# Homebrew 6.0.19 - Product: Homebrew (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew) - Vendor: Homebrew - Date: 2026-08-24 - Version: 6.0.19 - Original notes: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases/tag/6.0.19 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew/releases/6.0.19 - 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'. --- - **changed** — Set oldest GCC to 8 to enable -ffile-prefix-map - **fixed** — Resolve untapped core dependencies in audit - **fixed** — Skip duplicate /v2/ when artifact domain already contains it - **fixed** — Fix help crash with -- arguments in CLI parser - **changed** — Clarify outdated cask version display - **changed** — Mirror per-file quarantine approval across cask upgrades - **changed** — Preserve an unquarantined app's state across cask upgrades - **fixed** — Skip linking symlinks that point to other kegs - **changed** — Read vulnerability advisory index from formulae.brew.sh - **added** — Support wildcards in cask artifact uninstall quit/signal - **changed** — Add lldb to tools provided by macOS in rubocops - **changed** — Reduce install command load time - **fixed** — Fix cask extract integrity - **changed** — Make CacheStoreDatabase.use thread-safe - **fixed** — Skip running patchelf on bun binaries in keg_relocate - **changed** — Invalidate bottle cache for local patches - **changed** — Include OSS-Fuzz patch fixes as GIT ecosystem in vulnerability checks and add --list-skipped option - **fixed** — Handle empty API Cask flight blocks - **fixed** — Handle unknown user in trust file - **added** — Add relocatable bottles plan - **fixed** — Don't read quarantine metadata when quarantine is unavailable during cask upgrade ##### What's Changed * Set oldest GCC to 8 to enable `-ffile-prefix-map` by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23533 * audit: resolve untapped core dependencies by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23542 * Skip duplicate /v2/ when artifact domain already contains it by @jouve in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23062 * cli/parser: fix help crash with `--` arguments by @krehel in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23544 * sorbet: Add a Tapioca compiler for `Cask::DSL` to type some more tests by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23534 * Clarify outdated cask version display by @HaraldNordgren in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23543 * cask/upgrade: mirror per-file quarantine approval across upgrades by @aholland in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23546 * rubocops/cask: add cops for all conditional stanzas by @AlternateRT in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23554 * vulns: read the advisory index from formulae.brew.sh by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23555 * cask/upgrade: preserve an unquarantined app's state across upgrades by @aholland in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23556 * Fix cask token in conflicts_with example by @muzimuzhi in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23557 * keg: skip linking some symlinks that point to other kegs by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23558 * Prepare batched package installation by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23547 * Prepare combined upgrade planning by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23548 * Order install package phases by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23549 * Order reinstall package phases by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23550 * Order upgrade package phases by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23551 * Defer package summaries until cleanup by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23552 * cask/artifact: support wildcards in uninstall quit/signal by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23559 * Allow nested sandbox integration tests by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23561 * Reduce install command load time by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23560 * rubocops/uses_from_macos: add `lldb` to provided by macOS by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23563 * utils/rubocop: activate installed platform Rubydex gem by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23565 * generate-cask-ci-matrix: require Cask::CaskLoader by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23566 * generate-cask-ci-matrix: test lazy CaskLoader require by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23568 * Load cask loader when reading Caskroom by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23570 * missing_formula: defer cask/info require by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23571 * sorbet: Bump more Cask tests to higher typed levels by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23574 * sorbet: Bump more OS-specific tests to higher typed levels by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23575 * sorbet: Bump more command tests to higher typed levels by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23576 * sorbet: Bump more core tests to higher typed levels by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23577 * sorbet: Bump more RuboCop tests to higher typed levels by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23578 * sorbet: Bump more utility tests to higher typed levels by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23579 * Stabilise Bootsnap cache keys by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23573 * Fix cask extract integrity by @SSakutaro in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23584 * cache_st _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases/tag/6.0.19]_