What's Changed

• Update to Nix 2.24.7 by @edolstra in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1184
• Fixup release test matrix re: dnixd by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1186
• Release v0.26.2 by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1185

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2

This release resolves a race condition and instability when running determinate-nixd login right after startup.

What's Changed

• Updated dnixd by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1178
• Release v0.26.1 by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1180

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.26.0...v0.26.1

macOS Sequoia

Apple's new macOS version, Sequoia, conflicts with most existing installations of Nix.
This release includes a repair sequoia command that fixes the issue.

Before upgrading to Sequoia, Nix users should run the repair tool:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix/tag/v0.26.0 | sh -s -- repair sequoia --move-existing-users

Running the repair tool after upgrading to Sequoia will work, too, but Nix will not work until after the repair tool is run.

Who needs to run the repair tool?

Nix users on macOS who installed Nix with the upstream Nix installer, or Determinate Nix Installer v0.22.0 and older.
Run /nix/nix-installer --version to identify the Determinate Nix Installer version used on your system.

The repair tool is safe to run, even if you installed with a Determinate Nix Installer version newer than v0.22.0.

Caveat for advanced users

Users who customized their Nix build users should read the help output of the repair sequoia command by passing the --help flag.

Why is this repair tool required?

macOS Sequoia creates users with UniqueIDs that conflict with Nix's _nixbldN (i.e. _nixbld1) users.
When upgrading to Sequoia, macOS's update tool deletes the conflicting users.

More information

For more information, see the upstream Nix tracking issue: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/10892

What's Changed

• PlaceNixConfiguration: fix --extra-conf handling of extra-trusted-substituters and extra-trusted-public-keys by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1145
• nixd.determinate-nixd.socket: Let systemd create the socket's parent directories by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1151
• CreateDirectory: use /sbin/mount on macOS by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1162
• Retry launchctl bootstrap, launchctl bootout, and launchctl kickstart a few times by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1146
• repair: add sequoia subcommand that can migrate build users to the new 351+ UID range by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1143
• Explicitly pass 'daemon' to determinate-nixd by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1159
• Release v0.26.0 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1163

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.25.0...v0.26.0

What's Changed

• Wait longer for /nix to exist on macOS by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1141
• Update to Nix 2.24.6 by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1152
• Release v0.25.0 by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1153

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.24.0...v0.25.0

This release contains the Nix version bump to 2.24.5, which includes a fix for the issue we mentioned in the release notes for https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/releases/tag/v0.23.0 (a regression in substituting store paths with many dependencies, https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/11387).

What's Changed

• Update Nix to 2.24.5 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1136
• Release v0.24.0 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1137

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.23.0...v0.24.0

This release has a couple important-to-note changes:

• It changes the installed-by-default Nix version back to 2.23.3 due an observed regression in substitution. For more information, see the upstream bug report: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/11387.
• All new macOS installations will now have a build GID of 350 and build UIDs that start at 351 (for nixbld1), in order to be robust against the upcoming macOS Sequoia update. Work is still in progress on implementing a migration helper for existing pre-Sequoia macOS installations; stay tuned for more information.

What's Changed

• Move determinate-nixd to /usr/local/bin/determinate-nixd on Linux by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1120
• Synchronize macOS UIDs and GIDs with upstream scripts to prepare for Sequoia by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1123
• Update and unify limits across systemd and macOS. by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1126
• Print the nix-installer version when it runs by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1127
• Bring LimitNOFILE back down to 1024 * 1024 due to the performance impact of too many FDs by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1128
• Update flake inputs, downgrade Nix to 2.23.3 due to curl issues by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1129
• Update cargo deps by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1130
• Release v0.23.0 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1131

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.22.0...v0.23.0

What's Changed

• Update determinate-nixd by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1109
• Update nix 2 24 4 by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1110
• Update cargo dependencies by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1111
• release v0.22.0 by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1112

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.21.0...v0.22.0

This release has a few important-to-note changes:

• It removes support for i686-linux (see https://determinate.systems/posts/nix-installer-i686-linux/)
• It bumps the installed-by-default Nix version to 2.24.3
• It is the first release with the --determinate flag. For more details, see: https://determinate.systems/nix

