Support is planned until the end of December 2024, handing over to 24.11.
## Highlights {#sec-release-24.05-highlights}
In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights:
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-`screen`'s module has been cleaned, and will now require you to set `programs.screen.enable` in order to populate `screenrc` and add the program to the environment.
- NixOS now installs a stub ELF loader that prints an informative error message when users attempt to run binaries not made for NixOS.
- This can be disabled through the `environment.stub-ld.enable` option.
- If you use `programs.nix-ld.enable`, no changes are needed. The stub will be disabled automatically.
- Julia environments can now be built with arbitrary packages from the ecosystem using the `.withPackages` function. For example: `julia.withPackages ["Plots"]`.
- [Handheld Daemon](https://github.com/hhd-dev/hhd), support for gaming handhelds like the Legion Go, ROG Ally, and GPD Win. Available as [services.handheld-daemon](#opt-services.handheld-daemon.enable).
- systemd's gateway, upload, and remote services, which provides ways of sending journals across the network. Enable using [services.journald.gateway](#opt-services.journald.gateway.enable), [services.journald.upload](#opt-services.journald.upload.enable), and [services.journald.remote](#opt-services.journald.remote.enable).
- [rspamd-trainer](https://gitlab.com/onlime/rspamd-trainer), script triggered by a helper which reads mails from a specific mail inbox and feeds them into rspamd for spam/ham training.
- [ollama](https://ollama.ai), server for running large language models locally.
- [hebbot](https://github.com/haecker-felix/hebbot), a Matrix bot to generate "This Week in X" like blog posts. Available as [services.hebbot](#opt-services.hebbot.enable).
- [Anki Sync Server](https://docs.ankiweb.net/sync-server.html), the official sync server built into recent versions of Anki. Available as [services.anki-sync-server](#opt-services.anki-sync-server.enable).
The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been marked deprecated and will be dropped after 24.05 due to lack of maintenance of the anki-sync-server softwares.
- [Suwayomi Server](https://github.com/Suwayomi/Suwayomi-Server), a free and open source manga reader server that runs extensions built for [Tachiyomi](https://tachiyomi.org). Available as [services.suwayomi-server](#opt-services.suwayomi-server.enable).
- [ping_exporter](https://github.com/czerwonk/ping_exporter), a Prometheus exporter for ICMP echo requests. Available as [services.prometheus.exporters.ping](#opt-services.prometheus.exporters.ping.enable).
- [TigerBeetle](https://tigerbeetle.com/), a distributed financial accounting database designed for mission critical safety and performance. Available as [services.tigerbeetle](#opt-services.tigerbeetle.enable).
- [Clevis](https://github.com/latchset/clevis), a pluggable framework for automated decryption, used to unlock encrypted devices in initrd. Available as [boot.initrd.clevis.enable](#opt-boot.initrd.clevis.enable).
- [TuxClocker](https://github.com/Lurkki14/tuxclocker), a hardware control and monitoring program. Available as [programs.tuxclocker](#opt-programs.tuxclocker.enable).
- [RustDesk](https://rustdesk.com), a full-featured open source remote control alternative for self-hosting and security with minimal configuration. Alternative to TeamViewer.
- [systemd-lock-handler](https://git.sr.ht/~whynothugo/systemd-lock-handler/), a bridge between logind D-Bus events and systemd targets. Available as [services.systemd-lock-handler.enable](#opt-services.systemd-lock-handler.enable).
-`himalaya` was updated to v1.0.0-beta, which introduces breaking changes. Check out the [release note](https://github.com/soywod/himalaya/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta) for details.
- The `power.ups` module now generates `upsd.conf`, `upsd.users` and `upsmon.conf` automatically from a set of new configuration options. This breaks compatibility with existing `power.ups` setups where these files were created manually. Back up these files before upgrading NixOS.
to back up your current configuration and let k9s recreate the new base configuration.
-`idris2` was updated to v0.7.0. This version introduces breaking changes. Check out the [changelog](https://github.com/idris-lang/Idris2/blob/v0.7.0/CHANGELOG.md#v070) for details.
-`nitter` requires a `guest_accounts.jsonl` to be provided as a path or loaded into the default location at `/var/lib/nitter/guest_accounts.jsonl`. See [Guest Account Branch Deployment](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Guest-Account-Branch-Deployment) for details.
