As we near the end of April, the 24.05 release cycle is quickly approaching! This release, NixOS 24.05 “Uakari”, is being managed by Weijia Wang and Jonathan Ringer. NixPkgs branches will be gradually restricted over the next few weeks to support the new stable release. If there are any important changes for critical packages, now is the time to include them! For more information on the release schedule, see the issue on GitHub for the NixOS 24.05 Release Schedule. For information on the Zero Hydra Failures (Nix’s CI pipeline) initiative, zh.fail provides an up to date dashboard. To track broken packages that need fixing before the release is cut, see malob.github.io/nix-review-tools-reports.

@starcraft66 has announced the creation of a Nix package for .NET Aspire Dashboard, a local OpenTelemetry UI. OpenTelemetry is an indispensable tool for improving observability and monitoring for services, but is typically deployed in a remote environment. Having access to a local dashboard available via a Nix shell is an excellent addition to every developer’s tool set. The package can be found as a Nix Flake on GitHub.

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