How QBurst Migrated a Luxury Brand from Strapi v4 to Strapi 5

QBurst Technologies successfully migrated a global luxury retail brand's content management system from Strapi v4 to Strapi v5, enhancing performance, scalability, and editorial workflows over a three-month period. This transition ensured continued access to support, security updates, and new features, aligning the brand with Strapi's long-term roadmap while future-proofing their digital ecosystem. The migration involved leveraging a modern tech stack with technologies like Next.js, Node.js, and AWS, and implementing key improvements such as live previews, a unified document system, and built-in internationalization. The upgrade process included auditing plugins, securing backups, using the official CLI upgrade tool, and refactoring custom code to accommodate the new Document Service API. Despite challenges with incompatible plugins and the need for custom solutions, the strategic move resulted in increased editorial efficiency, improved API performance, and a more maintainable backend architecture, setting the stage for the client's future scalability and innovation.