- Invidious has changed its default database username from `kemal` to `invidious`. Setups involving an externally provisioned database (i.e. `services.invidious.database.createLocally == false`) should adjust their configuration accordingly. The old `kemal` user will not be removed automatically even when the database is provisioned automatically.(https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/265857)
-`inetutils` now has a lower priority to avoid shadowing the commonly used `util-linux`. If one wishes to restore the default priority, simply use `lib.setPrio 5 inetutils` or override with `meta.priority = 5`.
-`paperless`' `services.paperless.extraConfig` setting has been removed and converted to the freeform type and option named `services.paperless.settings`.
- The legacy and long deprecated systemd target `network-interfaces.target` has been removed. Use `network.target` instead.
-`services.frp.settings` now generates the frp configuration file in TOML format as [recommended by upstream](https://github.com/fatedier/frp#configuration-files), instead of the legacy INI format. This has also introduced other changes in the configuration file structure and options.
- The `settings.common` section in the configuration is no longer valid and all the options form inside it now goes directly under `settings`.
- The `_` separating words in the configuration options is removed so the options are now in camel case. For example: `server_addr` becomes `serverAddr`, `server_port` becomes `serverPort` etc.
- Proxies are now defined with a new option `settings.proxies` which takes a list of proxies.
- Consult the [upstream documentation](https://github.com/fatedier/frp#example-usage) for more details on the changes.
-`mkosi` was updated to v20. Parts of the user interface have changed. Consult the
release notes of [v19](https://github.com/systemd/mkosi/releases/tag/v19) and
[v20](https://github.com/systemd/mkosi/releases/tag/v20) for a list of changes.
- The package `optparse-bash` is now dropped due to upstream inactivity. Alternatives available in Nixpkgs include [`argc`](https://github.com/sigoden/argc), [`argbash`](https://github.com/matejak/argbash), [`bashly`](https://github.com/DannyBen/bashly) and [`gum`](https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum), to name a few.
- The `craftos-pc` package has been updated to v2.8, which includes [breaking changes](https://github.com/MCJack123/craftos2/releases/tag/v2.8).
- Files are now handled in binary mode; this could break programs with embedded UTF-8 characters.
- The ROM was updated to match ComputerCraft version v1.109.2.
- The bundled Lua was updated to Lua v5.2, which includes breaking changes. See the [Lua manual](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#8) for more information.
- The WebSocket API [was rewritten](https://github.com/MCJack123/craftos2/issues/337), which introduced breaking changes.
- The latest available version of Nextcloud is v28 (available as `pkgs.nextcloud28`). The installation logic is as follows:
- If [`services.nextcloud.package`](#opt-services.nextcloud.package) is specified explicitly, this package will be installed (**recommended**)
- If [`system.stateVersion`](#opt-system.stateVersion) is >=24.05, `pkgs.nextcloud28` will be installed by default.
- If [`system.stateVersion`](#opt-system.stateVersion) is >=23.11, `pkgs.nextcloud27` will be installed by default.
- Please note that an upgrade from v26 (or older) to v28 directly is not possible. Please upgrade to `nextcloud27` (or earlier) first. Nextcloud prohibits skipping major versions while upgrading. You can upgrade by declaring [`services.nextcloud.package = pkgs.nextcloud27;`](options.html#opt-services.nextcloud.package).
- The vendored third party libraries have been mostly removed from `cudaPackages.nsight_systems`, which we now only ship for `cudaPackages_11_8` and later due to outdated dependencies. Users comfortable with the vendored dependencies may use `overrideAttrs` to amend the `postPatch` phase and the `meta.broken` correspondingly. Alternatively, one could package the deprecated `boost170` locally, as required for `cudaPackages_11_4.nsight_systems`.
- The `cudaPackages` package scope has been updated to `cudaPackages_12`.
-`services.resolved.fallbackDns` can now be used to disable the upstream fallback servers entirely by setting it to an empty list. To get the previous behaviour of the upstream defaults set it to null, the new default, instead.
-`xxd` has been moved from `vim` default output to its own output to reduce closure size. The canonical way to reference it across all platforms is `unixtools.xxd`.
