# Termux v0.118.3

- Product: Termux (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/termux)
- Vendor: Termux
- Date: 2025-05-22
- Version: v0.118.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/releases/tag/v0.118.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/termux/releases/v0.118.3
- Labels: Platforms: Android

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- **changed** — Remove TERMUX_APP__BUILD_DATA_DIR and rename TERMUX__ROOTFS to TERMUX__ROOTFS_DIR
- **fixed** — Bump org.lsposed.hiddenapibypass:hiddenapibypass to 6.1 to fix crash on Android 16 QPR1
- **fixed** — Declare MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to prevent revocation of storage permission after updates
- **fixed** — Add explicit serialVersionUID to Serializable classes like ReportInfo and TextIOInfo to fix deserialization exception

##### v0.118.3 - 2025-05-22 10:47

**Commit history:** [`v0.118.2...v0.118.3`](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/compare/21c0d51f...v0.118.3)

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###### Changed

- **!** Remove `TERMUX_APP__BUILD_DATA_DIR` as a different naming scheme will be used for build variables and rename `TERMUX__ROOTFS` to `TERMUX__ROOTFS_DIR`. ([`849e6b10`](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/849e6b10))

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###### Fixed

- Bump `org.lsposed.hiddenapibypass:hiddenapibypass` to `6.1` to fix crash on Android 16 QPR1. Related commit https://github.com/LSPosed/AndroidHiddenApiBypass/commit/9efadf06. Related commit https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/libcore/+/3380841. Related commit https://cs.android.com/android/_/android/platform/libcore/+/0dc31afe. Closes [#4556](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/4556). ([`fda17afa`](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/fda17afa))  

- Declare `MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` as it being added in Termux:API version `0.51.0` is revoking the storage permission of Termux app after updates and sometimes later. Related issue [#4486](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/4486). ([`23756528`](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/23756528))  

- Add explicit `serialVersionUID` to `Serializable` classes like `ReportInfo` and `TextIOInfo`. Reading `ReportInfo` with `Bundle.getSerializable()` by `ReportActivity` is triggering exception when default algorithm is used for `serialVersionUID` in Termux:API plugin app when error notification created in `ResultReturner.returnData()` by `TermuxPluginUtils.sendPluginCommandErrorNotification()` is clicked. Related issue https://github.com/termux/termux-api/issues/762. ([`4f033b34`](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/4f033b34))  

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