Who contributed to Rust on August 16, 2026?

5 developers shipped this update, including bors, Jonathan Brouwer, GuillaumeGomez, renovate, and github-actions[bot].

What were the notable Rust updates?

Rollup merge of #158504 - folkertdev:stabilize-extern-custom, r=tgross35, Rollup of 5 pull requests, and Auto merge of #161121 - weihanglo:update-cargo, r=weihanglo.

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EXTERN CUSTOM ABI STABILIZED, CARGO SUBMODULE UPDATED

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:58 UTC on August 16, 2026 · About Rust

5 people shipped this

bors @bors 6 cited

Jonathan Brouwer @JonathanBrouwer 3 cited

GuillaumeGomez @GuillaumeGomez 1 cited

renovate @renovate

github-actions[bot] @github-actions[bot]

Rust stabilized `extern "custom"` for low-level FFI functions with non-standard calling conventions, closing a long-awaited tracking issue.

The stabilization of `extern "custom"` [1] marks a milestone for developers working with architectures that pass arguments in non-standard registers. This feature unlocked external function declarations for custom ABIs unknown to Rust itself, addressing a years-long gap in low-level interop. The merge came as part of a rollup [2] that also included cargo submodule updates [3] incorporating 6 commits of tooling refinements across the ecosystem. In parallel, smaller wins shipped: iterator comparisons now properly respect overridden min/max behavior [4], OpenOptions error messages got sharper [4], and rustdoc's `doc_cfg` presentation improved [5]. The cargo update pulled in cc@1.4.3 and continued cleanup of trailing whitespace across the codebase [3]. Across crates.io-index, routine crate updates flowed through for readout, rvoip modules, and videocall-cli [6][7][8][9][10]. The 70 commits and 12 PRs across 4 repos this cycle kept the ecosystem ticking without breaking surprises.

Action items

→ Review extern custom ABI documentation if you ship FFI bindings rust-lang/rust [plan]
→ Update cargo in your local toolchain for cc@1.4.3 compatibility rust-lang/cargo [plan]

References

[1] Rollup merge of #158504 - folkertdev:stabilize-extern-custom, r=tgross35 rust-lang/rust
[2] Rollup of 5 pull requests ↗ rust-lang/rust
[3] Auto merge of #161121 - weihanglo:update-cargo, r=weihanglo rust-lang/rust
[4] Rollup of 5 pull requests ↗ rust-lang/rust
[5] rustdoc: Small `doc_cfg` messages improvements ↗ rust-lang/rust
[6] Update crate `readout` rust-lang/crates.io-index
[7] Update crate `rvoip-webtransport` rust-lang/crates.io-index
[8] Update crate `rvoip-quic` rust-lang/crates.io-index
[9] Update crate `rvoip-sip` rust-lang/crates.io-index
[10] Update crate `videocall-cli` rust-lang/crates.io-index

Quick answers

What shipped in Rust on August 16, 2026?: Rust stabilized `extern "custom"` for low-level FFI functions with non-standard calling conventions, closing a long-awaited tracking issue. In total, 70 commits, 12 pull requests, and 1 releases landed.
Who contributed to Rust on August 16, 2026?: 5 developers shipped this update, including bors, Jonathan Brouwer, GuillaumeGomez, renovate, and github-actions[bot].
What were the notable Rust updates?: Rollup merge of #158504 - folkertdev:stabilize-extern-custom, r=tgross35, Rollup of 5 pull requests, and Auto merge of #161121 - weihanglo:update-cargo, r=weihanglo.

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