# Changelog for v1.6
See the [upgrade guide](https://gist.github.com/chrismccord/2ab350f154235ad4a4d0f4de6decba7b) to upgrade from Phoenix 1.5.x.
Phoenix v1.6 requires Elixir v1.9+.
## 1.6.12 (2022-09-06)
* Fix `phx.gen.release` Dockerfile pointing to expired image
## 1.6.11 (2022-07-11)
### JavaScript Client Enhancements
* Add convenience for getting longpoll reference with `getLongPollTransport`
### JavaScript Client Bug Fixes
* Cancel inflight longpoll requests on canceled longpoll session
* Do not attempt to flush socket buffer when tearing down socket on `replaceTransport`
## 1.6.10 (2022-06-01)
### JavaScript Client Enhancements
* Add `ping` function to socket
## 1.6.9 (2022-05-16)
### Bug Fixes
* [phx.gen.release] Fix generated .dockerignore comment
## 1.6.8 (2022-05-06)
### Bug Fixes
* [phx.gen.release] Fix Ecto check failing to find Ecto in certain cases
## 1.6.7 (2022-04-14)
### Enhancements
* [Endpoint] Add Endpoint init telemetry event
* [Endpoint] Prioritize user :http configuration for ranch to fix inet_backend failing to be respected
* [Logger] Support log_module in router metadata
* [phx.gen.release] Don't handle assets in Docker when directory doesn't exist
* [phx.gen.release] Skip generating migration files when ecto_sql is not installed
### JavaScript Client Enhancements
* Switch to .mjs files for ESM for better compatibility across build tools
### JavaScript Client Bug Fixes
* Fix LongPoll callbacks in JS client causing errors on connection close
## 1.6.6 (2022-01-04)
### Bug Fixes
* [Endpoint] Fix `check_origin: :conn` failing to match scheme
## 1.6.5 (2021-12-16)
### Enhancements
* [Endpoint] Support `check_origin: :conn` to enforce origin on the connection's host, port, and scheme
### Bug Fixes
* Fix LiveView upload testing errors caused by `Phoenix.ChannelTest`
## 1.6.4 (2021-12-08)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix incorrect `phx.gen.release` output
## 1.6.3 (2021-12-07)
### Enhancements
* Add new `phx.gen.release` task for release and docker based deployments
* Add `fullsweep_after` option to the websocket transport
* Add `:force_watchers` option to `Phoenix.Endpoint` for running watchers even when web server is not started
### Bug Fixes
* Fix Endpoint `log: false` failing to disable logging
### JavaScript Client Bug Fixes
* Do not attempt to reconnect automatically if client gracefully closes connection
## 1.6.2 (2021-10-08)
### Bug Fixes
* [phx.new] Fix external flag to esbuild using incorrect syntax
## 1.6.1 (2021-10-08)
### Enhancements
* [phx.new] Add external flag to esbuild for fonts and image path loading
* [phx.gen.auth] No longer set `argon2` as the default hash algorithm for `phx.gen.auth` in favor of bcrypt for performance reasons on smaller hardware
### Bug Fixes
* Fix race conditions logging debug duplicate channel joins when no duplicate existed
### JavaScript Client Bug Fixes
* Export commonjs modules for backwards compatibility
## 1.6.0 (2021-09-24) 🚀
### Enhancements
* [ConnTest] Add `path_params/2` for retrieving router path parameters out of dynamically returned URLs.
### JavaScript Client Bug Fixes
* Fix LongPoll transport undefined readyState check
## 1.6.0-rc.1 (2021-09-22)
### Enhancements
* [mix phx.gen.auth] Validate bcrypt passwords are no longer than 72 bytes
* re-enable `phx.routes` task to support back to back invocations, such as for aliased mix route tasks
* [mix phx.gen.html] Remove comma after `for={@changeset}` on `form.html.heex`
### JavaScript Client Bug Fixes
* Fix messages for duplicate topic being dispatched to old channels
## 1.6.0-rc.0 (2021-08-26)
### Enhancements
* [CodeReloader] Code reloading can now pick up changes to .beam files if they were compiled in a separate OS process than the Phoenix server
* [Controller] Do not create compile-time dependency for `action_fallback`
* [Endpoint] Allow custom error response from socket handler
* [Endpoint] Do not require a pubsub server in the socket (only inside channels)
* [mix phx.digest.clean] Add `--all` flag to `mix phx.digest.clean`
* [mix phx.gen.auth] Add `mix phx.gen.auth` generator
* [mix phx.gen.context] Support `enum` types and the `redact` option when declaring fields
* [mix phx.gen.notifier] A new generator to build notifiers that by default deliver emails
* [mix phx.new] Update `mix phx.new` to require Elixir v1.12 and use the new `config/runtime.exs`
* [mix phx.new] Set `plug_init_mode: :runtime` in generated `config/test.exs`
* [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
* [mix phx.new] Add `--install` and `--no-install` options to `phx.new`
* [mix phx.new] Add `--database sqlite3` option to `phx.new`
* [mix phx.new] Remove usage of Sass
* [mix phx.new] New applications now depend on Swoosh to deliver emails
* [mix phx.new] No longer generate a socket file by default, instead one can run `mix phx.gen.socket`
* [mix phx.new] No longer generates a home page using LiveView, instead one can run `mix phx.gen.live`
* [mix phx.new] LiveView is now included by default. Passing `--no-live` will comment out lines in `app.js` and `Endpoint`
* [mix phx.server] Add `--open` flag
* [Router] Do not add compile time deps in `pipe_through`
* [View] Extracted `Phoenix.View` into its own project to facilitate reuse
### JavaScript Client Enhancements
* Add new `replaceTransport` function to socket with extended `onError` API to allow simplified LongPoll fallback
* Fire each event in a separate task for the LongPoll transport to fix ordering
* Optimize presence syncing
### Bug fixes
* [Controller] Return normalized paths in `current_path/1` and `current_path/2`
* [mix phx.gen.live] Fix a bug where tests with `utc_datetime` and `boolean` fields did not pass out of the box
### JavaScript Client Bug fixes
* Bind to `beforeunload` instead of `unload` to solve Firefox connection issues
* Fix presence onJoin including current metadata in new presence
### Deprecations
* [mix compile.phoenix] Adding the `:phoenix` compiler to your `mix.exs` (`compilers: [:phoenix] ++ Mix.compilers()`) is no longer required from Phoenix v1.6 forward if you are running on Elixir v1.11. Remove it from your `mix.exs` and you should gain faster compilation times too
* [Endpoint] Phoenix now requires Cowboy v2.7+
### Breaking changes
* [View] `@view_module` and `@view_template` are no longer set. Use `Phoenix.Controller.view_module/1` and `Phoenix.Controller.view_template/1` respectively, or pass explicit assigns from `Phoenix.View.render`.
## v1.5
The CHANGELOG for v1.5 releases can be found in the [v1.5 branch](https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/v1.5/CHANGELOG.md).
