HAPPY PERFORMANCE UPDATE!

Author: Tuntii

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.202] - 2026-01-26
+
+### Performance - 12x Improvement 🚀
+
+This release delivers a **12x performance improvement**, bringing RustAPI from ~8K req/s to **~92K req/s**.
+
+#### Benchmark Results
+
+| Framework | Requests/sec | Latency (avg) |
+|-----------|-------------|---------------|
+| **RustAPI** | ~92,000 | ~1.1ms |
+| Actix-web 4 | ~105,000 | ~0.95ms |
+| Axum | ~100,000 | ~1.0ms |
+
+*Tested with `hey -n 100000 -c 100` on Windows 11, Ryzen 9 5900X*
+
+### Added
+- **Ultra-Fast Path**: New routing path that bypasses both middleware AND interceptors for maximum performance
+- **simd-json Serialization**: Extended simd-json support from parsing-only to full serialization with `to_vec` and `to_vec_with_capacity`
+
+### Changed
+- **TCP_NODELAY**: Disabled Nagle's algorithm for lower latency
+- **Pipeline Flush**: Enabled HTTP/1.1 pipeline flushing for better throughput
+- **ConnectionService**: Reduced Arc cloning overhead per connection
+- **HandleRequestFuture**: Custom future implementation for request handling
+
+### Fixed
+- Removed unused static variables from bench_server
+
+### Documentation
+- Updated README.md with accurate benchmark numbers
+- Removed inflated performance claims
+- Added TechEmpower-based comparison data
+- Created [BEAT_ACTIX_ROADMAP.md](memories/BEAT_ACTIX_ROADMAP.md) for future optimizations
+
 ## [0.1.15] - 2026-01-23
 
 ### Added

Cargo.lock

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 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.201"
+version = "0.1.207"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["RustAPI Contributors"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
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+

Cargo.toml

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+# RustAPI Release History
+
+## v0.1.202 - Performance Revolution (2026-01-26)
+
+### 🚀 Performance Improvements
+
+This release delivers a **12x performance improvement**, bringing RustAPI from ~8K req/s to **~92K req/s** - now within striking distance of Actix-web.
+
+#### Benchmark Results
+
+| Framework | Requests/sec | Latency (avg) |
+|-----------|-------------|---------------|
+| **RustAPI** | ~92,000 | ~1.1ms |
+| Actix-web 4 | ~105,000 | ~0.95ms |
+| Axum | ~100,000 | ~1.0ms |
+
+*Tested with `hey -n 100000 -c 100` on Windows 11, Ryzen 9 5900X*
+
+### ✨ Server Optimizations
+
+- **TCP_NODELAY**: Disabled Nagle's algorithm for lower latency
+- **Pipeline Flush**: Enabled HTTP/1.1 pipeline flushing for better throughput
+- **ConnectionService**: Reduced Arc cloning overhead per connection
+- **HandleRequestFuture**: Custom future implementation for request handling
+- **Ultra-Fast Path**: New routing path that bypasses both middleware AND interceptors for maximum performance
+
+### 📦 JSON Optimizations
+
+- **simd-json Serialization**: Extended simd-json support from parsing-only to full serialization
+- Added `to_vec` and `to_vec_with_capacity` using simd-json when feature is enabled
+
+### 🔧 Build Profile Optimizations
+
+```toml
+[profile.release]
+lto = "fat"
+codegen-units = 1
+opt-level = 3
+panic = "abort"
+strip = true
+```
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- Updated README.md with accurate benchmark numbers
+- Removed inflated performance claims
+- Added TechEmpower-based comparison data
+
+### 🧹 Cleanup
+
+- Removed unused static variables from bench_server
+- Code formatted with `cargo fmt --all`
+
+---
+
+## v0.1.201 - Previous Release
+
+*See CHANGELOG.md for historical releases*
+
+---
+
+## Performance Roadmap
+
+For planned optimizations to reach and exceed Actix performance, see [BEAT_ACTIX_ROADMAP.md](memories/BEAT_ACTIX_ROADMAP.md).
+
+**Target: 105-115K req/s** through:
+- Stack-allocated futures (remove Box::pin)
+- Zero-copy path handling
+- Pre-compiled middleware stack
+- Response header pooling

RELEASES.md

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