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Brew 4.6.18

Brew: 4.6.18 Release

Release date:

October 20, 2025

Previous version:

4.6.17 (released October 13, 2025)

Magnitude:

15 Diff Delta

Contributors:

3 total committers

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Commits:

28 Features Released with 4.6.18

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Top Contributors in 4.6.18

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Release Notes Published

What's Changed

brew release should run an actual release workflow by @Copilot in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20808
Context: enable Sorbet strict typing by @aryabyte21 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20871
Tweak release workflow by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20873
Import rubydoc.brew.sh into docs.brew.sh/rubydoc by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20875
docs: add main branch to push trigger. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20877
Move brew portable-package to brew test-bot by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20874
dev-cmd/release: improve reliability. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20876
test_bot/formulae: fix portable attestations. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20878
utils/github/api: print more info on rate limits by @Bo98 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20879
Support upcoming mas 3.0.0 right-justified app/ADAM IDs from mas list when called from brew bundle by @rgoldberg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20882
formulae: fix verifying local portable Ruby bottles. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20883
workflows/command-not-found-db-update: don't run on all PRs. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20885
Change RubyDoc links and fix workflow by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20884
rubocops/components_order: allow pour_bottle? in on_system blocks by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20886
brew.sh: enable concurrent downloads for Homebrew developers. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20889
Bump the "all" group with 2 updates across multiple ecosystems by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20893
fix: document maintainer invites through private repo by @SMillerDev in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20894
Add Formula#tap_path and use Formula#latest_formula by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20895
Cask::Audit: prioritize main bundle Info.plist by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20898
Add Dependency#to_installed_formula to access installed formula deps with Formulary::resolve by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20896
cask/audit: fix min_os audit on arm64 by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20899
docs: replace pkg-config with pkgconf in Formula Cookbook and tests by @chenrui333 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20902
diagnostic: Remove "instead" from the "read this" sentence by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20904
formula: use full_name in latest_formula by @botantony in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20907
Fix brew doctor warning for missing dependencies by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20908

New Contributors

@aryabyte21 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20871
@rgoldberg made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20882

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/4.6.17...4.6.18