diff --git a/charts/budibase/templates/app-service-deployment.yaml b/charts/budibase/templates/app-service-deployment.yaml
index 2b099d01f5..4d0560312f 100644
--- a/charts/budibase/templates/app-service-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/budibase/templates/app-service-deployment.yaml
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ spec:
         - name: NODE_DEBUG
           value: {{ .Values.services.apps.nodeDebug | quote }}
         {{ end }}
+        {{ if .Values.services.apps.xssSafeMode }}
+        - name: XSS_SAFE_MODE
+          value: {{ .Values.services.apps.xssSafeMode | quote }}
+        {{ end }}
         {{ if .Values.globals.datadogApmEnabled }}
         - name: DD_LOGS_INJECTION
           value: {{ .Values.globals.datadogApmEnabled | quote }}
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index a4bcb56d38..55721b6b2d 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
-  "version": "2.32.11",
+  "version": "2.32.12",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "packages": [
     "packages/*",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index 274c1b9e93..1213dde8f5 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -371,11 +371,21 @@ export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
     return this.performCall(() => {
       return async () => {
         const response = await directCouchUrlCall(args)
-        const json = await response.json()
+        const text = await response.text()
         if (response.status > 300) {
+          let json
+          try {
+            json = JSON.parse(text)
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.error(`SQS error: ${text}`)
+            throw new CouchDBError(
+              "error while running SQS query, please try again later",
+              { name: "sqs_error", status: response.status }
+            )
+          }
           throw json
         }
-        return json as T
+        return JSON.parse(text) as T
       }
     })
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index b2b78853ef..e22f028caa 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -593,6 +593,53 @@ describe.each([
           }
         )
       })
+
+      it("cannot create a calculation view with more than 5 aggregations", async () => {
+        await config.api.viewV2.create(
+          {
+            tableId: table._id!,
+            name: generator.guid(),
+            schema: {
+              sum: {
+                visible: true,
+                calculationType: CalculationType.SUM,
+                field: "Price",
+              },
+              count: {
+                visible: true,
+                calculationType: CalculationType.COUNT,
+                field: "Price",
+              },
+              min: {
+                visible: true,
+                calculationType: CalculationType.MIN,
+                field: "Price",
+              },
+              max: {
+                visible: true,
+                calculationType: CalculationType.MAX,
+                field: "Price",
+              },
+              avg: {
+                visible: true,
+                calculationType: CalculationType.AVG,
+                field: "Price",
+              },
+              sum2: {
+                visible: true,
+                calculationType: CalculationType.SUM,
+                field: "Price",
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            status: 400,
+            body: {
+              message: "Calculation views can only have a maximum of 5 fields",
+            },
+          }
+        )
+      })
     })
 
     describe("update", () => {
@@ -1072,6 +1119,26 @@ describe.each([
             )
           })
 
+          it("can add a new group by field that is invisible, even if required on the table", async () => {
+            view.schema!.name = { visible: false }
+            await config.api.viewV2.update(view)
+
+            const { rows } = await config.api.row.search(view.id)
+            expect(rows).toHaveLength(2)
+            expect(rows).toEqual(
+              expect.arrayContaining([
+                {
+                  country: "USA",
+                  age: 65,
+                },
+                {
+                  country: "UK",
+                  age: 61,
+                },
+              ])
+            )
+          })
+
           it("can add a new calculation field", async () => {
             view.schema!.count = {
               visible: true,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.ts b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
index 585eb6a7f2..45d675ec3f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ const environment = {
   PLUGINS_DIR: process.env.PLUGINS_DIR || DEFAULTS.PLUGINS_DIR,
   MAX_IMPORT_SIZE_MB: process.env.MAX_IMPORT_SIZE_MB,
   SESSION_EXPIRY_SECONDS: process.env.SESSION_EXPIRY_SECONDS,
+  XSS_SAFE_MODE: process.env.XSS_SAFE_MODE,
   // SQL
   SQL_MAX_ROWS: process.env.SQL_MAX_ROWS,
   SQL_LOGGING_ENABLE: process.env.SQL_LOGGING_ENABLE,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts
index 548b2b6bc9..516334d31d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/tests/utils.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { generateTableID } from "../../../../db/utils"
 import { validate } from "../utils"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
+import { withEnv } from "../../../../environment"
 
