Hello there,
I’m ignoring the wiki for a bit because there is an `update-vivaldi.sh` and I just installed NixOS last week and don’t want to rush to a mistake – though I must say having an LLM nowadays unblocks most questions.
Anyway, just thought I’d warn there is a new version for Vivaldi browser, and I’m testing it for 10 mins now with no apparent issues.
final: prev: {
vivaldi = (prev.vivaldi.override {
proprietaryCodecs = false;
enableWidevine = false;
}).overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
version = “7.9.3970.45”;
src = prev.fetchurl {
url = “``https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/vivaldi-stable_${version}-1_amd64.deb”``;
hash = “sha256-WoSEvTkG/1LQK/IyGOPv8hV8pY+ygONEE/YOh6Q8Uv0=”;
};
});
}
If anyone wants to bump it for me, I’d appreciate it.
Otherwise when I’ve the time I’ll bump it properly (and will post here about it) so we’re all in sync.
Have a nice day!
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user398:
prev.fetchurl
use final.fetchurl here, prefer final in overlays.
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vcunat
March 28, 2026, 4:33pm
3
The official wiki is wiki.nixos.org and not nixos.wiki, by the way.
vcunat
March 28, 2026, 4:35pm
4
Let’s ping at least some vivaldi.meta.maintainers then? @wineee @marcusramberg
The update bot created a PR for this around an hour ago.
master ← r-ryantm:auto-update/vivaldi
opened 03:34PM - 28 Mar 26 UTC
Automatic update generated by [nixpkgs-update](https://github.com/nix-community/… nixpkgs-update) tools. This update was made based on information from passthru.updateScript.
meta.description for vivaldi is: Browser for our Friends, powerful and personal
meta.homepage for vivaldi is: https://vivaldi.com
###### Updates performed
- Ran passthru.UpdateScript
###### To inspect upstream changes
###### Impact
<b>Checks done</b>
---
- built on NixOS
- The tests defined in `passthru.tests`, if any, passed
- found 7.9.3970.45 with grep in /nix/store/6rbvh1fysz5q566xmysf1wvlhj2h22gc-vivaldi-7.9.3970.45
- found 7.9.3970.45 in filename of file in /nix/store/6rbvh1fysz5q566xmysf1wvlhj2h22gc-vivaldi-7.9.3970.45
---
<details>
<summary>
<b>Rebuild report</b> (if merged into master) (click to expand)
</summary>
```
2 total rebuild path(s)
2 package rebuild(s)
First fifty rebuilds by attrpath
vivaldi
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>
<b>Instructions to test this update</b> (click to expand)
</summary>
---
Either **download from the cache**:
```
nix-store -r /nix/store/6rbvh1fysz5q566xmysf1wvlhj2h22gc-vivaldi-7.9.3970.45 \
--option binary-caches 'https://cache.nixos.org/ https://nixpkgs-update-cache.nix-community.org/' \
--option trusted-public-keys '
nixpkgs-update-cache.nix-community.org-1:U8d6wiQecHUPJFSqHN9GSSmNkmdiFW7GW7WNAnHW0SM=
cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY=
'
```
(The nixpkgs-update cache is only trusted for this store-path realization.)
For the cached download to work, your user must be in the `trusted-users` list or you can use `sudo` since root is effectively trusted.
Or, **build yourself**:
```
nix-build -A vivaldi https://github.com/r-ryantm/nixpkgs/archive/be83f0f0f099ed696c1634f859a388a47270d29d.tar.gz
```
Or:
```
nix build github:r-ryantm/nixpkgs/be83f0f0f099ed696c1634f859a388a47270d29d#vivaldi
```
After you've downloaded or built it, look at the files and if there are any, run the binaries:
```
ls -la /nix/store/6rbvh1fysz5q566xmysf1wvlhj2h22gc-vivaldi-7.9.3970.45
ls -la /nix/store/6rbvh1fysz5q566xmysf1wvlhj2h22gc-vivaldi-7.9.3970.45/bin
```
---
</details>
<br/>
### Pre-merge build results
We have automatically built all packages that will get rebuilt due to
this change.
This gives evidence on whether the upgrade will break dependent packages.
Note sometimes packages show up as _failed to build_ independent of the
change, simply because they are already broken on the target branch.
## `nixpkgs-review` result
Generated using [`nixpkgs-review`](https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review).
Command: `nixpkgs-review --extra-nixpkgs-config '{ allowBroken = false; }'`
Commit: `be83f0f0f099ed696c1634f859a388a47270d29d`
---
### `x86_64-linux`
<details>
<summary>:white_check_mark: 1 package built:</summary>
<ul>
<li>vivaldi</li>
</ul>
</details>
---
###### Maintainer pings
cc @marcusramberg @max06 @wineee for [testing](https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-update/blob/main/doc/nixpkgs-maintainer-faq.md#r-ryantm-opened-a-pr-for-my-package-what-do-i-do).
> [!TIP]
> As a maintainer, if your package is located under `pkgs/by-name/*`, you can comment **`@NixOS/nixpkgs-merge-bot merge`** to automatically merge this update using the [`nixpkgs-merge-bot`](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/ci/README.md#nixpkgs-merge-bot).
Flo
March 28, 2026, 5:30pm
6
There’s no need to warn here about updates to vivaldi, especially about such small version increments. The bot is automatically creating PRs, informing us, and we usually merge them in less than 12 hours. We know about the importance of browser-updates, so don’t worry.
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