Loco v0.14 released! 🚀

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🚀 Exciting Updates in the Latest Loco Release! 🎉

We're thrilled to announce a powerful new version of Loco, packed with features, fixes, and improvements designed to supercharge your development experience! Here's what's new:

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🌟 New Features

• Smart Migration Generator (add: infer migration #1086)
  Generate migrations effortlessly! Name your migrations for creating tables, adding columns, references, join tables, and more. Simplify your database evolution with this game-changing feature.

• Pretty-Print Routes
  The cargo loco routes command now pretty-prints your app's routes for better clarity and debugging.

• Magic Links (magic link #1085)
  Effortlessly authenticate your users with our new magic link feature.

• Manage Background Jobs (implement commands to manage background jobs #1071)
  CLI commands for managing background jobs are here—making job control easier than ever!

• Load Config Hook (create load config hook #1143)
  A new lifecycle hook allows dynamic configuration loading for your app.

• Disable Payload Middleware (allow disable limit_payload middleware #1113)
  You can now disable the limit_payload middleware when needed for more flexibility.

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🔧 Fixes and Improvements

• JWT Error Behind Feature Flag (fix: guard jwt error behind feature flag #1032)
  Guards the JWT error behind a feature flag for better modularity.

• Logger File Appender Fix (fix: logger file_appender not using the seperated format setting #1036)
  File appenders now respect the separated format settings. Logs made right!

• More Flexible Config
  Take more values from ENV for enhanced configurability.

• SMTP Config (feat(mailer): expose hello_name for SMTP client config #1057)
  Expose the hello_name option for advanced SMTP client setups.

• Use Rustls with Reqwest (chore(deps): use reqwest with rustls rather than openssl #1058)
  Say goodbye to OpenSSL; we've transitioned to Rustls for a smoother experience.

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⚠️ Breaking Changes

Upgrade from 0.13.x to 0.14.x

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Upgrading from Axum 0.7 to 0.8

PR: [#1130](#1130)
The upgrade to Axum 0.8 introduces a breaking change. For more details, refer to the [official announcement](https://tokio.rs/blog/2025-01-01-announcing-axum-0-8-0).

Steps to Upgrade:

1. Update your Cargo.toml to use Axum version 0.8.1:

   axum = "0.8.1"

2. Replace use axum::async_trait; with use async_trait::async_trait;. Learn more [here](https://tokio.rs/blog/2025-01-01-announcing-axum-0-8-0#async_trait-removal).
3. Update your URL parameter syntax:
   • Old: /:single and /*many
   • New: /{single} and /{*many}
     Details are available in [this section](https://tokio.rs/blog/2025-01-01-announcing-axum-0-8-0#path-parameter-syntax-changes).

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Extending the boot Function Hook

PR: [#1143](#1143)
The boot function hook now includes a new Config parameter. Update the function signature in your code:

Old:

async fn boot(mode: StartMode, environment: &Environment) -> Result<BootResult> {
     create_app::<Self, Migrator>(mode, environment).await
}

New:

async fn boot(mode: StartMode, environment: &Environment, config: Config) -> Result<BootResult> {
     create_app::<Self, Migrator>(mode, environment, config).await
}

Make sure to import the Config type as needed.

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Upgrade Validator Crate

PR: [#993](#993)
Update the validator crate version in your Cargo.toml:

Old:

validator = { version = "0.18" }

New:

validator = { version = "0.19" }

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We're dedicated to making Loco your go-to framework for rapid and powerful development. Upgrade now and experience the future of web development with Loco! ✨

Happy coding,
The Loco Team 🚂

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