# pipx changelog

> pipx release notes.

- Vendor: pipx
- Category: Developer Tools
- Official site: https://pipx.pypa.io/
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx)
- Harvested from: GitHub (pypa/pipx)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

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.

## Releases

### 1.16.6

- Date: 2026-08-04
- Version: 1.16.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.16.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.16.6

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##### What's Changed
* 🐛 fix(run): discover entry points for inferred names by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1996


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.16.5...1.16.6

### 1.16.5

- Date: 2026-07-29
- Version: 1.16.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.16.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.16.5

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##### What's Changed
* 🐛 fix(upgrade): honor the version specifier with --install by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1991


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.16.4...1.16.5

### 1.16.4

- Date: 2026-07-29
- Version: 1.16.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.16.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.16.4

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##### What's Changed
* Build Windows zipapp separately by @dukecat0 in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1979
* Fix Release Notes project URL by @giri256 in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1981
* 📝 docs: fix trailing-slash links left by the Sphinx move by @marko1olo in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1986
* Prune the logs when PIPX_MAX_LOGS is 0 by @marko1olo in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1988
* 👷 ci: reject misnamed changelog.d fragments by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1989
* 🐛 fix(zipapp): restore one cross-platform pipx.pyz by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1990

##### New Contributors
* @giri256 made their first contribution in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1981

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.16.3...1.16.4

### 1.16.3

- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: 1.16.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.16.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.16.3

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##### What's Changed
* 📝 docs: update Linux install guidance by @vigneshakaviki in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1977
* fix: allow read-only global list with inaccessible locks by @yangfan-yf-yf in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1975

##### New Contributors
* @vigneshakaviki made their first contribution in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1977
* @yangfan-yf-yf made their first contribution in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1975

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.16.2...1.16.3

### 1.16.2

- Date: 2026-07-21
- Version: 1.16.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.16.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.16.2

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##### What's Changed
* 👷 ci: test against Python 3.15 beta by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1971


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.16.1...1.16.2

### 1.16.1

- Date: 2026-07-20
- Version: 1.16.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.16.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.16.1

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##### What's Changed
* 📝 docs: strip the prompt from copied console snippets by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1962
* 🐛 fix: don't crash scanning a foreign binary in the bin dir by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1970


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.16.0...1.16.1

### 1.16.0

- Date: 2026-07-16
- Version: 1.16.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.16.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.16.0

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##### What's Changed
* 📝 docs: restore the 1.16.0 changelog fragments by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1961


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.15.2...1.16.0

### 1.15.2

- Date: 2026-07-15
- Version: 1.15.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.15.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.15.2

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**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.15.1...1.15.2

### 1.15.1

- Date: 2026-07-15
- Version: 1.15.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.15.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.15.1

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##### What's Changed
* Keep trash cleanup non-fatal for locked files by @cyphercodes in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1848
* Fix `--with` being dropped for PEP 723 scripts on the pip backend by @2ykwang in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1849
* Fix uninject leaving man page symlinks behind by @sronix in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1854
* Refresh metadata after runpip installs by @itscloud0 in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1855
* 🐛 fix(spec): accept local VCS URLs by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1859
* 🐛 fix(install): resolve local find-links by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1860
* 🐛 fix(ensurepath): configure global PATH by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1861
* 🐛 fix(metadata): tolerate corrupt files by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1863
* 🐛 fix(run): translate uv pip options by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1864
* 🐛 fix(install): keep force out of metadata by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1865
* 🐛 fix(paths): discover self-managed install by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1862
* 🧪 test(metadata): cover encoder fallback by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1866
* ♻️ refactor(run): order uv helpers after callers by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1867
* 🐛 fix(shared-libs): preserve pip arguments by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1868
* 🐛 fix(install): preserve editable argument by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1870
* 🐛 fix(install): resolve attached pip paths by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1871
* 🐛 fix(metadata): use atomic file replacement by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1869
* 🐛 fix(upgrade): preserve injected pip args by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1872
* 🐛 fix(uninject): remove suffixed apps by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1873
* 🐛 fix(environment): return user values by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1874
* 🐛 fix(emojis): handle missing stderr by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1875
* 🐛 fix(paths): ignore empty values by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1876
* 🐛 fix(cleanup): guard trash moves by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1877
* 🐛 fix(venv): parse metadata versions by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1878
* 🐛 fix(completion): slice canonical prefix by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1879
* 🐛 fix(interpreter): skip corrupt builds by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1880
* 🐛 fix(unpin): list changed packages by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1881
* 🐛 fix(run): skip cache tag sweep by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1882
* 🐛 fix(paths): defer path warnings by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1884
* 🐛 fix(animate): join spinner thread by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1883
* 🐛 fix(shared): enforce pip floor by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1885
* 🐛 fix(standalone): handle unsupported hosts by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1886
* 🐛 fix(standalone): filter tar extraction by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1887
* 🐛 fix(standalone): support early Python 3.10 by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1888
* 🐛 fix(standalone): bound network requests by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1889
* 🐛 fix(install): skip no-op maintenance by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1890
* ⚡ perf(shared): cache validity checks by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1891
* ⚡ perf(venv): cache site-packages path by @gaborbernat in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1892
* ⚡ perf(uninstall): inspect legacy venv once

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### 1.15.0

- Date: 2026-06-24
- Version: 1.15.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/releases/tag/1.15.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/pipx/releases/1.15.0

<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at 1.15.0 -->

##### What's Changed
* Add --dry-run flag to pipx ensurepath by @somaz94 in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1842
* Fix uninject for uv-backed venvs by @sjh9714 in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1844

##### New Contributors
* @somaz94 made their first contribution in https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/1842

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/compare/1.14.1...1.15.0