# CiviCRM 5.0.1

Released April 19, 2018

- **[Synopsis](#synopsis)**
- **[Features](#features)**
- **[Bugs resolved](#bugs)**
- **[Credits](#credits)**
- **[Feedback](#feedback)**

## <a name="synopsis"></a>Synopsis

| *Does this version...?*                                         |         |
|:--------------------------------------------------------------- |:-------:|
| Fix security vulnerabilities?                                   |   no    |
| Change the database schema?                                     |   no    |
| Alter the API?                                                  |   no    |
| Require attention to configuration options?                     |   no    |
| Fix problems installing or upgrading to a previous version?     |   no    |
| **Introduce features?**                                         | **yes** |
| **Fix bugs?**                                                   | **yes** |

## <a name="features"></a>Features

### Core CiviCRM

- **VersionCheck - Get more nuanced messages from latest.civicrm.org
  ([11991](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/11991))**

  Upgrade messages are now supplied by the CiviCRM version server rather than
  being calculated by each site.

## <a name="bugs"></a>Bugs resolved

### Core CiviCRM

- **Fix failure to render dedupe page
  ([11976](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/11976))**

## <a name="credits"></a>Credits

This release was developed by the following code authors:

CiviCRM - Tim Otten; Wikimedia Foundation - Eileen McNaughton

Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following
reviewers contributed their comments:

Australian Greens - Seamus Lee; JMA Consulting - Monish Deb

## <a name="feedback"></a>Feedback

These release notes are edited by Tim Otten and Andie Hunt.  If you'd like to
provide feedback on them, please login to https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm and
contact `@agh1`
