We're interrupting the usual programme to broadcast this important update to Hyprland. Freedesktop won't take this one away from you: the cool new stuff in hyprland :)

Notes for packagers

• We've detached from upstream wlroots, now using our fork that is statically linked (no more libwlroots.so)
• IMPORTANT: the source tarball has a bug where if a distro packages hyprland incorrectly, hyprpm will not work at all. This is fixed in git and in the -rev1 source tarball.

New features:

• flake.nix: add hyprcursor follows (#5435)
• hyprctl: Add shell completions (#5404)
• hyprpm: add shell completions (#5423)
• hyprpm: add support for minimum versions
• layouts: add missing include
• makefile: add patch option to make asan
• monitor: add workspace null check to visible flag
• renderer: Add dimaround layer rule (#4643)
• swipe: add events
• workspace: Add count group flag in windowCount workspace selector prop (#5499)
• workspacerules: add back on-created-empty functionality (#5452)

Fixes:

• CColor: fix getAsHex
• IME: fix IME popup mouse inputs (again) (#5417)
• IME: fix blurry ime on scaled
• IME: fix crash on restarting IME (#5428)
• IME: fix incorrect popup damage (#5383)
• IME: fix race condition on closing window (#5455)
• compositor: fix ghost fadingOut windows remaining after cleanup
• configmgr: fix header priority
• constraint: fix possible uaf on double destruction
• core: fix compile without pch
• core: fix some crash conditions around workspace ptrs in CWindow
• core: fix visibility flags in moveWorkspaceToMonitor
• hooksystem: Fix miscalculation in comment (#5442)
• hooksystem: manually map trampoline addresses
• hyprctl: fix fish completions
• hyprctl: fix grammar mistakes in completions
• hyprctl: fix zsh completions
• hyprpm: fix wlroots path (#5567)
• input: fix focus on maximized bg surfaces
• input: fixup background layer checking on maximized
• keybinds: fix spammy warning
• macros: fix no pch warning
• master: fix center resizing (#5394)
• master: fix crash (#5472)
• master: fix full height when all windows master (#5549)
• master: fix swapped workspaces (#5397)
• master: fix workspace orientation not being restored after workspace rule no longer applies (#5463)
• opengl: fix modif in blur
• renderer: some fixes for renderModif
• window: fix invalid last workspace id
• workspace: fix crash on destruction of compositor (#5495)
• workspace: fix special unnamed workspace rules (#5390)
• workspacerules: fix workspace rule loops (#5433)

Other:

• Makefile: remove refs to libwlroots
• Nix & Meson: switch to wlroots-hyprland
• Workspace/core: Refactor workspace storage (#5380)
• blur: block modif only on no new optimize
• cmake: make sure that OpenGL::EGL is populated
• compositor: move wl_display_destroy_clients (#5498)
• compositor: remove windows from fadingOut properly
• config: Don't override fullscreen opacity if only two opacities are provided (#5512)
• config: verify string length in wrv2 before calling back
• core: Event loop rework (#5466)
• core: assert attempted UAFs in windowExists
• core: simplify sanityCheckWorkspaces
• cursor: Fallback to xcursor if failed to render hyprcursor (#5534)
• damageSurface: don't correct smallVec twice
• deps: move from wlroots to wlroots-hyprland
• eventloop: move timers to an event loop fd
• hooksystem: attempt allocating pages in linear order
• hyprctl: improve help pages (#5385)
• hyprctl: print monitor disabled status (#5525)
• hyprerror: align 32-bit types after 4c796683c05a (#5375)
• hyprpm: Improve Hyprpm Update Performance (#5530)
• hyprpm: Use proper path to update repo when processing user provided revision (#5414)
• hyprpm: ignore version checks for shallow clones
• hyprpm: install shell completions
• hyprpm: print more info on build failures
• inhibitor: always destroy on window unmap
• input: Dont set active monitor when simulating mouse movement (#5465)
• input: Option for handling off-window axis events (#4177)
• input: allow focus to bottom layers on maximized in reserved
• input: don't remove pinned focus on workspace change (#5486)
• internal: removed Herobrine
• layers: separate anim configs for open/close (#5421)
• makefile: move wlr headers dir
• master: guard window in moveWindowTo
• monitor: check for invalid workspaces in onConnect
• monitor: unset visible flag from ws on disconnect
• opengl: log framebuffer errors
• pkg-config -> pkgconf for hyprpm and cmake
• popups: more safety in damage checking
• props: Allow setting per-window fullscreen opacity (#5470)
• props: Parse border color props as gradient (#5513)
• renderer: avoid double-rendering ls-es on fadingOut
• renderer: block screen shader on screencopy
• renderer: render back layer for workspace-less passes
• scripts: switch to branch --show-current for branch in generateVersion
• style: run clang-format
• subsurface: init existing subsurfaces on children creations
• swipe: nuke numbered
• window: always unref workspace on unmap
• workspaces: add visible flag
• workspace: remove lastFocusedWindow on unmap
• workspace: remove monitor and visible flags on inert
• workspace: update windows when selector match could change (#5533)

