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Hyprland v0.56.1
Get a warning on startup while your config still uses the .conf format, before 0.57 drops it.
Before you upgrade to v0.56.1
1 to fix
Move your configuration from hyprland.conf to hyprland.lua before upgrading to 0.57; from 0.56.1 a .conf config shows a warning on startup.
Action requiredAffects: Everyone whose config is hyprland.conf
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What changed in v0.56.1
A .conf config now shows a notification: support for the .conf format will be removed in Hyprland 0.57. New changeworkspaceid socket2 event.
Hyprland v0.56.1.
Fixed and improved
Lua becomes the config format going forward: the .conf format is announced for removal in 0.57.
Now stableWrite the configuration in Lua (hyprland.lua), with variables, functions and an API for binds, rules and layouts.Inferred
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socket2 sends a changeworkspaceid event.
ImprovedControl the compositor and react to its events from scripts through hyprctl and a socket.
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Seeded by 
@iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.