How to get unstable?

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1

Hello,

I have a very stupid question, stupid enough to not find any simple answer during my research. How to get unstable branch of packages ? I use flake and I have the following :

{
  description = "Nixos config flake";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs =
    { self, nixpkgs, ... }@inputs:
    {
      nixosConfigurations = {
        inspiron = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
          specialArgs = {
            inherit inputs;
          };
          system = "x86_64-linux";
          modules = [
            ./hosts/inspiron/configuration.nix
            inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
            inputs.stylix.nixosModules.stylix
            inputs.nix-flatpak.nixosModules.nix-flatpak
          ];
        };
      };
    };
}

(with some input and configuration removed for simplicity)

But I saw that my packages installed with home-manager or nixos, are older than unstable. In my home.nix I have home.stateVersion = "24.05";
I don’t understand because nixpkgs.url is set to unstable and home-manager follows it.
But for example, I have NixOS Search in 5.17 and 5.18.
Did I do something wrong ? How am I supposed to update my packages to stay on last possible version ?

2

nix flake update then rebuild.

This is unrelated, do not touch it.

3

nix flake update will update your flake inputs (they’re pinned in flake.lock).

Here’s another conversation on stateVersion: When should I change system.stateVersion?

4

Oh great thank you !