---
title: "Newsletter May'26"
description: "Medusa's May update covers versions 2.15.0 through 2.15.3, six new starters, five new community integrations, Mercur 2.0 on Medusa Cloud, and Cloud updates including a new CLI, an AI build assistant, and database backup management."
url: https://medusajs.com/blog/newsletter-may26
last_updated: 2026-08-13T14:07:25Z
---

# Newsletter May'26

_Published 2026-05-29 by Nicklas Gellner, Sebastian Rindom, Oliver Juhl in Company_

This month we feature three new releases, six new starters, five community integrations, a new Cloud CLI, Cloud backups, an AI Cloud assistant, and a lot more.

## Versions 2.15.0 through 2.15.3 are out

[Three new releases](https://medusajs.com/changelog) with many new features and improvements. Some highlights:

- ****Multi-Factor Authentication:**** Provider primitives, API routes, and SDK helpers to support MFA.
- ****Promotion Context Hooks****: Inject custom data (e.g., cart data, customer segments) to control when a promotion applies.
- ****Promotion Code Visibility:**** Promo codes now surface skip reasons to customers (e.g., budget cap, usage limit).
- ****Price List Metadata:**** Attach structured metadata to price lists across the API.
- ****Admin search:**** Smarter admin product search (e.g., by SKU or barcode).

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2026/05/release-2-15-0-xncgajev.webp)

## Six new starters for Medusa

We added six new pre-built starters, all deployable in minutes through a new onboarding flow:

- [Industrials B2B starter](https://github.com/medusajs-repos/bloom-starter-industrials): Full B2B portal with bulk add-to-cart, company management, quotes, hidden prices, and more.
- [Configurable product starter](https://github.com/medusajs-repos/bloom-starter-configura): For made-to-order products.
- [Grounded starter](https://github.com/medusajs-repos/bloom-starter-grounded): Design-led storefront with heavy use of visual content.
- [Quiz-to-product starter](https://github.com/medusajs-repos/bloom-starter-lumina): Guided quiz that matches customers to products.
- [Essentials starter](https://github.com/medusajs-repos/bloom-starter-essentials): Clean ecommerce storefront built for fashion brands.
- [Uncut Coffee](https://github.com/medusajs-repos/uncut-coffee-starter): One-product storefront with embedded checkout.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2026/05/new-starters-ysgzze6s.webp)

## Five new community integrations

Browse [five new community integrations](https://medusajs.com/blog/integrations-may-26/), including a Shopify sync tool, AI product descriptions, and a solution for subscriptions and recurring billing.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2026/05/may-integrations-2-876mi7ht.webp)

## Deploy Mercur 2.0 marketplaces on Medusa Cloud

[Mercur 2.0](https://www.mercurjs.com/), redesigned for agentic commerce, is out and can be [deployed directly on Medusa Cloud](https://medusajs.com/blog/get-started-with-mercur-2-0-on-cloud/) in minutes, giving you a production-ready marketplace foundation built on Medusa.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2026/05/mercur-xhgbvfrb.webp)

## Access Cloud logs and deployments from your terminal

The [Medusa Cloud CLI](https://medusajs.com/blog/announcing-medusa-cloud-cli/) brings build logs, runtime logs, and deployment context to your terminal and works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other AI coding tools.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2026/05/cli-p4rutaui.webp)

## AI Cloud assistant for failed builds and deployments

[Our new Cloud agent now investigates failed builds and deployments](https://medusajs.com/blog/ai-assistant-in-medusa-cloud/), pulling relevant logs and cross-referencing your repo to suggest fixes. Available on all plans.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2026/05/new-starters-1-mh0caz19.webp)

## Database backup management in Cloud

[View, restore, download, and trigger database backups](https://medusajs.com/blog/announcing-database-backup-management-in-cloud/) directly from the Cloud dashboard. Available on all Launch, Scale, and Enterprise plans.

![](https://assets.medusajs.com/uploads/2026/05/db-91e8bp1p.webp)