The Rails Blog: News & Release Notes

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

  • Parallel testing improvements and more

    Hi, Wojtek here. Let’s see what’s new in the Rails. Rails World tickets coming soon We’ve been informed that General Admission tickets will be available May 13. More information is...

  • Continuously improving the framework

    Hi, it’s Claudio Baccigalupo. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Add –reset option to bin/setup Makes it easier to zero out a database and load seeds during...

  • Improved leap year counting performance and more!

    Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Action Cable: Allow setting nil as subscription connection identifier for Redis If you use Google Cloud Memorystore or...

  • Refactoring Active Record Signed ID verifiers

    Hi, it’s zzak. Hopefully everyone got their Rails World CFPs in on time! Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Allow allocated Active Records to lookup associations Previously,...

  • must-understand, with_default_isolation_level, Rails World CFP and more!

    Hi, it’s Vipul. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Last Week for Rails World 2025 Call for Papers This is the last week for The CFP for...

  • Capturing error reports in tests and more

    Hi, Wojtek here. Let’s explore last 2 week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Add capture_error_reports Captures all reported errors from within the block that match the given error class. reports...

  • Continuous integration at your fingertips

    Hi, it’s Claudio Baccigalupo. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Structured CI with bin/ci Introduce bin/ci to standardize CI workflows based on a new DSL for declaring...

  • Rails Version 8.0.2 has been released!

    Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 8.0.2 has been released. CHANGES since 8.0.1 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 8.0.2 CHANGELOG...

  • Rails World CFP, YJIT configuration and more!

    Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Rails World 2025 Call for Papers The CFP for Rails World 2025 is now live! Submit your talk...

  • Apply to speak at Rails World 2025

    CFP is open until April 10th The Rails World 2025 Call for Papers is now open! This year we are looking for talks that highlight the power and competitive advantage...