Exciting News: OpenResty 1.27.1.1 Released with Significant Enhancements!

[Aisse Tejas]

We're thrilled to announce the release of OpenResty 1.27.1.1, bringing many improvements and new features to our high-performance web platform. This release showcases our commitment to continuous innovation and performance optimization.

Key Highlights:

1. Nginx Core Upgrade: This update to version 1.27.1 ensures OpenResty benefits from the latest web server technology advancements.

2. LuaJIT Enhancement: Upgraded to version 2.1-20240815, featuring improved error handling, enhanced cross-32/64 bit compatibility, and various optimizations.

3. Security Updates: OpenSSL upgraded to 3.0.15 and PCRE to 10.42, reinforcing the platform's security posture.

4. Module Improvements:
   - lua-nginx-module (0.10.27) and stream-lua-nginx-module (0.0.15): Added support for SSL trusted certificates in client verification, improved keepalive functionality, and enhanced balancer features.
   - lua-resty-websocket (0.12): New features including support for custom sec-websocket-key in client and connecting to unix sockets.
   - lua-resty-redis (0.31): Performance optimizations for sending requests.
   - lua-resty-string (0.16): Added AAD support in AES GCM and improved random byte generation.

5. Lua Enhancements: lua-cjson updated to 2.1.0.14 with Lua 5.3 and 5.4 integer support.

These updates significantly enhance OpenResty's capabilities, making it even more robust and efficient for high-performance web applications, API gateways, and microservices architectures.

We encourage all users to upgrade to this latest version to take advantage of these improvements. As always, we welcome your feedback and contributions to the OpenResty community.

Download OpenResty 1.27.1.1: https://openresty.org/en/download.html
Full Changelog: https://openresty.org/en/changelog-1027001.html