Releases

September 27, 2024
Rails 8.0 Beta 1: No PaaS Required
Deploying modern web apps – with all the provisions needed to be fast and secure while easily updateable – has become so hard that many developers don’t dare do it...
August 22, 2024
Rails 7.1.4 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.1.4 has been released. CHANGES since 7.1.3 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 7.1.4 CHANGELOG...
August 22, 2024
Rails 7.2.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.2.1 has been released. CHANGES since 7.2.0 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 7.2.1 CHANGELOG...
August 10, 2024
Rails 7.2: Better production defaults, Dev containers, new guides design, and more!
We are happy to announce the release of Rails 7.2! There has been close to 2,500 commits made by over 400 contributors since Rails 7.1, so this release is packed...
August 6, 2024
Rails 7.2 release candidate 1: Better production defaults, Dev containers, new guides design, and more!
Rails 7.2 is approaching it final release. Today we are happy to announce the first release candidate of Rails 7.2.0. If no issues are reported, we will release 7.2.0 final,...
June 4, 2024
Rails Versions 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4, and 7.2.0.beta2 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails Versions 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4, and 7.2.0.beta2 have been released! These are security releases, so please upgrade at your earliest convenience. Here is a list of security issues...
May 29, 2024
Rails 7.2 Beta 1: Better production defaults, Dev containers, new guides design, and more!
The train for the Rails 7.2 release is leaving the station and we’re excited to announce the first beta release of Rails 7.2! There has been close to 2,500 commits...
May 17, 2024
Rails Versions 7.0.8.3 has been released!
Hi folks, Rails versions 7.0.8.3 has been released! These is a security release, and substitute the 7.0.8.2 that was previously released by has a bug with Trix CSS. Here is...
May 17, 2024
Rails Versions 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3 have been released!
Hi folks, Rails versions 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3 have been released! These are security releases, so please upgrade at your earliest convenience. Here is a list of security issues that these...
February 21, 2024
Rails Versions 6.1.7.7, 7.0.8.1, and 7.1.3.2 have been released!
Hi folks, Rails versions 6.1.7.7, 7.0.8.1, and 7.1.3.2 have been released! These are security releases, so please upgrade at your earliest convenience. The 7.1.3.1 releases contained a small bug, so...
January 16, 2024
Rails 7.1.3 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.1.3 has been released. CHANGES since 7.1.2 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 7.1.3 CHANGELOG...
November 10, 2023
Rails 7.1.2 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.1.2 has been released. CHANGES since 7.1.1 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 7.1.2 CHANGELOG...
October 11, 2023
Rails 7.1.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.1.1 has been released. CHANGES since 7.1.0 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 7.1.1 CHANGELOG...
October 5, 2023
Rails 7.1: Dockerfiles, BYO Authentication, More Async Queries, and more!
Rails World just started and we are getting together with the community in person to celebrate of the 20th anniversary of Rails and the release of Rails 7.1. In this...
October 1, 2023
Rails 7.1 enters the Release Candidate phase
Rails World is in a couple of days, and Rails 7.1 has now entered the Release Candidate phase. This means that we are now feature complete, and we will only...
September 13, 2023
Rails 7.1 Beta 1: Dockerfiles, BYO Authentication, More Async Queries, and more!
Rails World is fast approaching and we’re gearing up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rails in style with the first beta release of Rails 7.1! There has been over...
September 9, 2023
Rails 7.0.8 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.8 has been released. CHANGES since 7.0.7 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 7.0.8 CHANGELOG...
August 22, 2023
Rails Versions 7.0.7.2, 6.1.7.6 have been released!
Hi everyone! While I was testing the workaround for the most recent security release, I set my umask to 0077 and forgot to set it back before packaging the release....
August 22, 2023
Rails Versions 7.0.7.1, 6.1.7.5 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails versions 7.0.7.1 and 6.1.7.5 have been released! These are security releases, so please upgrade when you get a chance! You can check out the CVE details here....
August 10, 2023
Rails 7.0.7 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.7 has been released. CHANGES since 7.0.6 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
June 29, 2023
Rails 7.0.6 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.6 has been released. CHANGES since 7.0.5 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
June 26, 2023
Rails Versions 7.0.5.1, 6.1.7.4 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails versions 7.0.5.1 and 6.1.7.4 have been released! These are security releases, so please upgrade when you get a chance! You can check out the CVE details here....
May 24, 2023
Rails 7.0.5 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.5 has been released. CHANGES since 7.0.4 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
March 13, 2023
Rails 7.0.4.3 and 6.1.7.3 have been released!
With apologies to those starting daylight savings time this week, we are pleased to announce the release of Rails 7.0.4.3 and 6.1.7.3. These two security release include fixes for two...
January 24, 2023
Rails 7.0.4.2 and 6.1.7.2 have been released!
Hello again! We’ve just released Rails 7.0.4.2 and 6.1.7.2 addressing a compatibility issue with the 7.0.4.1 and 6.1.7.1 security releases from last week. This release adds a single extra commit...
January 17, 2023
Rails Versions 7.0.4.1, 6.1.7.1, and 6.0.6.1 have been released!
Hello! Hot off the press Rails Versions 7.0.4.1, 6.1.7.1, and 6.0.6.1 have been released to address some security vulnerabilities. You can read about them in our posts to the security...
September 9, 2022
Rails 7.0.4, 6.1.7, and 6.0.6 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.4, 6.1.7, and 6.0.6 have been released. These fixes are bugfix releases with various enhancements, compatibility fixes, and performance improvements. Please...
July 12, 2022
Rails Versions 7.0.3.1, 6.1.6.1, 6.0.5.1, and 5.2.8.1 have been released!
Hi everyone!!! Rails Versions 7.0.3.1, 6.1.6.1, 6.0.5.1, and 5.2.8.1 have been released! Yes, these are security releases and I think you should update. The releases have been made from the...
May 9, 2022
Rails 7.0.3, 6.1.6, 6.0.5, and 5.2.8 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.3, 6.1.6, 6.0.5, and 5.2.8 have been released. This is a bugfix release that includes a fix for when applications are...
April 26, 2022
Rails 7.0.2.4, 6.1.5.1, 6.0.4.8, and 5.2.7.1 have been released!
Hi everyone!!!! This is an announcement to let you know that Rails 7.0.2.4, 6.1.5.1, 6.0.4.8, and 5.2.7.1 have been released! These are security releases so please update as soon as...
March 11, 2022
Rails 5.2.7 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.7 has been released. CHANGES since 5.2.6 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
March 10, 2022
Rails 6.1.5 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.1.5 has been released. This is the last bug fix release for Rails 6.1. If you find any regression, please let...
March 8, 2022
Rails 7.0.2.3, 6.1.4.7, 6.0.4.7, and 5.2.6.3 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails 7.0.2.3, 6.1.4.7, 6.0.4.7, and 5.2.6.3 have been released! So many versions!!! Yes, this release is a security release, and you should update soon. The releases have been...
February 11, 2022
Rails 7.0.2.2, 6.1.4.6, 6.0.4.6, and 5.2.6.2 have been released!
Hi everyone!! Rails 7.0.2.2, 6.1.4.6, 6.0.4.6, and 5.2.6.2 have been released! This release is a security release, and you should upgrade soon! The releases have been made from the last...
February 8, 2022
Rails 7.0.2 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.2 has been released. While this looks like a regular patch release there are a few notable changes. First, one feature...
January 6, 2022
Rails 7.0.1 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 7.0.1 has been released. The focus of this release is bring support to Ruby 3.1, released last Christmas (December 25, 2021)....
December 15, 2021
Rails 7.0: Fulfilling a vision
This version of Rails has been years in the conceptual making. It’s the fulfillment of a vision to present a truly full-stack approach to web development that tackles both the...
