# Announcements

**URL:** https://discourse.flox.dev/c/announcements/18.md

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## [Flox 1.17.0 is released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-17-0-is-released/1273)

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**Author:** [@jbayer](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/jbayer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-17-0-is-released/1273 "2026-09-22T15:22:41Z")

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Flox Release 1.17.0 Features flox develop \[\<package\>\] opens a development shell for a Nix expression build, with the package’s build inputs on PATH and the stdenv build phases loaded, so a failing build can be driven by…

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## [About the Announcements category](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/about-the-announcements-category/473)

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**Author:** [@robinbrantley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/robinbrantley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/about-the-announcements-category/473 "2022-11-05T14:41:21Z")

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Flox-related announcements will be posted here. This generally includes flox upgrades, news, blog posts, anything we think you would be interested in. :slight\_smile:

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## [Flox 1.16.0 is released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-16-0-is-released/1272)

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**Author:** [@mkenigs](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/mkenigs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-16-0-is-released/1272 "2026-09-08T23:09:37Z")

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Flox 1.16.0 is released! Services Flox 1.16.0 introduces a new manifest schema 1.16.0 that includes the service fields depends-on, shutdown.timeout-seconds, and shutdown.signal. Services can declare start ordering: \[se…

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## [Flox 1.15.0 is released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-15-0-is-released/1271)

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**Author:** [@mkenigs](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/mkenigs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-15-0-is-released/1271 "2026-08-25T21:35:12Z")

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Flox 1.15.0 is released! Features Added hook.on-deactivate to the manifest. The on-deactivate script is run in Bash when the last activate of an environment exits. flox publish now detects an already-published build bef…

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## [Upcoming Flox Authentication Changes for Oct 2026](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/upcoming-flox-authentication-changes-for-oct-2026/1270)

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**Author:** [@jbayer](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/jbayer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/upcoming-flox-authentication-changes-for-oct-2026/1270 "2026-08-13T17:22:59Z")

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As more developers, CI systems, and (especially) AI agents use Flox to search for and resolve packages, we need the ability to protect the service from abusive or runaway automation, and keep resolution responsive for ev…

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## [Flox 1.14.1 is released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-14-1-is-released/1269)

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**Author:** [@dcarley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/dcarley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-14-1-is-released/1269 "2026-08-11T13:27:23Z")

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Flox 1.14.1 is released! Features Activations now announce the environment they enter when stderr is a terminal, using the same wording in every activation mode, including in-place and auto-activations. Re-activations o…

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## [X86\_64-darwin environments may resolve to older package versions](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/x86-64-darwin-environments-may-resolve-to-older-package-versions/1268)

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**Author:** [@jbayer](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/jbayer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/x86-64-darwin-environments-may-resolve-to-older-package-versions/1268 "2026-08-04T21:23:06Z")

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A large portion of Flox’s software catalog is based on NixOS nixpkgs. NixOS recently changed the default systems supported to no longer support x86\_64-darwin for future LTS versions of nixpkgs after the 26.05 release. Fo…

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## [Flox Account Tokens for People and Machines](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-account-tokens-for-people-and-machines/1267)

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**Author:** [@avogel234](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/avogel234)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-account-tokens-for-people-and-machines/1267 "2026-08-04T16:55:08Z")

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Hi everyone! Today we’re announcing two new credential types for FloxHub: Service Account Tokens and Personal Access Tokens. Until now, the only way to authenticate setups was to grab a token from interactive CLI sessio…

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## [Auto-Activation Is Now Native in Flox](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/auto-activation-is-now-native-in-flox/1266)

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**Author:** [@avogel234](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/avogel234)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/auto-activation-is-now-native-in-flox/1266 "2026-07-30T19:02:51Z")

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Auto-activation is now native in Flox. Walk into a directory with a .flox folder and Flox activates the environment for you. Leave, and it deactivates and restores your shell. Nested environments activate automatically,…

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## [Flox 1.14.0 is released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-14-0-is-released/1265)

