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-Ruby on Rails 4.1 Release Notes
-===============================
-
-Highlights in Rails 4.1:
-
-* Spring application preloader
-* `config/secrets.yml`
-* Action Pack variants
-* Action Mailer previews
-
-These release notes cover only the major changes. To learn about various bug
-fixes and changes, please refer to the change logs or check out the [list of
-commits](https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/4-1-stable) in the main Rails
-repository on GitHub.
-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Upgrading to Rails 4.1
-----------------------
-
-If you're upgrading an existing application, it's a great idea to have good test
-coverage before going in. You should also first upgrade to Rails 4.0 in case you
-haven't and make sure your application still runs as expected before attempting
-an update to Rails 4.1. A list of things to watch out for when upgrading is
-available in the
-[Upgrading Ruby on Rails](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#upgrading-from-rails-4-0-to-rails-4-1)
-guide.
-
-
-Major Features
---------------
-
-### Spring Application Preloader
-
-Spring is a Rails application preloader. It speeds up development by keeping
-your application running in the background so you don't need to boot it every
-time you run a test, rake task or migration.
-
-New Rails 4.1 applications will ship with "springified" binstubs. This means
-that `bin/rails` and `bin/rake` will automatically take advantage of preloaded
-spring environments.
-
-**Running rake tasks:**
-
-```
-bin/rake test:models
-```
-
-**Running a Rails command:**
-
-```
-bin/rails console
-```
-
-**Spring introspection:**
-
-```
-$ bin/spring status
-Spring is running:
-
- 1182 spring server | my_app | started 29 mins ago
- 3656 spring app    | my_app | started 23 secs ago | test mode
- 3746 spring app    | my_app | started 10 secs ago | development mode
-```
-
-Have a look at the
-[Spring README](https://github.com/rails/spring/blob/master/README.md) to
-see all available features.
-
-See the [Upgrading Ruby on Rails](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#spring)
-guide on how to migrate existing applications to use this feature.
-
-### `config/secrets.yml`
-
-Rails 4.1 generates a new `secrets.yml` file in the `config` folder. By default,
-this file contains the application's `secret_key_base`, but it could also be
-used to store other secrets such as access keys for external APIs.
-
-The secrets added to this file are accessible via `Rails.application.secrets`.
-For example, with the following `config/secrets.yml`:
-
-```yaml
-development:
-  secret_key_base: 3b7cd727ee24e8444053437c36cc66c3
-  some_api_key: SOMEKEY
-```
-
-`Rails.application.secrets.some_api_key` returns `SOMEKEY` in the development
-environment.
-
-See the [Upgrading Ruby on Rails](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#config-secrets-yml)
-guide on how to migrate existing applications to use this feature.
-
-### Action Pack Variants
-
-We often want to render different HTML/JSON/XML templates for phones,
-tablets, and desktop browsers. Variants make it easy.
-
-The request variant is a specialization of the request format, like `:tablet`,
-`:phone`, or `:desktop`.
-
-You can set the variant in a `before_action`:
-
-```ruby
-request.variant = :tablet if request.user_agent =~ /iPad/
-```
-
-Respond to variants in the action just like you respond to formats:
-
-```ruby
-respond_to do |format|
-  format.html do |html|
-    html.tablet # renders app/views/projects/show.html+tablet.erb
-    html.phone { extra_setup; render ... }
-  end
-end
-```
-
-Provide separate templates for each format and variant:
-
-```
-app/views/projects/show.html.erb
-app/views/projects/show.html+tablet.erb
-app/views/projects/show.html+phone.erb
-```
-
-You can also simplify the variants definition using the inline syntax:
-
-```ruby
-respond_to do |format|
-  format.js         { render "trash" }
-  format.html.phone { redirect_to progress_path }
-  format.html.none  { render "trash" }
-end
-```
-
-### Action Mailer Previews
-
-Action Mailer previews provide a way to see how emails look by visiting
-a special URL that renders them.
-
-You implement a preview class whose methods return the mail object you'd like
-to check:
-
-```ruby
-class NotifierPreview < ActionMailer::Preview
-  def welcome
-    Notifier.welcome(User.first)
-  end
-end
-```
-
-The preview is available in http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers/notifier/welcome,
-and a list of them in http://localhost:3000/rails/mailers.
