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The Rails Deprecations You Missed This Summer

Five This Week in Rails issues rolled in eight Active Record deprecations and behavior changes on Rails main over the last few weeks. None of it has shipped in a tagged release yet, main is currently versioned 8.2.0.alpha.

The Rails Deprecations You Missed This Summer

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Five This Week in Rails issues rolled in eight Active Record deprecations and behavior changes on Rails main over the last few weeks.

None of it has shipped in a tagged release yet, main is currently versioned 8.2.0.alpha.

is the one to not expect soon: its removal is tied to 9.0, and Rails hasn't announced…

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Five This Week in Rails issues rolled in eight Active Record deprecations and behavior changes on Rails main over the last few weeks. None of it has shipped in a tagged release yet, main is currently versioned 8.2.0.alpha. is the one to not expect soon: its removal is tied to 9.0, and Rails hasn't announced…

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Originally appeared on The Rails Tech Debt Blog. Ruby on Rails keeps changing between releases. Rails has shipped a new minor version roughly every year (8.0 in November 2024, 8.1 in October 2025), so 8.2 landing sometime around the end of 2026 is a reasonable bet, well ahead of binds, which has a committed removal date of 8.3.

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