What's Changed

• Drop a ton of target_os based cfg's to allow more tests and clippies to be caught cross-platform by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1058
• Add troubleshooting doc by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1037
• Distribute Determinate Nix by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1003
• --determinate fixups by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1068
• Update cache pubkeys by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1076
• In the plan json, specify the action name for every action by @noamraph in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1061
• flesh out some further deployment integration by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1081
• Test --determinate in CI, and fix integration issues by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1084
• Update deps by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1090
• Remove support for i686-linux by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1093
• fixup: socket enablement on older systemd versions by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1094
• Properly fixup socket enablement on older systemd versions by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1095
• Upgrade Nix to 2.24.3 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1100
• setup_default_profile: don't substitute by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1101
• fixup: add Service= to determinate-nixd.socket by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1102
• Add --determinate container and VM tests by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1103
• Release v0.21.0 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1091

New Contributors

• @noamraph made their first contribution in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1061

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.20.2...v0.21.0

This patch release release improves macOS 15 beta fresh install support by handling the case where reading the current system version from SystemVersion.plist returns the compatibility version 10.16, instead of 15.0.

A huge thank you to @ratbag98 for their assistance in narrowing down the issue and testing out various approaches to resolve the problem!

What's Changed

• Work around macOS compatibility SystemVersion.plist by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1046

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.20.1...v0.20.2

This release includes preliminary support for the macOS 15 beta, by relocating the build user UIDs into the 450-499 range. This will only be useful for fresh installations.

What's Changed

• add missing SELinux directives by @kbknapp in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1031
• Prefer launchtl's bootstrap / bootout by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1033
• Preliminary support for macOS 15 beta by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1038
• Upgrade Nix to 2.23.3 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1039
• Update dependencies by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1040
• Release v0.20.1 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1042

New Contributors

• @kbknapp made their first contribution in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1031

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.20.0...v0.20.1

This release bumps the installed-by-default Nix version to 2.23.1, addressing CVE-2024-38531 (https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-q82p-44mg-mgh5).

What's Changed

• Allow the 'nix' input to point to the Nix repo by @edolstra in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1013
• Run shellcheck on nix-installer.sh by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/995
• Upgrade to Nix 2.23.1 (CVE-2024-38531) by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1022
• Update dependencies by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/1023

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.19.1...v0.20.0

This release includes one significant change to the installer's behavior: it now sets always-allow-substitutes = true by default in nix.conf. Beyond that, changes include some additional README documentation of CLI flags and environment variables, new testing suites for ARM64, and a standard round of Rust dependency updates.

What's Changed

• Test installer on aarch64-linux runner by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/972
• Test installer on aarch64-darwin runner by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/973
• Set always-allow-substitutes to true in nix.conf by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/977
• Bump nix from 0.28.0 to 0.29.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/984
• Bump serde from 1.0.200 to 1.0.203 by @dependabot in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/983
• Bump serde_json from 1.0.116 to 1.0.117 by @dependabot in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/982
• Bump semver from 1.0.22 to 1.0.23 by @dependabot in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/980
• Document installer configs by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/975
• Bump thiserror from 1.0.59 to 1.0.61 by @dependabot in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/981
• Update dependencies by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/993
• Patch bump to 0.19.1 by @lucperkins in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/992

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.19.0...v0.19.1

This release includes a couple of improvements:

1. On all targets, we bundle the default Nix version we install into the installer binary itself.
2. On macOS, we give a better error message when a device policy would prevent mounting the internal Nix Store volume we want to create.

What's Changed

• Embedding the Nix installer in the binary. by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/897
• Error on SUIS by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/941

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0

This release bumps the installed-by-default Nix version to 2.21.2 and fixes a couple bugs.

For more information on what goodies this Nix release brings, take a look at their release notes.

