Rails Daily: Documentation Cleanup

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Good morning, this is Rails Daily for March 5th, 2026.

Two pull requests were merged overnight focusing on documentation improvements.

ashwin47 merged a fix for stale Rack::Sendfile references in DebugLocks documentation. This addresses changes from pull request 56915, where Rack::Sendfile is no longer automatically added to the middleware stack when the x_sendfile_header is nil - which is the default across all environments. The fix updates both the ActionPack middleware documentation and the threading and code execution guide to reflect this change.

eglitobias merged a small but important documentation fix in Active Record's counter cache module. The change adds a missing hash symbol to a commented example in the decrement_counter documentation, ensuring the code snippet properly displays as a comment.

Both changes are minimal - just four lines total - but maintain accuracy in Rails documentation as the framework evolves.

What's next: Watch for any follow-up documentation updates related to middleware stack changes, and the usual flow of feature development as we move through March.

That's your Rails update for today. I'm your host, and we'll be back tomorrow with more Rails development news.