v0.84.2

[0.84.2] - 2026-11-10

✨ Highlights

This patch release fixes a memory usage regression from version 0.82.1
and introduces support for building AMD GPU variants with pixi-build-mojo.

It also introduces the pixi self-update --nightly command,
which can be used to install pixi from a recent build of its
development branch.

Features

• pixi_api: Add global install and uninstall to GlobalContext by @haecker-felix in #7447
• Derive PyPI purls for the conda-pypi channel by @nichtmacho in #7477
• pixi-build-mojo: Add explicit CPU and AMD GPU variants by @Hofer-Julian in #7431
• Add pixi self-update --nightly by @pavelzw in #7473

Fixes

• cli: Reject several exclude-newer exemption specs of one package by @pavelzw in #7467
• run: Detect the host from the locked records when installing by @lucascolley in #7476

Documentation

• Add CPU and AMD GPU Mojo package tutorial by @Hofer-Julian in #7432
• Added documentation for publishing to Artifactory by @lldash in #7481
• Add a virtual package detector example by @Hofer-Julian in #7428

Maintenance

• Keep miette reports out of library crates by @lucascolley in #7465
• Publish nightly releases from CI build artifacts by @pavelzw in #7474
• Cross-compile the linux aarch64 build with cargo-zigbuild by @pavelzw in #7482
• release: Bump backend versions by @lucascolley in #7485
• Add details section to PR template by @Hofer-Julian in #7499

New Contributors

• @lldash made their first contribution in #7481