December 15, 2021
Rails 6.0.4.4, and 6.1.4.4 have been released
Hi everyone again!!! Rails versions 6.0.4.4, and 6.1.4.4, have been released! This release wasn’t a security release. There was a bug in the previous release such that requests in development...
December 6, 2021
Rails 7.0 RC1: New JavaScript Answers, At-Work Encryption, Query Origin Logging, Zeitwerk Exclusively
We’re almost ready to declare Rails 7 done! The feedback since the first alpha release has been wonderful, we’ve eliminated a slew of issues, and we’ve seen Basecamp, HEY, GitHub,...
September 15, 2021
Rails 7.0 Alpha 1: New JavaScript Answers, At-Work Encryption, Query Origin Logging, Zeitwerk Exclusively
Welcome to the first alpha release of Rails 7. It brings some very exciting new answers to how we do JavaScript, an awesome approach to at-work encryption with Active Record,...
June 24, 2021
Rails 6.1.4 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.1.4 has been released. CHANGES since 6.1.3 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
June 15, 2021
Rails 6.0.4 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.4 has been released. CHANGES since 6.0.3 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
May 5, 2021
Rails versions 6.1.3.2, 6.0.3.7, 5.2.4.6, and 5.2.6 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails versions 6.1.3.2, 6.0.3.7, 5.2.4.6, and 5.2.6 have been released! These releases contain important security fixes, so please update when you can! Here is a list of the...
March 26, 2021
Rails 5.2.5, 6.0.3.6 and 6.1.3.1 have been released
Hey everyone! Rails versions 5.2.5, 6.0.3.6 and 6.1.3.1 have been released. These versions upgrade Active Storage’s Marcel dependency to version 1.0.0. Before 1.0.0, Marcel—which is distributed under the terms of...
February 17, 2021
Rails 6.1.3 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.1.3 has been released. CHANGES since 6.1.2 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
February 10, 2021
Rails 5.2.4.5, 6.0.3.5 and 6.1.2.1 have been released
Hey everyone! Rails version 5.2.4.5, 6.0.3.5 and 6.1.2.1 have been released! Those version are security releases and addresses two issues: [CVE-2021-22880] Possible DoS Vulnerability in Active Record PostgreSQL adapter [CVE-2021-22881]...
February 9, 2021
Rails 6.1.2 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.1.2 has been released. CHANGES since 6.1.1 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
January 7, 2021
Rails 6.1.1 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.1.1 has been released. CHANGES since 6.1.0 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
December 9, 2020
Rails 6.1: Horizontal Sharding, Multi-DB Improvements, Strict Loading, Destroy Associations in Background, Error Objects, and more!
Rails 6.1 has been released and wow does it have a lot of great stuff! We’ve been hard at work these past few months implementing improvements to multiple databases, adding...
December 1, 2020
Rails 6.1 RC2: Horizontal Sharding, Multi-DB Improvements, Strict Loading, Destroy Associations in Background, Error Objects, and more!
The second release candidate for Rails 6.1 has been released and brings a more robust experience for those already trying this version. We’ve been hard at work tweaking and adjusting...
November 2, 2020
Rails 6.1 RC1: Horizontal Sharding, Multi-DB Improvements, Strict Loading, Destroy Associations in Background, Error Objects, and more!
The first release candidate for Rails 6.1 has been released and wow does it have a lot of great stuff! We’ve been hard at work these past few months implementing...
October 7, 2020
Rails 6.0.3.4 has been released
Hey everyone! Rails version 6.0.3.4 has been released! This version is a security release and addresses one possible XSS attack vector in Actionable Exceptions. You can read more about the...
September 10, 2020
Rails 5.2.4.4 and 6.0.3.3 have been released
Hi everyone! Rails 5.2.4.4 and 6.0.3.3 have been released! These releases contain an important security fix, so please upgrade when you can. Both releases contain the following fix: [CVE-2020-15169] Potential...
June 17, 2020
Rails 6.0.3.2 has been released!
Hi everyone! Rails 6.0.3.2 has been released! This version of Rails contains an important security patch, and you should upgrade! The release contains only one patch that addresses CVE-2020-8185. You...
May 18, 2020
Rails 5.2.4.3 and 6.0.3.1 have been released
Hi everyone! Rails 5.2.4.3 and 6.0.3.1 have been released! These releases contain important security fixes, so please upgrade when you can. Both releases contain the following fixes: [CVE-2020-8162] Circumvention of...
May 16, 2020
Rails 4.2.11.3 has been released
Due to an unfortunate oversight, Rails 4.2.11.2 has a missing constant error. To address this Rails 4.2.11.3 has been released. The original announcement for CVE-2020-8163 has a follow-up message with...
May 15, 2020
Rails 4.2.11.2 has been released
Hey everyone! Rails 4.2.11.2 has been released! It contains one patch to address CVE-2020-8163. You can see the patch here. Here are the shas: [aaron@tc-lan-adapter ~/g/r/pkg (4-2-stable)]$ shasum * 83032b4c875aabfda864c66cb93b813630709296...
May 6, 2020
Rails 6.0.3 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.3 has been released. This version fixes warnings when used with Ruby 2.7. CHANGES since 6.0.2 To view the changes for...
May 1, 2020
Rails 6.0.3.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.3.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. If you find...
March 19, 2020
Rails 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2 have been released!
Update I accidentally posted the wrong shas for the 5.2.4.2 release in the original version of this post. I’ve updated the post to reflect the correct information. Hi everyone, HAPPY...
December 18, 2019
Rails 5.2.4.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.4.1 has been released. This is a complementary release to rack in order to address CVE-2019-16782. CHANGES since 5.2.4 To view...
December 18, 2019
Rails 6.0.2.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.2.1 has been released. This is a complementary release to rack in order to address CVE-2019-16782. CHANGES since 6.0.2 To view...
December 13, 2019
Rails 6.0.2 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.2 has been released. CHANGES since 6.0.1 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
December 9, 2019
Rails 6.0.2.rc2 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.2.rc2 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Friday, December 12, 2019. If you find...
November 27, 2019
Rails 5.2.4 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.4 has been released. CHANGES since 5.2.3 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
November 27, 2019
Rails 6.0.2.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.2.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Monday, December 2, 2019. If you find...
November 23, 2019
Rails 5.2.4.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.4.rc1 has been released. This is going to be the last bug fix release of the 5.2 series, so please test...
November 5, 2019
Rails 6.0.1 released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.1 has been released. CHANGES since 6.0.0 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
October 31, 2019
Rails 6.0.1 RC1 released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 6.0.1.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. If you find...
August 15, 2019
Rails 6.0: Action Mailbox, Action Text, Multiple DBs, Parallel Testing, Webpacker by default, and Zeitwerk
Dealing with incoming email, composing rich-text content, connecting to multiple databases, parallelizing test runs, integrating JavaScript with love, and rewriting the code loader. These are fundamental improvements to the fundamentals...
July 30, 2019
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...
April 24, 2019
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...
March 28, 2019
Rails 5.2.3 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.3 has been released. CHANGES since 5.2.2 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
March 28, 2019
Rails 5.1.7 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.7 has been released. CHANGES since 5.1.6 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
March 22, 2019
Rails 5.1.7.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.7.rc1 has been released. This is going to be the final bug fix release for the 5.1 series, so please make...
March 22, 2019
Rails 5.2.3.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.3.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. If you find...
March 13, 2019
Rails 4.2.11.1, 5.0.7.2, 5.1.6.2, 5.2.2.1, and 6.0.0.beta3 have been released!
Hello everyone! Rails 4.2.11.1, 5.0.7.2, 5.1.6.2, 5.2.2.1, and 6.0.0.beta3 have been released! These contain the following important security fixes. It is recommended that users upgrade as soon as possible: CVE-2019-5418...
