v0.16.0
ed-donner/llm_engineeringv0.16.0Jul 27, 2025by kaplanelad
AI Summary
A major release introducing OpenAPI support, a new Redis job system, and enhanced caching capabilities.
Key Highlights
- OpenAPI 3.0 integration with Swagger UI, ReDoc, and Scalar visualizers
- New Redis-based job system replacing Sidekiq
- Enhanced Cache API with full generic type support
- Embedded assets support for easier binary deployment
- Native YAML response support alongside JSON
Breaking Changes
- Job system architecture changes
- Cache API modifications
- Email validation logic changes
- Logger initialization changes
New Features
- OpenAPI integration and auto-generation
- New Redis job management system
- Enhanced Cache API with Redis driver config
- Embedded static assets in binary
- YAML content-type responses
- Improved authentication error handling and JWT extraction
- Dependency cleanup (removed hyper, reqwest, serde_variant, etc.)
Full Release Notes
We're excited to announce a major release packed with features, improvements, and fixes that will supercharge your Loco experience! Major highlights: 📖 NEW: OpenAPI Support - Full OpenAPI 3.0 integration with Swagger UI, ReDoc, and Scalar visualizers! Auto-generate API docs from your routes with utoipa annotations. Read more: https://github.com/loco-rs/loco-openapi-Initializer 🔄 New Redis Job System - We've completely replaced Sidekiq with our own Redis-based job management system for better performance and reliability ⚡ Enhanced Cache API - Now with full generic type support and Redis driver configuration 📦 Embedded Assets Support - Bundle your static assets directly into your binary for easier deployment 🔧 YAML Response Support - Native YAML content-type responses alongside JSON 🛡️ Improved Auth - Better error handling and public JWT extraction functions 🧹 Dependency Cleanup - Removed hyper, thousands, cfg-if, reqwest, and serde_variant dependencies + major version bumps for tokio, redis, and more 📋 See the complete list of features and improvements: https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v0160 ⚠️ Breaking Changes: This release includes several breaking changes for the job system, cache API, email validation, and logger initialization. See the full upgrade guide at: https://github.com/loco-rs/loco/blob/3f48a3efecae4a23295bc0458ec3fc1269ccc1c9/docs-site/content/docs/extras/upgrades.md#upgrade-from-015x-to-016x 🔧 Note: We're currently experiencing an issue with the loco.rs documentation. The docs will be deployed once the problem is resolved. 🙏 Huge thanks to all our contributors who made this release possible! Your contributions, feedback, and support continue to drive Loco forward.