Who contributed to Rails on August 2, 2026?

2 developers shipped this update, including kamipo and Vipul A M.

What were the notable Rails updates?

Deprecate passing `binds` to `insert`, `update`, and `delete`, Unify deprecation removal target to Rails 9.0, and Align default `deprecation_horizon` with the rest of the codebase.

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RAILS DEPRECATES BINDS PARAMETER, UNIFIES REMOVAL TARGET TO 9.0

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:55 UTC on August 2, 2026 · About Rails

2 people shipped this

kamipo @kamipo 3 cited

Vipul A M @vipulnsward 1 cited

Rails is killing the `binds` positional argument across `insert`, `update`, and `delete` after moving bind parameters into the Arel AST, forcing a migration to a cleaner API before Rails 9.0.

Kamipo merged the deprecation [1] that standardizes how raw SQL and bind parameters flow through write operations. The change follows a recent restoration [1] that kept legacy callers working while the codebase moved toward `Arel.sql("... ?", value)` syntax, which wraps SQL and binds together as a single `Arel::Nodes::BoundSqlLiteral` node. This aligns with how `Model.where("... = ?", value)` already works, eliminating the split between SQL and binds at the connection level. Alongside the deprecation, Rails unified the removal target across existing deprecations to Rails 9.0 [2], replacing the split between 8.3 and 9.0 removals so runtime messages and CHANGELOG entries point at the same horizon [2]. A follow-up aligned the default `deprecation_horizon` constant to match [3]. The Rails website published the July 31 newsletter [4] covering the week's PRs and foundation news across 15 merged changes and 25 contributors.

Action items

→ Audit raw SQL calls using `connection.insert`, `connection.update`, `connection.delete` with binds and migrate to `Arel.sql()` syntax before Rails 9.0 rails/rails [plan]
→ Review deprecation warnings in your test suite; Rails 9.0 will remove the `binds` parameter entirely rails/rails [monitor]

References

[1] Deprecate passing `binds` to `insert`, `update`, and `delete` ↗ rails/rails
[2] Unify deprecation removal target to Rails 9.0 rails/rails
[3] Align default `deprecation_horizon` with the rest of the codebase rails/rails
[4] Add July 31 Rails newsletter (#699) rails/website

Quick answers

What shipped in Rails on August 2, 2026?: Rails is killing the `binds` positional argument across `insert`, `update`, and `delete` after moving bind parameters into the Arel AST, forcing a migration to a cleaner API before Rails 9.0. In total, 19 commits and 10 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Rails on August 2, 2026?: 2 developers shipped this update, including kamipo and Vipul A M.
What were the notable Rails updates?: Deprecate passing `binds` to `insert`, `update`, and `delete`, Unify deprecation removal target to Rails 9.0, and Align default `deprecation_horizon` with the rest of the codebase.

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