From Ruby on Rails Blog
Fri, October 23
Safer secrets, ZJIT, and more!
New apps stop falling back to Marshal for signed messages, the local secret file is no longer world-readable, and SQLite finally renames columns the way the database intended. Here’s what’s new in Rails:
Thu, October 22
On Rails — Hussain Akram & Antonio Carlos de Souza: Rails Scales for the Rest of Us
Hussain Akram is an engineering manager at Donorbox and Antonio Carlos de Souza (A.C.) is its chief architect, working on a Rails app that has helped nonprofits raise money online and in person for more than a decade.
Fri, October 16
Faster blank? checks, safer SQLite rollbacks, and more!
Hi, it’s Vipul. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase.
Tue, October 13
Agents on Rails: Stage 3. Can a model build on its own work?
Now that we understand better how agents deal with contained tasks and contained codebases, it’s time to push them a little harder. Stage 3 adds a set of large multi-step tasks that test how well a model can build on its own work over multiple sessions without turning it into a hot mess. We’ve also greatly expanded the variety of apps we test the models on.
Fri, October 9
Better ACL S3 control and more
Hi, Wojtek here. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase.
Fri, October 2
Rails World recordings are online, new minimum Ruby version and more!
Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase.
Thu, October 1
Rails World 2026 recap: All talks online
Happy to report that in record time, all Rails World 2026 talks are now online.
Fri, September 25
See you in Lisbon!
Hi, it’s Claudio Baccigalupo with your updates on the Rails codebase.
Rails Version 7.2.4 has been released!
Hi everyone,
Rails Version 8.1.4 has been released!
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Mon, September 21
Agents on Rails: Maximum effort and DeepSeek 4.1 Flash
In the Stage 2 report we shipped 20 feature tickets on Fizzy and promised to explore benchmarking the agents all on max-effort. Now we have run it: every model on the board, same tickets, reasoning turned all the way up. We also tested a new model: DeepSeek 4.1 Flash.
Fri, September 18
Rails World 2026 Update: Livestream & Sponsors
As we gear up for Rails World 2026 next week, we’re so grateful to the companies showing up to make the first Rails World in the US a great one.