---
title: "Newsletter Dec'25"
description: "Happy New Year! Here are our December updates, including four releases, experimental support of product translations, an AI-powered commerce story, OKTA Admin auth, a new Strapi guide, and community news."
url: https://medusajs.com/blog/newsletter-dec25
last_updated: 2026-08-13T14:24:33Z
---

# Newsletter Dec'25

_Published 2026-01-02 by Nicklas Gellner, Oliver Juhl, Sebastian Rindom in Ecosystem_

## Recent releases

Lots of exciting [new releases and features]() in December, including:

- [Experimental support of translations](https://medusajs.com/blog/introducing-experimental-translations/) for multilingual product data.
- Introduction of a new limit configuration for promotions
- Support for custom display IDs on orders
- Fixing regression in the events system
- Experimental backend HMR and granular configuration of queues and workers in the workflow engine.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/12/v-2-12-3-8wsml6mc.webp)

## 80% Cost Savings with AI-Powered Email-to-Order Flow

[Discover how INSPIRED Pet Nutrition ](https://medusajs.com/blog/inspired-pet-nutrition/)[rebuilt its email order workflow](https://c.vialoops.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fmedusajs.com%2Fblog%2Finspired-pet-nutrition%2F/1/0100019b7a3c6bdc-92e8b0da-f8c7-4a89-a4f8-90e20c06928a-000000/YcNsPKobNgEKM6CMof5HBaYOF2deWo0GuCX5Mvc3Boc=438), launching an AI-powered OMS that automates thousands of B2B orders while cutting processing costs by 80% using Medusa.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2025/12/66a980db7c18bf6d5ffceb9bf191c871207e09f5-4800x2508-6huvk1ut.webp)

## Integrate Strapi with Medusa

[Learn how to integrate Medusa with Strapi](https://medusajs.com/blog/strapi-integration/), set up a two-way sync for product data, and display Strapi product content in our Next.js Starter Storefront.

## Authenticate Admin Users with Okta

[Set up Okta-based authentication](https://medusajs.com/blog/okta-integration/) to control access to the Medusa Admin and add a “Login with Okta” button to the Medusa Admin login page.

## Explore Bloom’s Code View and Push to Github Features

[Explore Bloom’s Code View and Push to GitHub features](https://medusajs.com/blog/bloom-code-view/), designed to make it easy to inspect, tweak, and push your project code to GitHub directly from [Bloom](https://bloom.medusajs.com), our AI-powered Medusa builder.

## Community Highlights

Lots of great content from our community:

- [Rigby](https://medusajs.com/experts/rigby/) published a [blog post](https://medusajs.com/blog/multi-tenant-rigby/) on multi-tenant architecture with Medusa.
- [Agilo](https://medusajs.com/experts/agilo/) released a [pricing calculator](https://www.agilo.com/shopify-vs-medusa-tco-calculator/) to compare Medusa vs. Shopify TCO.
- [Raj Mahil](https://medusajs.com/experts/306-technologies/) shared a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdQmBc8w9wA&t=1s) on how to get started with Medusa in 5 minutes.

## We’re Growing our DX Team

We are hiring a technical writer to join our DX team. This is a chance to work closely with our engineering team to turn complex systems into clear docs and practical guides that power a world-class developer experience.

Interested? [Learn more here](https://medusajs.com/careers/technical-writer-dx/).