# Wagtail 7.1.1 release notes

_August 28, 2025_

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## What's new

### Bug fixes

 * Ensure the add comment keyboard shortcut is disabled when keyboard shortcuts are disabled in user preferences (Dhruvi Patel)
 * Fix crash when the Wagtail API is accessed without `rest_framework` installed (Vijay Raj)
 * Fix failure of `FieldPanel` and `TitleFieldPanel` with `read_only=True` (Sage Abdullah)
 * Fix broken Javascript interactions on nested inline panels (Matt Westcott, Sage Abdullah)
 * Fix rendering of StructBlock with custom form templates (Sage Abdullah)
 * Prevent crash when previewing a form page with an empty field type (Sage Abdullah)

### Documentation

 * Fix cross-reference links to the TypeDoc-generated docs (Sage Abdullah)
 * Refine readthedocs' search indexing for releases and client-side code (Sage Abdullah)
 * Add section about closing stale pull requests to the issue tracking documentation (Thibaud Colas, Sage Abdullah, LB (Ben) Johnston)
 * Add backporting policy for UI and accessibility fixes with updated "active support" and "security support" definitions (Thibaud Colas, Sage Abdullah, Scott Cranfill)
