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Version 1.3.0

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

2.0.0 - 2025-07-06

Added

  • Optional high-performance Rust backend using Magnus and reqwest
  • Environment variable toggle (NET_HIPPIE_RUST=true) for backend switching
  • Automatic fallback to Ruby backend when Rust extension unavailable
  • Comprehensive test coverage (75 tests, 177 assertions)
  • Detailed Rust backend documentation (RUST_BACKEND.md)
  • Native extension support via extconf.rb

Changed

  • BREAKING: Minimum Ruby version increased to 3.2.0
  • Enhanced Connection class to support backend abstraction
  • Improved error handling and timeout management
  • Updated gemspec with explicit stdlib dependencies

Performance

  • Significantly faster HTTP requests when using Rust backend
  • Better concurrency with Tokio async runtime
  • Lower memory usage with zero-cost abstractions
  • Type safety with compile-time guarantees

1.3.0 - 2025-04-30

Changed

  • Ruby 2.3+ required

Fixed

  • Add explicit dependency on base64 gem
  • Add explicit dependency on json gem
  • Add explicit dependency on net-http gem
  • Add explicit dependency on openssl gem

1.2.0 - 2024-12-05

Changed

  • Disable logger by default

1.1.1 - 2021-01-30

Changed

  • Update Gem Metadata

1.1.0 - 2020-12-26

Added

  • Add support for Ruby 3.0

1.0.1 - 2020-07-31

Fixed

  • Load version before client

1.0.0 - 2020-07-31

Added

  • Add simpler API to remove the need to instantiate a Client directly.
  • Default to 3 retries using simple API.
  • Re-use client connection for connections to the same scheme, host, and port.

Removed

  • Remove support for Ruby 2.4
  • Remove legacy Api class.

Changed

  • Limit mutable options on Client.
  • Change default read_timeout to 10 seconds.
  • Change default open_timeout to 10 seconds.
  • Log to STDERR by default instead of STDOUT.

0.3.2 - 2020-01-28

Fixed

  • Follow relative path redirects

0.3.1 - 2020-01-14

Fixed

  • Parse location header in response then follow redirect.
  • Follow redirect using GET regardless of the original request method.

0.3.0 - 2020-01-13

Added

  • Allow following HTTP redirects.

0.2.7 - 2019-10-04

Added

  • add additional connection errors

Changed

  • specify ruby 2.4 and minimum required.

0.2.6 - 2019-04-30

Added

  • add support for PATCH verb.

0.2.5 - 2019-02-06

Changed

  • revert change introduced in 0.2.4. See [5.12][https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec5.html]

0.2.4 - 2019-02-06

Changed

  • Send path instead of full uri.

0.2.3 - 2019-02-01

Added

  • Default verify mode

0.2.2 - 2019-02-01

Added

  • open_timeout added to client.

0.2.1 - 2019-02-01

Added

  • with_retry.
  • authorization header helpers