Bug Fixes

• Fallback to empty terminfo by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/869
• Add --set-home to sudo invocation by @mkenigs in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/902 (https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/922)

What's Changed

• Update flake/Rust dependencies by @edolstra in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/883
• Fix typo by @nanashi-1 in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/876 (https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/922)
• Factor out find_nix_and_ca_cert by @mkenigs in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/903 (https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/922)
• Upgrade to Nix 2.21.2 by @edolstra in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/921
• Support targeting installs to Determinate Nix Enterprise Edition. by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/905
• Move all CI to GitHub Actions by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/923
• Commit build-i686-linux action by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/932
• Update deps by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/933
• Release v0.18.0 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/934

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.17.1...v0.18.0

This release bumps the installed-by-default Nix version to 2.20.5, addressing CVE-2024-27297.

What's Changed

• Nix 2.20.4 by @edolstra in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/882
• Updated the privacy policy link

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.17.0...v0.17.1

This release bumps the installed-by-default Nix version to 2.20.3 and fixes a couple bugs.

Nix 2.20.3

The upgrade to Nix 2.20.3 brings with it a backwards incompatible change for nix search:

• "nix search now requires a search regex to be passed. To show all packages, use ^."

For more information on what goodies this Nix release brings, take a look at their release notes.

Bug Fixes

• Don't check /run for systemd if we're not starting the daemon by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/853
• README updates from amazing contributors by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/854

What's Changed

• Cargo.lock: update h2 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/830
• Document how to get started on GitLab by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/841
• Nix 2.20.3 by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/856
• Update dependencies by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/858

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.16.1...v0.17.0

This release bumps us to Nix 2.19.3!

What's Changed

• Add readme entry for PR 772 by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/809
• fixup uninstall tag links by @cole-h in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/812
• Bump to Nix 2.19.3 by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/820

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.16.0...v0.16.1

This is mostly bug fix and nix version bump release.

We now install Nix 2.19.2 by default. In addition https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/772 means that nix upgrade-nix should no longer result in your Nix version downgrading.

Bug Fixes

• MacOS installer does not honor case sensitive setting by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/748
• Don't modify shell profile files if they are symlinks by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/767
• Fix arm64 darwin install by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/789
• Fix adduser so it doesn't create the home by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/801

What's Changed

• Fetch nix version freshness from install.determinate.systems by default by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/772
• Clippy nits while hacking around by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/737
• nix-2.19.2 by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/756
• Update deps by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/771 https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/800
• fix create build users action description by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/788

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.15.1...v0.16.0

This release is mostly a bugfix release.

For folks using MacOS remote builders, we now apply a to have nix on the SSH session PATH automatically.

Bug Fixes

• Fix exit code inconsistency by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/684
• Remove the writable flag, don't set too many permission bits by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/718
• Nix config: add extra newlines after the initial comment by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/719

What's Changed

• Make sure /etc/tmpfiles.d exists on the ostree planner by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/686
• Document the known nix-darwin related uninstall issue by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/687
• Add 'sudo' to suggestions for launchd-related config fixes by @timsutton in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/706
• Don't include the version number in the nix config, for reproducibility by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/710
• Document max-jobs=auto by @mkenigs in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/712
• Support remote-building to macOS hosts by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/714

New Contributors

• @timsutton made their first contribution in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/706

Other Notes

Keen observers may have noticed v0.15.0 in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/728, unfortunately the Cargo.lock didn't get updated and it wasn't noticed until after tagging. We could have updated the lock, and re-released, but we'd already built the binaries for the tag. In order to be safe, we cut a 0.15.1. If you happen to use 0.15.0 it should still work, building might just result in a dirty Cargo.lock.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.14.0...v0.15.1

This is a relatively minor release which introduces a brand new repair subcommand which can repair your shell profiles.

For example, this means if you run:

nix-installer install --no-confirm
rm -rf /etc/bashrc
nix-installer repair

The repair subcommand should create a new /etc/bashrc with the Nix related content in it.

For Mac users in particular, this repair command is now run by a oneshot launchd service on boot. This should make it so nix should be on path even after Mac version updates that would normally remove it.

What's Changed

• Update ssl-cert-file docs by @lytedev in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/671
• Make our Nix installation immune to macOS upgrades by @grahamc in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/672
• Release v0.14.0 by @Hoverbear in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/679

New Contributors

• @lytedev made their first contribution in https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/pull/671

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/compare/v0.13.1...v0.14.0