- [AMDVLK](https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK), AMD's open source Vulkan driver, is now available to be configured as `hardware.amdgpu.amdvlk` option.
This also allows configuring runtime settings of AMDVLK and enabling experimental features.
-`authelia` has been upgraded to version 4.38. This version brings several features and improvements which are detailed in the [release blog post](https://www.authelia.com/blog/4.38-release-notes/).
This release also deprecates some configuration keys, which are likely to be removed in future version 5.0, but they are still supported and expected to be working in the current version.
-`compressDrv` can compress selected files in a derivation. `compressDrvWeb` compresses files for common web server usage (`.gz` with `zopfli`, `.br` with `brotli`).
- NixOS now has support for *automatic boot assessment* (see [here](https://systemd.io/AUTOMATIC_BOOT_ASSESSMENT/)) for detailed description of the feature) for `systemd-boot` users. Available as [boot.loader.systemd-boot.bootCounting](#opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.bootCounting.enable).
- [FlareSolverr](https://github.com/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr), proxy server to bypass Cloudflare protection. Available as [services.flaresolverr](#opt-services.flaresolverr.enable) service.
- [Goatcounter](https://www.goatcounter.com/), Easy web analytics. No tracking of personal data. Available as [services.goatcounter](options.html#opt-services.goatcocunter.enable).
- [Quickwit](https://quickwit.io), sub-second search & analytics engine on cloud storage. Available as [services.quickwit](options.html#opt-services.quickwit).
- [QGroundControl], a ground station support and configuration manager for the PX4 and APM Flight Stacks. Available as [programs.qgroundcontrol](options.html#opt-programs.qgroundcontrol.enable).
- [Radicle](https://radicle.xyz), an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Available as [services.radicle](#opt-services.radicle.enable).
- [ddns-updater](https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater), a service to update DNS records periodically with WebUI for many DNS providers. Available as [services.ddns-updater](#opt-services.ddns-updater.enable).
- [Renovate](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate), a dependency updating tool for various git forges and language ecosystems. Available as [services.renovate](#opt-services.renovate.enable).
- [Music Assistant](https://music-assistant.io/), a music library manager for your offline and online music sources which can easily stream your favourite music to a wide range of supported players. Available as [services.music-assistant](#opt-services.music-assistant.enable).
- [zeronsd](https://github.com/zerotier/zeronsd), a DNS server for ZeroTier users. Available with [services.zeronsd.servedNetworks](#opt-services.zeronsd.servedNetworks).
- [wg-access-server](https://github.com/freifunkMUC/wg-access-server/), an all-in-one WireGuard VPN solution with a web ui for connecting devices. Available at [services.wg-access-server](#opt-services.wg-access-server.enable).
- [Envision](https://gitlab.com/gabmus/envision), a UI for building, configuring and running Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime. Available as [programs.envision](#opt-programs.envision.enable).
- [Localsend](https://localsend.org/), an open source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop. Available as [programs.localsend](#opt-programs.localsend.enable).
- [cryptpad](https://cryptpad.org/), a privacy-oriented collaborative platform (docs/drive/etc), has been added back. Available as [services.cryptpad](#opt-services.cryptpad.enable).
- [realm](https://github.com/zhboner/realm), a simple, high performance relay server written in rust. Available as [services.realm.enable](#opt-services.realm.enable).
- [Gotenberg](https://gotenberg.dev), an API server for converting files to PDFs that can be used alongside Paperless-ngx. Available as [services.gotenberg](options.html#opt-services.gotenberg).
- [Playerctld](https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl), a daemon to track media player activity. Available as [services.playerctld](option.html#opt-services.playerctld).
- [Glance](https://github.com/glanceapp/glance), a self-hosted dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place. Available as [services.glance](option.html#opt-services.glance).
- [Apache Tika](https://github.com/apache/tika), a toolkit that detects and extracts metadata and text from over a thousand different file types. Available as [services.tika](option.html#opt-services.tika).
- [OpenGFW](https://github.com/apernet/OpenGFW), an implementation of the Great Firewall on Linux. Available as [services.opengfw](#opt-services.opengfw.enable).
