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Release Notes: Humble to Jazzy

This list summarizes the changes between Humble (previous) and Jazzy (current) releases.

Note

This list was created in June 2025 (tag 3.6.0), earlier changes may not be included.

AsyncFunctionHandler

Add DETACHED scheduling policy for Async function handler (#383).

RealtimeBox

RealtimeBox got renamed to RealtimeThreadSafeBox and uses real-time mutexes now (#318, #342).
RealtimePublisher is updated with a new try_publish API and few methods are deprecated (#323).

LockFreeQueue

Added LockFreePooledSPSCQueue for large or move-only types, backed by a preallocated pool (#606, #615).