-
-By default, these preview classes live in `test/mailers/previews`.
-This can be configured using the `preview_path` option.
-
-See its
-[documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/v4.1.0/classes/ActionMailer/Base.html#class-ActionMailer::Base-label-Previewing+emails)
-for a detailed write up.
-
-### Active Record enums
-
-Declare an enum attribute where the values map to integers in the database, but
-can be queried by name.
-
-```ruby
-class Conversation < ActiveRecord::Base
-  enum status: [ :active, :archived ]
-end
-
-conversation.archived!
-conversation.active? # => false
-conversation.status  # => "archived"
-
-Conversation.archived # => Relation for all archived Conversations
-
-Conversation.statuses # => { "active" => 0, "archived" => 1 }
-```
-
-See its
-[documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/v4.1.0/classes/ActiveRecord/Enum.html)
-for a detailed write up.
-
-### Message Verifiers
-
-Message verifiers can be used to generate and verify signed messages. This can
-be useful to safely transport sensitive data like remember-me tokens and
-friends.
-
-The method `Rails.application.message_verifier` returns a new message verifier
-that signs messages with a key derived from secret_key_base and the given
-message verifier name:
-
-```ruby
-signed_token = Rails.application.message_verifier(:remember_me).generate(token)
-Rails.application.message_verifier(:remember_me).verify(signed_token) # => token
-
-Rails.application.message_verifier(:remember_me).verify(tampered_token)
-# raises ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier::InvalidSignature
-```
-
-### Module#concerning
-
-A natural, low-ceremony way to separate responsibilities within a class:
-
-```ruby
-class Todo < ActiveRecord::Base
-  concerning :EventTracking do
-    included do
-      has_many :events
-    end
-
-    def latest_event
-      ...
-    end
-
-    private
-      def some_internal_method
-        ...
-      end
-  end
-end
-```
-
-This example is equivalent to defining a `EventTracking` module inline,
-extending it with `ActiveSupport::Concern`, then mixing it in to the
-`Todo` class.
-
-See its
-[documentation](http://api.rubyonrails.org/v4.1.0/classes/Module/Concerning.html)
-for a detailed write up and the intended use cases.
-
-### CSRF protection from remote `<script>` tags
-
-Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection now covers GET requests with
-JavaScript responses, too. That prevents a third-party site from referencing
-your JavaScript URL and attempting to run it to extract sensitive data.
-
-This means any of your tests that hit `.js` URLs will now fail CSRF protection
-unless they use `xhr`. Upgrade your tests to be explicit about expecting
-XmlHttpRequests. Instead of `post :create, format: :js`, switch to the explicit
-`xhr :post, :create, format: :js`.
-
-
-Railties
---------
-
-Please refer to the
-[Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-1-stable/railties/CHANGELOG.md)
-for detailed changes.
-
-### Removals
-
-* Removed `update:application_controller` rake task.
-
-* Removed deprecated `Rails.application.railties.engines`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `threadsafe!` from Rails Config.
-
-* Removed deprecated `ActiveRecord::Generators::ActiveModel#update_attributes` in
-  favor of `ActiveRecord::Generators::ActiveModel#update`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `config.whiny_nils` option.
-
-* Removed deprecated rake tasks for running tests: `rake test:uncommitted` and
-  `rake test:recent`.
-
-### Notable changes
-
-* The [Spring application
-  preloader](https://github.com/rails/spring) is now installed
-  by default for new applications. It uses the development group of
-  the Gemfile, so will not be installed in
-  production. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12958))
-
-* `BACKTRACE` environment variable to show unfiltered backtraces for test
-  failures. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/84eac5dab8b0fe9ee20b51250e52ad7bfea36553))
-
-* Exposed `MiddlewareStack#unshift` to environment
-  configuration. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12479))
-
-* Added `Application#message_verifier` method to return a message
-  verifier. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12995))
-
-* The `test_help.rb` file which is required by the default generated test
-  helper will automatically keep your test database up-to-date with
-  `db/schema.rb` (or `db/structure.sql`). It raises an error if
-  reloading the schema does not resolve all pending migrations. Opt out
-  with `config.active_record.maintain_test_schema = false`. ([Pull
-  Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13528))
-
-* Introduce `Rails.gem_version` as a convenience method to return
-  `Gem::Version.new(Rails.version)`, suggesting a more reliable way to perform
-  version comparison. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/14103))
-
-
-Action Pack
------------
-
-Please refer to the
-[Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-1-stable/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md)
-for detailed changes.
