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Tuesday, 13 October 2026 00:00 UTC – Wednesday, 14 October 2026 06:00 UTC
Floating workspaces gain a dock
Floating workspaces gain a dock of pinned and running apps in pull request 15263, merged into quattro. A later Omarchy account post said the option is on the Dev channel, and that Dev breaks from time to time. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Read the story →Limine's default menu wait is one second
Pull request 15301, merged into quattro, sets the Limine menu wait to one second where no timeout is set, and any key shows the menu. David Heinemeier Hansson said a real reboot is still needed to confirm that. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
ARM update checks read the kernel module list
Pull request 14447, merged into quattro, checks modules.builtin for a kernel update on ARM, instead of a vmlinuz file Arch Linux ARM does not ship there. birkskyum wrote that a Yoga Slim 7x prompted on every update. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Links from other apps focus the running browser
Pull request 14441, merged into quattro, routes http and https links through omarchy-launch-browser so the running browser window is focused. David Heinemeier Hansson said Electron apps were opening the tab without that focus. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Logout proceeds once applications finish closing
Pull request 15231, merged into quattro, ends a logout, reboot, or shutdown once window-owning applications exit, and still stops waiting after two seconds. David Heinemeier Hansson reports Chromium leaving in about 100 ms in a virtual-machine test. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
A lock check reaches the shell when a display socket is gone
Pull request 15226, merged into quattro, recovers the live display when a service still names a Wayland socket that is gone. David Heinemeier Hansson said suspend had warned that the screen did not lock. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
The default video player tries hardware decoding
Pull request 15172, merged into quattro, sets hwdec to auto-safe in an mpv config, so the default player can try a hardware decoder and fall back to software. David Heinemeier Hansson said a user's mpv config still wins. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Kimi joins the coding-agent choices
Pull request 7261, merged into quattro, puts Kimi under Setup, then Defaults, then Agent, and accepts kimi or kimi-code as the default coding agent. Pull request 7274 shows session, weekly, and monthly quotas. The merges are not in version 4.0.4.
Soft theme intros are redrawn onto their wallpapers
Pull request 14567, merged into quattro, redraws soft theme intros so each clip opens on its scene and lands on the wallpaper's own pixels. The Omarchy account said the intros are coming. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
The N1x install list names linux-omarchy
Pull request 15356, merged into n1x, names the kernel package linux-omarchy instead of linux-omarchy-n1x. emirb wrote that it was not tested on a laptop, and that N1x laptops in use are being reinstalled. It is not in version 4.0.4.
Agent account logins copy to another machine over SSH
Pull request 15405, merged into quattro, copies agent account logins to another machine with omarchy agent account copy over SSH. Pull request 15430 keeps the source account names. The merges are not in version 4.0.4.
In brief
The workspaces widget scrolls between workspaces
Scrolling the workspaces widget moves to the next or previous workspace in pull request 15256, merged into quattro, and the wheel stops at either end. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Signed is planned as the next default PDF signer
The Omarchy account said Signed will be the default in the next version.
A Starship launch is planned as the next default background
The Omarchy account said the next release will use a Tokyo Night version of a Starship launch as its default background.
Battery time left follows the draw beside it
Pull request 15285, merged into quattro, sets time left to the energy remaining divided by the draw shown beside it, so the two agree. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Bar widgets can be placed in a tray drawer
Pull request 15281, merged into quattro, puts a tray section in the bar drawer so a widget can be placed there, after the app icons. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.
Language tags select a matching Noto CJK face
Pull request 15116, merged into quattro, selects the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong, Japanese, or Korean Noto face for language-tagged text. The merge is not in version 4.0.4.