Passenger 6.0.17

Version 6.0.17 of the Passenger application server has been released. This release adds support for Ruby 3.2.0, and bumps the preferred Nginx to 1.22.1.

Passenger 6 introduced Generic Language Support, or: the ability to support any and all arbitrary apps.

Updates & improvements

• [Enterprise] The debug gem is now supported for debugging on Ruby 3.1.
• Removed use of deprecated 'File.exists?' method for Ruby 3.2.0.
• Upgrades preferred Nginx to 1.22.1 from 1.20.2.
• Changes minimum supported macOS version to 10.14 Mojave.
• Adds support for a PASSENGER_MAX_LOG_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES environment variable. The default length remains at 8KB.
• Upgrades Boost to 1.81.
• Updated various library versions used in precompiled binaries (used for e.g. gem installs):
  • ccache: 4.6.3 → 4.7.4
  • curl: 7.86.0 → 7.87.0
  • git: 2.38.1 → 2.39.0
  • gnupg: 2.3.8 → 2.4.0
  • libksba: 1.6.2 → 1.6.3
  • openssl: 1.1.1s → 3.0.7
  • rubygems: 3.3.26 → 3.4.3
  • rubies: added 3.2.0

Installing 6.0.17

Please see the installation guide for advice on getting started with Passenger. Coming from a language other than Ruby, Python, Meteor or Node? Even if we didn't write a specific tutorial for your language, we made a generic guide that shows you the steps.

Upgrading to 6.0.17

We strongly advise staying up to date with the latest version.

Check out our upgrade guides for the different platforms:

• OS X
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• Heroku
• Red Hat
• CentOS
• Ruby gem
• Tarball
• Docker

Please be aware that you can enjoy enterprise features and sponsor the open source development directly by buying Phusion Passenger Enterprise.