February 25, 2019
Rails 6.0.0 beta2 released
We’re marching one step closer to the final release of Rails 6 with this second beta. We’ve fixed a bunch of issues and added a few minor features, but the...
February 22, 2019
Zeitwerk integration in Rails 6 (Beta 2)
The second beta of Rails 6 is about to ship, and includes Zeitwerk integration. While Rails 6 final is going to have proper documentation about it, this post will help...
January 18, 2019
Rails 6.0.0 beta1: Action Mailbox, Action Text, Multiple DBs, Parallel Testing, Webpacker by default
The first beta release of Rails 6 is here! It’s absolutely packed with amazing new stuff that we’re so excited to share. There are two major new frameworks – Action...
December 4, 2018
Rails 5.2.2 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.2 has been released. CHANGES since 5.2.1 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
November 28, 2018
Rails 5.2.2.rc1 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.2.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Monday, December 3, 2018. If you find...
November 27, 2018
Rails 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1 and 5.2.1.1 have been released!
Hello everyone and happy Tuesday! Rails 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1 and 5.2.1.1 have been released! These contain the following important security fixes, and it is recommended that users upgrade as soon...
August 7, 2018
Rails 5.2.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.1 has been released. CHANGES since 5.2.0 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
July 30, 2018
Rails 5.2.1.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.2.1.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Monday, August 6, 2018. If you find...
April 9, 2018
Rails 5.2.0 FINAL: Active Storage, Redis Cache Store, HTTP/2 Early Hints, CSP, Credentials
Nearly 14 years since the first public version of Rails, it’s our pleasure to release yet another major upgrade to the framework in the form of 5.2.0 final. We’ve been...
March 29, 2018
Rails 5.0.7 and 5.1.6 have been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.7 and 5.1.6 have been released. CHANGES since 5.0.6 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on...
March 20, 2018
Rails 5.2.0 RC2: Active Storage, Redis Cache Store, HTTP/2 Early Hints, CSP, Credentials
It’s almost time for RailsConf, and we’re determined to get the final version of Rails 5.2 released before then. So here’s the hopefully last release candidate before that can happen....
February 14, 2018
Rails 5.1.5 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.5 has been released. CHANGES since 5.1.4 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
February 1, 2018
Rails 5.1.5.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.5.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. If you find...
January 31, 2018
Rails 5.2.0 RC1: Active Storage, Redis Cache Store, HTTP/2 Early Hints, CSP, Credentials
It’s been two months since the first beta release of Rails 5.2, and we’ve spent the time since to improve, polish, and tweak the release in all sorts of lovely...
November 27, 2017
Rails 5.2.0 beta: Active Storage, Redis Cache Store, HTTP/2 Early Hints, CSP, Credentials
It’s been too hard to deal with file uploads in Rails for too long. Sure, there’s been a lot of fine plugins available, but it was overdue that we incorporated...
September 27, 2017
Rails 4.2.10 released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.10 final has been released! As noted in the rc1 post, Rails 4.2 is no longer supported except for severe security...
September 20, 2017
Rails 4.2.10.rc1 released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.10.rc1 has been released! Per our release policy Rails 4.2 is no longer supported except for severe security fixes, but the...
August 30, 2017
Webpacker 3.0: No separate process needed, less config generated
We’ve just made it even easier to use Webpack with Rails with this third major release of Webpacker. The two big changes are that a separate process is no longer...
August 24, 2017
Rails 5.1.4.rc1 and 5.0.6.rc1 released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.6.rc1 and 5.1.4.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. If...
August 3, 2017
Rails 5.1.3 released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.3 has been released. CHANGES since 5.1.2 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
July 25, 2017
Rails 5.0.5.rc2 and 5.1.3.rc2 have been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.5.rc2 and 5.1.3.rc2 have been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Monday, July 31, 2017. If...
July 19, 2017
Rails 5.1.3.rc1 and 5.0.5.rc1 released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.3.rc1 and 5.0.5.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final releases Monday, July 24, 2017. If you...
June 26, 2017
Rails 5.1.2 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.2 has been released. CHANGES since 5.1.1 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
June 26, 2017
Rails 4.2.9 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.9 has been released. Following our maintenance policy, since the release of Rails 5.1.0, the 4.2 series will only receive new...
June 20, 2017
Rails 5.1.2.rc1 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.1.2.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Monday, June 26, 2017. If you find...
June 19, 2017
Rails 4.2.9.rc2 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.9.rc2 has been released. This is going to be the last bug fix release of the 4.2 series, so please test...
June 19, 2017
Rails 5.0.4 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.4 has been released. CHANGES since 5.0.3 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
June 14, 2017
Rails 5.0.4.rc1 has been released
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.4.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Monday, June 19, 2017. If you find...
June 13, 2017
Rails 4.2.9.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.9.rc1 has been released. This is going to be the last bug fix release of the 4.2 series, so please test...
April 27, 2017
Rails 5.1: Loving JavaScript, System Tests, Encrypted Secrets, and more
In celebration of the 12th RailsConf in Phoenix, Arizona this week, we’re proud to announce that Rails 5.1 is ready in its final form! We’ve spent over 4,100 commits since...
April 21, 2017
Rails 5.1.0.rc2: Loving JavaScript, System Tests, Encrypted Secrets, and more
We’re happy to announce Rails 5.1.0.rc2 has been released. We are now really close to the final release. We still have a few open issues in the milestone but we...
March 20, 2017
Rails 5.1.0.rc1: Loving JavaScript, System Tests, Encrypted Secrets, and more
We’re happy to announce Rails 5.1.0.rc1 has been released. With the help of the community we polished the Rails 5.1 release with more than 380 commits. Notably, Stephen Touset helped...
March 1, 2017
[ANN] Rails 5.0.2 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.2 has been released. CHANGES since 5.0.1 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
February 25, 2017
[ANN] Rails 5.0.2.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.2.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. If you find...
February 23, 2017
Rails 5.1.0.beta1: Loving JavaScript, System Tests, Encrypted Secrets, and more
Rails 5.0 was released just some eight months ago, and now, some 3500 commits later, we’re already close to the next big release. And what release this version 5.1 is...
February 21, 2017
[ANN] Rails 4.2.8 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.8 has been released. This is the first version of the 4.2 series that officially support Ruby 2.4. CHANGES since 4.2.7.1...
February 10, 2017
[ANN] Rails 4.2.8.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.8.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. If you find...
December 21, 2016
[ANN] Rails 5.0.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.1 has been released. CHANGES since 5.0.0 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action...
December 9, 2016
[ANN] Rails 5.0.1.rc2 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.1.rc2 has been released. If no further regressions are found, expect the final release on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. If you...
November 30, 2016
[ANN] Rails 5.0.1.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 5.0.1.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found, expect the final release on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. If you find...
July 13, 2016
[ANN] Rails 4.2.7 and 4.1.16 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.7 and 4.1.16 have been released. As Rails 5 was released, this is probably going to be the last release of...
July 2, 2016
[ANN] Rails 4.2.7.rc1 and 4.1.16.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.7.rc1 and 4.1.16.rc1 have been released. As Rails 5 was released, this is probably going to be the last release of...
June 30, 2016
Rails 5.0: Action Cable, API mode, and so much more
After six months of polish, four betas, and two release candidates, Rails 5.0 is finally done! It’s taken hundreds of contributors and thousands of commits to get here, but what...
June 22, 2016
Rails 5.0.0.rc2
We’re happy to announce Rails 5 RC2 has been released. We continue to work torwards the final Rails 5 release. Between RC1 and RC2 Rails got 91 commits! That’s a...
April 28, 2016
Rails 5.0.0.beta4
We’re happy to announce Rails 5 Beta 4 release. We’re down to 4 open issues on the issue tracker for Rails 5.0.0.RC1. We continue to work torwards RC1. Between beta3...
