- Nix has been updated to version 2.4, reference its [release notes](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-2-4-released/15822) for more information on what has changed. The previous version of Nix, 2.3.16, remains available for the time being in the `nix_2_3` package.
- spark now defaults to spark 3, updated from 2. A [migration guide](https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/core-migration-guide.html#upgrading-from-core-24-to-30) is available.
- Pantheon desktop has been updated to version 6. Due to changes of screen locker, if locking doesn't work for you, please try `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen false`.
-`kubernetes-helm` now defaults to 3.7.0, which introduced some breaking changes to the experimental OCI manifest format. See [HIP 6](https://github.com/helm/community/blob/main/hips/hip-0006.md) for more details.
- [btrbk](https://digint.ch/btrbk/index.html), a backup tool for btrfs subvolumes, taking advantage of btrfs specific capabilities to create atomic snapshots and transfer them incrementally to your backup locations. Available as [services.btrbk](options.html#opt-services.brtbk.instances).
- [clipcat](https://github.com/xrelkd/clipcat/), an X11 clipboard manager written in Rust. Available at [services.clipcat](options.html#opt-services.clipcat.enable).
- [dex](https://github.com/dexidp/dex), an OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity and OAuth 2.0 provider. Available at [services.dex](options.html#opt-services.dex.enable).
- [geoipupdate](https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate), a GeoIP database updater from MaxMind. Available as [services.geoipupdate](options.html#opt-services.geoipupdate.enable).
- [Jibri](https://github.com/jitsi/jibri), a service for recording or streaming a Jitsi Meet conference. Available as [services.jibri](options.html#opt-services.jibri.enable).
- [PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org/), developed by Framasoft, is the free and decentralized alternative to video platforms. Available at [services.peertube](options.html#opt-services.peertube).
- [sourcehut](https://sr.ht), a collection of tools useful for software development. Available as [services.sourcehut](options.html#opt-services.sourcehut.enable).
- [ucarp](https://download.pureftpd.org/pub/ucarp/README), an userspace implementation of the Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP). Available as [networking.ucarp](options.html#opt-networking.ucarp.enable).
- Users of flashrom should migrate to [programs.flashrom.enable](options.html#opt-programs.flashrom.enable) and add themselves to the `flashrom` group to be able to access programmers supported by flashrom.
- [opensnitch](https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch), an application firewall. Available as [services.opensnitch](#opt-services.opensnitch.enable).
- [buildkite-agent-metrics](https://github.com/buildkite/buildkite-agent-metrics), a command-line tool for collecting Buildkite agent metrics, now has a Prometheus exporter available as [services.prometheus.exporters.buildkite-agent](#opt-services.prometheus.exporters.buildkite-agent.enable).
- [influxdb-exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/influxdb_exporter) a Prometheus exporter that exports metrics received on an InfluxDB compatible endpoint is now available as [services.prometheus.exporters.influxdb](#opt-services.prometheus.exporters.influxdb.enable).
- [mx-puppet-discord](https://github.com/matrix-discord/mx-puppet-discord), a discord puppeting bridge for matrix. Available as [services.mx-puppet-discord](#opt-services.mx-puppet-discord.enable).
- [MeshCentral](https://www.meshcommander.com/meshcentral2/overview), a remote administration service ("TeamViewer but self-hosted and with more features") is now available with a package and a module: [services.meshcentral.enable](#opt-services.meshcentral.enable)
- [influxdb2](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb), a Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics. Available as [services.influxdb2](#opt-services.influxdb2.enable).
- [fluidd](https://docs.fluidd.xyz/), a Klipper web interface for managing 3d printers using moonraker. Available as [fluidd](#opt-services.fluidd.enable).
- [sx](https://github.com/earnestly/sx), a simple alternative to both xinit and startx for starting a Xorg server. Available as [services.xserver.displayManager.sx](#opt-services.xserver.displayManager.sx.enable)
- [postfixadmin](https://postfixadmin.sourceforge.io/), a web based virtual user administration interface for Postfix mail servers. Available as [postfixadmin](#opt-services.postfixadmin.enable).