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**Author:** [@mkenigs](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/mkenigs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-14-0-is-released/1265 "2026-07-29T00:28:36Z")

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Flox 1.14.0 is released! Auto activation Flox now prompts whether to auto-activate environments in the current directory and parent directories. After an environment is approved, it is subsequently activated whenever the…

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## [Flox 1.13.2 is released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-13-2-is-released/1264)

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**Author:** [@David\_Sawyer](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/David_Sawyer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-13-2-is-released/1264 "2026-07-14T21:07:22Z")

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Flox 1.13.2 is released! Improvements to auto-activate (experimental) ▎ Auto-activate is behind a feature flag. Enable it with flox config --set features.auto\_activate true (or FLOX\_FEATURES\_AUTO\_ACTIVATE=true). Decl…

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## [Flox 1.13.1 is ready for a spin!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-13-1-is-ready-for-a-spin/1261)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-13-1-is-ready-for-a-spin/1261 "2026-06-30T20:26:23Z")

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Flox 1.13.1 is ready for a spin! Check out the new flox run command! Features flox run -p \<PACKAGE\> \[--\] \<COMMAND\> runs a command directly from a Flox Catalog package without creating an environment, resolving, downl…

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## [Flox 1.13.0 is released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-13-0-is-released/1260)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-13-0-is-released/1260 "2026-06-17T01:47:08Z")

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Flox 1.13.0 is released! Features flox deactivate is now available. Use it to leave an active environment and return your shell to its previous state, without closing the shell or terminal the way exit would. A new pr…

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## [Flox 1.12.2 is now available](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-12-2-is-now-available/1258)

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**Author:** [@mkenigs](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/mkenigs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-12-2-is-now-available/1258 "2026-06-02T19:03:20Z")

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Flox 1.12.2 was just released Fixes Enable use of git describe for setting version strings in manifest builds. Fix bug triggering unnecessary rebuilds with flox publish. Changes Add color highlighting to debug output…

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## [Flox 1.12.1 has landed!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-12-1-has-landed/1257)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-12-1-has-landed/1257 "2026-05-19T20:53:15Z")

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Flox 1.12.1 has landed! Features -D/--default flag provides a shortcut to reference your default FloxHub environment across any command that accepts -r/--reference as an argument, replacing -r \<user\>/default. flox ins…

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## [Flox 1.12.0 is available (important security fixes)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-12-0-is-available-important-security-fixes/1253)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-12-0-is-available-important-security-fixes/1253 "2026-05-06T01:50:00Z")

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Flox 1.12.0 is now available! Fix for Nix vulnerabilities This release fixes GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368 and GHSA-gr92-w2r5-qw5p. For Linux and macOS installations of Flox, GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368 can allow arbitrary code executio…

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## [Flox 1.11.4 is now available](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-4-is-now-available/1247)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-4-is-now-available/1247 "2026-04-18T01:07:43Z")

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Flox 1.11.4 was just released. This release is a hotfix for an expired package signing key with no other changes. If you see the following error when running sudo apt update or sudo dnf check-update, you can install the…

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## [Flox 1.11.2 is available (Important hotfix)](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-2-is-available-important-hotfix/1240)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-2-is-available-important-hotfix/1240 "2026-04-08T18:06:06Z")

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Important - Flox 1.11.2 release is available. This is a hotfix for a recently disclosed vulnerability in Nix. Flox is based on Nix and felt the severity of this vulnerability warranted an immediate release to address t…

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## [Flox 1.11.1 is now available!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-1-is-now-available/1239)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-1-is-now-available/1239 "2026-04-07T21:01:55Z")

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Flox 1.11.1 is now available! Changes: When both a non-root user and working-dir are set in \[containerize.config\], working-dir is created and chown’ed to user. flox init now always creates a lockfile, including with -…

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## [Flox 1.11.0 is now available!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-0-is-now-available/1234)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-11-0-is-now-available/1234 "2026-03-24T16:42:01Z")

