Erlang/OTP 29.0 introduces significant security enhancements including disabled shell/exec services in SSH by default and new unsafe function warnings. The release adds support for post-quantum cryptography with x25519mlkem768 as the default key exchange, and introduces native records as a new language feature. Other notable additions include improved terminal styling capabilities and better documentation testing tools.
Background
Erlang/OTP is a programming language and runtime system for building massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability, commonly used in telecommunications, banking, and instant messaging systems.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- May 13, 2026 at 07:02 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10