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UKI BOOT FIX LANDS IN ARCHINSTALL; CRYPTOGRAPHY DEPENDENCY BUMPED

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Softer renovate[bot] dependabot[bot]
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Archinstall now preserves standalone initramfs when UKI is enabled, fixing a critical gap that broke grub-btrfs snapshot detection.

The fix [1] moves initramfs logic into add_bootloader() so mkinitcpio can generate both UKI and legacy kernel images—essential for btrfs snapshot tools like Snapper and Timeshift. Without this, grub-btrfs had no bootable kernel for snapshot recovery. Archinstall also bumped python-cryptography to v48 [2], a major version that requires manual merge review. On the package side [3] [4] [5] [6] [7], act_runner was dropped from extra-x86_64, while fish updated to 4.7.0-1 and deepin-control-center reached 6.1.32-1. Archweb's parse dependency ticked to 1.22.0 [8] with type hinting support—low priority.

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References

  1. [1] Keep standalone initramfs for grub-btrfs when UKI is enabled ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  2. [2] Update dependency arch/python-cryptography to v48 ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  3. [3] remove act_runner from extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  4. [4] update deepin-control-center to 6.1.32-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  5. [5] update fish to 4.7.0-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  6. [6] update python-gersemi to 0.27.3-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  7. [7] update python-sphinxcontrib-mermaid to 2.0.2-1 in extra-any archlinux/state ↗
  8. [8] build(deps): bump parse from 1.21.1 to 1.22.0 ↗ archlinux/archweb

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Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on May 6, 2026?
Archinstall now preserves standalone initramfs when UKI is enabled, fixing a critical gap that broke grub-btrfs snapshot detection. In total, 51 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on May 6, 2026?
3 developers shipped this update, including Softer, renovate[bot], and dependabot[bot].
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?
Keep standalone initramfs for grub-btrfs when UKI is enabled, Update dependency arch/python-cryptography to v48, and remove act_runner from extra-x86_64.
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