Changelog for v5.3.0

[aldas]

v5.3.0 - 2026-07-12

Logic changes
PR #2996 revert back to v4 behavior for a group registering implicit 404 handlers.

If you do not want this behavior, can do not want implicit 404 handlers for groups, use:

e :=  echo.NewWithConfig(echo.Config{NoGroupAutoRegister404Routes: true})
g := e.Group("/api")

some other noteworthy echancements:

• Adds first-class support for the QUERY HTTP method RFC 10008 in feat: add support for HTTP QUERY method #3038

e.QUERY("/", func(c *Context) error {
  return c.String(http.StatusTeapot, "OK")
})

• Router: automatically handle HEAD request by GET handlers in https://github.com/labtack/echo/pull/2949

e := echo.NewWithConfig(echo.Config{
  Router: echo.NewRouter(echo.RouterConfig{
    AutoHandleHEAD: true,
  }),
})

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 93.42%. Comparing base (01b45be) to head (83d74f7).
⚠️ Report is 30 commits behind head on master.

Additional details and impacted files

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+ Coverage   93.17%   93.42%   +0.24%     
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  Files          43       43              
  Lines        4501     4730     +229     
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+ Hits         4194     4419     +225     
- Misses        189      190       +1     
- Partials      118      121       +3     

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