- Removed many deprecated APIs across ActiveSupport, ActiveRecord, and related components (e.g., array‑string deprecation warnings, ProxyObject, ENV["SCHEMA_CACHE"], enum keyword arguments) and deprecated time addition/since methods, intro...
- Introduced several new features and defaults: HashWithIndifferentAccess now stringifies all keys, TimeWithZone inspect uses ISO‑8601, new :zone config for to_time, JSON escape HTML option, default token generator for password resets, RFC...
- Enhanced encryption handling (deserialize before decrypting, guarantee config readiness), made async queries compatible with transactional fixtures, and fixed bugs such as query cache false handling, polymorphic join table saves, left‑ou...