# Homebrew 6.0.4

- Product: Homebrew (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew)
- Vendor: Homebrew
- Date: 2026-06-25
- Version: 6.0.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases/tag/6.0.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew/releases/6.0.4
- Labels: Platforms: macOS, Linux

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- **added** — Add `bump-compatibility-version` command
- **added** — Add `formula_opt_include` helper to utils/path
- **added** — Add type and resolves DSL for annotating patches
- **changed** — Generate completions with style for default shells and auto corrections
- **changed** — Forward the `--quiet` flag to all `brew bundle` subcommands
- **changed** — Support path helpers in services
- **changed** — Filter info JSON package types
- **changed** — Align upgrade summary columns
- **changed** — Key Brewfile trust entries by custom tap remotes
- **fixed** — Rescue `MethodDeprecatedError` when attempting to load installed caskfiles
- **fixed** — Rescue `MethodDeprecatedError` when loading from installed caskfile in installer
- **fixed** — Fix HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS bypasses
- **fixed** — Fix core cask tap redirects
- **fixed** — Warn about missing libraries in brew info
- **fixed** — Bump-formula-pr: do not repeat release notes multiple times
- **fixed** — Redact GitHub token in bump dry-run output
- **removed** — Remove dead Formula methods
- **security** — Disable tap Git credential prompts
- **security** — Reject inline cask definitions passed to the MCP server

<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at main -->

##### What's Changed
* Cask Cookbook: document `generate_completions_from_executable` stanza by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22848
* generate_completions: add style for default shells and auto corrections by @daeho-ro in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22841
* Add `bump-compatibility-version` command by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22846
* Filter info JSON package types by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22851
* Enable formula path helper cop by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22845
* Rescue `MethodDeprecatedError` when attempting to load installed caskfiles by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22856
* Speed up tests by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22852
* Approve stale lead maintainer PRs by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22818
* Rescue `MethodDeprecatedError` when loading from installed caskfile in installer by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22859
* Align upgrade summary columns by @paulogdm in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22844
* Remove dead Formula methods and annotate public DSL by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22733
* download_queue: use tuple instead of `T::Array` by @botantony in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22861
* Warn about missing libraries in brew info by @HaraldNordgren in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22849
* utils/path: add `formula_opt_include` helper by @botantony in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22865
* Forward the `--quiet` flag to all `brew bundle` subcommands by @wfarr in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22868
* patch: add type and resolves DSL for annotating patches by @andrew in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22466
* Support path helpers in services by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22870
* Disable tap Git credential prompts by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22869
* Fix HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS bypasses by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22872
* formula_auditor: audit new formulae for duplicates by @botantony in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22860
* bump-formula-pr: do not repeat release notes multiple times by @botantony in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22871
* Redact GitHub token in bump dry-run output by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22874
* Reject inline cask definitions passed to the MCP server by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22875
* Key Brewfile trust entries by custom tap remotes by @liby in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22862
* Fix core cask tap redirects by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22876

##### New Contributors
* @paulogdm made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22844
* @wfarr made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22868
* @liby made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22862

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/6.0.3...6.0.4