-
-### Removals
-
-* Removed deprecated Rails application fallback for integration testing, set
-  `ActionDispatch.test_app` instead.
-
-* Removed deprecated `page_cache_extension` config.
-
-* Removed deprecated `ActionController::RecordIdentifier`, use
-  `ActionView::RecordIdentifier` instead.
-
-* Removed deprecated constants from Action Controller:
-
-  | Removed                            | Successor                       |
-  |:-----------------------------------|:--------------------------------|
-  | ActionController::AbstractRequest  | ActionDispatch::Request         |
-  | ActionController::Request          | ActionDispatch::Request         |
-  | ActionController::AbstractResponse | ActionDispatch::Response        |
-  | ActionController::Response         | ActionDispatch::Response        |
-  | ActionController::Routing          | ActionDispatch::Routing         |
-  | ActionController::Integration      | ActionDispatch::Integration     |
-  | ActionController::IntegrationTest  | ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest |
-
-### Notable changes
-
-* `protect_from_forgery` also prevents cross-origin `<script>` tags.
-  Update your tests to use `xhr :get, :foo, format: :js` instead of
-  `get :foo, format: :js`.
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13345))
-
-* `#url_for` takes a hash with options inside an
-  array. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/9599))
-
-* Added `session#fetch` method fetch behaves similarly to
-  [Hash#fetch](http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Hash.html#method-i-fetch),
-  with the exception that the returned value is always saved into the
-  session. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12692))
-
-* Separated Action View completely from Action
-  Pack. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/11032))
-
-* Log which keys were affected by deep
-  munge. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13813))
-
-* New config option `config.action_dispatch.perform_deep_munge` to opt out of
-  params "deep munging" that was used to address security vulnerability
-  CVE-2013-0155. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13188))
-
-* New config option `config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer` for specifying a
-  serializer for the signed and encrypted cookie jars. (Pull Requests
-  [1](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13692),
-  [2](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13945) /
-  [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#cookies-serializer))
-
-* Added `render :plain`, `render :html` and `render
-  :body`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/14062) /
-  [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#rendering-content-from-string))
-
-
-Action Mailer
--------------
-
-Please refer to the
-[Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-1-stable/actionmailer/CHANGELOG.md)
-for detailed changes.
-
-### Notable changes
-
-* Added mailer previews feature based on 37 Signals mail_view
-  gem. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/d6dec7fcb6b8fddf8c170182d4fe64ecfc7b2261))
-
-* Instrument the generation of Action Mailer messages. The time it takes to
-  generate a message is written to the log. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12556))
-
-
-Active Record
--------------
-
-Please refer to the
-[Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-1-stable/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md)
-for detailed changes.
-
-### Removals
-
-* Removed deprecated nil-passing to the following `SchemaCache` methods:
-  `primary_keys`, `tables`, `columns` and `columns_hash`.
-
-* Removed deprecated block filter from `ActiveRecord::Migrator#migrate`.
-
-* Removed deprecated String constructor from `ActiveRecord::Migrator`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `scope` use without passing a callable object.
-
-* Removed deprecated `transaction_joinable=` in favor of `begin_transaction`
-  with a `:joinable` option.
-
-* Removed deprecated `decrement_open_transactions`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `increment_open_transactions`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `PostgreSQLAdapter#outside_transaction?`
-  method. You can use `#transaction_open?` instead.
-
-* Removed deprecated `ActiveRecord::Fixtures.find_table_name` in favor of
-  `ActiveRecord::Fixtures.default_fixture_model_name`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `columns_for_remove` from `SchemaStatements`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `SchemaStatements#distinct`.
