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Brew: 5.0.16 Release

Release date:

March 2, 2026

Previous version:

5.0.15 (released February 22, 2026)

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What's Changed

bump: fix arch-specific version output by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21596
cleanup: fix file descriptor leak in cleanup_lockfiles by @ranga-nir in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21611
Dockerfile: remove g++-12 from Ubuntu 24.04 by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21613
Catch cask errors to continue cleanup in install, upgrade, reinstall, and uninstall by @koddsson in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21615
uninstall: make resilient to individual failures by @koddsson in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21617
upgrade,reinstall: make resilient to individual failures by @koddsson in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21618
bundle: allow preinstalled mas by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21619
linkage_cache_store: typed: strict by @costajohnt in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21594
Add uv tool support to brew bundle by @shaanmajid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21614
Use repository-local brew for LLM checks and guidance by @shaanmajid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21628
rubydoc: fix sidebar navigation links on nested pages by @GunniBusch in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21589
diagnostic: add warning on upcoming glibc 2.39 by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21616
Guard scheduled issue jobs to upstream repo by @shaanmajid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21627
caskroom: filter out casks without valid installation metadata by @koddsson in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21630
Fix internal API service handling by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21631
Add API contract verification tests for FormulaStruct and CaskStruct by @mmatus3 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21632
Fix typo: enviroment -> environment in tests.yml by @luojiyin1987 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21634
build(deps): bump the pip group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21635
rubydoc: fix index page by @GunniBusch in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21637
Add generate-zap command to create zap stanzas by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21633
build(deps): bump the bundler group across 2 directories with 8 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21636
cask: gracefully handle removed DSL methods by @costajohnt in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21624
cmd/update-report: handle cask-to-formula tap migration with rename by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21642
.claude/settings.json: skip tests hook when no files changed by @zbeekman in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21640
Cleanup some more residual test-prof workarounds by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21643
GithubReleases: only check tag_name by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21645
formula: handle future deprecation and disable dates by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21644
edit: auto-tap core/cask repos when not installed by @tiluckdave in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21641
bin/brew: preserve XDG_CONFIG_HOME through environment filter by @cohei in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21648
diagnostic: ignore FUSE-T files by @gromgit in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21650

New Contributors

@costajohnt made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21594
@shaanmajid made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21614
@GunniBusch made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21589
@mmatus3 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21632
@luojiyin1987 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21634
@tiluckdave made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21641
@cohei made their first contribution in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21648

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/5.0.15...5.0.16