
For all of your custom Payload admin UI components, you should be
importing from one of these two pre-compiled barrel files rather than
importing from the more deeply nested exports directly. That will keep
compile times nice and speedy, and will also make sure that the bundled
JS for your admin UI is kept small.
For example, whereas before, if you imported the Payload `Button`, you
would have imported it like this:
```ts
import { Button } from '@payloadcms/ui/elements/Button'
```
Now, you would import it like this:
```ts
import { Button } from '@payloadcms/ui/client'
```
This is a significant DX / performance optimization that we're pretty
pumped about.
However, if you are importing or re-using Payload UI components
_outside_ of the Payload admin UI, for example in your own frontend
apps, you can import from the individual component exports which will
make sure that the bundled JS is kept to a minimum in your frontend
apps. So in your own frontend, you can continue to import directly to
the components that you want to consume rather than importing from the
pre-compiled barrel files.
Individual component exports will now come with their corresponding CSS
and everything will work perfectly as-expected.
### Specific exports have changed
- `'@payloadcms/ui/templates/Default'` and
`'@payloadcms/ui/templates/Minimal`' are now exported from
`'@payloadcms/next/templates'`
- Old: `import { LogOut } from '@payloadcms/ui/icons/LogOut'` new:
`import { LogOutIcon } from '@payloadcms/ui/icons/LogOut'`
## Background info
In effort to make local dev as fast as possible, we need to import as
few files as possible so that the compiler has less to process. One way
we've achieved this in the Admin Panel was to _remove_ all .scss imports
from all components in the `@payloadcms/ui` module using a build
process. This stripped all `import './index.scss'` statements out of
each component before injecting them into `dist`. Instead, it bundles
all of the CSS into a single `main.css` file, and we import _that_ at
the root of the app.
While this concept is _still_ the right solution to the problem, this
particular approach is not viable when using these components outside
the Admin Panel, where not only does this root stylesheet not exist, but
where it would also bloat your app with unused styles. Instead, we need
to _keep_ these .scss imports in place so they are imported directly
alongside your components, as expected. Then, we need create a _new_
build step that _separately_ compiles the components _without_ their
stylesheets—this way your app can consume either as needed from the new
`client` and `server` barrel files within `@payloadcms/ui`, i.e. from
within `@payloadcms/next` and all other admin-specific packages and
plugins.
This way, all other applications will simply import using the direct
file paths, just as they did before. Except now they come with
stylesheets.
And we've gotten a pretty awesome initial compilation performance boost.
---------
Co-authored-by: James <james@trbl.design>
Co-authored-by: Alessio Gravili <alessio@gravili.de>
BREAKING CHANGE: All plugins have been updated to use named exports and the names have been updated to be consistent.
// before
import { cloudStorage } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage'
// current
import { cloudStoragePlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage'
//before
import { payloadCloud } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud'
// current
import { payloadCloudPlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud'
//before
import formBuilder from '@payloadcms/plugin-form-builder'
// current
import { formBuilderPlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-form-builder'
//before
import { nestedDocs } from '@payloadcms/plugin-nested-docs'
// current
import { nestedDocsPlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-nested-docs'
//before
import { redirects } from '@payloadcms/plugin-redirects'
// current
import { redirectsPlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-redirects'
// before
import search from '@payloadcms/plugin-search'
// current
import { searchPlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-search'
//before
import { sentry } from '@payloadcms/plugin-sentry'
// current
import { sentryPlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-sentry'
// before
import { seo } from '@payloadcms/plugin-seo'
// current
import { seoPlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-seo'