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ruvnet/ruflov0.16.0Jul 27, 2025by kaplanelad

AI Summary

This is a major update introducing OpenAPI 3.0 support, a custom Redis-based job system replacing Sidekiq, and significant dependency cleanup to improve performance and maintainability.

Key Highlights

  • OpenAPI 3.0 integration with Swagger UI, ReDoc, and Scalar visualizers
  • New Redis Job System replacing Sidekiq
  • Enhanced Cache API with generic type support
  • Embedded Assets Support for binary bundling
  • YAML Response Support alongside JSON

Breaking Changes

  • Job system changes
  • Cache API changes
  • Email validation changes
  • Logger initialization changes

New Features

  • OpenAPI Support
  • Redis Job System
  • Enhanced Cache API
  • Embedded Assets Support
  • YAML Response Support
  • Improved Auth

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.