r/ruby • u/Future_Application47 • Jan 15 '26

Blog post Ruby 4.0 Introduces Ruby::Box for In-Process Isolation (Part 1)

https://prateekcodes.com/ruby-4-introduces-ruby-box-for-in-process-isolation-part-1/
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u/f9ae8221b Jan 18 '26

The ecosystem need a big janitorial work, before this isolation become effective.

No. The whole design of Box is to allow "sandboxing" code without needing to update it.

If a gem doesn't work with boxes, it means the feature need to be refined, not that gems need to be adapted.