Ranch 1.6.0 has been released!

This release sees the introduction of a suspend/resume mechanism for the listeners which makes the listener close the listening socket and stop accepting new connections. Existing connections continue uninterrupted.

This can be used to update the socket options of the listener, or to implement a graceful shutdown. To that end a function has also been added which allows waiting until connections reach a certain number.

This release also introduces many changes to prepare for the transition to Ranch 2.0 that will be released in the coming months. The guide now features a section listing all upcoming changes in Ranch 2.0.

The manual has been updated to provide a separate manual page per function and module, just like for the Gun and Cowboy manuals.

A complete list of changes can be found in the migration guide: Migrating from Ranch 1.5 to 1.6.

You can donate to this project via BountySource. These funds are used to pay for additional servers for testing. A new server was added last month and allows me to test with additional Linux distributions Alpine, CentOS and Debian. Thanks in advance!

As usual, feedback is appreciated, and issues or questions should be sent via Github tickets. Thanks!