Directus version 10.9 introduces several enhancements, including focal point support for image cropping, allowing users to set a focal point coordinate via API or Data Studio to ensure important image parts remain visible. The update also introduces a new Hash display that provides an aesthetic effect by showing *** instead of data, enhancing user-friendliness. A bug affecting extension auto-reloading has been fixed, improving productivity for extension developers. Some breaking changes include updates to exif-reader version 2, which necessitates code updates due to changed tag names, the removal of scoped entrypoints in the SDK, and the discontinuation of async code in JavaScript config files with the adoption of @directus/env. The release also includes numerous small enhancements, bug fixes, and optimizations, and is available for download on Docker Hub, npm, and soon on Directus Cloud.