-
-* Moved deprecated `ActiveRecord::TestCase` into the Rails test
-  suite. The class is no longer public and is only used for internal
-  Rails tests.
-
-* Removed support for deprecated option `:restrict` for `:dependent`
-  in associations.
-
-* Removed support for deprecated `:delete_sql`, `:insert_sql`, `:finder_sql`
-  and `:counter_sql` options in associations.
-
-* Removed deprecated method `type_cast_code` from Column.
-
-* Removed deprecated `ActiveRecord::Base#connection` method.
-  Make sure to access it via the class.
-
-* Removed deprecation warning for `auto_explain_threshold_in_seconds`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `:distinct` option from `Relation#count`.
-
-* Removed deprecated methods `partial_updates`, `partial_updates?` and
-  `partial_updates=`.
-
-* Removed deprecated method `scoped`.
-
-* Removed deprecated method `default_scopes?`.
-
-* Remove implicit join references that were deprecated in 4.0.
-
-* Removed `activerecord-deprecated_finders` as a dependency.
-  Please see [the gem README](https://github.com/rails/activerecord-deprecated_finders#active-record-deprecated-finders)
-  for more info.
-
-* Removed usage of `implicit_readonly`. Please use `readonly` method
-  explicitly to mark records as
-  `readonly`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10769))
-
-### Deprecations
-
-* Deprecated `quoted_locking_column` method, which isn't used anywhere.
-
-* Deprecated `ConnectionAdapters::SchemaStatements#distinct`,
-  as it is no longer used by internals. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10556))
-
-* Deprecated `rake db:test:*` tasks as the test database is now
-  automatically maintained. See railties release notes. ([Pull
-  Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13528))
-
-* Deprecate unused `ActiveRecord::Base.symbolized_base_class`
-  and `ActiveRecord::Base.symbolized_sti_name` without
-  replacement. [Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/97e7ca48c139ea5cce2fa9b4be631946252a1ebd)
-
-### Notable changes
-
-* Default scopes are no longer overridden by chained conditions.
-
-  Before this change when you defined a `default_scope` in a model
-  it was overridden by chained conditions in the same field. Now it
-  is merged like any other scope. [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-on-default-scopes).
-
-* Added `ActiveRecord::Base.to_param` for convenient "pretty" URLs derived from
-  a model's attribute or
-  method. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12891))
-
-* Added `ActiveRecord::Base.no_touching`, which allows ignoring touch on
-  models. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12772))
-
-* Unify boolean type casting for `MysqlAdapter` and `Mysql2Adapter`.
-  `type_cast` will return `1` for `true` and `0` for `false`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12425))
-
-* `.unscope` now removes conditions specified in
-  `default_scope`. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/94924dc32baf78f13e289172534c2e71c9c8cade))
-
-* Added `ActiveRecord::QueryMethods#rewhere` which will overwrite an existing,
-  named where condition. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/f950b2699f97749ef706c6939a84dfc85f0b05f2))
-
-* Extended `ActiveRecord::Base#cache_key` to take an optional list of timestamp
-  attributes of which the highest will be used. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e94e97ca796c0759d8fcb8f946a3bbc60252d329))
-
-* Added `ActiveRecord::Base#enum` for declaring enum attributes where the values
-  map to integers in the database, but can be queried by
-  name. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/db41eb8a6ea88b854bf5cd11070ea4245e1639c5))
-
-* Type cast json values on write, so that the value is consistent with reading
-  from the database. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12643))
-
-* Type cast hstore values on write, so that the value is consistent
-  with reading from the database. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5ac2341fab689344991b2a4817bd2bc8b3edac9d))
-
-* Make `next_migration_number` accessible for third party
-  generators. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12407))
-
-* Calling `update_attributes` will now throw an `ArgumentError` whenever it
-  gets a `nil` argument. More specifically, it will throw an error if the
-  argument that it gets passed does not respond to to
-  `stringify_keys`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/9860))
-
-* `CollectionAssociation#first`/`#last` (e.g. `has_many`) use a `LIMIT`ed
-  query to fetch results rather than loading the entire
-  collection. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12137))
-
-* `inspect` on Active Record model classes does not initiate a new
-  connection. This means that calling `inspect`, when the database is missing,
-  will no longer raise an exception. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/11014))
-
-* Removed column restrictions for `count`, let the database raise if the SQL is
