Announcing Rust 1.97.1
The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.97.1. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. If you have a previous version of…
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crates.io: development update
Another six months have passed since our last development update , and the crates.io team has been busy. Here's a summary of the most notable changes and improvements made to crates.io since then. Sou…
Announcing Rust 1.97.0
The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.97.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. If you have a previous version of Rust in…
Announcing Rust 1.96.1
The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.96.1. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. If you have a previous version of…
The many journeys of learning Rust
This is another post in our series covering what we learned through the Vision Doc process. We previously described the overall approach and what we learned about doing user research , we explored wha…
Launching the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund
If you want to financially support the development of Rust, please consider donating to the Rust Foundation Maintainers Fund. A few months ago, the Rust Foundation announced the Rust Foundation Mainta…
Announcing Rust 1.96.0
The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.96.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. If you have a previous version of Rust in…
Security Advisory for Cargo (CVE-2026-5223)
The Rust Security Response Team was notified that Cargo incorrectly handled symlinks inside of crate tarballs downloaded from third-party registries, allowing a malicious crate to override the source…
Security
- Fixed Cargo incorrectly handling symlinks inside of crate tarballs downloaded from third-party registries that could allow a malicious crate to override source files
Security Advisory for Cargo (CVE-2026-5222)
The Rust Security Response Team was notified that Cargo incorrectly normalized the URLs of third-party registries using the sparse index protocol . If a hosting provider allowed multiple registries to…
Security
- Fix Cargo incorrectly normalizing URLs of third-party registries using the sparse index protocol that could allow multiple registries to be accessed through a single endpoint
Project goals update — April 2026 (end of 2025H2)
The 2025H2 Project Goal period has now concluded. Over these months, the Rust Project pursued 41 Project Goals , 13 of which were designated as Flagship Goals . This post contains curated updates on o…