# Router 2.0 Common Runtime Router: The Road to Beta

DevFeed: [Router 2.0 Common Runtime Router: The Road to Beta](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/router-2-0-common-runtime-router-the-road-to-beta-26491.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/router-2dot0-the-road-to-beta/>)

Author: Elizabeth Cox

Published: 2023-10-30T22:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [Erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/erlang.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/erlang.md>), [http-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http-server.md>), [legacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy.md>), [modernization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modernization.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [router-2-0](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/router-2-0.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku describes the beta release of Router 2.0, a replacement for the existing Common Runtime router planned for 2024. The article explains the legacy router's Erlang-based architecture and the challenges that motivated a new implementation, including safer delivery of routing features and planned HTTP/2 support.

## Source excerpt

Last month, Heroku announced the beta release of Router 2.0, the new Common Runtime router! As part of our commitment to infrastructure modernization, Heroku is making upgrades to the Common Runtime routing layer. The beta release of Router 2.0 is an important step along this journey. We're excited to give you an inside look at [...] The post Router 2.0 Common Runtime Router: The Road to Beta appeared first on Heroku.