# Flox 1.18.1 is released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-18-1-is-released/1275>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [October 7, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/flox-1-18-1-is-released/1275 "2026-10-07T19:41:51Z")\
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# **Flox Release 1.18.1**

_We held the 1.18.0 announcement while we tracked down a deactivation bug, so this one covers both releases._

## Features

### **New in 1.18.0**

- Setting `options.activate.upgrade-notifications = false` in a manifest turns off upgrade notifications for everyone who activates that environment (needs `schema-version = "1.18.0"`).

- `flox edit` now upgrades a manifest to the lowest schema version that supports the fields you used, and prints a notice, instead of failing.

- The Flox container image is[published to Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/flox/flox/tags) as flox/flox.

1.18.0 also changed how `flox build`, `flox develop` and `flox publish` resolve nixpkgs, and `flox publish` now asks before replacing a package’s registered source.

### **Fixed in 1.18.1**

- Deactivating an environment you activated in your current shell no longer prints `profile-scripts-deactivate is not expected in this context`. Your `[profile.deactivate]` scripts run again, and activating the same environment again in the same shell sources its `[profile]` scripts again. Restart any active shell sessions to pick up the fixed prompt hook.

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**Heads-up:** commands that resolve packages from the Flox Catalog will require a free FloxHub account in an upcoming release. 1.18.1 does not require it.

- You can get ahead of it with `flox auth login`, or set `FLOX_FLOXHUB_TOKEN` in CI.

- `install-flox-action` now has a `floxhub-token` field that allows authenticating with a[service account token](https://flox.dev/docs/concepts/service-accounts) or[personal access token](https://flox.dev/docs/concepts/personal-access-tokens).

- Searching for packages and activating already-locked environments will keep working without signing in.

**[Details Here](https://go.flox.dev/auth)**

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**Full release notes:** [v1.18.0](https://github.com/flox/flox/releases/tag/v1.18.0) and[v1.18.1](https://github.com/flox/flox/releases/tag/v1.18.1)

## **Download Links**

- [DEB (x86\_64-linux)](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/deb/flox-1.18.1.x86_64-linux.deb)

- [DEB (aarch64-linux)](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/deb/flox-1.18.1.aarch64-linux.deb)

- [RPM (x86\_64-linux)](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/rpm/flox-1.18.1.x86_64-linux.rpm)

- [RPM (aarch64-linux)](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/rpm/flox-1.18.1.aarch64-linux.rpm)

- [OSX (x86\_64-darwin)](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/osx/flox-1.18.1.x86_64-darwin.pkg)

- [OSX (aarch64-darwin)](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/osx/flox-1.18.1.aarch64-darwin.pkg)

**Note:** You can find the[SHA256 checksums for Flox 1.18.1](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/flox-1.18.1.SHA256SUMS) and[SHA512 checksums for Flox 1.18.1](https://downloads.flox.dev/by-env/stable/flox-1.18.1.SHA512SUMS) online.

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