# Rails load_defaults 6.1 explained

No need to re-write the wheel, let me redirect to this great article from Lily Reile. Obviously still up-to-date and really useful as the [official Rails doc](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#default-values-for-target-version-6-1) is mostly showing the value before and after.

[https://lilyreile.medium.com/rails-6-1-new-framework-defaults-what-they-do-and-how-to-safely-uncomment-them-c546b70f0c5e](https://lilyreile.medium.com/rails-6-1-new-framework-defaults-what-they-do-and-how-to-safely-uncomment-them-c546b70f0c5e)

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