Changelog for v1.6

Phoenix v1.6 requires Elixir v1.9+.

1.6.0-dev

Enhancements

[Endpoint] Allow custom error response from socket handler
[Endpoint] Do not require a pubsub server in the socket (only inside channels)
[mix phx.new] Add description to Ecto telemetry metrics
[mix phx.new] Use Ecto.Adapters.SQL.Sandbox.start_owner!/2 in generators - this approach provides proper shutdown semantics for apps using LiveView and Presence

Bug fixes

[mix phx.gen.live] Fix a bug where tests with utc_datetime fields did not pass out of the box

Deprecations

[Endpoint] Phoenix now requires Cowboy v2.7+
[View] @view_module is deprecated in favor of Phoenix.Controller.view_module/1 and @view_template is deprecated in favor of Phoenix.Controller.view_template/1

v1.5

The CHANGELOG for v1.5 releases can be found in the v1.5 branch.