Special Thanks

Special thanks to these people for donating money to me to keep this ball goin':

• alukortti
• Wickedly
• Philipp Soldunov
• MasterHowToLearn
• Theory_Lukas
• Goggi
• ari-cake
• kittyandrew
• Benjamin
• Thanos Apollo
• Myryk
• Party Wumpus
• EpixMan
• taigrr
• Gaetan Lepage
• SomeMediocreGamer
• port19
• numbatty
• cat
• kittyandrew
• FUFSoB
• mroote
• Azelphur
• 0xk1f0
• eternal
• vulonkaaz
• JPEG
• Arimil
• Stephen_M64
• vpavliashvili
• bog

MRs

• hyprerror: unbreak build on 32-bit architectures by @jbeich in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5375
• IME: fix incorrect popup damage by @sungyoonc in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5383
• Workspace/core: Refactor workspace storage by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5380
• fix unnamed special workspace rules by @MightyPlaza in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5390
• Fix master center resizing by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5394
• Fix master resizing by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5397
• Improve hyprctl help pages by @Micovec in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5385
• hyprctl: Add shell completions by @LOSEARDES77 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5404
• Use proper path to update repo when processing user provided revision by @zakk4223 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5414
• layers: separate anim configs for open/close by @end-4 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5421
• IME: fix crash and auto enter by @sungyoonc in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5428
• hyprpm: fix incorrect commits number parsing by @bvr-yr in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5437
• Fix miscalculation in comment by @sundhaug92 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5442
• Fix workspace rule loops by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5433
• workspacerules: add back on-created-empty functionality by @alyanser in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5452
• IME: fix ime on closing window by @sungyoonc in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5455
• Add missing follow to flake.nix by @fred21O4 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5435
• Fix master workspace orientation not being restored after workspace rule no longer applies by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5463
• Dont set active monitor when simulating mouse movement by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5465
• Event loop rework by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5466
• IME: fix IME popup mouse inputs (again) by @MikeWalrus in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5417
• Hot fix for mater layout resize crash by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5472
• cmake: make sure that OpenGL::EGL is populated by @cnt0 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5469
• hyprpm: add shell completions by @LOSEARDES77 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5423
• don't remove pinned focus on workspace change by @MightyPlaza in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5486
• Allow setting per-window fullscreen opacity by @SoSeDiK in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5470
• compositor: move wl_display_destroy_clients so we dont crash on exit by @gulafaran in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5498
• workspace: fix crash on destruction of compositor by @gulafaran in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5495
• Change pkg-config -> pkgconf for hyprpm and cmake by @vaxerski in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5502
• Option for handling axis events outside window area by @dranull in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4177
• hyprctl: fix zsh completions by @postsolar in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5503
• meson: fix hyprctl fish completions & install hyprpm completions by @ErrorNoInternet in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5510
• Add count group flag in windowCount workspace selector prop by @sungyoonc in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5499
• Parse border color props as gradient by @SoSeDiK in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5513
• Don't override fullscreen opacity if only two opacities are provided by @SoSeDiK in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5512
• hyprctl: print monitor disabled status by @JManch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5525
• workspace: update windows when selector match could change by @sungyoonc in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5533
• Fallback to xcursor if failed to render hyprcursor by @SoSeDiK in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5534
• Improve Hyprpm Update Performance by @https123456789 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5530
• renderer: Add dimaround layer rule by @TheOnlyMrCat in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4643
• master: fix full height when all windows master by @janpeterd in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5549
• hyprpm: fix wlroots path by @bvr-yr in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5567
• master layout: change the mfact dispatcher to use splitratio by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/4766
• Fix workspace name selector returning true early by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5571
• Fix double special workspace by @thejch in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5574
• Some small cmake cleanups by @cnt0 in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5572
• build: update asan patch by @andresilva in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5562
• remove border on fullscreen by @MightyPlaza in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5577
• keybindmgr:fix workspace_back_and_forth by @go0d1uck in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5585

New Contributors

• @LOSEARDES77 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5404
• @sundhaug92 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5442
• @fred21O4 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5435
• @cnt0 made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5469
• @SoSeDiK made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5470
• @gulafaran made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5498
• @postsolar made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5503
• @ErrorNoInternet made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5510
• @janpeterd made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5549
• @go0d1uck made their first contribution in https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/pull/5585

Full Changelog: https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/compare/v0.38.1...v0.39.0