Rails 8.1 introduces registry-free deployments with Kamal, allowing Docker images to be deployed directly to servers without requiring a remote container registry.

Feb 09, 2026RailsRails 8.1DevOpsKamal

Rails 8.1 adds a new rails credentials:fetch command that allows tools like Kamal to retrieve encrypted credentials directly from the command line.

Dec 22, 2025RailsRails 8.1DevOps

Rails 8.1 introduces deprecated ActiveRecord associations, allowing developers to mark associations as deprecated before removing them.

Dec 12, 2025RailsRails 8.1ActiveRecord

Rails 8.1 introduces native Markdown rendering support, allowing controllers to respond to format.md without external libraries.

Nov 17, 2025RailsRails 8.1Rendering

Rails 8.1 introduces Structured Event Reporting with a unified Rails.event interface for emitting structured application events.

Nov 04, 2025RailsRails 8.1Logging