v5.0.0

Swift 6 & Modernization

A major release modernizing Storez for Swift 6 and current Apple platform requirements.

Breaking Changes

• Swift 6 language mode enabled — requires Swift 5.9+ toolchain
• Platform minimums raised — iOS 15, macOS 12, tvOS 15, watchOS 8
• ChangeBlock is now @Sendable — closures passed to Key must be Sendable
• CocoaPods removed — use Swift Package Manager exclusively
• UserDefaultsStore.init(suite:) no longer force-unwraps — falls back to .standard on failure; suite parameter now defaults to nil

Improvements

• Replaced deprecated insecure NSKeyedArchiver/NSKeyedUnarchiver APIs with secure alternatives
• Removed deprecated UserDefaults.synchronize() calls
• Added PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy (required for App Store submission since May 2024)
• Added Sendable conformances: Key, UserDefaultsStore, CacheStore, GlobalNamespace
• Compiles cleanly with -strict-concurrency=complete
• Updated GitHub Actions (actions/checkout v2 → v4)
• Removed stale compiler crash workarounds in Cache layer

MVP

The library has been in private beta, and I only made it public after shipping it with my apps to the AppStore. You can rest assured it is battle tested.