- [Rathole](https://github.com/rapiz1/rathole), a lightweight and high-performance reverse proxy for NAT traversal. Available as [services.rathole](#opt-services.rathole.enable).
-`transmission` package has been aliased with a `trace` warning to `transmission_3`. Since [Transmission 4 has been released last year](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases/tag/4.0.0), and Transmission 3 will eventually go away, it was decided perform this warning alias to make people aware of the new version. The `services.transmission.package` defaults to `transmission_3` as well because the upgrade can cause data loss in certain specific usage patterns (examples: [#5153](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/5153), [#6796](https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/6796)). Please make sure to back up to your data directory per your usage:
-`transmission-gtk`: `~/.config/transmission`
-`transmission-daemon` using NixOS module: `${config.services.transmission.home}/.config/transmission-daemon` (defaults to `/var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon`)
-`androidenv.androidPkgs_9_0` has been removed, and replaced with `androidenv.androidPkgs` for a more complete Android SDK including support for Android 9 and later.
-`buildbot` was updated to 4.0, the AngularJS frontend has been replaced by a React frontend, see the [upstream release notes](https://docs.buildbot.net/current/manual/upgrading/4.0-upgrade.html).
-`nginx` package no longer includes `gd` and `geoip` dependencies. For enabling it, override `nginx` package with the optionals `withImageFilter` and `withGeoIP`.
-`systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy` option has been removed.
In systemd 256 support for cgroup v1 ('legacy' and 'hybrid' hierarchies) is now considered obsolete and systemd by default will refuse to boot under it.
To forcibly reenable cgroup v1 support, you can `set boot.kernelParams = [ "systemd.unified_cgroup_hierachy=0" "SYSTEMD_CGROUP_ENABLE_LEGACY_FORCE=1" ]`.
NixOS does not officially support this configuration and might cause your system to be unbootable in future versions. You are on your own.
-`openssh` and `openssh_hpn` are now compiled without Kerberos 5 / GSSAPI support in an effort to reduce the attack surface of the components for the majority of users. Users needing this support can
use the new `opensshWithKerberos` and `openssh_hpnWithKerberos` flavors (e.g. `programs.ssh.package = pkgs.openssh_gssapi`).
-`services.ddclient.use` has been deprecated: `ddclient` now supports separate IPv4 and IPv6 configuration. Use `services.ddclient.usev4` and `services.ddclient.usev6` instead.
- The `nomad_1_5` package was dropped, as [it has reached end-of-life upstream](https://support.hashicorp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021185113-Support-Period-and-End-of-Life-EOL-Policy). Evaluating it will throw an error.
- The `shiori` service now requires an HTTP secret value `SHIORI_HTTP_SECRET_KEY` to be provided via environment variable. The nixos module therefore, now provides an environmentFile option:
```
# This is how a environment file can be generated:
-`libe57format` has been updated to `>= 3.0.0`, which contains some backward-incompatible API changes. See the [release note](https://github.com/asmaloney/libE57Format/releases/tag/v3.0.0) for more details.
After upgrading to GitLab >= 17.0, it is possible to re-enable support for registration tokens in the UI until GitLab 18.0.
Refer to the manual on [using registration tokens after GitLab 17.0](https://docs.gitlab.com/17.0/ee/ci/runners/new_creation_workflow.html#using-registration-tokens-after-gitlab-170).
GitLab administrators should migrate to the [new runner registration workflow](https://docs.gitlab.com/17.0/ee/ci/runners/new_creation_workflow.html#using-registration-tokens-after-gitlab-170)
with *runner authentication tokens* until the release of GitLab 18.0.
-`gitlab` has been updated from 16.x to 17.x and requires at least `postgresql` 14.9, as stated in the [documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/17.1/ee/install/requirements.html#postgresql-requirements). Check the [upgrade guide](#module-services-postgres-upgrading) in the NixOS manual on how to upgrade your PostgreSQL installation.
- The `portunus` package and service do not support weak password hashes anymore.
