v2.3.11

v2.23.1

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• 5b4188b fix: remove AGPL licensed testdata
• b9b4edc Add .env.* pattern to bash lexer (#​1197)
• f163adc docs: add AGENTS.md
• fe6f0f3 fix: title link to Chroma

v2.23.0

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• 610afd8 feat: add light/dark mode toggle
• 1b5aad9 fix: make just commands faster
• 84583c6 fix: wait for WASM runtime to become ready at startup
• 1b6f6e7 fix: need relative import for wasm_exec.js
• 2a78195 fix: wasm builds got broken by the last change
• f8a34ec feat: fix local dev so it falls back to server
• 6827057 refactor: migrate to Just
• a60896f Create a lexer for Markless (#​1195)

v2.22.0

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• 467c878 fix: reverse order of --lexer to name, then file
• 649c24d Add KDL lexer (#​1192)
• 249a634 Add MoonBit lexer (#​1191)
• 3e1f428 Update Zig lexer and example (#​1189)
• 31592d5 fix: no text auto-sizing on webkit (#​1186)
• 2e611c1 Add APKBUILD as filename to Bash lexer (#​1187)
• c1adec8 chore(deps): update all non-major dependencies (#​1185)
• 24cc733 fix(styles): update punctuation in Aura Theme to meet style guidelines (#​1184)
• b0358e8 Add lexer for microcad (#​1171)

v1.25.6

v0.9.26

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Released on 2026-01-15.

Python

• Add CPython 3.15.0a5

Enhancements

• Add a hint to update uv when a managed Python download is not found (#​17461)
• Improve cache initialization failure error message (#​17469)
• Improve error message for abi3 wheels on free-threaded Python (#​17442)
• Add support for --no-sources-package (#​14910)

Preview features

• Add METADATA.json and WHEEL.json in uv build backend (#​15510)
• Add support for GCS request signing (#​17474)
• Adjust the process ulimit to the maximum allowed on startup (#​17464)

Bug fixes

• Lock to avoid concurrent refresh of pyx tokens (#​17479)

Documentation

• Add linting and formatting instructions to the CONTRIBUTING guide (#​17470)
• Avoid rendering pyproject.toml examples for more system-level settings (#​17462)

v0.9.25

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Released on 2026-01-13.

Python

• Add CPython 3.15.0a4
• Upgrade Tcl/Tk used by CPython to 9.0

Enhancements

• Add --compile-bytecode to uv python install and uv python upgrade to compile the standard library (#​17088)
• Allow disabling exclude-newer per package (#​16854)
• Broadcast WM_SETTINGCHANGE on uv tool update-shell (#​17404)

Preview features

• Detect workspace from uv run target (#​17423)

Bug fixes

• Avoid unwrapping size for file responses (#​17434)
• Use keyring authentication when retrieving tool@latest version (#​17448)
• Use latest Pyodide version for each python version (#​17372)
• Improve trampoline file handle closing (#​17374)
• Fix error message when installing musl python on armv7 (#​17213)

v0.9.24

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Released on 2026-01-09.

Bug fixes

• Fix handling of UV_NO_SYNC=1 uv run ... (#​17391)
• Rebuild dynamic distribution when version changes with --no-cache (#​17387)

Documentation

• Add Rust language classifier (#​17389)

v0.9.22

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Released on 2026-01-06.

Enhancements

• Use a dedicated error message when lockfile can't be found (#​17318)

Bug fixes

• Filter unusable wheels from the lockfile for more architectures (#​17317)
• Correctly count retries originating from early middleware errors (#​17274)

Documentation

• Clarify requirements file format in docs (#​17284)

v0.9.21

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Released on 2025-12-30.

Bug fixes

• Fix regression where zstd distribution hashes were not considered valid (#​17265)

Documentation

• Fix a typo in the resolution documentation (#​17258)
• Fix a typo in python install --default documentation (#​9826)

v0.9.20

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Released on 2025-12-29.

This is a re-release of 0.9.20, with internal crate versions incremented to enable publishing to crates.io.

v2.3.3: CLI v2.3.3

Fixes from contributors:

• bring watchexec global ignore file discovery in line with git (#​973)
• eliminate a panic when SIGTERM is received in some circumstances (#​982)

All dependencies were also updated.

A change in the "bosion" crate, which provides build-time information for the verbose version output, means that the dependency tree when building from source is about 300 crates lighter, which should result in ~30-60 seconds faster builds.

Development pace has slowed considerably but Watchexec remains pretty solid, though it has its various longstanding bugs. Contributions are always appreciated. Let's hope 2026 is a good year.