Redis: Security Fixes and New Rate Limiting Powers
Today we're diving into some crucial security improvements with ACL boundary fixes, plus an exciting new GCRA rate limiting feature that brings redis-cell functionality directly into Redis core. We also see the team expanding ARM64 support and cleaning up cluster code architecture.
Duration: PT4M4S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Redis.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Redis
- Published: 2026-03-19T10:12:47Z
- Audio duration: PT4M4S
Transcript excerpt
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Hey there, developers! Welcome back to another episode of the Redis podcast. I'm so glad you're joining me today because we've got some really interesting changes to talk about. It's March 19th, and the Redis team has been busy with both critical fixes and some pretty cool new features.
Let's jump right into our merged pull requests, starting with something that's super important but might not get the flashy headlines it deserves. Zijie Zhao tackled a really nasty security issue with PR 14847. This was all about fixing ACL out-of-bounds access for commands with wrong arity. Now, I know that sounds…
Speaking of improvements, we got a fantastic infrastructure update from gentcys with PR 14891. They added ARM64 jobs to the daily CI workflow, which is huge for anyone running Redis on Raspberry Pi, AWS Graviton, or Apple Silicon machines. The motivation here is simple but so important - Redis runs everywhere, so we…
Our third merged PR comes from judeng, and this one's all about clean architecture. They refactored the async slot migration code to remove tight coupling between the ASM module and the core cluster implementation. It's like untangling Christmas lights - not glamorous work,…
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