Wiki - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Ruby_on_Rails_8.1
Discussion thread -
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f45-change-proposal-ruby-on-rails-8-1-self-contained/195286

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==
Ruby on Rails 8.1 is the latest version of well known web framework
written in Ruby.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:vondruch | Vít Ondruch]]
* Email: [email protected], [email protected]


== Detailed Description ==
The Ruby on Rails stack is evolving quickly and Fedora needs to keep
pace with it.
Therefore the whole Ruby on Rails stack should be updated from 8.0 in
Fedora 44 to 8.1 (latest version) in Fedora 45.
This will ensure that all the Ruby developers using Fedora have the
latest and greatest RPM-packaged Ruby on Rails.

== Feedback ==

== Benefit to Fedora ==
This update will keep Fedora up-to-date and will ensure that the
current Ruby on Rails developers stay with us as they will get support
for system-packaged Ruby on Rails of the latest version. Update to
Rails 8.1 contains hundreds of fixes and improvements across all the
frameworks. For new features, please see [[#User_Experience|User
Experience]].

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** The whole Rails stack has to be updated.
** Some dependencies of the Rails stack will need update.
** Current development state can be observed in
[https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/vondruch/ror81/
vondruch/ror81] COPR repository.

* Other developers: Update Rails dependent packages to be working with
Ruby on Rails 8.1

* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Alignment with the Fedora Strategy: ?


== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Web applications build above Ruby on Rails framework might need to be
updated. Official upstream upgrade guide might come handy:
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html

== How To Test ==
* No special hardware is needed.
* Not all dependencies for default app are available in Fedora. Drop
those dependencies or grab them from RubyGems repo.

=== To test only Rails itself ===
 dnf install rubygem-rails
 rails new app
 cd app && rails s

* Go to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ and make sure you are running Rails 8.1.x

=== To test the complete feature including generating a new Rails app
using RPM ===
 dnf group install 'Ruby on Rails'
 rails new app --skip-bundle && cd app
 rails s

* Go to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ and make sure you are running Rails 8.1.x

=== Rails app with Fedora only dependencies ===
 dnf group install 'Ruby on Rails'
 rails new app --skip-bundle --skip-kamal --skip-solid --skip-brakeman
--skip-rubocop --skip-thruster --skip-bootsnap --skip-hotwire
 cd app
 rails s

* Go to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ and make sure you are running Rails 8.1.x

== User Experience ==
* New version of Ruby on Rails (8.1) available
* The most significant Rails 8.1 features:
** Active Job Continuations — long-running jobs can be broken into
discrete steps that resume from the last completed step after a
restart, rather than from the beginning.
** Structured Event Reporting — a new unified <code>Rails.event</code>
interface for producing structured, machine-readable events suitable
for post-processing and observability tooling.
** Local CI — a built-in CI declaration DSL defined in
<code>config/ci.rb</code> and run via <code>bin/ci</code>, enabling
developer machines to serve as local CI runners.
** Markdown Rendering — first-class support for responding to and
rendering Markdown content directly from controllers via
<code>format.md { render markdown: @object }</code>.
** Deprecated Associations — Active Record associations can now be
individually marked as deprecated (<code>deprecated: true</code>),
causing usage to be reported via warn, raise, or notify modes.

== Dependencies ==
* Ruby on Rails framework consists of multiple packages, which all
needs to be updated at once.

== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: None needed. Rails stack won't be updated
until all its dependencies are in Rawhide. After that, it will be a
simple matter of updating the core packages (and their dependencies)
via side-tag.
* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Documentation ==
* http://api.rubyonrails.org/

== Release Notes ==
* https://rubyonrails.org/2025/10/22/rails-8-1
* https://guides.rubyonrails.org/8_1_release_notes.html



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Aoife Moloney

Fedora Operations Architect

Fedora Project

Matrix: @amoloney:fedora.im

IRC: amoloney

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