- [prowlarr](https://wiki.servarr.com/prowlarr), an indexer manager/proxy built on the popular arr .net/reactjs base stack [services.prowlarr](#opt-services.prowlarr.enable).
- [touchegg](https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg), a multi-touch gesture recognizer. Available as [services.touchegg](#opt-services.touchegg.enable).
- [pantheon-tweaks](https://github.com/pantheon-tweaks/pantheon-tweaks), an unofficial system settings panel for Pantheon. Available as [programs.pantheon-tweaks](#opt-programs.pantheon-tweaks.enable).
- [joycond](https://github.com/DanielOgorchock/joycond), a service that uses `hid-nintendo` to provide nintendo joycond pairing and better nintendo switch pro controller support.
- [multipath](https://github.com/opensvc/multipath-tools), the device mapper multipath (DM-MP) daemon. Available as [services.multipath](#opt-services.multipath.enable).
- [seafile](https://www.seafile.com/en/home/), an open source file syncing & sharing software. Available as [services.seafile](options.html#opt-services.seafile.enable).
- [rasdaemon](https://github.com/mchehab/rasdaemon), a hardware error logging daemon. Available as [hardware.rasdaemon](#opt-hardware.rasdaemon.enable).
- [xmrig](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig), a high performance, open source, cross platform RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight and AstroBWT unified CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark.
- Auto nice daemons [ananicy](https://github.com/Nefelim4ag/Ananicy) and [ananicy-cpp](https://gitlab.com/ananicy-cpp/ananicy-cpp/). Available as [services.ananicy](#opt-services.ananicy.enable).
- The NixOS VM test framework, `pkgs.nixosTest`/`make-test-python.nix`, now requires detaching commands such as `succeed("foo &")` and `succeed("foo | xclip -i")` to close stdout.
This can be done with a redirect such as `succeed("foo >&2 &")`. This breaking change was necessitated by a race condition causing tests to fail or hang.
It applies to all methods that invoke commands on the nodes, including `execute`, `succeed`, `fail`, `wait_until_succeeds`, `wait_until_fails`.
- The `security.wrappers` option now requires to always specify an owner, group and whether the setuid/setgid bit should be set.
This is motivated by the fact that before NixOS 21.11, specifying either setuid or setgid but not owner/group resulted in wrappers owned by nobody/nogroup, which is unsafe.
- Since `iptables` now uses `nf_tables` backend and `ipset` doesn't support it, some applications (ferm, shorewall, firehol) may have limited functionality.
-`services.paperless.ocrLanguages` has no replacement. Users should migrate to [`services.paperless-ng.extraConfig`](options.html#opt-services.paperless-ng.extraConfig) instead:
- The `erigon` ethereum node has moved it's database location in `2021-08-03`, users upgrading must manually move their chaindata (see [release notes](https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/releases/tag/v2021.08.03)).
- [users.users.<name>.group](options.html#opt-users.users._name_.group) no longer defaults to `nogroup`, which was insecure. Out-of-tree modules are likely to require adaptation: instead of
-`ihatemoney` has been updated to version 5.1.1 ([release notes](https://github.com/spiral-project/ihatemoney/blob/5.1.1/CHANGELOG.rst)). If you serve ihatemoney by HTTP rather than HTTPS, you must set [services.ihatemoney.secureCookie](options.html#opt-services.ihatemoney.secureCookie) to `false`.
-`consul` was upgraded to a new major release with breaking changes, see [upstream changelog](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/releases/tag/v1.10.0).
-`yggdrasil` was upgraded to a new major release with breaking changes, see [upstream changelog](https://github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/releases/tag/v0.4.0).
-`icingaweb2` was upgraded to a new release which requires a manual database upgrade, see [upstream changelog](https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/releases/tag/v2.9.0).
