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MIRI SYNCS WITH RUST MAINLINE AS COMPILER LANDS INCREMENTAL BUILD SPEEDUP

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Rust's interpreter pulled a major upstream sync while the compiler team shipped a query optimization that bypasses redundant work during incremental compilation.

Miri pulled in the latest changes from rust-lang/rust via Josh, absorbing recent compiler fixes and improvements [1]. Meanwhile, the compiler landed a targeted optimization that skips the full query machinery when promoting disk-cached values into memory at the end of incremental sessions [2], cutting unnecessary overhead in rebuild profiles. On the team side, the Cargo leadership transitioned: Eric Huss stepped down and moved to alumni status, with Jacob and Weihang now leading the team [3]. The rust-lang/team repo added automation to identify inactive contributors and move them to alumni status according to the new membership policy [4]. Across the ecosystem, thinvec got bumped to 0.2.19 with a gated `may_dangle` Drop impl, unlocking its use in more TCX reference-holding types [5].

Quick answers

What shipped in Rust on July 28, 2026?
Rust's interpreter pulled a major upstream sync while the compiler team shipped a query optimization that bypasses redundant work during incremental compilation. In total, 117 commits and 30 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Rust on July 28, 2026?
14 developers shipped this update, including workflows-miri, Ralf Jung, zjp, bors, Kobzol, Marco Ieni, Eric Huss, and 许杰友 Jieyou Xu (Joe), and 6 more.
What were the notable Rust updates?
Automatic Rustup, Skip query machinery when promoting disk-cached values, and Update cargo team leads.