v3.5.3

v3.5.3 (2025-12-02)

Wishing you a cozy and calm Holiday season ☃️

This version adds and improves some locales, fixes some bugs, and deprecates some generators.

Thanks to all contributors!

Deprecated generators

• Refactor: move Faker::BossaNova under Faker::Music::BossaNova by @thdaraujo in #3140
• Deprecate Faker::Twitter in favor of Faker::X and update attributes by @stefannibrasil in #3138

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Remove duplicate entry amateur radio from locales/en/hobby.yml by @Leenday in #3099
• fix #3114: prevent scientific notation when generating bank account number by @AhmedHisham552 in #3118
• Fix: typos in locales for overwatch.yml, rajnikanth.yml and street_fighter.ym by @smorttey in #3106
• Add Artist translations for the japanese locale by @neco-nico in #3110
• Add country_code to Estonia locale (locales/ee.yml) by @HassanAkbar in #3111
• Reformat Arabic locale (locales/ar.yml) by @ramzieus in #3130
• Refactor: Improve UK Phone number false failure hit-rate by @luke-hill in #3136
• Improvements and fixes for Elder Scrolls locale (elder_scrolls.yml) by @SleekMutt in #3129
• Add en-GB ID Numbers (aka National Insurance Numbers) by @stefanjcollier in #3032
• Update ukrainian city locales to the modern ones by @SleekMutt in #3127
• Revamp the docs to make them easier to find by @stefannibrasil in #3151

Chores

• test: fix flaky test on Faker::IdNumber by @thdaraujo in #3126
• Remove minitest dependency on i18n reload test by @stefannibrasil in #3149
• Remove unused release workflow by @stefannibrasil in #3133

Update local dependencies

• Bump benchmark from 0.4.1 to 0.5.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3122
• Bump rake from 13.3.0 to 13.3.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3124
• Bump test-unit from 3.7.0 to 3.7.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3128
• Bump rubocop-minitest from 0.38.1 to 0.38.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #3116
• deps: bump dependencies by @thdaraujo in #3141
• deps: bump Minitest version to v5.26.1 and fix issues by @stefannibrasil in #3144
• deps: bump rubocop version to v1.81.7 by @thdaraujo in #3143

New Contributors

• @Leenday made their first contribution in #3099
• @AhmedHisham552 made their first contribution in #3118
• @smorttey made their first contribution in #3106
• @neco-nico made their first contribution in #3110
• @HassanAkbar made their first contribution in #3111
• @ramzieus made their first contribution in #3130
• @luke-hill made their first contribution in #3136
• @SleekMutt made their first contribution in #3129
• @stefanjcollier made their first contribution in #3032

Full Changelog: v3.5.2...v3.5.3