-`tt-rss` was upgraded to the commit on 2021-06-21, which has breaking changes. If you use `services.tt-rss.extraConfig` you should migrate to the `putenv`-style configuration. See [this Discourse post](https://community.tt-rss.org/t/rip-config-php-hello-classes-config-php/4337) in the tt-rss forums for more details.
-`services.uptimed` now uses `/var/lib/uptimed` as its stateDirectory instead of `/var/spool/uptimed`. Make sure to move all files to the new directory.
- Deprecated package aliases in `emacs.pkgs.*` have been removed. These aliases were remnants of the old Emacs package infrastructure. We now use exact upstream names wherever possible.
- The `openrazer` and `openrazer-daemon` packages as well as the `hardware.openrazer` module now require users to be members of the `openrazer` group instead of `plugdev`. With this change, users no longer need be granted the entire set of `plugdev` group permissions, which can include permissions other than those required by `openrazer`. This is desirable from a security point of view. The setting [`harware.openrazer.users`](options.html#opt-services.hardware.openrazer.users) can be used to add users to the `openrazer` group.
- The fontconfig service's dpi option has been removed.
Fontconfig should use Xft settings by default so there's no need to override one value in multiple places.
The user can set DPI via ~/.Xresources properly, or at the system level per monitor, or as a last resort at the system level with `services.xserver.dpi`.
- The `yambar` package has been split into `yambar` and `yambar-wayland`, corresponding to the xorg and wayland backend respectively. Please switch to `yambar-wayland` if you are on wayland.
- The `todoman` package was upgraded from 3.9.0 to 4.0.0. This introduces breaking changes in the [configuration file](https://todoman.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configure.html#configuration-file) format.
-`opencv2` no longer includes the non-free libraries by default, and consequently `pfstools` no longer includes OpenCV support by default. Both packages now support an `enableUnfree` option to re-enable this functionality.
-`services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "plasma5"` does not work anymore, instead use either `"plasma"` for the Plasma X11 session or `"plasmawayland"` for the Plasma Wayland sesison.
-`boot.kernelParams` now only accepts one command line parameter per string. This change is aimed to reduce common mistakes like "param = 12", which would be parsed as 3 parameters.
- The `coursier` package's binary was renamed from `coursier` to `cs`. Completions which haven't worked for a while should now work with the renamed binary. To keep using `coursier`, you can create a shell alias.
- The `fluidsynth_1` attribute has been removed, as this legacy version is no longer needed in nixpkgs. The actively maintained 2.x series is available as `fluidsynth` unchanged.
- The linux kernel package infrastructure was moved out of `all-packages.nix`, and restructured. Linux related functions and attributes now live under the `pkgs.linuxKernel` attribute set.
In particular the versioned `linuxPackages_*` package sets (such as `linuxPackages_5_4`) and kernels from `pkgs` were moved there and now live under `pkgs.linuxKernel.packages.*`. The unversioned ones (such as `linuxPackages_latest`) remain untouched.
In addition, the default [`msize`](options.html#opt-virtualisation.msize) parameter in 9P filesystems (including /nix/store and all shared directories) has been increased to 16K for improved performance.
- The setting [`services.openssh.logLevel`](options.html#opt-services.openssh.logLevel) `"VERBOSE"``"INFO"`. This brings NixOS in line with upstream and other Linux distributions, and reduces log spam on servers due to bruteforcing botnets.
However, if [`services.fail2ban.enable`](options.html#opt-services.fail2ban.enable) is `true`, the `fail2ban` will override the verbosity to `"VERBOSE"`, so that `fail2ban` can observe the failed login attempts from the SSH logs.
- The [`services.xserver.extraLayouts`](options.html#opt-services.xserver.extraLayouts) no longer cause additional rebuilds when a layout is added or modified.
