July 2025 Releases
The July 2025 releases included updates to conda, conda-build, constructor, and menuinst! ๐ All of these have been released to both defaults
and conda-forge
channels.
Changes in conda 25.7.0โ
To update conda
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base conda=25.7.0
Notable Changes:
- Enhanced
conda export
command now supports plugin-based architecture with multiple output formats:yaml
,json
, andtxt
. - Add automatic export format detection based on filename patterns (e.g.,
environment.yaml
,explicit.txt
,requirements.txt
) - Add "environment consistency" health check to
conda doctor
.
Check out the full changelog for more: 25.7.0
Changes in conda-build 25.7.0โ
To update conda-build
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base conda-build=25.7.0
Notable Changes:
No major changes to report. We just removed some deprecated code according to our deprecation schedule.
Check out the full changelog for more: 25.7.0
Changes in constructor 3.12.2โ
To update constructor
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base constructor=3.12.2
Notable Changes:
- Added support for
conda init --condabin
,mamba
's mirrored channels, and the fasteronedir
variant ofconda-standalone
. - EXE installers: fixed a permission issue for all-user installations for noarch package entry points.
Check out the full changelog for more:
Changes in menuinst 2.3.1โ
To update menuinst
to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base menuinst=2.3.1
Notable Changes:
- Bug fix: shortcuts are now only created for platforms explicitly enabled in the metadata.
- Added support for the new activation behavior of
conda
on Windows.
Check out the full changelog for more:
We โค๏ธ Our Communityโ
Altogether, we had 2 new contributors this release cycle; thank you to all of our open source community members for helping making these improvements possible.
- @IsabelParedes made their first contribution in constructor#1008
- @mmc1718 made their first contribution in conda#15025