--- title: "Agents on Rails, query method and more" url: https://daily.dev/posts/agents-on-rails-query-method-and-more-qvbubxxei source_url: https://world.hey.com/this.week.in.rails/agents-on-rails-query-method-and-more-c6132f12 type: article source: "This Week in Rails" published: 2026-08-14T09:19:33.559Z updated: 2026-08-14T09:19:54.783Z tags: ["ruby", "rails", "mysql"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Agents on Rails, query method and more **[This Week in Rails](https://daily.dev/sources/twirails)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Weekly digest of Rails framework changes covering a new HTTP QUERY method for routes, a Rails-flavored startup banner for the console, configurable ffmpeg/ffprobe arguments for Active Storage, schema readers accepting multiple tables at once, several bug fixes (LengthValidator crash, find_by_sql bind parameters, normalizes ordering with enum), and a few breaking changes: deprecation of the create alias for insert, kwargs split off #args in middleware entries, ERB configuration moving to ActionView::Base, MySQL sql_mode now appending TRADITIONAL instead of STRICT_ALL_TABLES, and a shape change to CommandRecorder#commands. 28 contributors participated this week. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does the new HTTP QUERY method support look like in Rails routing? Rails added routing support for the HTTP QUERY method via a query helper in routes.rb, such as query "search", to: "search#index", plus a via: :query option for match. QUERY is a safe, idempotent method that conveys the query in the request body, useful for filters too large or structured for a URL query string. Requests expose request.query? and request.request_method_symbol as :query, and integration tests can call query "/search", params: {...}, as: :json. _Rails developers tracking new routing capabilities like this can follow framework updates on daily.dev._ ### Why does my Rails enum with normalizes raise an error before the value gets normalized? In affected Rails versions, normalizes ran after the underlying type's validation, so a raw value like " Pending " hit an enum's assert_valid_value check before normalization stripped whitespace and lowercased it, causing a raise. This has been fixed so normalization now runs first, letting " Pending " become "pending" and pass enum validation as expected. _Developers debugging Active Record enum and normalizes interactions can track fixes like this on daily.dev._ ### Why did appending sql_mode break strict mode on Amazon RDS MySQL databases in Rails? Rails previously appended only STRICT_ALL_TABLES to MySQL's sql_mode, but on environments where the global sql_mode is empty by default, like Amazon RDS and Aurora MySQL parameter groups, this left out NO_ZERO_IN_DATE, NO_ZERO_DATE, and ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO, which MySQL 5.7+ otherwise includes by default. Rails now appends TRADITIONAL instead, closing that gap. _Teams running Rails on RDS or Aurora MySQL can stay ahead of sql_mode changes via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Agents on Rails, query method and more](https://daily.dev/posts/agents-on-rails-query-method-and-more-3phcpc4w0) · Rails · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Query command for database queries and more](https://daily.dev/posts/query-command-for-database-queries-and-more-knykncecz) · Rails · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Query command for database queries and more](https://daily.dev/posts/query-command-for-database-queries-and-more-i5swkhhcu) · This Week in Rails · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ruby](https://daily.dev/tags/ruby), [#rails](https://daily.dev/tags/rails), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/agents-on-rails-query-method-and-more-qvbubxxei)