---
title: "Zuplo Release v6.46.0"
description: ""
canonicalUrl: "https://zuplo.com/changelog/2025/03/28/zuplo-release-v6.46.0"
pageType: "changelog"
date: "2025-03-28"
tags: "runtime"
---
This release introduces improved support for special characters in OpenAPI URL
paths, adds redirect functionality to the URL forward handler, and includes
important compatibility date changes that affect log initialization.

### Breaking Changes 🛠

Breaking changes are always behind a
[compatibility date](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/compatibility-dates)

- **Enhanced support for special characters in OpenAPI URL paths** - Zuplo now
  properly handles special characters in OpenAPI-formatted URL paths, improving
  compatibility with APIs that use non-standard characters in their routes. This
  change ensures better compliance with OpenAPI specifications and more flexible
  path matching. See our
  [advanced path matching documentation](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/advanced-path-matching)
  for more details.

- **Legacy log initialization removed for compatibility date 2025-02-06** -
  Starting with
  [compatibility date 2025-02-06](https://zuplo.com/docs/articles/compatibility-dates#2025-02-06),
  the legacy log initialization system has been removed in favor of the modern
  logging infrastructure. This change provides better performance and more
  consistent logging behavior across your API gateway.

### New Features 🎉

- **URL forward handler now supports redirects** - The
  [URL forward handler](https://zuplo.com/docs/handlers/url-forward) has been
  enhanced with a new option to handle HTTP redirects. This feature allows you
  to configure whether the handler should follow redirects automatically or
  return the redirect response to the client, giving you more control over how
  your API gateway handles upstream redirect responses.