-`services.avahi.nssmdns` got split into `services.avahi.nssmdns4` and `services.avahi.nssmdns6` which enable the mDNS NSS switch for IPv4 and IPv6 respectively.
Since most mDNS responders only register IPv4 addresses, most users want to keep the IPv6 support disabled to avoid long timeouts.
-`services.archisteamfarm` no longer uses the abbreviation `asf` for its state directory (`/var/lib/asf`), user and group (both `asf`). Instead the long name `archisteamfarm` is used.
Configurations with `system.stateVersion` 23.11 or earlier, default to the old stateDirectory until the 24.11 release and must either set the option explicitly or move the data to the new directory.
-`networking.iproute2.enable` now does not set `environment.etc."iproute2/rt_tables".text`.
Setting `environment.etc."iproute2/{CONFIG_FILE_NAME}".text` will override the whole configuration file instead of appending it to the upstream configuration file.
`CONFIG_FILE_NAME` includes `bpf_pinning`, `ematch_map`, `group`, `nl_protos`, `rt_dsfield`, `rt_protos`, `rt_realms`, `rt_scopes`, and `rt_tables`.
- The executable file names for `firefox-devedition`, `firefox-beta`, `firefox-esr` now matches their package names, which is consistent with the `firefox-*-bin` packages. The desktop entries are also updated so that you can have multiple editions of firefox in your app launcher.
- The `systemd.oomd` module behavior is changed as:
- Raise ManagedOOMMemoryPressureLimit from 50% to 80%. This should make systemd-oomd kill things less often, and fix issues like [this](https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/358).
- Remove swap policy. This helps prevent killing processes when user's swap is small.
- Expand the memory pressure policy to system.slice, user-.slice, and all user owned slices. Reference: [commit](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/systemd/c/7665e1796f915dedbf8e014f0a78f4f576d609bb)
-`systemd.oomd.enableUserServices` is renamed to `systemd.oomd.enableUserSlices`.
- The configuration format for `services.prometheus.exporters.snmp` changed with release 0.23.0.
The module now includes an optional config check, that is enabled by default, to make the change obvious before any deployment.
More information about the configuration syntax change is available in the [upstream repository](https://github.com/prometheus/snmp_exporter/blob/b75fc6b839ee3f3ccbee68bee55f1ae99555084a/auth-split-migration.md).
- [watchdogd](https://troglobit.com/projects/watchdogd/), a system and process supervisor using watchdog timers. Available as [services.watchdogd](#opt-services.watchdogd.enable).
- The `jdt-language-server` package now uses upstream's provided python wrapper instead of our own custom wrapper. This results in the following breaking and notable changes:
- The main binary for the package is now named `jdtls` instead of `jdt-language-server`, equivalent to what most editors expect the binary to be named.
- JVM arguments should now be provided with the `--jvm-arg` flag instead of setting `JAVA_OPTS`.
- The `-data` path is no longer required to run the package, and will be set to point to a folder in `$TMP` if missing.
-`nomad` has been updated - note that HashiCorp recommends updating one minor version at a time. Please check [their upgrade guide](https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/docs/upgrade) for information on safely updating clusters and potential breaking changes.
-`nomad` is now Nomad 1.7.x.
-`nomad_1_4` has been removed, as it is now unsupported upstream.
- The `livebook` package is now built as a `mix release` instead of an `escript`.
This means that configuration now has to be done using [environment variables](https://hexdocs.pm/livebook/readme.html#environment-variables) instead of command line arguments.
This has the further implication that the `livebook` service configuration has changed:
- The `erlang_node_short_name`, `erlang_node_name`, `port` and `options` configuration parameters are gone, and have been replaced with an `environment` parameter.
Use the appropriate [environment variables](https://hexdocs.pm/livebook/readme.html#environment-variables) inside `environment` to configure the service instead.
## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-24.05-notable-changes}
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-`addDriverRunpath` has been added to facilitate the deprecation of the old `addOpenGLRunpath` setuphook. This change is motivated by the evolution of the setuphook to include all hardware acceleration.
- Cinnamon has been updated to 6.0. Please beware that the [Wayland session](https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4591) is still experimental in this release.
-`services.postgresql.extraPlugins` changed its type from just a list of packages to also a function that returns such a list.