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Features Environments can now specify a minimum-cli-version field to warn users when their CLI version is older than what the environment expects. You’ll need to update your existing manifest to schema-version = "1.11.0…

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## [The latest Flox release is here... 1.10.0 is now available!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/the-latest-flox-release-is-here-1-10-0-is-now-available/1233)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/the-latest-flox-release-is-here-1-10-0-is-now-available/1233 "2026-03-11T02:45:44Z")

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Note: This release includes changes to how package outputs are handled that may trigger automatic manifest migrations. Migrated manifests will require CLI version 1.10.0 or above. See the Changes section below for detail…

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## [Flox 1.9.1 is now available!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-9-1-is-now-available/1231)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-9-1-is-now-available/1231 "2026-02-24T21:02:54Z")

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Flox 1.9.1 is now available! Changes: Using exit or exec in hook.on-activate now returns an error. Previously these would have exited the activation prematurely. Fixes: flox containerize on macOS now works correctl…

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## [Flox 1.8.3 just released!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-8-3-just-released/1228)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-8-3-just-released/1228 "2026-01-28T01:17:49Z")

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This release addresses several bugs and adds new improvements, including: Improvements LaunchDaemons on macOS are now signed and are associated with Flox in System Preferences. Items no longer show up as “sh - Item fro…

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## [First release of the year! 1.8.2 is live!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/first-release-of-the-year-1-8-2-is-live/1226)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/first-release-of-the-year-1-8-2-is-live/1226 "2026-01-14T16:34:42Z")

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Features: The manifest now accepts reference as an alias for remote in include.environments\[\] when including other environments. Fixes: FloxHub environments no longer trigger unnecessary relocking delays when first …

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## [Flox v1.8.1 is available!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-8-1-is-available/1224)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-8-1-is-available/1224 "2025-12-31T00:42:37Z")

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We got in one more before year-end! Flox v1.8.1 is available! Features Running flox pull without arguments in an activation now pulls the last activated environment. If there’s an environment in the current directory…

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## [Flox v1.8.0 is here](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-8-0-is-here/1223)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Stahnke1](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/Michael_Stahnke1)\
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**Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-8-0-is-here/1223 "2025-12-17T03:56:59Z")

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Flox v.1.8.0 is here. https://github.com/flox/flox/releases/tag/v1.8.0 We’ve changed/improved behavior on remote environments (now called FloxHub environments), and they now have better network performance and you can w…

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## [Flox 1.7.7 now available!](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-7-7-now-available/1200)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-7-7-now-available/1200 "2025-11-18T15:50:54Z")

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Flox 1.7.7 has shipped! In this release, we have a fix for environment vars in services, fixed Flake upgrades, some messaging improvements and some dependency bumps. Leading slashes are now removed from install IDs ge…

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## [Announcing Kubernetes, Uncontained](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/announcing-kubernetes-uncontained/1197)

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**Author:** [@daedalus](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/daedalus)\
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**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/announcing-kubernetes-uncontained/1197 "2025-11-10T16:19:23Z")

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Hey everyone! We’ve got something big to share. Today we’re introducing Kubernetes, Uncontained! It’s a new way to run production workloads on Kubernetes—without building, shipping, and pulling container images. Chang…

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## [Flox v1.7.6 release](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-7-6-release/1196)

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**Author:** [@blevine](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/blevine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-7-6-release/1196 "2025-11-04T21:57:24Z")

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Flox 1.7.6 is now live! This release includes some updates that make it easier for automation and some improvements to various CLI output. Added flox auth token command to display your current floxhub token (useful f…

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## [Flox v1.7.5 release](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-7-5-release/1190)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Stahnke1](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/Michael_Stahnke1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-v1-7-5-release/1190 "2025-10-21T22:27:09Z")

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Flox v1.7.5 is out! Highlights: \* flox activate now supports a --generation flag, so you can inspect a specific generation of your FloxHub environment before switching.  \* flox generations list and flox generations …

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