The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

Discover the latest Rails news, version releases, community updates, and feature announcements.

  • Rails 6.0.0 rc2 released

    The final version of Rails 6.0 is almost ready, but before we put a pin in it, please enjoy this second release candidate. We’ve cleared all the blockers that were...

  • Active Storage, startless range in queries, SMS links and more!

    Hello! This is Roque bringing the latest news from the Rails community. It’s been awhile so let’s see what has changed since then… Oops, since last week 😜 Preserve existing...

  • New contributors fixing bugs in the summer

    Hey all! This is Daniel from Brooklyn, NY bringing you the latest news in Rails. Add database_exists? method to connection adapters The database_exists? method does what you might think—it checks...

  • Schema dump fix and database task creation improvements!

    Hi there. This is Greg bringing you latest news from the Rails world. We had a quiet week, so I won’t take long. Fix schema dumping for enum and set...

  • ☀️🏖🏄‍♀️ and schema cache deduplication plus getutc begone

    Ahoy all! 🚢 Step aboard as we cruise through the Rails news this week. Summer has really hit its simmering point for many a Rails contributor: we’re seeing fewer contributions....

  • Direct upload mirroring, multiple databases overview and more

    Hi there. This is Wojtek bringing you goodies from the Rails world. Document multiple databases Gives a great overview of available multiple database features coming in Rails 6. Mirror direct...

  • Performance improvements, large file uploads to S3 and more!

    Hello fellow Rubyist! This is Greg, bringing the latest news about the Rails framework! Fill a Trix editor easily in system tests ActionDispatch::SystemTestCase#fill_in_rich_text_area  can  locate and fill a Trix editor...

  • Rails 6.0.0.rc1 is here, say hi at RailsConf!

    Hop aboard fellow traveler! Here’s your friendly conductor Kasper revving up to give you a brand spanking new issue for the price of zilch. We’re just about to roll into...

  • Rails 6.0.0 rc1 released

    Okay, so we didn’t quite make our aspirational release schedule, but Rails 6 is now almost ready, so here’s the first release candidate! There isn’t anything remarkably new compared to...

  • Performance improvements, collection cache versioning and more

    Hello. This is Wojtek reporting on recent changes from Rails world. Collection cache versioning Add cache_version on relation to support recyclable cache keys via the versioned entries in ActiveSupport::Cache. This...