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• Add `syncthing-discovery` and `syncthing-relay` to the skiplist

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#586 · Opened Oct 22, 2026

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• State of the project / roadmap

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#585 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 21, 2026

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• add support for the `commit` feature for update scripts

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#563 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2026

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• Include link to repo in update message

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#561 · Opened Aug 6, 2026

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• No check that a fetcher's owner is still the same account

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#560 · Opened Aug 4, 2026

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• Delegate updating itself to `nix-update`

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#559 · 5 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 26, 2026

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• Opt-out comments don't work in packages that just `.override` another package

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#558 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 26, 2026

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• Wrong base version is selected for update

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#557 · Opened Jul 9, 2026

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• Obtain new release information from Anitya

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#551 · Opened Jun 16, 2026

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• Don't ping maintainers to avoid double notification

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#546 · 1 comment · Opened May 28, 2026

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• convert outpaths to use nix-eval-jobs

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#541 · Opened May 18, 2026

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• `assertOldVersionOn`/`assertNotUpdatedOn` can't handle computed versions

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#539 · Opened May 8, 2026

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• Force package out of Skiplist

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#527 · Opened Mar 10, 2026

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• cook-cli: node dependencies inside rust package not being updated

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#525 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 9, 2026

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• Proposal: `meta.upgradeGroup`

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#521 · 4 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Feb 23, 2026

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• PR descriptions link to update's source diff

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#516 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 2, 2026

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• error: getting status of '/nix/store/ypihdb7fdmglcz63z17yd1g4zw1g5j86-source.drv.chroot/root/nix/store/bqfq4db6nwycmkdrql9igsbrayqsw3g2-source': No such file or directory

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#494 · Opened Oct 10, 2025

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• fatal: '.cache/nixpkgs-update/worktree/...' is not a working tree error

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#487 · Opened Aug 23, 2025

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• Make existing update query match more accurately

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#486 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 21, 2025

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• PRs for `signal-desktop-bin` block auto updates for `signal-desktop`

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#482 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 28, 2025

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• Notify maintainers on build failures

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#476 · 6 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Jun 6, 2025

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• notion-app's auto update not triggered

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#468 · 16 comments · Opened Mar 21, 2025

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• move skiplist to nixpkgs repo

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#465 · 3 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Jan 19, 2025

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• packages with >= 500 non-x86_64-linux rebuilds and < 500 x86_64-linux rebuilds are opened against master

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#462 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 28, 2024

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• Feature: Mention maintainers of newly-broken packages?

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#447 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 6, 2024

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• bot doesn't request maintainer review that have `githubId` but not `github` attribute

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#442 · Opened Aug 22, 2024

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• `kdePackages.<attr>` and `libsForQt5.<attr>` can point to the same attribute and should not be updated together

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#437 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 9, 2024

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• fetchpatch breaks the generic rewriter

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#427 · 8 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2024

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• Should ignore nomad

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#425 · 1 reaction · Opened May 31, 2024

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• error: cannot evaluate a function that has an argument without a value ('lib')

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#423 · 1 comment · Opened May 17, 2024

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• should ignore gqrx-portaudio and gqrx-gr-audio

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#416 · Opened Apr 27, 2024

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• downgrade update is suggested (2024.1.25893 -> 2023.2.26286)

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#398 · 11 comments · Opened Mar 16, 2024

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• Can't figure out how to interactively update

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#392 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 5, 2024

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• darwin-aarch64 not supported

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#390 · 15 reactions · Opened Feb 14, 2024

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• error: '~/.cache/nixpkgs-update/worktree/package' is a shallow Git repository

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#382 · 3 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Jan 22, 2024

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• Skip specific version

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#381 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 18, 2024

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• Use on non-Nix base OS

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#371 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 1, 2023

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• Honor multiple architectures for source downloads

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#367 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 21, 2023

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• most installation methods fail

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#355 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 6, 2023

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• Add link to update log in when openning PRs

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#352 · Opened May 3, 2023

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• build log is not available

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#351 · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 16, 2023

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• nixpkgs-update log analysis

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#347 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 31, 2023

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• Derivation file not found: Old version <version>" not present in <branch>

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#346 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 31, 2023

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• Instructions to test: add sample shell.nix

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#343 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 5, 2023

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• Too frequent for unstable packages

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#336 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 9, 2023

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• Documentation no longer correct for stable Nix

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#335 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 6, 2023

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• "Pre-merge build results" is ambiguous: is that before or after the change?

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#334 · Opened Feb 1, 2023

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• Add changelog URL into commit message

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#329 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 12, 2022

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• Show approximate completion time

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#328 · Opened Nov 2, 2022

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• Can PR be rebased sometime

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  NixOS/nixpkgs-update#327 · Opened Oct 17, 2022

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