If you installed Portunus on NixOS 23.11 or earlier, upgrade to NixOS 24.05 first to get support for strong password hashing.
Then, follow the instructions on the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/majewsky/portunus/releases/tag/v2.0.0) to upgrade all existing user accounts to strong password hashes.
If you need to upgrade to 24.11 without having completed the migration, consider the security implications of weak password hashes on your user accounts, and add the following to your configuration:
- Docker now defaults to 27.x, because version 24.x stopped receiving security updates and bug fixes after [February 1, 2024](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/46772#discussion_r1686464084).
- The `services.prometheus.exporters.minio` option has been removed, as it's upstream implementation was broken and unmaintained.
Minio now has built-in [Prometheus metrics exposure](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/operations/monitoring/collect-minio-metrics-using-prometheus.html), which can be used instead.
- The `services.patroni.raft` option has been removed, as Raft has been [deprecated by upstream since 3.0.0](https://github.com/patroni/patroni/blob/master/docs/releases.rst#version-300)
-`services.roundcube.maxAttachmentSize` will multiply the value set with `1.37` to offset overhead introduced by the base64 encoding applied to attachments.
- The `sound` options have been removed or renamed, as they had a lot of unintended side effects. See [below](#sec-release-24.11-migration-sound) for details.
- The `services.mxisd` module has been removed as both [mxisd](https://github.com/kamax-matrix/mxisd) and [ma1sd](https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd) are not maintained any longer.
Consequently the package `pkgs.ma1sd` has also been removed.
- The `xdg.portal.gtkUsePortal` option has been removed, as it had been deprecated for over 2 years. Using the `GTK_USE_PORTAL` environment variable in this manner is not intended nor encouraged by the GTK developers, but can still be done manually via `environment.sessionVariables`.
- [`lib.options.mkPackageOptionMD`](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable#function-library-lib.options.mkPackageOptionMD) is now obsolete; use the identical [`lib.options.mkPackageOption`](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable#function-library-lib.options.mkPackageOption) instead.
-`lib.misc.mapAttrsFlatten` is now formally deprecated and will be removed in future releases; use the identical [`lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList`](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable#function-library-lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList) instead.
- The `i18n.inputMethod` module introduces two new properties:
`enable` and `type`, for declaring whether to enable an alternative input method and defining which input method respectfully. The options available in `type` are the same as the existing `enabled` option. `enabled` is now deprecated, and will be removed in a future release.
- The hooks `yarnConfigHook` and `yarnBuildHook` were added. These should replace `yarn2nix.mkYarnPackage` and other `yarn2nix` related tools. The motivation to get rid of `yarn2nix` tools is the fact that they are too complex and hard to maintain, and they rely upon too much Nix evaluation which is problematic if import-from-derivation is not allowed (see more details at [#296856](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/296856). The transition from `mkYarnPackage` to `yarn{Config,Build}Hook` is tracked at [#324246](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/324246).
-`restic` module now has an option for inhibiting system sleep while backups are running, defaulting to off (not inhibiting sleep), available as [`services.restic.backups.<name>.inhibitsSleep`](#opt-services.restic.backups._name_.inhibitsSleep).
The `sound` options have been largely removed, as they are unnecessary for most modern setups, and cause issues when enabled.
If you set `sound.enable` in your configuration:
- If you are using Pulseaudio or PipeWire, simply remove that option
- If you are not using an external sound server, and want volumes to be persisted across shutdowns, set `hardware.alsa.enablePersistence = true` instead
If you set `sound.enableOSSEmulation` in your configuration:
- Make sure it is still necessary, as very few applications actually use OSS
- If necessary, set `boot.kernelModules = [ "snd_pcm_oss" ]`
If you set `sound.extraConfig` in your configuration:
- If you are using another sound server, like Pulseaudio, JACK or PipeWire, migrate your configuration to that
- If you are not using an external sound server, set `environment.etc."asound.conf".text = yourExtraConfig` instead
If you set `sound.mediaKeys` in your configuration:
- Preferably switch to handling media keys in your desktop environment/compositor
- If you want to maintain the exact behavior of the option, use the following snippet