[BUG] hypr windowrules errors

[AdrienLemaire]

Bug Description

After upgrading hydenix, I'm getting these hypr errors and cannot find a way to fix them. The windowrules file is protected against file edits.

❯ ls -lh ~/.local/share/hypr/windowrules.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dori users 97 Jan  7 18:44 /home/dori/.local/share/hypr/windowrules.conf -> /nix/store/zl7jh77h1p0y9lhn092kggq0la57w99n-home-manager-files/.local/share/hypr/windowrules.conf

~/.config/hypr/windowrules.conf doesn't seem to be read anymore.

From Hypr v0.53 release:

All of your windowrules will need to be re-written for the new syntax.

Found this guide in HyDE

System Information

System Details

# Please paste the output of:
nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.12.63, NixOS, 26.05 (Yarara), 26.05.20251229.95e96e8`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.31.2+1`
 - channels(root): `"nixos"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/54jfyhwggfbsc5cr5c5qgbnwadkd84x8-source`

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[AdrienLemaire]

I could dismiss the errors by copying this file into ~/.local/share/hypr/windowrules.conf through

home.file = {
  ".local/share/hypr/windowrules.conf" = lib.mkForce {
    source = ./home/hypr/windowrules.conf;
    force = true;
    mutable = true;
  };
}

pretty sure I shouldn't have to do that 😓

[richen604]

hydenix is sticking on 0.52 hyprland for a bit, i made an update to properly pin nixpkgs to hydenix's you'll have to update your files to match the new template
i won't be supporting issues that are upstream at this time

[AdrienLemaire]

@richen604 I did update my files to match the new template as you can verify in my nixdots repo.

I don't see where/how you're pinning hyprland to 0.52 🤔
But I'm actually on 0.52

❯ hyprland --version                                                 gcloud gcloud   19:38
Hyprland 0.52.2 built from branch unknown at commit unknown unknown (unknown).
Date: unknown
Tag: unknown, commits: 0

Libraries:
Hyprgraphics: built against 0.4.0, system has unknown
Hyprutils: built against 0.11.0, system has unknown
Hyprcursor: built against 0.1.13, system has unknown
Hyprlang: built against 0.6.7, system has unknown
Aquamarine: built against 0.10.0, system has unknown

no flags were set

[richen604]

took a look at your flake

nix-repl> inputs.nixpkgs.sourceInfo.rev
"95e96e8632c387dcf8c4223b8ab14a58936f8b10"
nix-repl> nixosConfigurations.default.pkgs.hyprland.version
"0.52.2"

truly interesting, i've been told the reverse follows might have some issues. but you're effectively getting 0.53 errors on 0.52 unless im missing something

[richen604]

does this persist across reboots? have you tried commenting out the 0.53 syntax file?