-  invalid. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10710))
-
-* Rails now automatically detects inverse associations. If you do not set the
-  `:inverse_of` option on the association, then Active Record will guess the
-  inverse association based on heuristics. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10886))
-
-* Handle aliased attributes in ActiveRecord::Relation. When using symbol keys,
-  ActiveRecord will now translate aliased attribute names to the actual column
-  name used in the database. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/7839))
-
-* The ERB in fixture files is no longer evaluated in the context of the main
-  object. Helper methods used by multiple fixtures should be defined on modules
-  included in `ActiveRecord::FixtureSet.context_class`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13022))
-
-* Don't create or drop the test database if RAILS_ENV is specified
-  explicitly. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13629))
-
-* `Relation` no longer has mutator methods like `#map!` and `#delete_if`. Convert
-  to an `Array` by calling `#to_a` before using these methods. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13314))
-
-* `find_in_batches`, `find_each`, `Result#each` and `Enumerable#index_by` now
-  return an `Enumerator` that can calculate its
-  size. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13938))
-
-* `scope`, `enum` and Associations now raise on "dangerous" name
-  conflicts. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13450),
-  [Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13896))
-
-* `second` through `fifth` methods act like the `first`
-  finder. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13757))
-
-* Make `touch` fire the `after_commit` and `after_rollback`
-  callbacks. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12031))
-
-* Enable partial indexes for `sqlite >= 3.8.0`.
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13350))
-
-* Make `change_column_null`
-  revertible. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/724509a9d5322ff502aefa90dd282ba33a281a96))
-
-* Added a flag to disable schema dump after migration. This is set to `false`
-  by default in the production environment for new applications.
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13948))
-
-Active Model
-------------
-
-Please refer to the
-[Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-1-stable/activemodel/CHANGELOG.md)
-for detailed changes.
-
-### Deprecations
-
-* Deprecate `Validator#setup`. This should be done manually now in the
-  validator's constructor. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/7d84c3a2f7ede0e8d04540e9c0640de7378e9b3a))
-
-### Notable changes
-
-* Added new API methods `reset_changes` and `changes_applied` to
-  `ActiveModel::Dirty` that control changes state.
-
-* Ability to specify multiple contexts when defining a
-  validation. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13754))
-
-* `attribute_changed?` now accepts a hash to check if the attribute was changed
-  `:from` and/or `:to` a given
-  value. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13131))
-
-
-Active Support
---------------
-
-Please refer to the
-[Changelog](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/4-1-stable/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md)
-for detailed changes.
-
-
-### Removals
-
-* Removed `MultiJSON` dependency. As a result, `ActiveSupport::JSON.decode`
-  no longer accepts an options hash for `MultiJSON`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10576) / [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling))
-
-* Removed support for the `encode_json` hook used for encoding custom objects into
-  JSON. This feature has been extracted into the [activesupport-json_encoder](https://github.com/rails/activesupport-json_encoder)
-  gem.
-  ([Related Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12183) /
-  [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling))
-
-* Removed deprecated `ActiveSupport::JSON::Variable` with no replacement.
-
-* Removed deprecated `String#encoding_aware?` core extensions (`core_ext/string/encoding`).
-
-* Removed deprecated `Module#local_constant_names` in favor of `Module#local_constants`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `DateTime.local_offset` in favor of `DateTime.civil_from_format`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `Logger` core extensions (`core_ext/logger.rb`).
-
-* Removed deprecated `Time#time_with_datetime_fallback`, `Time#utc_time` and
-  `Time#local_time` in favor of `Time#utc` and `Time#local`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `Hash#diff` with no replacement.
-
-* Removed deprecated `Date#to_time_in_current_zone` in favor of `Date#in_time_zone`.
-
-* Removed deprecated `Proc#bind` with no replacement.
-
-* Removed deprecated `Array#uniq_by` and `Array#uniq_by!`, use native
-  `Array#uniq` and `Array#uniq!` instead.