March 11, 2016
[ANN] Rails 4.2.6 and 4.1.15 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.6 and 4.1.15 have been released. CHANGES since 4.1.14 To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on...
March 1, 2016
[ANN] Rails 4.2.6.rc1 and 4.1.15.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.6.rc1 and 4.1.15.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Friday, on March 4, 2016....
February 29, 2016
Rails 4.2.5.2, 4.1.14.2 and 3.2.22.2 have been released!
Hello everyone and happy Monday! Rails 4.2.5.2, 4.1.14.2, and 3.2.22.2 have been released! These contain the following important security fixes, and it is recommended that users upgrade as soon as...
February 27, 2016
Rails 5.0.0.beta3: More fixes, RC1 is soon
We’re currently down to 18 open issues on the issue tracker for Rails 5.0.0.RC1. But while we continue to drive that number down, we thought it’d be nice to release...
February 2, 2016
Rails 5.0.0.beta2: Slashed Action Cable dependencies, fixes galore
Progress waits for nobody: The second beta release of Rails 5 is out, and it’s packed with a six weeks worth of fixes and upgrades. The big news is that...
January 25, 2016
Rails 5.0.0.beta1.1, 4.2.5.1, 4.1.14.1, 3.2.22.1, and rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.3 have been released!
Hello everyone and happy Monday! Rails 5.0.0.beta1.1, 4.2.5.1, 4.1.14.1, and 3.2.22.1 have been released! These contain the following important security fixes, and it is recommended that users upgrade as soon...
December 18, 2015
Rails 5.0.0.beta1: Action Cable, API mode, Rails command
Rails 5.0! Can you believe it? We only just celebrated the tenth anniversary of Rails 1.0 a few days ago. Time flies when you’re having fun with good friends, and...
November 13, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.5 and 4.1.14 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.5 and 4.1.14 have been released. No regressions were found so these releases include the same changes that the last release...
November 6, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.5.rc2 and 4.1.14.rc2 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.5.rc2 and 4.1.14.rc2 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Wednesday, on November 11, 2015....
October 30, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.5.rc1 and 4.1.14.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.5.rc1 and 4.1.14.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Wednesday, on November 4, 2015....
August 24, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.4 and 4.1.13 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.4 and 4.1.13 have been released. No regressions were found so these releases include the same changes that the release candidates....
August 14, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.4.rc1 and 4.1.13.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.4.rc1 and 4.1.13.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Wednesday, on August 19, 2015....
June 26, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.3 and 4.1.12 have been released. No regressions were found so these releases include the same changes that the release candidates....
June 22, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.3.rc1 and 4.1.12.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.3.rc1 and 4.1.12.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Thursday, on June 25, 2015....
June 16, 2015
Rails 3.2.22, 4.1.11 and 4.2.2 have been released and more
Hi everyone! Rails 3.2.22, 4.1.11 and 4.2.2 have been released, along with web console and jquery-rails plugins and Rack 1.5.4 and 1.6.2. These releases contain security fixes, so please upgrade...
March 19, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.1 and 4.1.10 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that after four release candidates the final versions for Rails 4.2.1 and 4.1.10 have been released. CHANGES since 4.1.9 To view the changes...
March 12, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.1.rc4 and 4.1.10.rc4 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.1.rc4 and 4.1.10.rc4 have been released. There were found some regressions in the last release candidates so, following release process we...
March 2, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.1.rc3 and 4.1.10.rc3 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.1.rc3 and 4.1.10.rc3 have been released. There were found some regressions in the last release candidates so, following release process we...
February 25, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.1.rc2 and 4.1.10.rc2 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.1.rc2 and 4.1.10.rc2 have been released. There were found some regressions in the last release candidates so, following release process we...
February 20, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.2.1.rc1 and 4.1.10.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.2.1.rc1 and 4.1.10.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Wednesday, on February 25, 2015....
January 6, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.1.9 and 4.0.13 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.9 and 4.0.13 have been released. This will be also the last release of 4.0 series as announced in a previous...
January 2, 2015
[ANN] Rails 4.1.9.rc1 and 4.0.13.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.9.rc1 and 4.0.13.rc1 have been released. This is the first release of the year and it includes a lot of bug...
December 19, 2014
Rails 4.2: Active Job, Asynchronous Mails, Adequate Record, Web Console, Foreign Keys
We come bearing gifts! It’s Rails 4.2, and the final version is ready just in time for Christmas. It’s full of great toys, useful gizmos, and polished edges, courtesy of...
December 13, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.2.0.rc3 has been released!
Happy Friday everyone! The Rails team has just released the third Release Candidate of Rails 4.2.0 today. For an overview of all the major changes in the 4.2 series, please...
December 5, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.2.0.rc2 has been released!
Happy Friday everyone! The Rails team has just released the second Release Candidate of Rails 4.2.0 today. For an overview of all the major changes in the 4.2 series, please...
November 28, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.2.0.rc1 has been released!
Happy Black Friday everyone! The Rails team is very excited to announce that the first Release Candidate of Rails 4.2.0 has been released today. For an overview of all the...
November 19, 2014
Rails 4.0.11.1 and 4.1.7.1 have been released
Hi everyone! Rails 4.0.11.1 and 4.1.7.1 have been released! These two releases contain only security fix that was already released as 4.0.12 and 4.1.8. You can read more about the...
November 17, 2014
Rails 3.2.21, 4.0.12, and 4.1.8 have been released
Hello everyone!!! It’s that time again. I would like to announce that Rails 3.2.21, 4.0.12, and 4.1.8 have been released. These releases contain a security fix where the existence of...
October 30, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.2.0.beta4 has been released!
The Rails team has just released Rails 4.2.0.beta4. In addition to the security fixes in 4.2.0.beta3, this new release includes a number of bug fixes for issues reported since the...
October 30, 2014
Rails 3.2.20, 4.0.11, 4.1.7, and 4.2.0.beta3 have been released
Hello everyone!!! It’s that time again. I would like to announce that Rails 3.2.20, 4.0.11, 4.1.7, and 4.2.0.beta3 have been released. These releases contain a security fix where the existence...
September 29, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.2.0.beta2 has been released!
Happy Monday everyone! Today the Rails team is happy to announce that we have released Rails 4.2.0.beta2. Thanks to all the early adopters who have participated in the first round...
September 12, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.1.6 and 4.0.10 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.6 and 4.0.10 have been released. We are planning to produce one more bug fix release in the 4.0 series, targeted...
September 8, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.1.6.rc2 and 4.0.10.rc2 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.6.rc2 and 4.0.10.rc2 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Thursday, on September 11, 2014....
August 20, 2014
Rails 4.2.0 beta1: Active Job, Deliver Later, Adequate Record, Web Console
We’re putting the final touches on the first major new release of Rails in its second decade of life. While most software would be in a retirement home after a...
August 19, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.1.6.rc1 and 4.0.10.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.6.rc1 and 4.0.10.rc1 have been released. If no regressions are found expect the final release this Friday, on August 22, 2014....
August 18, 2014
Rails 4.0.9 and 4.1.5 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails 4.0.9 and 4.1.5 have been released! These two releases contain a security fix, so please upgrade as soon as possible! In order to make upgrading as smooth...
July 2, 2014
Rails 4.0.8 and 4.1.4 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails 4.0.8 and 4.1.4 have been released! The security patches introduced a regression on the PostgreSQL Range feature. This regression was only introduced to Rails 4.x. Rails 3.2...
July 2, 2014
Rails 3.2.19, 4.0.7 and 4.1.3 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails 3.2.19, 4.0.7 and 4.1.3 have been released! These three releases contain important security fixes, so please upgrade as soon as possible! In order to make upgrading as...
June 26, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.1.2 and 4.0.6 have been released!
Hi everyone, Rails 4.1.2 and Rails 4.0.6 are finally out. Rails 4.1.2 is the first bug fix release for the 4.1 series. Rails 4.0.6 includes a lot of bug fixes...