- Sway: The terminal emulator `rxvt-unicode` is no longer installed by default via `programs.sway.extraPackages`. The current default configuration uses `alacritty` (and soon `foot`) so this is only an issue when using a customized configuration and not installing `rxvt-unicode` explicitly.
-`python3` now defaults to Python 3.9. Python 3.9 introduces many deprecation warnings, please look at the [What's New In Python 3.9 post](https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html) for more information.
-`qtile` hase been updated from '0.16.0' to '0.18.0', please check [qtile changelog](https://github.com/qtile/qtile/blob/master/CHANGELOG) for changes.
- The `claws-mail` package now references the new GTK+ 3 release branch, major version 4. To use the GTK+ 2 releases, one can install the `claws-mail-gtk2` package.
- The wordpress module provides a new interface which allows to use different webservers with the new option [`services.wordpress.webserver`](options.html#opt-services.wordpress.webserver). Currently `httpd`, `caddy` and `nginx` are supported. The definitions of wordpress sites should now be set in [`services.wordpress.sites`](options.html#opt-services.wordpress.sites).
- The dokuwiki module provides a new interface which allows to use different webservers with the new option [`services.dokuwiki.webserver`](options.html#opt-services.dokuwiki.webserver). Currently `caddy` and `nginx` are supported. The definitions of dokuwiki sites should now be set in [`services.dokuwiki.sites`](options.html#opt-services.dokuwiki.sites).
Sites definitions that use the old interface are automatically migrated in the new option. This backward compatibility will be removed in 22.05.
- The [networking.wireless](options.html#opt-networking.wireless.enable) module (based on wpa_supplicant) has been heavily reworked, solving a number of issues and adding useful features:
- The automatic discovery of wireless interfaces at boot has been made reliable again (issues [#101963](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/101963), [#23196](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/23196)).
- WPA3 and Fast BSS Transition (802.11r) are now enabled by default for all networks.
- Secrets like pre-shared keys and passwords can now be handled safely, meaning without including them in a world-readable file (`wpa_supplicant.conf` under /nix/store).
This is achieved by storing the secrets in a secured [environmentFile](options.html#opt-networking.wireless.environmentFile) and referring to them though environment variables that are expanded inside the configuration.
- With multiple interfaces declared, independent wpa_supplicant daemons are started, one for each interface (the services are named `wpa_supplicant-wlan0`, `wpa_supplicant-wlan1`, etc.).
- The generated `wpa_supplicant.conf` file is now formatted for easier reading.
- A new [scanOnLowSignal](options.html#opt-networking.wireless.scanOnLowSignal) option has been added to facilitate fast roaming between access points (enabled by default).
- A new [networks.<name>.authProtocols](options.html#opt-networking.wireless.networks._name_.authProtocols) option has been added to change the authentication protocols used when connecting to a network.
- The [networking.wireless.iwd](options.html#opt-networking.wireless.iwd.enable) module has a new [networking.wireless.iwd.settings](options.html#opt-networking.wireless.iwd.settings) option.
- The [services.smokeping.host](options.html#opt-services.smokeping.host) option was added and defaulted to `localhost`. Before, `smokeping` listened to all interfaces by default. NixOS defaults generally aim to provide non-Internet-exposed defaults for databases and internal monitoring tools, see e.g. [#100192](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/100192). Further, the systemd service for `smokeping` got reworked defaults for increased operational stability, see [PR #144127](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/144127) for details.
- The [services.syncoid.enable](options.html#opt-services.syncoid.enable) module now properly drops ZFS permissions after usage. Before it delegated permissions to whole pools instead of datasets and didn't clean up after execution. You can manually look this up for your pools by running `zfs allow your-pool-name` and use `zfs unallow syncoid your-pool-name` to clean this up.
- Zfs: `latestCompatibleLinuxPackages` is now exported on the zfs package. One can use `boot.kernelPackages = config.boot.zfs.package.latestCompatibleLinuxPackages;` to always track the latest compatible kernel with a given version of zfs.