For example a config line like ``services.postgresql.extraPlugins = with pkgs.postgresql_11.pkgs; [ postgis ];`` is recommended to be changed to ``services.postgresql.extraPlugins = ps: with ps; [ postgis ];``;
- Programs written in [Nim](https://nim-lang.org/) are built with libraries selected by lockfiles.
The `nimPackages` and `nim2Packages` sets have been removed.
See https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable#nim for more information.
This version of Portunus supports strong password hashes, but the legacy hash SHA-256 is also still supported to ensure a smooth migration of existing user accounts.
After upgrading, follow the instructions on the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/majewsky/portunus/releases/tag/v2.0.0) to upgrade all user accounts to strong password hashes.
Support for weak password hashes will be removed in NixOS 24.11.
-`libass` now uses the native CoreText backend on Darwin, which may fix subtitle rendering issues with `mpv`, `ffmpeg`, etc.
- The following options of the Nextcloud module were moved into [`services.nextcloud.settings`](#opt-services.nextcloud.settings) and renamed to match the name from Nextcloud's `config.php`:
-`stdenv`: The `--replace` flag in `substitute`, `substituteInPlace`, `substituteAll`, `substituteAllStream`, and `substituteStream` is now deprecated if favor of the new `--replace-fail`, `--replace-warn` and `--replace-quiet`. The deprecated `--replace` equates to `--replace-warn`.
- New options were added to the dnsdist module to enable and configure a DNSCrypt endpoint (see `services.dnsdist.dnscrypt.enable`, etc.).
The module can generate the DNSCrypt provider key pair, certificates and also performs their rotation automatically with no downtime.
- With a bump to `sonarr` v4, existing config database files will be upgraded automatically, but note that some old apparently-working configs [might actually be corrupt and fail to upgrade cleanly](https://forums.sonarr.tv/t/sonarr-v4-released/33089).
- [Nginx virtual hosts](#opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts) using `forceSSL` or
`globalRedirect` can now have redirect codes other than 301 through
`redirectCode`.
- The source of the `mockgen` package has changed to the [go.uber.org/mock](https://github.com/uber-go/mock) fork because [the original repository is no longer maintained](https://github.com/golang/mock#gomock).
- [](#opt-boot.kernel.sysctl._net.core.wmem_max_) changed from a string to an integer because of the addition of a custom merge option (taking the highest value defined to avoid conflicts between 2 services trying to set that value), just as [](#opt-boot.kernel.sysctl._net.core.rmem_max_) since 22.11.
-`services.zfs.zed.enableMail` now uses the global `sendmail` wrapper defined by an email module
(such as msmtp or Postfix). It no longer requires using a special ZFS build with email support.
-`nextcloud-setup.service` no longer changes the group of each file & directory inside `/var/lib/nextcloud/{config,data,store-apps}` if one of these directories has the wrong owner group. This was part of transitioning the group used for `/var/lib/nextcloud`, but isn't necessary anymore.
- The `krb5` module has been rewritten and moved to `security.krb5`, moving all options but `security.krb5.enable` and `security.krb5.package` into `security.krb5.settings`.
- Gitea 1.21 upgrade has several breaking changes, including:
- Custom themes and other assets that were previously stored in `custom/public/*` now belong in `custom/public/assets/*`
- New instances of Gitea using MySQL now ignore the `[database].CHARSET` config option and always use the `utf8mb4` charset, existing instances should migrate via the `gitea doctor convert` CLI command.
- The `services.paperless` module no longer uses the previously downloaded NLTK data stored in `/var/cache/paperless/nltk`. This directory can be removed.
- The `hardware.pulseaudio` module now sets permission of pulse user home directory to 755 when running in "systemWide" mode. It fixes [issue 114399](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/114399).
- The `btrbk` module now automatically selects and provides required compression
program depending on the configured `stream_compress` option. Since this
replaces the need for the `extraPackages` option, this option will be
- YouTrack is bumped to 2023.3. The update is not performed automatically, it requires manual interaction. See the YouTrack section in the manual for details.
- QtMultimedia has changed its default backend to `QT_MEDIA_BACKEND=ffmpeg` (previously `gstreamer` on Linux or `darwin` on MacOS).
The previous native backends remain available but are now minimally maintained. Refer to [upstream documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmultimedia-index.html#ffmpeg-as-the-default-backend) for further details about each platform.