June 23, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.1.2.rc3 and 4.0.6.rc3 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.2.rc3 and 4.0.6.rc3 have been released. We fixed two regressions on Active Record component. If no more new regressions are found...
June 16, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.1.2.rc2 and 4.0.6.rc2 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.2.rc2 and 4.0.6.rc2 have been released. We had a regression with the protected_attributes gem, so if you are using it in...
May 27, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.1.2.rc1 and 4.0.6.rc1 have been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.1.2.rc1 is the first bug fix release for the 4.1 series. Also, we are releasing a new bug fix release for...
May 6, 2014
Rails 3.2.18, 4.0.5 and 4.1.1 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails 3.2.18, 4.0.5 and 4.1.1 have been released! These three releases contain important security fix, so please upgrade as soon as possible! In order to make upgrading as...
April 8, 2014
Rails 4.1.0: Spring, Variants, Enums, Mailer previews, secrets.yml
Rails 4.1.0 might carry a minor version bump, but there’s nothing minor about the bag of goodies it carries. It simply means that upgrading from 4.0.x should be a relatively...
March 25, 2014
Rails 4.1.0: Release candidate 2
This is intended as the last stop before the final version of Rails 4.1.0 hits the virtual presses. We’ve been stamping out bugs and polishing things for about a month...
March 14, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.0.4 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.0.4 has been released. This is a bug fix release and includes more than 290 commits. This release is also known...
March 11, 2014
[ANN] Rails 4.0.4.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.0.4.rc1 has been released. This is a bug fix release and includes more than 290 commits. If no regressions are found...
February 18, 2014
Rails 4.1.0: Release candidate 1
We’re getting really close to signing off on Rails 4.1.0, but we need your help to push it the last mile. Today we’re putting out the first (and, with luck,...
February 18, 2014
Rails 3.2.17, 4.0.3 and 4.1.0.beta2 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails 3.2.17, 4.0.3 and 4.1.0.beta2 have been released! These three releases contain important security fixes, so please upgrade as soon as possible! In order to make upgrading as...
December 18, 2013
Rails 4.1.0 beta1: Variants, Spring, mailer previews, JS CSRF, config/secrets.yml, Enums
Hohoho, it’s Xmas time, kids! We have a beta full of goodies for everyone who’s been nice this year. Rails 4.1 is packed to the gills with more marvelous real-world...
November 1, 2013
[ANN] Rails 4.0.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.0.1 has been released. This is a bug fix release and includes more than 460 commits. This release comes up with...
October 17, 2013
[ANN] Rails 4.0.1.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 4.0.1.rc1 has been released. This is a bug fix release and includes more than 450 commits. This release comes up with...
October 16, 2013
[ANN] Rails 3.2.15 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 3.2.15 has been released. This is a bug fix release and includes 56 commits. This release also contains one security fix...
July 23, 2013
[ANN] Rails 3.2.14 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 3.2.14 has been released. This is a bug fix release and includes more than 150 commits. I also want to announce...
July 16, 2013
[ANN] Rails 3.2.14.rc2 has been released!
Hi everyone, One regression was found on the 3.2.14.rc1 release. So, following the script We are releasing a new release candidate, Rails 3.2.14.rc2. If no regressions are found we will...
July 12, 2013
[ANN] Rails 3.2.14.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 3.2.14.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found I will release 3.2.14 final final this Monday, on July 15, 2013....
June 25, 2013
Rails 4.0: Final version released!
Rails 4.0 is finally ready after a thorough process of betas and release candidates. It’s an amazing new version packed with new goodies and farewells to old features past their...
June 11, 2013
Rails 4.0: Release Candidate 2 released!
We’re almost at the end of the road for Rails 4.0.0. This is intended to be the last release candidate before the final version is released. We have just under...
May 1, 2013
Rails 4.0: Release Candidate 1 released!
Just in time for the opening of RailsConf, we managed to push out the first release candidate of Rails 4.0. This incorporates no less than 1,368 commits since beta 1....
March 18, 2013
[SEC] [ANN] Rails 3.2.13, 3.1.12, and 2.3.18 have been released!
Hi everyone! Rails versions 3.2.13, 3.1.12, and 2.3.18 have been released. These releases contain important security fixes. It is recommended users upgrade as soon as possible. Please check out these...
March 7, 2013
[ANN] Rails 3.2.13.rc2 has been released!
Hi everybody. I’d like to announce that Rails 3.2.13.rc2 has been released. Rails 3.2.13.rc2 contains fixes for regressions found in rc1. Please test out rc2. If you find regressions between...
February 27, 2013
[ANN] Rails 3.2.13.rc1 has been released!
Hey everyone! I am pumped to announce that Rails 3.2.13.rc1 has been released! If no regressions are found I will release 3.2.13 final in two weeks, on March 13, 2013....
February 26, 2013
Rails 4.0: Beta 1 released!
Hot on the heels of the first production version of Ruby 2.0 comes the first beta version of Rails 4.0. The two form a great pair and are already running...
February 24, 2013
Maintenance policy for Ruby on Rails
Since the most recent patch releases there has been some confusion about what versions of Ruby on Rails are currently supported, and when people can expect new versions. Our maintenance...
February 11, 2013
[SEC][ANN] Rails 3.2.12, 3.1.11, and 2.3.17 have been released!
Hi everybody. I’d like to announce that Rails 3.2.12, 3.1.11, and 2.3.17 have been released. 3.2.12 and 3.1.11 contain one security fix, and 2.3.17 contains two security fixes. It is...
January 28, 2013
[SEC][ANN] Rails 3.0.20, and 2.3.16 have been released!
Hi everybody. I’d like to announce that 3.0.20, and 2.3.16 have been released. These releases contain one extremely critical security fix so please update IMMEDIATELY. You can read about the...
January 8, 2013
[SEC][ANN] Rails 3.2.11, 3.1.10, 3.0.19, and 2.3.15 have been released!
Hi everybody. I’d like to announce that 3.2.11, 3.1.10, 3.0.19, and 2.3.15 have been released. These releases contain two extremely critical security fixes so please update IMMEDIATELY. You can read...
January 2, 2013
[ANN] Rails 3.2.10, 3.1.9, and 3.0.18 have been released!
Rails versions 3.2.10, 3.1.9, and 3.0.18 have been released. These releases contain an important security fix. It is recommended that all users upgrade immediately. The security identifier is CVE-2012-5664, and...
August 1, 2012
Rails 3.2.8.rc1 has been released!
Hi everyone, Rails 3.2.8.rc1 has been released. If no regressions are found we will release 3.2.8 final on Friday. IMPORTANT We are removing all the deprecation warnings that we introduced...
January 26, 2012
Rails 3.2.1 has been released
Rails 3.2.1 is out, with some fixes and doc improvements. Please check the CHANGELOGs gist for details.
January 20, 2012
Rails 3.2.0: Faster dev mode & routing, explain queries, tagged logger, store
So we didn’t quite make the December release date as we intended, but hey, why break a good tradition and start hitting release targets now! In any case, your patience...
January 4, 2012
Rails 3.2.0.rc2 has been released!
Hi everyone, Rails 3.2.0.rc2 has been released! What to update in your apps Update your Gemfile to depend on rails ~> 3.2.0.rc2 Update your Gemfile to depend on sass-rails ~>...
December 20, 2011
Rails 3.2 RC1: Faster dev mode & routing, explain queries, tagged logger, store
Once you’ve boarded the Rails train, you just know that every stop along the way is going to be a good time. This release candidate is no different and we’ve...
November 18, 2011
Git tag for 3.1.2 release
Unfortunately I accidentally pushed an incorrect v3.1.2 tag yesterday. I immediately recognised that it was wrong, so quickly deleted it and pushed the correct tag. I thought that this would...
