Changelog for v1.6

Phoenix v1.6 requires Elixir v1.9+.

1.6.0-dev

Enhancements

[Controller] Do not create compile-time dependency for action_fallback
[Endpoint] Allow custom error response from socket handler
[Endpoint] Do not require a pubsub server in the socket (only inside channels)
[mix phx.gen.auth] Add mix phx.gen.auth generator
[mix phx.gen.context] Support enum types and the redact option when declaring fields
[mix phx.new] Update mix phx.new to require Elixir v1.11 and use the new config/runtime.exs
[mix phx.new] Add description to Ecto telemetry metrics
[mix phx.new] Use Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox.start_owner!/2 in generators - this approach provides proper shutdown semantics for apps using LiveView and Presence
[mix phx.new] Add --install and --no-install options to phx.new
[mix phx.new] Add --database sqlite3 option to phx.new
[View] Extracted Phoenix.View into its own project to facilitate reuse
[mix phx.new] Remove usage of Sass

JavaScript Client Enhancements

Add new replaceTransport function to socket with extended onError API to allow simplified LongPoll fallback
Fire each event in a separate task for the LongPoll transport to fix ordering
Optimize presence syncing

Bug fixes

[Controller] Return normalized paths in current_path/1 and current_path/2
[mix phx.gen.live] Fix a bug where tests with utc_datetime and boolean fields did not pass out of the box

JavaScript Client Bug fixes

Bind to beforeunload instead of unload to solve Firefox connection issues
Fix presence onJoin including current metadata in new presence

Deprecations

[Endpoint] Phoenix now requires Cowboy v2.7+
[View] @view_module is deprecated in favor of Phoenix.Controller.view_module/1 and @view_template is deprecated in favor of Phoenix.Controller.view_template/1

v1.5

The CHANGELOG for v1.5 releases can be found in the v1.5 branch.