- Nginx will use the value of `sslTrustedCertificate` if provided for a virtual host, even if `enableACME` is set. This is useful for providers not using the same certificate to sign OCSP responses and server certificates.
- MariaDB was upgraded from 10.5.x to 10.6.x. Please read the [upstream release notes](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-106/) for changes and upgrade instructions.
- The MariaDB C client library, also known as libmysqlclient or mariadb-connector-c, was upgraded from 3.1.x to 3.2.x. While this should hopefully not have any impact, this upgrade comes with some changes to default behavior, so you might want to review the [upstream release notes](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/changes-and-improvements-in-mariadb-connector-c-32/).
- GNOME desktop environment now enables `QGnomePlatform` as the Qt platform theme, which should avoid crashes when opening file chooser dialogs in Qt apps by using XDG desktop portal. Additionally, it will make the apps fit better visually.
-`rofi` has been updated from '1.6.1' to '1.7.0', one important thing is the removal of the old xresources based configuration setup. Read more [in rofi's changelog](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/blob/cb12e6fc058f4a0f4f/Changelog#L1).
- ipfs now defaults to not listening on you local network. This setting was change as server providers won't accept port scanning on their private network. If you have several ipfs instances running on a network you own, feel free to change the setting `ipfs.localDiscovery = true;`. localDiscovery enables different instances to discover each other and share data.
- Three new options, [xdg.mime.addedAssociations](#opt-xdg.mime.addedAssociations), [xdg.mime.defaultApplications](#opt-xdg.mime.defaultApplications), and [xdg.mime.removedAssociations](#opt-xdg.mime.removedAssociations) have been added to the [xdg.mime](#opt-xdg.mime.enable) module to allow the configuration of `/etc/xdg/mimeapps.list`.
- Kopia was upgraded from 0.8.x to 0.9.x. Please read the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/releases/tag/v0.9.0) for changes and upgrade instructions.
- Changing systemd `.socket` units now restarts them and stops the service that is activated by them. Additionally, services with `stopOnChange = false` don't break anymore when they are socket-activated.
- The `virtualisation.libvirtd` module has been refactored and updated with new options:
-`virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu*` options (e.g.: `virtualisation.libvirtd.qemuRunAsRoot`) were moved to [`virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu`](options.html#opt-virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu) submodule,
- software TPM1/TPM2 support (e.g.: Windows 11 guests) ([`virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu.swtpm`](options.html#opt-virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu.swtpm)),
- custom OVMF package (e.g.: `pkgs.OVMFFull` with HTTP, CSM and Secure Boot support) ([`virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu.ovmf.package`](options.html#opt-virtualisation.libvirtd.qemu.ovmf.package)).
- The `cawbird` Twitter client now uses its own API keys to count as different application than upstream builds. This is done to evade application-level rate limiting. While existing accounts continue to work, users may want to remove and re-register their account in the client to enjoy a better user experience and benefit from this change.
- A new option `services.prometheus.enableReload` has been added which can be enabled to reload the prometheus service when its config file changes instead of restarting.
- The option `services.prometheus.environmentFile` has been removed since it was causing [issues](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/126083) and Prometheus now has native support for secret files, i.e. `basic_auth.password_file` and `authorization.credentials_file`.
- The [services.unifi](options.html#opt-services.unifi.enable) module has been reworked, solving a number of issues. This leads to several user facing changes:
- The `services.unifi.dataDir` option is removed and the data is now always located under `/var/lib/unifi/data`. This is done to make better use of systemd state direcotiry and thus making the service restart more reliable.
- The unifi logs can now be found under: `/var/log/unifi` instead of `/var/lib/unifi/logs`.
- The unifi run directory can now be found under: `/run/unifi` instead of `/var/lib/unifi/run`.
- Loki has had another release. Some default values have been changed for the configuration and some configuration options have been renamed. For more details, please check [the upgrade guide](https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/upgrading/#240).