October 7, 2011
Rails 3.1.1 has been released!
Hi everyone, Rails 3.1.1 has been released. This release requires at least sass-rails 3.1.4 CHANGES Action Mailer No changes Action Pack stylesheet_link_tag(‘/stylesheets/application’) and similar helpers doesn’t throw Sprockets::FileOutsidePaths exception anymore...
October 6, 2011
[ANN] Rails 3.1.1.rc3
Hi everyone, Rails 3.1.1.rc3 has been released. Please give it a try, it’s our chance to fix regressions you might find and make a beautiful 3.1.1 stable release. If there...
September 29, 2011
[ANN] Rails 3.1.1.rc2
Hi everyone, Rails 3.1.1.rc2 has been released. Please give it a try, it’s our chance to fix regressions you might find and make a beautiful 3.1.1 stable release. If there...
September 14, 2011
[ANN] Rails 3.1.1.rc1
Hi everyone, Rails 3.1.1.rc1 has been released. Please give it a try, it’s our chance to fix regressions you might find and make a beautiful 3.1.1 stable release. If there...
August 29, 2011
[ANN] Rails 3.1.0.rc8
Hi everyone, Rails 3.1.0.rc8 has been released (we’ve an issue with rc7). This is the final release candidate. Please give it a try, it’s our last chance to fix regressions...
May 22, 2011
Rails 3.1: Release candidate
As I promised at RailsConf, we’re finally good to go on the Rails 3.1: Release Candidate. This is a fantastically exciting release. We have three new star features and an...
May 5, 2011
Rails 3.1 beta 1 released
We’ve taken our first release step towards the final version of Rails 3.1 today with the unveiling of beta 1. This is a release mostly for people who’ve already been...
February 27, 2011
Rails 3.0.5 has been released!
Aaron Patterson showed us some tenderlove this week by releasing Rails 3.0.5. Have a peek at what got updated. Bugs Fixed Fix when gzip returns a UTF-8 string on Ruby...
November 15, 2010
Rails 3.0.3: Faster Active Record plus fixes
How about some free speed? Well, here you go. Rails 3.0.3 includes a much faster version of Active Record that reclaims the performance lost when we went from Rails 2.3.x...
September 4, 2010
Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 Released
We’ve released Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 (gem and git tag) to extend the 2.3.8 bridge a few steps closer to Rails 3 and Ruby 1.9. If your app runs on...
August 29, 2010
Rails 3.0: It's ready!
Rails 3.0 has been underway for a good two years, so it’s with immense pleasure that we can declare it’s finally here. We’ve brought the work of more than 1,600...
August 24, 2010
Rails 3.0: Release candidate 2
The release candidate process is progressing as planned. This second candidate has very few changes over the first, which means that unless any blockers are discovered with this release, we’re...
July 26, 2010
Rails 3.0: Release candidate!
High off Baltimore Pandemic and Yellow Tops, I believe we promised a release candidate shortly after RailsConf. As things usually go in open source, we gorged ourselves on fixes and...
June 8, 2010
Rails 3.0: Beta 4 now, RC in days
RailsConf 2010 is underway and what better occasion to do the final stage of the Rails 3 beta program. We’re very pleased to announce Rails 3 beta 4, which we’ll...
May 25, 2010
Ruby on Rails 2.3.8 Released
The 2.3.7 release slipped out the door too hastily. Fixing compatibility with the rails_xss plugin inadvertently forced everyone to use it. Facepalm. I apologize for wasting a chunk of your...
May 24, 2010
Ruby on Rails 2.3.7 Released
With the 2.3.6 release hot out of the oven, Nathan Weizenbaum began updating HAML to support it. He uncovered a couple of bugs in the HTML-safety changes backported from Rails...
May 23, 2010
Ruby on Rails 2.3.6 Released
We’ve released Ruby on Rails 2.3.6: six months of bug fixes, a handful of new features, and a strong bridge to Rails 3. We deprecated some obscure and ancient features...
April 1, 2010
Rails 3.0: Second beta release
It took longer than we thought, but then again, what doesn’t? This is the second beta release of Rails 3.0 and hopefully our last stop before a release candidate. There...
November 30, 2009
Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 Released
Rails 2.3.5 was released over the weekend which provides several bug-fixes and one security fix. It should be fully compatible with all prior 2.3.x releases and can be easily upgraded...
March 16, 2009
Rails 2.3: Templates, Engines, Rack, Metal, much more!
Rails 2.3 is finally done and out the door. This is one of the most substantial upgrades to Rails in a very long time. A brief rundown of the top...
March 5, 2009
Rails 2.3 RC2: Final stop before release
The past month has seen a flurry of activity getting Rails 2.3 solid. We think we’ve ironed out all the major kinks now, but just to be sure, we’re running...
February 1, 2009
Rails 2.3.0 RC1: Templates, Engines, Rack, Metal, much more!
Rails 2.3 is almost ready for release, but this package is so stock full of amazing new stuff that we’re making dutifully sure that everything works right before we call...
December 5, 2008
New REE with OS X, 64-bit, Solaris support and GC patches
Phusion is on a roll today. Not only did we just get a new Passenger, they’ve also just dropped a new REE (the Ruby patches for copy-on-write) that includes 64-bit...
December 5, 2008
Phusion Passenger 2.0.5 now compatible with Edge Rails
The Phusion team keeps blazing ahead with Passenger and improving it rapidly. They’ve just released version 2.0.5, which includes a few fixes and introduces compatibility with the Rack-based Edge Rails....
November 21, 2008
Rails 2.2: i18n, HTTP validators, thread safety, JRuby/1.9 compatibility, docs
Rails 2.2 is finally done after we cleared the last issues from the release candidate program. This release contains an long list of fixes, improvements, and additions that’ll make everything...
November 14, 2008
Rails 2.2 RC2: Last stop before final
Rails 2.2 has been baking for long enough now. This is the last taste before the goodies are served. So please install and check it out. See if you can...
October 24, 2008
Rails 2.2 RC1: i18n, thread safety, docs, etag/last-modified, JRuby/1.9 compatibility
Rails 2.2 is almost ready for its final release, but before we christen the gems, we’d like to have everyone test out a release candidate. Rails 2.2 is a major...
October 23, 2008
Rails 2.1.2: Security, other fixes
Rails 2.1.2 includes the same two security fixes that we pushed out for 2.0.x recently. We’re talking about a backport of the offset/limit sanitization fix for Active Record and a...
October 19, 2008
Rails 2.0.5: Security fixes
Time for another small security fix for Rails 2.0.×. The 2.0.5 release contains just two changes: A backport of the offset/limit sanitization fix for Active Record and a fix against...
September 5, 2008
Rails 2.1.1: Lots of bug fixes
Rails 2.1.1 is another maintenance release that includes a bunch of bug fixes and a fix for the REXML vulnerability. I’ve extracted all the changes from the CHANGELOGs into a...
September 3, 2008
Rails 2.0.4: Maintenance release
Thanks to Git it’s been a lot easier to maintain older branches of the code base, so we’ve taken the opportunity to backport a bunch of bug fixes to the...
June 13, 2008
Capistrano 2.4.0
Capistrano 2.4.0 is now available. Capistrano is the deployment tool of choice for many Rails programmers, but can be used for much more, allowing you to automate remote tasks using...
June 1, 2008
Rails 2.1: Time zones, dirty, caching, gem dependencies, caching, etc
Rails 2.1 is now available for general consumption with all the features and fixes we’ve been putting in over the last six months since 2.0. This has been a huge...
April 30, 2008
Rails 2.1 release candidate is imminent!
Threat level orange, guys! The release candidate for Rails 2.1 is drawing awfully close, so if you’ve been sitting on a patch that just must make it in now is...
