Project goals update — November 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 2025-11-21: Status update: [x] pattern matching support of &pin const|mut T types , merged. [x] &pin pattern and ref pin mut binding mode , merged. [ ] Drop::pin_drop , waiting for review (new updates since the last review). Unresolved question : the current implementation requires changing the src/docs/book submodule, but the top repo and the sub repo mus