Surprising list of deprecated/disabled casks

[wyan]

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.6.12-11-g21c60eb
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 21c60eb773618f039434d923d2522120c4df56ea
Last commit: 18 hours ago
Branch: main
Core tap JSON: 23 Sep 08:18 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 23 Sep 08:18 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: ["--no-quarantine"]
HOMEBREW_DISPLAY: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.cPXWhoKBwi/org.xquartz:0
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: /Users/alice/local/bin/e
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: set
HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME: set
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.5 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.5/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit arm_firestorm_icestorm
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.51.0 => /opt/homebrew/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 26.0-arm64
CLT: 26.0.0.0.1.1755155385
Xcode: 26.0
Rosetta 2: false

Output of brew doctor

...
Warning: Some installed casks are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following casks:
  angry-ip-scanner
  chirp
  cool-retro-term
  darktable
  djview
  electron
  font-ibm-plex
  gutenprint
  ipa-manager
  logisim-evolution
  love
  powershell
  qmk-toolbox
  qutebrowser
  worldpainter
...

Description of issue

After upgrading to the macOS 26 release I ran brew update && brew upgrade followed by brew doctor to check for potential trouble. I was surprised to see such a long list of common casks being marked as deprecated/disabled, is there a way to check why this has happened? Some of these are frankly baffling...

Relevant casks

angry-ip-scanner chirp cool-retro-term darktable djview electron font-ibm-plex gutenprint ipa-manager logisim-evolution love powershell qmk-toolbox qutebrowser worldpainter

[gromgit]

a long list of common casks being marked as deprecated/disabled, is there a way to check why this has happened?

brew info is your friend. The fastest way:

% brew info angry-ip-scanner chirp cool-retro-term darktable djview electron font-ibm-plex gutenprint ipa-manager logisim-evolution love powershell qmk-toolbox qutebrowser worldpainter | grep -E '==>.*:|Deprecated|Disabled'
==> angry-ip-scanner: 3.9.2
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> chirp: 20250801
Disabled because it cannot be reliably fetched due to Cloudflare protections! It was disabled on 2025-08-05.
==> cool-retro-term: 1.2.0
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> darktable: 5.2.1
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> djview: 4.12,3.5.29
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> electron: 38.1.2
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> font-ibm-plex: 6.4.1
Deprecated because it is now distributed with the font variants as individual packages! It was disabled on 2025-09-05.
==> gutenprint: 5.3.3
Deprecated because it is discontinued upstream! It will be disabled on 2025-10-14.
==> ipa-manager: 2.3.2 (auto_updates)
Deprecated because it is discontinued upstream! It was disabled on 2025-07-17.
==> logisim-evolution: 4.0.0
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> love: 11.5
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> powershell: 7.5.3
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> qmk-toolbox: 0.3.3
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> qutebrowser: 3.5.1
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> worldpainter: 2.26.0
Deprecated because it does not pass the macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.

[wyan]

Interesting, this is the output I get when I run your command:

> brew info angry-ip-scanner chirp cool-retro-term darktable djview electron font-ibm-plex gutenprint ipa-manager logisim-evolution love powershell qmk-toolbox qutebrowser worldpainter | grep -E '==>.*:|Deprecated'
==> angry-ip-scanner: 3.9.2
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> chirp: 20250801
==> cool-retro-term: 1.2.0
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> darktable: 5.2.1
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> djview: 4.12,3.5.29
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> electron: 38.1.2
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> font-ibm-plex: 6.4.1
Deprecated because it is now distributed with the font variants as individual packages! It was disabled on 2025-09-05.
==> gutenprint: 5.3.3
Deprecated because it is discontinued upstream! It will be disabled on 2025-10-14.
==> ipa-manager: 2.3.2 (auto_updates)
Deprecated because it is discontinued upstream! It was disabled on 2025-07-17.
==> logisim-evolution: 4.0.0
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> love: 11.5
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> powershell: 7.5.3
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> qmk-toolbox: 0.3.3
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> qutebrowser: 3.5.1
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
==> worldpainter: 2.26.0
Deprecated! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.

which is definitely not very descriptive. How do I get better descriptive messages?

[bevanjkay]

It looks like the message isn't being loaded correctly when the data is being pulled from the API.
I'll take a look now, hopefully it's a quick fix.

[wyan]

It seems to be working now!