Release 2025_018 (2025-06-10)

Impact

24.11

  • gitlab: opt-out Event Tracking mechanism starting from Gitlab 18.0

    The future gitlab version 18.0 will enable pseudonymised tracking and reporting of events data. To prevent this, an opt-out can already be configured in the current Gitlab version:

    • Visit <yourgitlabdomain>/admin/application_settings/metrics_and_profiling

    • uncheck Event tracking -> Enable event tracking

NixOS 24.11 platform

  • Invalid NixOS state_version files are automatically fixed to fit the expected YY.MM format. (PL-133559)

  • Add a new JSON-based log format to Nginx that is being used to ship access logs to a Loki instance automatically if one is present (PL-133702)

  • Pull upstream NixOS changes, security fixes, and package updates:

    • cacert: 3.108 -> 3.111

    • chromedriver: 136.0.7103.113 -> 137.0.7151.55

    • chromium: 136.0.7103.113 -> 137.0.7151.55

    • ffmpeg: 7.1 -> 7.1.1

    • firefox: 138.0.4 -> 139.0.1

    • ghostscript: 10.05.0 -> 10.05.1

    • grafana: 11.3.6 -> 11.3.7

    • jdk: 21.0.5+11 -> 21.0.7+6

    • jre: 21.0.5+11 -> 21.0.7+6

    • libxml2: 2.13.6 -> 2.13.8

    • linuxKernelVerify: 6.12.30 -> 6.12.31

    • matrix-synapse: 1.129.0 -> 1.130.0

    • mongodb-6_0: 6.0.17 -> 6.0.23

    • nodejs: 20.19.0 -> 20.19.1

    • nodejs_20: 20.19.0 -> 20.19.1

    • nss_latest: 3.111 -> 3.112

    • openjdk: 21.0.5+11 -> 21.0.7+6

    • postgresql: 16.8 -> 16.9

    • postgresql_16: 16.8 -> 16.9

    • ruby: 3.3.7 -> 3.3.8

    • tomcat9: 9.0.104 -> 9.0.105

Detailed Changes