Project goals update — December 2025

The Rust project is currently working towards a slate of 41 project goals , with 13 of them designated as Flagship Goals . This post provides selected updates on our progress towards these goals (or, in some cases, lack thereof). The full details for any particular goal are available in its associated tracking issue on the rust-project-goals repository . Flagship goals "Beyond the `&`" Continue Experimentation with Pin Ergonomics (rust-lang/rust-project-goals#389) Progress Point of contact Frank King Champions compiler ( Oliver Scherer ), lang ( TC ) Task owners Frank King 1 detailed update available. Comment by @frank-king posted on 2025-12-18: Key developments : forbid manual impl of Unpin for #[pin_v2] types . Blockers : PRs waiting for review: impl Drop::pin_drop (the submodule issue) coercion of &pin mut|const T <-> &[mut] T Help wanted : None yet. Design a language feature to solve Field Projections (rust-lang/rust-project-goals#390) Progress Point of contact Benno Lossin Champio