-
-* Removed deprecated `ActiveSupport::BasicObject`, use
-  `ActiveSupport::ProxyObject` instead.
-
-* Removed deprecated `BufferedLogger`, use `ActiveSupport::Logger` instead.
-
-* Removed deprecated `assert_present` and `assert_blank` methods, use `assert
-  object.blank?` and `assert object.present?` instead.
-
-* Remove deprecated `#filter` method for filter objects, use the corresponding
-  method instead (e.g. `#before` for a before filter).
-
-* Removed 'cow' => 'kine' irregular inflection from default
-  inflections. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c300dca9963bda78b8f358dbcb59cabcdc5e1dc9))
-
-### Deprecations
-
-* Deprecated `Numeric#{ago,until,since,from_now}`, the user is expected to
-  explicitly convert the value into an AS::Duration, i.e. `5.ago` => `5.seconds.ago`
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12389))
-
-* Deprecated the require path `active_support/core_ext/object/to_json`. Require
-  `active_support/core_ext/object/json` instead. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12203))
-
-* Deprecated `ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding::CircularReferenceError`. This feature
-  has been extracted into the [activesupport-json_encoder](https://github.com/rails/activesupport-json_encoder)
-  gem.
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12785) /
-  [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling))
-
-* Deprecated `ActiveSupport.encode_big_decimal_as_string` option. This feature has
-  been extracted into the [activesupport-json_encoder](https://github.com/rails/activesupport-json_encoder)
-  gem.
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13060) /
-  [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling))
-
-* Deprecate custom `BigDecimal`
-  serialization. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13911))
-
-### Notable changes
-
-* `ActiveSupport`'s JSON encoder has been rewritten to take advantage of the
-  JSON gem rather than doing custom encoding in pure-Ruby.
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12183) /
-  [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling))
-
-* Improved compatibility with the JSON gem.
-  ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12862) /
-  [More Details](upgrading_ruby_on_rails.html#changes-in-json-handling))
-
-* Added `ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers#travel` and `#travel_to`. These
-  methods change current time to the given time or duration by stubbing
-  `Time.now` and `Date.today`.
-
-* Added `ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers#travel_back`. This method returns
-  the current time to the original state, by removing the stubs added by `travel`
-  and `travel_to`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13884))
-
-* Added `Numeric#in_milliseconds`, like `1.hour.in_milliseconds`, so we can feed
-  them to JavaScript functions like
-  `getTime()`. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/423249504a2b468d7a273cbe6accf4f21cb0e643))
-
-* Added `Date#middle_of_day`, `DateTime#middle_of_day` and `Time#middle_of_day`
-  methods. Also added `midday`, `noon`, `at_midday`, `at_noon` and
-  `at_middle_of_day` as
-  aliases. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/10879))
-
-* Added `Date#all_week/month/quarter/year` for generating date
-  ranges. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/9685))
-
-* Added `Time.zone.yesterday` and
-  `Time.zone.tomorrow`. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/12822))
-
-* Added `String#remove(pattern)` as a short-hand for the common pattern of
-  `String#gsub(pattern,'')`. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5da23a3f921f0a4a3139495d2779ab0d3bd4cb5f))
-
-* Added `Hash#compact` and `Hash#compact!` for removing items with nil value
-  from hash. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13632))
-
-* `blank?` and `present?` commit to return
-  singletons. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/126dc47665c65cd129967cbd8a5926dddd0aa514))
-
-* Default the new `I18n.enforce_available_locales` config to `true`, meaning
-  `I18n` will make sure that all locales passed to it must be declared in the
-  `available_locales`
-  list. ([Pull Request](https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/13341))
-
-* Introduce `Module#concerning`: a natural, low-ceremony way to separate
-  responsibilities within a
-  class. ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1eee0ca6de975b42524105a59e0521d18b38ab81))
-
-* Added `Object#presence_in` to simplify value whitelisting.
-  ([Commit](https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4edca106daacc5a159289eae255207d160f22396))
-
-
-Credits
--------
-
-See the
-[full list of contributors to Rails](http://contributors.rubyonrails.org/) for
-the many people who spent many hours making Rails, the stable and robust
-framework it is. Kudos to all of them.