v0.72.1

prefix-dev/pixiv0.72.1Jul 7, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

A maintenance release addressing critical bugfixes for rich platforms, v3 repodata handling, and task execution failures.

Key Highlights

  • Tasks no longer fail when running in an environment
  • R packages now provided under their `r-` prefixed conda names
  • Suggests `pixi self-update --version` for requires-pixi errors
  • Fixes dragging rich platform variants into bare-subdir environments

New Features

  • Do not fail when running tasks in an environment
  • Provide R packages under their r-prefixed conda name

Full Release Notes

### [0.72.1] - 2026-07-07
#### ✨ Highlights

This release contains important bugfixes for rich platforms, v3 repodata handling, pixi-build-r and more.

#### Changed

- Do not fail when running tasks in an environment by @hunger in [#6507](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6507)
- Provide R packages under their r-prefixed conda name by @roaldarbol in [#6515](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6515)
- Suggest `pixi self-update --version` for requires-pixi errors by @hunger in [#6516](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6516)
- Register run-export-introduced source deps on the assembled record by @wolfv in [#6519](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6519)
- Let explicit source registrations win over implied ones by @Hofer-Julian in [#6532](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6532)


#### Documentation

- Document all override variables by @Hofer-Julian in [#6486](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6486)
- Fix `requires-python` field by @mwtoews in [#6512](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6512)


#### Fixed

- Don't drag rich platform variants into bare-subdir environments by @hunger in [#6517](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6517)
- Invalidate lock file when an inline package definition changes by @Hofer-Julian in [#6529](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6529)


#### Refactor

- Use shared config types from rattler_config by @wolfv in [#6528](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6528)


#### New Contributors
* @mwtoews made their first contribution in [#6512](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6512)
* @roaldarbol made their first contribution in [#6515](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/pull/6515)