February 28, 2008
Capistrano 2.2.0
Capistrano is a utility for managing remote servers and automating remote tasks. It is popularly used to deploy Rails applications (but can do oh, so much more!). Version 2.2.0 is...
January 31, 2008
ActiveMerchant 1.3 released
ActiveMerchant 1.3 has been released. The focus on this latest release was the addition of standardized support for the Address Verification System (AVS) and credit card verification value (CVV2) checks...
December 17, 2007
Rails 2.0.2: Some new defaults and a few fixes
Now that we have the big Rails 2.0 release out the door, it’s a lot easier to push out smaller updates more frequently. So that’s what we’re going to do....
December 7, 2007
Rails 2.0: It's done!
Rails 2.0 is finally finished after about a year in the making. This is a fantastic release that’s absolutely stuffed with great new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible...
November 29, 2007
Rails 2.0: Release Candidate 2
After another batch of fixes, tweaks, and buckets of polish, we’ve prepared the hopefully last step before 2.0 can go final: Release Candidate 2. If nothing major pops up, expect...
November 9, 2007
Rails 2.0: Release Candidate 1
We’ve been taking our sweet time, but now it really is almost there. We’ve just pushed new beta gems to gems.rubyonrails.org and created the rel_2-0-0_RC1 tag. So this is shaping...
November 7, 2007
Prototype 1.6.0 and script.aculo.us 1.8.0 released
New versions of the JavaScript libraries that ship with Rails, Prototype 1.6.0 and script.aculo.us 1.8.0, have been released. You can find out about the numerous changes on the Prototype blog...
October 14, 2007
Capistrano 2.1
After a much larger delay than I would have liked, Capistrano 2.1 is now available! (Capistrano is a utility for executing commands on multiple remote machines in parallel, and is...
October 12, 2007
Rails 1.2.5: Security and maintenance release
This release closes a JSON XSS vulnerability, fixes a couple of minor regressions introduced in 1.2.4, and backports a handful of features and fixes from the 2.0 preview release. All...
October 5, 2007
Rails 1.2.4: Maintenance release
This release contains additional deprecation notices, security fixes and some minor performance improvements. All users of 1.2.3 are advised to upgrade. Deprecation Notices If you intend to upgrade to 2.0...
September 30, 2007
Rails 2.0: Preview Release
Behold, behold, Rails 2.0 is almost here. But before we can slap on the final stamp, we’re going to pass through a couple of trial release phases. The first is...
July 21, 2007
Capistrano 2.0
Capistrano 2.0 is real. (What is Capistrano?) Install it thus: gem install capistrano It’s been through four preview releases, and has seen significant changes since 1.4.1. If you’re currently using...
July 10, 2007
Haml 1.7
The Haml team recently announced the release of Haml 1.7, which is an alternative markup system that you can use in Rails, instead of the default ERb-based markup. Version 1.7...
June 29, 2007
Capistrano 2.0 Preview 4
I am such a chicken. I very much wanted the next release of Capistrano to be the official “Capistrano 2.0” release. But as I watched the changelog grow, I started...
June 16, 2007
Capistrano 2.0 Preview 3
Alright, we’re nearing the finish line! Capistrano 2.0 Preview Release #3 is now available. Capistrano is a utility for automating the execution of tasks on one or more remote machines....
April 25, 2007
Capistrano 2.0 Preview 1
Capistrano 2.0 Preview 1 is now available for installing and testing: gem install -s http://gems.rubyonrails.com capistrano (It’ll show up as version 1.99.0; the 1.99.x series will be used as the...
March 14, 2007
Rails 1.2.3: Compatible with Ruby 1.8.6 (and other fixes)
While Rails Edge continues to move forward at a rapid clip, we’ve still had the time to make sure that Rails 1.2.x stays in the game. This release irons out...
February 24, 2007
Capistrano 1.4.1
Here it is, another Capistrano release, and less than a month since the last one! Miracles truly never cease. Capistrano, for those embarrassingly late to the party, is a utility...
February 10, 2007
Shiny new Subversion and Trac cluster
You’ve all noticed the excruciating Rails svn updates and Trac molasses in the last couple of weeks. Following the release of Rails 1.2 we thoroughly overwhelmed our development server, no...
February 6, 2007
Rails 1.2.2: SQLite3, gems, singular resources
It’s time for another minor update to Rails 1.2. This was primarily prompted by a change in the API for SQLite between version 3.3.7 and 3.3.8+, which left the Rails...
February 4, 2007
Capistrano 1.4.0
Capistrano is a utility for executing commands in parallel on multiple machines, such as for automating the deployment of applications. Version 1.4.0 is now available. To install: gem install capistrano...
January 19, 2007
Haml 1.0
Since we’re all celebrating new releases, it seems only fair to point out that Haml, an alternative markup format to Rails’ RHTML templates, has reached the lofty version of 1.0....
January 19, 2007
Prototype 1.5: Now with a manual!
Prototype 1.5 shipped together with Rails 1.2 today. But that’s not all that’s been happening at the JavaScript sugar mill. Today also marks the official unveiling of prototypejs.org. A brand...
January 19, 2007
Rails 1.2: REST admiration, HTTP lovefest, and UTF-8 celebrations
Get out your party balloons and funny hats because we’re there, baby. Yes, sire, Rails 1.2 is finally available in all it’s glory. It took a little longer than we...
January 6, 2007
Capistrano 1.3.1
I’ve been remiss in announcing recent Capistrano releases, so I’m making up for lost time now. Capistrano 1.3.1 is now available! Capistrano, for those of you that are late to...
January 5, 2007
Rails 1.2: Release Candidate 2
This is it. We’re a mere two shakes of a lamb’s tail from releasing the final version of Rails 1.2. But before we light the fireworks and pop the champagne,...
November 26, 2006
Rails 1.2 RC1: New in Active Support
The following are some of the smaller, but notable features added to Rails 1.2 ActiveSupport since the Rails 1.1 release. (compiled by Joshua Sierles). Module#unloadable marks constants that require unloading...
November 26, 2006
Rails 1.2 RC1: New in Action Pack
With all respect to the reporter from the Edge, here are a few tasty bits from ActionPack in Rails 1.2 (CHANGELOG). (compiled by Geoffrey Grosenbach). <h1>Views</h1> <p>You can now access...
November 26, 2006
Rails 1.2 RC1: New in ActiveRecord
Here are some of the smaller yet notable features in the Rails 1.2 release of ActiveRecord made since the 1.1 release. (compiled by Josh Susser). Finding Added simple hash conditions...
November 23, 2006
Rails 1.2: Release Candidate 1
It’s been almost eight months since the last major release of Rails introduced RJS, respond_to, eager loading, and much more. It’s about time we introduced the latest batch of big...
August 30, 2006
Capistrano 1.1.9 (beta)
A new release of Capistrano is nearly upon us! Before I unleash it upon the world, though, I’d like to have a few brave souls put it through its paces,...
August 10, 2006
Rails 1.1.6, backports, and full disclosure
The cat is out of the bag, so here’s the full disclosure edition of the current security vulnerability. With Rails 1.1.0 through 1.1.5 (minus the short-lived 1.1.3), you can trigger...
August 9, 2006
Rails 1.1.5: Mandatory security patch (and more)
We’re still hard at work on Rails 1.2, which features all the new dandy REST stuff and more, but a serious security concern has come to our attention that needed...
June 30, 2006
Rails 1.1.4: Security fix without breakage
The security fix from Rails 1.1.3 might have closed the hole, but it also caused breakage for people with controllers in modules. We’ve fixed that now, so Rails 1.1.4 should...
June 27, 2006
Rails 1.1.3: Security fix and minor fixes
We’ve found and fixed a security issue with routing that could cause excess CPU usage in Rails processes when triggered by certain URLs. We strongly encourage anyone running 1.1.x to...
