# PSA: Arch Linux removed the ability to flag packages

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-arch-linux-removed-the-ability-to-flag-packages/80416>\
**Category:** Other distro news\
**Created:** [July 3, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-arch-linux-removed-the-ability-to-flag-packages/80416 "2026-07-03T13:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-arch-linux-removed-the-ability-to-flag-packages/80416/1 "2026-07-03T13:50:33Z")

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Greetings,

I assume this is only temporary, but right now users can no longer flag packages out of date in the main Arch repos. However, you can still flag AUR packages out of date. I went to flag `mutter` out of date today since a new release for 50.3 came out, which is something I did very recently with `gnome-shell` as well, but the flag out of date feature is removed. Just thought anyone might want to know.

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**Author:** ![manyroads](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manyroads/32/5885_2.png) [@manyroads](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manyroads)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-arch-linux-removed-the-ability-to-flag-packages/80416/2 "2026-07-03T14:06:50Z")

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AUR in general has come quite ‘unglued’… it’s sad.

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**Author:** ![I0F](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/i0f/32/47182_2.png) [@I0F](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/I0F)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-arch-linux-removed-the-ability-to-flag-packages/80416/3 "2026-07-03T14:20:30Z")

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Official packages have a bot for some time now that notifies maintainers of a new package version. It’s most likely not needed anymore. For example, see mutter: [https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mutter/-/work\_items/26](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mutter/-/work_items/26)

50.3 is not reported yet, but the bot will probably run today at some point and notify.

Gives all the informations you need:

```auto
{
  "pkgbase": "mutter",
  "status": "success",
  "message": null,
  "local_version": "50.1",
  "upstream_version": "50.2",
  "out_of_date": true
}

```

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**Author:** ![r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/r0ckhopper/32/51768_2.png) [@r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/r0ckhopper)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-arch-linux-removed-the-ability-to-flag-packages/80416/4 "2026-07-03T15:13:50Z")

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Removal of the flag out of date button had been in the pipeline since May:

> **[archlinux.org status update - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org](https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/NXCZH25S7URBV5S523H6WIQK4NFKSODP/)**

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**Author:** ![I0F](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/i0f/32/47182_2.png) [@I0F](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/I0F)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/psa-arch-linux-removed-the-ability-to-flag-packages/80416/5 "2026-07-03T17:03:27Z")

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Here you go 😉

> **[Work items · Arch Linux / Packaging / Packages / mutter · GitLab](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mutter/-/work_items?sort=created_date&state=all&first_page_size=20&show=eyJpaWQiOiIyOSIsImZ1bGxfcGF0aCI6ImFyY2hsaW51eC9wYWNrYWdpbmcvcGFja2FnZXMvbXV0dGVyIiwiaWQiOjIzOTA0OX0%3D)**
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> Window manager and compositor for GNOME packages: mutter mutter-devkit mutter-docs