# Unicorn 0.8.1

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unicorn-0-8-1/169071>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 29, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unicorn-0-8-1/169071 "2009-05-29T00:15:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unicorn-0-8-1/169071/1 "2009-05-29T00:15:48Z")

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Unicorn has been updated to 0.8.1  
Unicorn is a Rack HTTP server for Unix, fast clients and nothing else

This release features safer, more descriptive timeout handling, more  
consistent reload behavior, and is a miniscule amount faster on  
“Hello World” benchmarks.

Eric W. (7):  
doc: cleanup summary/description  
Fix potential race condition in timeout handling  
SIGHUP reloads app even if preload\_app is true  
Make our HttpRequest object a global constant  
Avoid instance variables lookups in a critical path  
Consistent logger assignment for multiple objects  
unicorn 0.8.1

- [http://unicorn.bogomips.org/](http://unicorn.bogomips.org/)
- git://git.bogomips.org/unicorn.git
- [Rack HTTP server for Unix and fast clients](http://git.bogomips.org/cgit/unicorn.git/)