rl-2505.md

Release 25.05 {#sec-release-25.05}

This is the current unstable branch and the information in this section is therefore not final.

Highlights {#sec-release-25.05-highlights}

This release has the following notable changes:

• The option now defaults to true, meaning that services will automatically be restarted as needed when activating a configuration.

  Further, the "legacy" alternative has been removed and will now result in an evaluation error if used.

  The "suggest" alternative will remain for a while longer but may also be deprecated for removal in the future.

• The Home Manager test suite has been removed from the main Nix Flake since it caused unnecessary evaluations and downloads. Instead the tests are available through a Nix Flake file inside the tests directory. See for example commands.

State Version Changes {#sec-release-25.05-state-version-changes}

The state version in this release includes the changes below. These changes are only active if the home.stateVersion option is set to "25.05" or later.

• No changes.