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Rails 8.1 introduces several performance optimizations and bug fixes. Key improvements include customizable transaction behavior for persistence methods, optimized parameter filtering to prevent performance degradation with Active Record encryption, and event filtering enhancements. Bug fixes address Marshal deserialization issues with Integer types, composite primary key handling in associations, and JSON encoder caching. The update also deprecates Mail::Address.wrap and removes the deprecated Multibyte Chars class.

This Week in Rails: February 13, 2026