This time there has been no version jump. Maybe there will be in the near future, if any of the stores that they deliver the software to decide there's something they need to change. But what we have available since a few hours Krita 5.0.6, a version that has arrived to correct errors. This is not what is known as a "hotfix", that is, an update where many bugs are solved.
Krita 5.0.6 has been released to fix just two bugs. With such a short changelog, one wonders if an update was necessary or better to wait and fix more issues, but the dev team has decided yes. Probably some of the bugs were particularly annoying or manifested more than expected, which could result in difficult work.
The two bugs that Krita 5.0.6 fixes
What KDE has fixed in Krita 5.0.6 is a hang up (crash) when working with vector layers or vector selections and using undo a lot and another when deleting a vector layer with an animated transparency mask. The developers have not mentioned today if this early version has arrived so as not to drag it into a major update, a Krita 5.1.0 that is already in the crosshairs of the KDE drawing developers. Krita 5.0.5 I arrive less than two weeks ago, and it did so with many corrections. It came after skipping two versions, "thanks" to a software store that rejected two installments that did not meet its requirements.
Krita 5.0.6 It is now available since official website for Windows, macOS and Linux. From there, Linux users can download an AppImage, but also add a repository for Debian/Ubuntu. For those who prefer other types of packages, it should soon reach Flatub y Snapcraft, although in the case of the snap package it is still at v4.4.5 and could take much longer