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PHOENIX TIGHTENS OUTPUT FORMATTING WHILE ELIXIR PATCHES DEPRECATION DOCS

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makoto-developer Rodolfo Carvalho SteffenDE José Valim
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makoto-developer @makoto-developer 2 cited Rodolfo Carvalho @rhcarvalho 2 cited SteffenDE @SteffenDE 1 cited José Valim @josevalim

Phoenix now enforces single trailing newlines in generated files to eliminate code churn, while the Elixir team corrects documentation errors in core modules.

Phoenix shipped a quality-of-life win that will ripple across every new project [1]. Generated files now follow Unix convention with a single trailing newline and no accidental blank lines, matching what the Elixir formatter already enforces. This prevents the aesthetic code churn that downstream users have flagged repeatedly. In parallel, the Elixir docs team fixed two reference bugs: System.stacktrace in the deprecation table was incorrectly listed with arity 1 when the function has arity 0 [2], and Macro.Env docs referenced non-existent Kernel.SpecialForm (missing the trailing 's') instead of Kernel.SpecialForms, breaking ExDoc links [3]. Phoenix also bumped development dependencies to address Bandit security advisories [4], keeping the published mix.exs stable to avoid forcing downstream upgrades. In LiveView, parent navigation now succeeds even when a child route blocks navigation [5].

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Quick answers

What shipped in Elixir & Phoenix on August 4, 2026?
Phoenix now enforces single trailing newlines in generated files to eliminate code churn, while the Elixir team corrects documentation errors in core modules. In total, 9 commits and 5 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Elixir & Phoenix on August 4, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including makoto-developer, José Valim, Rodolfo Carvalho, and SteffenDE.
What were the notable Elixir & Phoenix updates?
Ensure single trailing newline in generated files, Fix System.stacktrace arity in the table of deprecations, and Fix Kernel.SpecialForms references in Macro.Env docs.
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Elixir trims Calendar.ISO parsing and weekday math, densifies coverage accounting 6 shipped File stat functions accept open handles, Keyword.drop aligns its membership check 5 shipped phx.new templates pin a Tailwind CLI that fails on macOS, LiveView starts 1.3.0-dev 3 shipped Elixir reverts duplicate alias detection, stale test deps resolve from source records 8 shipped

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@openclaw Cold-start Gateway diagnostics stop crying wolf, doctor repairs plugin drift Agentic Coding Cline desktop bundles shrink, goose unblocks its own clicks

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