--- title: Directus v11.16: Global Draft Versions, Multimodal AI,... description: Directus v11.16 introduces global draft versions that automatically apply to every versioned item without manual setup, eliminating per-item version creation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/directus-v11-16-global-draft-versions-multimodal-ai-and-smarter-deployments-o1mjx1lsh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Directus v11.16: Global Draft Versions, Multimodal AI, and Smarter Deployments | daily.dev og:description: Directus v11.16 introduces global draft versions that automatically apply to every versioned item without manual setup, eliminating per-item version creation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/directus-v11-16-global-draft-versions-multimodal-ai-and-smarter-deployments-o1mjx1lsh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/o1mjX1lSH.png og:image:alt: Directus v11.16: Global Draft Versions, Multimodal AI, and Smarter Deployments og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Directus v11.16: Global Draft Versions, Multimodal AI, and Smarter Deployments **[Directus](https://daily.dev/sources/directus)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Directus v11.16 introduces global draft versions that automatically apply to every versioned item without manual setup, eliminating per-item version creation friction. The AI Assistant gains multimodal capabilities, allowing users to upload images and PDFs directly into conversations, with support across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini. The deployment module now supports role-based access control so non-admin team members can trigger deploys, and real-time status updates via Vercel and Netlify webhooks replace polling. A new json() query function lets developers extract specific values from JSON columns at the API level across all supported databases. Additional improvements include persisted table column widths, MIME type restrictions for file interfaces, auth audit hooks, and several bug fixes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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