# Arch Linux dovecot >= 2.4 requires manual intervention

- Product: Arch Linux (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/arch-linux)
- Vendor: Arch Linux
- Date: 2025-10-31
- Original notes: https://archlinux.org/news/dovecot-24-requires-manual-intervention/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/arch-linux/releases/2025-10-31-dovecot-2.4-requires-manual-intervention

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The dovecot 2.4 release branch has made breaking changes which result in it being incompatible with any Thus, the dovecot service will no longer be able to start until the configuration file was migra…

- **changed** — dovecot 2.4 introduces breaking changes that require manual configuration file migration before the service can start