 describe("validate", () => {
   const hour = () => generator.hour().toString().padStart(2, "0")
@@ -332,4 +333,46 @@ describe("validate", () => {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe("XSS Safe mode", () => {
+    const getTable = (): Table => ({
+      type: "table",
+      _id: generateTableID(),
+      name: "table",
+      sourceId: INTERNAL_TABLE_SOURCE_ID,
+      sourceType: TableSourceType.INTERNAL,
+      schema: {
+        text: {
+          name: "sometext",
+          type: FieldType.STRING,
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    it.each([
+      "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = 'admin' --",
+      "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 1; DROP TABLE users;",
+      "1' OR '1' = '1",
+      "' OR 'a' = 'a",
+      "<script>alert('XSS');</script>",
+      '"><img src=x onerror=alert(1)>',
+      "</script><script>alert('test')</script>",
+      "<div onmouseover=\"alert('XSS')\">Hover over me!</div>",
+      "'; EXEC sp_msforeachtable 'DROP TABLE ?'; --",
+      "{alert('Injected')}",
+      "UNION SELECT * FROM users",
+      "INSERT INTO users (username, password) VALUES ('admin', 'password')",
+      "/* This is a comment */ SELECT * FROM users",
+      '<iframe src="http://malicious-site.com"></iframe>',
+    ])("test potentially unsafe input: %s", async input => {
+      await withEnv({ XSS_SAFE_MODE: "1" }, async () => {
+        const table = getTable()
+        const row = { text: input }
+        const output = await validate({ source: table, row })
+        expect(output.valid).toBe(false)
+        expect(output.errors).toStrictEqual({
+          text: ["Input not sanitised - potentially vulnerable to XSS"],
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/utils.ts
index 6ef4dcbc8e..bded6a7a18 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/utils.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { extractViewInfoFromID, isRelationshipColumn } from "../../../db/utils"
 import { isSQL } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import { docIds, sql } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { getTableFromSource } from "../../../api/controllers/row/utils"
+import env from "../../../environment"
 
 const SQL_CLIENT_SOURCE_MAP: Record<SourceName, SqlClient | undefined> = {
   [SourceName.POSTGRES]: SqlClient.POSTGRES,
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ const SQL_CLIENT_SOURCE_MAP: Record<SourceName, SqlClient | undefined> = {
   [SourceName.BUDIBASE]: undefined,
 }
 
+const XSS_INPUT_REGEX =
+  /[<>;"'(){}]|--|\/\*|\*\/|union|select|insert|drop|delete|update|exec|script/i
+
 export function getSQLClient(datasource: Datasource): SqlClient {
   if (!isSQL(datasource)) {
     throw new Error("Cannot get SQL Client for non-SQL datasource")
@@ -222,6 +226,15 @@ export async function validate({
     } else {
       res = validateJs.single(row[fieldName], constraints)
     }
+
+    if (env.XSS_SAFE_MODE && typeof row[fieldName] === "string") {
+      if (XSS_INPUT_REGEX.test(row[fieldName])) {
+        errors[fieldName] = [
+          "Input not sanitised - potentially vulnerable to XSS",
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+
     if (res) errors[fieldName] = res
   }
   return { valid: Object.keys(errors).length === 0, errors }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index e217f16400..fc198bf2b9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ async function guardCalculationViewSchema(
   view: Omit<ViewV2, "id" | "version">
 ) {
   const calculationFields = helpers.views.calculationFields(view)
+
+  if (Object.keys(calculationFields).length > 5) {
+    throw new HTTPError(
+      "Calculation views can only have a maximum of 5 fields",
+      400
+    )
+  }
+
   for (const calculationFieldName of Object.keys(calculationFields)) {
     const schema = calculationFields[calculationFieldName]
     const isCount = schema.calculationType === CalculationType.COUNT
@@ -121,7 +129,11 @@ async function guardViewSchema(
   }
 
   await checkReadonlyFields(table, view)
-  checkRequiredFields(table, view)
+
+  if (!helpers.views.isCalculationView(view)) {
+    checkRequiredFields(table, view)
+  }
+
   checkDisplayField(view)
 }