Rails 7.1 Beta 1: Dockerfiles, BYO Authentication, More Async Queries, and more! Rails World is fast approaching and we’re gearing up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rails in style with the first beta release of Rails 7.1! There has been over five thousand commits made by over 800 contributors since Rails 7.0, so this release is packed with new features and improvements. Please help us test a