---
title: "SDK Release: v5.0.0 | Netlify Changelog"
description: "Get the latest updates on Netlify products and features to meet your developer needs."
source: "https://www.netlify.com/changelog/2025-09-29-sdk-v5-0-0/"
last_updated: "2026-07-14T03:23:32.000Z"
---
5.0.0

(2025-09-11)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

-   sdk: remove netlify-extension init command (#2400
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove tightly coupled Zod dependency, upgrade Zod (#2393
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove dev --redirect flag, simplify EUI dev settings flow (#2398
    
    )
    

-   remove Connect, Visual Editor support (#2385
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove deprecated @netlify/integrations export (#2381
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove zod-metadata dependency (#2379
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove build event handler if configuration option (#2378
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove NetlifyExtension#addBuildEventContext (#2376
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove deprecated Zod export (#2375
    
    )
    

Features

-   remove Connect, Visual Editor support (#2385
    
    ) (027bce6
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove netlify-extension init command (#2400
    
    ) (5f88f2f
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove build event handler if configuration option (#2378
    
    ) (c3316de
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove dev --redirect flag, simplify EUI dev settings flow (#2398
    
    ) (4c9d610
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove tightly coupled Zod dependency, upgrade Zod (#2393
    
    ) (fc724ae
    
    )
    

Bug Fixes

-   deps: update dependency @netlify/functions to ^4.2.1 (#2365
    
    ) (72b69f2
    
    )
    

-   deps: update dependency @netlify/types to ^2.0.3 (#2397
    
    ) (77a6c67
    
    )
    

-   sdk,content-engine: cleanly shut down netlify-extension dev (#2372
    
    ) (397394f
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove automatic SDK binary path switcher (#2401
    
    ) (ae3bf29
    
    )
    

Performance Improvements

-   sdk: replace @netlify/functions dependency with @netlify/types (#2390
    
    ) (51d4ae8
    
    )
    

Code Refactoring

-   sdk: remove deprecated @netlify/integrations export (#2381
    
    ) (cccf2bc
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove deprecated Zod export (#2375
    
    ) (fc8a39b
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove NetlifyExtension#addBuildEventContext (#2376
    
    ) (3095c44
    
    )
    

-   sdk: remove zod-metadata dependency (#2379
    
    ) (6e5960f
    
    )
    

Dependencies

-   The following workspace dependencies were updated
    -   dependencies
        -   @netlify/sdk--extension-api-client bumped to 3.0.0
        -   @netlify/sdk--ui-core bumped to 2.0.0
        -   @netlify/sdk--ui-functions bumped to 2.0.0
        -   @netlify/sdk--ui-react bumped to 2.0.0