# Homebrew 6.0.16 - Product: Homebrew (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew) - Vendor: Homebrew - Date: 2026-08-10 - Version: 6.0.16 - Original notes: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases/tag/6.0.16 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew/releases/6.0.16 - Labels: Platforms: macOS, Linux What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Detect incorrect app case in cask audits - **added** — Add autobump option to tap-new - **added** — Add --fix-available and --no-fix-available flags to vulns command - **added** — Add quiet mode for automatic updates - **added** — Bundle can install cargo packages from a git URL or path - **changed** — Start install downloads before local-only checks - **changed** — Print fetch heading to stderr when stdout is not a TTY in download_queue - **changed** — Allow linux-only casks in cask audits - **changed** — Ignore `target` when selecting artifact stanza in api/cask - **changed** — Retry API downloads without --time-cond on curl receive errors - **changed** — Pass the download queue to FormulaInstaller when upgrading - **changed** — Restore use of package-provided service files - **changed** — Show upstream versions in release cooldown for bump command - **changed** — Convert Tab attributes to keyword arguments - **changed** — Remove Bubblewrap and use Landlock for Linux sandbox - **changed** — Skip cask link when symlink already correct - **changed** — Use codesign to sign patched binaries on Intel - **changed** — Speed up `brew style` and `brew readall` commands - **changed** — Treat cask OS support as explicit data - **changed** — Sandbox structured cask operations - **fixed** — Tolerate missing bottle manifests in prefetches - **fixed** — Fix random time in tap-new - **fixed** — Fix cask Linux installs without `os` stanza - **fixed** — Fix AppImage's stanza name in cask DSL - **fixed** — Fix handling for Linux in macos_requirement - **removed** — Remove the `base64` gem ##### What's Changed * cask/audit: detect incorrect app case by @krehel in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23400 * Start install downloads before local-only checks by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23381 * contributions: clarify Maintainer team access by @SSakutaro in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23394 * Tolerate missing bottle manifests in prefetches by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23403 * Use workflow result for commit style by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23402 * docs/MCP-Server: update Cursor URL by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23415 * download_queue: print fetch heading to stderr when stdout is not a TTY by @carlocab in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23406 * cask/audit: allow linux-only casks by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23422 * Compact install step JSON (25/26) by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23365 * api/cask: ignore `target` when selecting artifact stanza by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23417 * Retry API downloads without --time-cond on curl receive errors by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23411 * bundle cleanup: document trust store reset by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23412 * Pass the download queue to FormulaInstaller when upgrading by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23416 * test/ENV_spec: compare only singleton methods by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23421 * Restore use of package-provided service files by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23423 * bump: show upstream versions in release cooldown by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23409 * Add autobump option to tap-new by @SMillerDev in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23349 * Convert Tab attributes to keyword arguments by @hyuraku in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23430 * Remove Bubblewrap, use Landlock for Linux sandbox by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23425 * Fix random time in tap-new by @SMillerDev in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23432 * Complete Cask stanza ordering coverage by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23405 * Skip cask link when symlink already correct by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23428 * Remove `base64` gem and add `Homebrew/NoBase64` cop by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23410 * Use codesign to sign patched binaries on Intel by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23429 * unpack_strategy/dmg: use `diskutil image` on macOS 14+ by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23414 * Speed up `brew style` and `brew readall` by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23435 * system_config: show core cask tap output on Linux by @AlternateRT in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23436 * Reset default download queue between specs by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23424 * Fix cask Linux installs without `os` stanza by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23431 * shared_audits: print repo age if too new by @gromgit in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23438 * vulns: add --fix-available and --no-fix-available flags by @kmarekspartz in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23152 * Revert "unpack_strategy/dmg: use `diskutil image` on macOS 14+" by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23444 * Reject official legacy install hooks (26/26) by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23366 * Fix AppImage's stanza name in cask DSL by @AlternateRT in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23447 * Treat cask OS support as explicit data by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23433 * Use `pu _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases/tag/6.0.16]_