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This release affects both the ably-ruby and ably-ruby-rest client libraries.

Implemented enhancements:

• Upgrade to support HTTP/2 #192, fixed in #197 (mattheworiordan)
• Default fallback hosts for custom environments #232, fixed in #196 (mattheworiordan, owenpearson, lmars)

Implemented enhancements:

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• Defaults: Generate environment fallbacks #438
• Add idempotent REST publishing #237
• Allow custom Transport Params (RTC1f) and (RTC1f1) #452
• Deprecate history methods taking untilAttach parameter #449 ​

Fixed bugs:

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• Potentially insecure usage of the NSURLSession API #487
• Common crash related to websocket failing with error #486
• Enterprise customer seeing crashes on iOS, Ably version 1.2.1 #485
• Incorrect import reference? #484
• SDK has no documented way to block on initialisation. #455 ​

Merged pull requests:

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• Add ConnectionKey property to messages #500 (jasonmsmith)
• Deprecate Presence history methods #488 (sacOO7)
• Console app documentation #461 (sacOO7)
• Idempotent Rest Publish #457 (sacOO7)
• Fix client time drift #456 (sacOO7)
• Generate environment fallbacks #454 (sacOO7)

Fixed bugs:

• Common crash related to websocket failing with error #1083, fixed by adding a nil-pointer check in #1098 (mikepulaski)
• Fix of RSH3a2a1 implementation when the clientId doesn't change #1107 (ricardopereira)
• [not conforming to RTL2g] realtime#close emits detached event on an already detached channel #1088, fixed by #1091 (ricardopereira)

Enhancements:

• Compliance with RSL1m1 spec - Message should fill clientId, if unavailable, from Rest/Realtime instance #1108, implemented by adding X-Ably-ClientId header to REST requests in #1110 (ricardopereira)
• Update SocketRocket dependency to 0.5.2-ably-8 #1087 (lawrence-forooghian)

This release affects both the ably-ruby and ably-ruby-rest client libraries.

Implemented enhancements:

• statesman dependency very outdated #199
• Add support for custom transportParams #176
• Re-enable imempotency tests as part of 1.1 release #174
• Ensure request method accepts UPDATE, PATCH & DELETE verbs #168
• my-members presenceMap requirement change for 1.1 #163
• Add ChannelProperties as part of 1.0 spec (RTL15) #112

Fixed bugs:

• client_id should be passed as clientId #159
• Error in the HTTP2 framing layer issue before heroku-20 #215
• Using a clientId should no longer be forcing token auth in the 1.1 spec #182

Merged pull requests:

• Continue running all workflow jobs when one fails #235 (owenpearson)
• Set SNI hostname and verify peer certificates when using TLS #234 (lmars)
• Validate that members presenceMap does not change on synthesized leave #231 (TheSmartnik)
• Conform license and copyright #229 (QuintinWillison)
• Add ChannelProperties (RTL15) #227 (TheSmartnik)
• Replace fury badges with shields.io #226 (owenpearson)
• Add transport_params option to realtime client (RTC1f1) #224 (TheSmartnik)
• Use GitHub actions #223 (owenpearson)
• Add support for delete, patch, put method in #request #218 (TheSmartnik)
• Upgrade statesman #217 (TheSmartnik)
• Remove until_attach option for presence history #216 (TheSmartnik)
• Update Travis CI versions #214 (TheSmartnik)
• Add maintainers file #213 (niksilver)

Closed issues:

• Laravel 5.5 Support - Auto Discovery #3

Merged pull requests:

• Conform license and copyright #10 (QuintinWillison)
• Support PHP 8, drop versions below 7.2 #9 (owenpearson)
• Add maintainers file #8 (niksilver)
• Known limitations section #7 (Srushtika)
• Adding Laravel 5.5 Auto Discovery #4 (robbydooo)

Merged pull requests

• Fix bugs in disconnection error filtering #734
• Replace fury badges with shields.io #716

Merged pull requests

• Fix imports for callbacks.js, promises.js, typings. #730
• Fix request typings #731
• Deprecate bower #733

Fixed bugs

• ably-js 1.2.5 causes error in react-native #714

Merged pull requests

• Fix faulty import of JSONP transport to React Native and NativeScript #726
• Remove build output from git #725
• Bump elliptic from 6.5.3 to 6.5.4 #724
• Conform license and copyright #720
• Comet: Raise preconnect event if the server responds with a protocol message #719

With this release we are introducing support for PHP 8 and dropping support for PHP versions 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1 since they have reached EOL.

Implemented enhancements:

• PHP 8.0 support #88
• Support Channel#publish(Message, params) #83

Fixed bugs:

• Need to support Push payloads in publish() #82

Closed issues:

• Trying to get property 'items' of non-object #92

Merged pull requests:

• Support PHP 8.0; Drop 5.6, 7.0 & 7.1 #96 (jdavid)
• Fix test case in local environment #95 (jdavid)
• Amend workflow branch name #94 (owenpearson)
• Fix parsePaginationHeaders #93 (jdavid)
• Replace Travis with GitHub workflow #91 (QuintinWillison)
• Add maintainers file #90 (niksilver)
• Rename master to main #86 (QuintinWillison)
• RSH1b2 list pagination, test next() #81 (jdavid)

Fixed bugs:

• Crypto.getRandomMessageId isn't working as intended #654
• Hosts class is not thread safe #650
• AblyBase.InternalChannels is not thread-safe #649

Merged pull requests:

• Makes the Hosts class safe to be called from any thread #657 (QuintinWillison)
• Fix getRandomMessageId #656 (sacOO7)
• Improve channel map operations in respect of thread-safety #655 (QuintinWillison)