Rails

Rails Pending Migrations Show Path

Rails warns users of pending migrations now by showing the path of the migration file, instead of just the name. This is useful in multi-db applications.

Rails 7 Fixes tsrange Timezone Bug

Earlier the tsrange/tstzrange column would throw a TypeError if a timezone was set in the application config.

Rails 7.1 Job Generator --parent

Similar to the working of the model generator, the job generator now accepts the --parent option.

Rails Adds SQLite :strict Option

SQLite can be configured to be strict to circumvent some of its quirks. Rails can now specify this in the default database.yml file.

Rails Validates Migration Options

Previously erroneous options were silently ignored in migration functions such as "create_table" or "add_column", now they raise an error.

Rails assert_redirected_to Status Code

The assertion statement previous was only able to assert that the request was redirected, but not the status code.

Rails ErrorReporting source Attribute

Subscribers can now filter error reports based on source, making it easier to ignore internal errors or focus on specific errors.

Rails Requires active_storage.service

Developers are no longer presented vague errors when config.active_storage.service is not set. Instead a clear exception is raised.

Rails Infinite Range in LengthValidators

Models that need to be validated for length can use infinite ranges in :in / :within options

Rails Fixes Mutable Param Cache Hits

ActiveRecord now dups and freezes complex types when making query attributes which prevents false-positive query cache hits.