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---
title: Migrating from 0.30 to 0.31
order: 979
---
## CLI
### MCAP "layers" renamed to "decoders"
The `-l` / `--layer` flag for `rerun mcap convert` has been renamed to `-d` / `--decoder`.
This change is motivated by the ambiguity of the term "layer", which is also a core concept of the Rerun catalog server.
Before:
```bash
rerun mcap convert input.mcap -l protobuf -l stats -o output.rrd
rerun mcap convert input.mcap -l ros2msg -l raw -l recording_info -o output.rrd
```
After:
```bash
rerun mcap convert input.mcap -d protobuf -d stats -o output.rrd
rerun mcap convert input.mcap -d ros2msg -d raw -d recording_info -o output.rrd
```
When no `-d` flags are specified, all available decoders are still used by default (same behavior as before).
## Server / catalog API
### `address` renamed to `url` or `host`
Several server and catalog APIs have been renamed for clarity:
- **CLI**: `rerun server --address …` is now `rerun server --host …`
- **Python `rr.Server`**: The `addr` constructor argument is now `host`, and the `address` method is now `url`
- **Python `rr.CatalogClient`**: The `address` parameter is now `url`
### `Entry.update()` deprecated in favor of `Entry.set_name()`
The `Entry.update()` method has been deprecated. Use `Entry.set_name()` instead for renaming entries:
```python
# Before (deprecated)
entry.update(name="new_name")
# After
entry.set_name("new_name")
```
## Rust API
### `re_mcap`: Layer types renamed to Decoder
All public types in the `re_mcap` crate have been renamed from `Layer` to `Decoder`.
| Old name | New name |
|--------------------|-----------------------|
| `Layer` | `Decoder` |
| `MessageLayer` | `MessageDecoder` |
| `LayerIdentifier` | `DecoderIdentifier` |
| `LayerRegistry` | `DecoderRegistry` |
| `SelectedLayers` | `SelectedDecoders` |
The `layers` module has been renamed to `decoders` (e.g., `re_mcap::layers::McapRawLayer` is now `re_mcap::decoders::McapRawDecoder`).
### `McapLoader` API updated
`McapLoader::new()` now takes `SelectedDecoders` instead of `SelectedLayers`:
```rust
// Before
McapLoader::new(SelectedLayers::All)
// After
McapLoader::new(SelectedDecoders::All)
```