rust-version
The oldest Rust release a project promises to build with.
rust-version in Cargo.toml declares the minimum supported Rust version (MSRV); Cargo refuses older toolchains.
Examples
With
rust-version = "1.99"in[package],cargo buildon Rust 1.98.1 stops with "rustc 1.98.1 is not supported by the following package".
See also