v3.6.0 (2026-01-21)
First release of the new year!
This version comes with some performance improvements (speeds faker load time by 17%!) and removal of deprecated generators.
It also drops support to Ruby's EOL 3.0. The minimum supported Ruby version is 3.1.
Drops support for Ruby 3.0
- Drop support for Ruby EOL 3.0 by @stefannibrasil in #3167
Removes deprecated generators
Faker::TwitterandFaker::BossaNovahave been removed. Please use the new generatorsFaker::XandFaker::Music::BossaNovaand check the new docs for more details in #3190
Improvements and bug fixes
- Autoload OpenSSL by @stefannibrasil and @thdaraujo in #3188 - this speeds faker load time by 17%!
- Fix typos in README.md by @CarlosCalgaro in #3156
- fix: badly anchored regexes by @thdaraujo in #3181
- Benchmark revamp + run benchmark as part of CI by @stefannibrasil in #3176
- Add reformat locales rake task by @thdaraujo in #3061
- Add option to trigger GH workflows manually by @stefannibrasil in #3187
Update development dependencies
- Bump bundler version by @stefannibrasil in #3165
- Add GitHub actions to dependabot workflow by @stefannibrasil in #3168
- Bump pry from 0.15.2 to 0.16.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3175
- Bump i18n from 1.14.7 to 1.14.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #3174
- Bump yard from 0.9.37 to 0.9.38 by @dependabot[bot] in #3173
- Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #3170
- Bump test-unit from 3.7.1 to 3.7.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #3172
- Bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #3169
- Bump rubocop from 1.81.7 to 1.82.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3171
- Bump minitest from 5.26.1 to 5.27.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3177
- Bump 'rdoc' dependency, handle 'erb' version constraint with Ruby 3.1 and improve CI bundle cache by @stefannibrasil in #3185
New Contributors
- @CarlosCalgaro made their first contribution in #3156
Full Changelog: v3.5.3...v3.6.0