June 13, 2006
New from O'Reilly: RJS Templates for Rails
Cody Fauser has just announced the release of his PDF-only book RJS Templates for Rails. From almost the day we checked rjs into the repository, Cody was quickly singling himself...
June 7, 2006
Browse your Subversion Repositories
Bounty Source provides the Open Source community with free hosting and tools including a task manager, a CMS, and a Subversion Code Repository. They’ve been gracious enough to release the...
May 22, 2006
Dan Webb's Request Routing Plugin
Have you ever wanted to write Rails routes using a URL’s subdomain? What about routing based on whether a request was HTTP vs HTTPS? Well, now you can. Recently Dan...
May 18, 2006
Easily find inefficient queries with QueryTrace
Nathaniel Talbott of test/unit fame has just released a new plugin he calls QueryTrace. I’ll let him explain what it does: It’s nice that ActiveRecord logs the queries that are...
May 15, 2006
Rails Recipes is out of beta
Chad Fowler’s excellent Rails Recipes, quickly becoming the de facto companion to the canonical Agile Web Development with Rails, is out of beta and off to the printers. Now that...
May 3, 2006
Radiant released: Content Management Simplified
John Long has announced the initial release of Radiant, the simple and elegant CMS that is planned to eventually power the redesigned reincarnation of the official Ruby website, ruby-lang.org. You...
April 19, 2006
Rails Recipes release candidate now available
Dave Thomas has just announced that the first release-candidate of Rails Recipes is now available. What that means is that the book is essentially in its finished form. It’s had...
April 9, 2006
Rails 1.1.2: Tiny fix for gems dependencies
The new gem version dependency system from Rails 1.1.1 needed a few tweaks to work properly and to stop throwing meaningless warnings. This tiny release makes up for that. To...
April 6, 2006
Plug into HyperEstraier with acts_as_searchable
Patrick Lenz has announced his acts_as_searchable plugin which integrates ActiveRecord models with HyperEstraier, an open source fulltext search engine. It’s available as a gem so you can just do sudo...
April 6, 2006
Rails 1.1.1: Fixing a slew of minors (but you must still freeze Typo)
Rails 1.1 was a big upgrade with a lot of new features and we’ve been working hard since its release to polish off the kinks revealed after it was deployed...
March 31, 2006
Upload Progress Helper and Rails 1.1
One of the casualties of the 1.1 release was the experimental upload progress helper. Unfortunately it didn’t work on all the platforms we support and it was a source of...
March 28, 2006
Rails 1.1: RJS, Active Record++, respond_to, integration tests, and 500 other things!
The biggest upgrade in Rails history has finally arrived. Rails 1.1 boasts more than 500 fixes, tweaks, and features from more than 100 contributors. Most of the updates just make...
March 22, 2006
Rails 1.1: Release Candidate 1 available
It’s been roughly three months since the release of the big one-oh. That’s obviously an eternity in Rails time, so its about high time we’re getting ready for the release...
March 19, 2006
Quick PDF generation with RTex
Bruce Williams of Naviance recently announced his RTex plugin. It exposes your controller data to rtex views that output LaTeX which is convereted to PDF. To install you can use...
March 19, 2006
i5labs pushing the limits of Rails
In November, PlanetMoon launched Infected, a first-person shooter game for Playstation Portable. The PSP game has two-pieces, one, the actual PSP game (which is C++), and a statistics reporting tool...
March 16, 2006
Auto sanitized templates with Erubis
Last month on the Rails core mailing list, a thread popped up (that went on and on) wherein the idea was proposed that rhtml templates should automatically sanitize output by...
January 2, 2006
SwitchTower 0.10.0
You can read the complete changelog, but here’s a quick overview of some of the most notable changes: Bugs Fixed Handle SSH password prompts formatted like “someone’s password:” Allow the...
December 13, 2005
Rails 1.0: Party like it's one oh oh!
15 months after the first public release, Rails has arrived at the big 1.0. What a journey! We’ve gone through thousands of revisions, tickets, and patches from hundreds of contributors...
December 8, 2005
Rails RC5 (0.14.4): Next stop one-oh (really, this time!)
It’s been a month since we promised that RC4 would be the final countdown. And counting down we have. We’ve fixed a ton of major, minor, and aesthetic issues and...
November 7, 2005
Rails 1.0 RC4 (0.14.3): It's the final countdown!
Comrades, we are so close to the goal that the relieve should be tastable. The mythical 1.0 release is now penned to be the very next release once we rattle...
November 6, 2005
Liquid templates announced
Liquid is a brand new template engine optimized for xhtml and emails. It features a very clean syntax and speedy execution speeds. The main difference to traditional ERb is that...
October 25, 2005
Rails 1.0 RC3 (0.14.2): A bunch of little things
We’ve pushed out the third release candidate for 1.0 of Rails. This release most prominently fixes a memory leak with render_component (which affected Typo among others), the scaffolding bug, and...
October 19, 2005
Introducing SwitchTower: Distributed deployment for Rails
SwitchTower is a utility for executing commands in parallel on multiple machines. It lets you (among many other things) deploy distributed applications with a single command. When your application is...
October 19, 2005
Rails 1.0: The Release Candidate (2)
The release of 1.0 is near upon us! It has been a long time in the making, involved a heroic final sprint at RubyConf by the core team, and is...
July 11, 2005
Rails 0.13.1: Faster for all, eager limits, more Ajax
We’ve returned the default MySQL/Ruby bindings to their former glory, made sure development mode on big applications didn’t get penalized on resetting the object space, and cut WEBricks lust to...
July 6, 2005
Rails 0.13: 225+ features/fixes in 75 days!
After the longest gap between releases since Rails was made public and after more than 225 fixes and new features, the final major release before the 1.0 milestone has arrived....
April 19, 2005
Rails 0.12.1: No major update without a bit of pain
There’s nothing like pushing a new major update in order to find bugs in the code when its exposed to a couple of hundred working applications. Thankfully the fixes were...
April 18, 2005
Rails 0.12.0: Eager associations, new Base.find API, assertions revisited, more Ajax!
The time had come to butcher the piggy-back query and introduce real association loading through outer joins. Behold, the glorious eager loading of associations that makes it silly easy to...
March 27, 2005
Rails 0.11.1: More Ajax, Verifications, SQL Server updated, loads of fixes
The Ajax wave is sweeping across Rails. In this release, we’ve added a :position option to both link_to_remote and form_remote_tag that can be set to either :before, :top, :bottom, or...
March 22, 2005
Rails 0.11.0: Ajax, Pagination, Non-vhost, Incoming mail
With the inclusion of Ajax helpers in Rails 0.11.0, we’ve addressed the most important concern holding back large scale Ajax use: Writing DHTML by hand. Manipulating the DOM by hand...
February 24, 2005
Rails 0.10.0: Routing, Web Services, Components, Oracle
We’re plowing through the road map at lightning speed with the release of Rails 0.10.0. There’s so much good stuff in here this time it’s really hard to pick just...
January 26, 2005
Rails 0.9.5: A world of fixes and tweaks
This release is mostly about polishing the Rails by closing holes, deficiencies, and subtle extensions to existing features. The long-awaited Directions and generator upgrade have been postponed to the next...
January 18, 2005
Rails 0.9.4.1: Cleaning up the mess
Seems like the 0.9.4 release required a public launch in order to find the last snags. No game, no pain, or something. The changes are: Action Mailer Fixed sending of...
January 17, 2005
Rails 0.9.4: Caching, filters, SQLite3...
Another incredibly strong release sees the light of day as we move one step closer to the mythical 1.0. This release tackles one of the five steps on the roadmap...
January 4, 2005
Rails 0.9.3: Optimistic locking, dynamic finders, 1.8.2
Rails is now fully compatible with Ruby 1.8.2, which we advice all to upgrade to as soon as possible. It contains a year’s worth of bug fixes for Ruby, so...