Arch system package update broke waypaper and pywalfox

[IllestRat]

After updating the following packages today

glib2-libs (15.2.1+r301+gf24307422d1d-1 -> 15.2.1+r447+g6a64f6c3ebb8-1)
util-linux-libs (2.41.3-1 -> 2.41.3-2)
glib2 (2.86.3-1 -> 2.86.3-2)
libcap-ng (0.8.5-3 -> 0.8.5-4)
audit (4.1.2-1 -> 4.1.2-2)
xcb-proto (1.17.0-3 -> 1.17.0-4)
at-spi2-core (2.58.2-1 -> 2.58.3-1)
avahi (1:0.9rc2-1 -> 1:0.9rc2-3)
brotli (1.1.0-3 -> 1.2.0-1)
binutils (2.45.1-1 -> 2.45.1+r35+g12d0a1dbc1b9-1)
python (3.13.11-1 -> 3.14.2-2)
python-cairo (1.29.0-1 -> 1.29.0-2)
libgirepository (1.86.0-1 -> 1.86.0-2)
gobject-introspection-runtime (1.86.0-1 -> 1.86.0-2)
python-gobject (3.54.5-1 -> 3.54.5-2)
libxml2 (2.15.1-4 -> 2.15.1-5)
llvm-libs (21.1.6-1 -> 21.1.6-2)
libseccomp (2.5.6-1 -> 2.6.0-1)
blueman (2.4.6-1 -> 2.4.6-2)
blueprint-compiler (0.18.0-1 -> 0.18.0-2)
btrfs-progs (6.17.1-1 -> 6.17.1-2)
gcc (15.2.1+r301+gf24307422d1d-1 -> 15.2.1+r447+g6a64f6c3ebb8-1)
clang (21.1.6-1 -> 21.1.6-3)
python-packaging (25.0-1 -> 25.0-4)
glib2-devel (2.86.3-1 -> 2.86.3-2)
python-markupsafe (3.0.2-1 -> 3.0.2-2)
python-mako (1.3.10-1 -> 1.3.10-4)
python-markdown (3.10.0-1 -> 3.10.0-2)
python-more-itertools (10.8.0-1 -> 10.8.0-2)
python-jaraco.functools (4.1.0-1 -> 4.1.0-3)
python-jaraco.context (6.0.1-1 -> 6.0.1-3)
python-autocommand (2.2.2-7 -> 2.2.2-9)
python-jaraco.text (4.0.0-2 -> 4.0.0-4)
python-jaraco.collections (5.1.0-1 -> 5.1.0-3)
python-platformdirs (4.5.1-1 -> 4.5.1-3)
python-wheel (0.45.1-1 -> 0.45.1-4)
python-setuptools (1:80.9.0-2 -> 1:80.9.0-4)
gobject-introspection (1.86.0-1 -> 1.86.0-2)
gpsd (3.27.3-1 -> 3.27.3-2)
gstreamer (1.26.10-1 -> 1.26.10-2)
gst-plugins-base-libs (1.26.10-1 -> 1.26.10-2)
gst-plugins-bad-libs (1.26.10-1 -> 1.26.10-2)
imath (3.2.2-2 -> 3.2.2-3)
kcoreaddons (6.21.0-1 -> 6.21.0-2)
kguiaddons (6.21.0-1 -> 6.21.0-2)
kitty-terminfo (0.45.0-3 -> 0.45.0-4)
kitty-shell-integration (0.45.0-3 -> 0.45.0-4)
kitty (0.45.0-3 -> 0.45.0-4)
tdb (1.4.14-1 -> 1.4.14-2)
knotifications (6.21.0-1 -> 6.21.0-2)
kwidgetsaddons (6.21.0-1 -> 6.21.0-2)
kjobwidgets (6.21.0-1 -> 6.21.0-2)
mlt (7.36.1-1 -> 7.36.1-3)
opencolorio (2.5.0-1 -> 2.5.0-2)
vapoursynth (73-1 -> 73-2)
liblc3 (1.1.3-1 -> 1.1.3-2)
lilv (0.26.2-1 -> 0.26.2-2)
util-linux (2.41.3-1 -> 2.41.3-2)
kstatusnotifieritem (6.21.0-1 -> 6.21.0-2)
kxmlgui (6.21.0-1 -> 6.21.0-2)
lib32-glibc (2.42+r33+gde1fe81f4714-1 -> 2.42+r47+ga1d3294a5bed-1)
lib32-gcc-libs (15.2.1+r301+gf24307422d1d-1 -> 15.2.1+r447+g6a64f6c3ebb8-1)
libblockdev (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
volume_key (0.3.12-11 -> 0.3.12-12)
libblockdev-crypto (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libbytesize (2.11-1 -> 2.11-2)
libblockdev-fs (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libblockdev-loop (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libblockdev-mdraid (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libnvme (1.16.1-1 -> 1.16.1-2)
libblockdev-nvme (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libblockdev-part (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libblockdev-smart (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libblockdev-swap (3.4.0-1 -> 3.4.0-2)
libgexiv2 (0.14.6-1 -> 0.14.6-2)
libplist (2.7.0-1 -> 2.7.0-2)
libimobiledevice (1.4.0-1 -> 1.4.0-2)
libiptcdata (1.0.5-4 -> 1.0.5-5)
libnewt (0.52.25-1 -> 0.52.25-2)
libpwquality (1.4.5-6 -> 1.4.5-7)
libxslt (1.1.45-1 -> 1.1.45-2)
linux (6.18.3.arch1-1 -> 6.18.4.arch1-1)
linux-zen (6.18.3.zen1-1 -> 6.18.4.zen1-1)
pahole (1:1.31-1 -> 1:1.31-2)
linux-zen-headers (6.18.3.zen1-1 -> 6.18.4.zen1-1)
llvm (21.1.6-1 -> 21.1.6-2)
python-certifi (2025.11.12-1 -> 2026.01.04-1)
python-dbus (1.4.0-1 -> 1.4.0-2)
python-distro (1.9.0-3 -> 1.9.0-4)
python-evdev (1.9.2-1 -> 1.9.2-2)
python-lxml (6.0.2-1 -> 6.0.2-2)
python-soupsieve (2.8.1-1 -> 2.8.1-3)
python-typing_extensions (4.15.0-1 -> 4.15.0-3)
python-beautifulsoup4 (4.14.3-1 -> 4.14.3-2)
python-charset-normalizer (3.4.4-1 -> 3.4.4-2)
python-idna (3.11-1 -> 3.11-2)
python-urllib3 (2.6.2-1 -> 2.6.3-1)
python-requests (2.32.5-1 -> 2.32.5-3)
python-moddb (0.14.0-1 -> 0.14.0-2)
python-pillow (12.1.0-1 -> 12.1.0-2)
python-yaml (6.0.3-1 -> 6.0.3-2)
ninja (1.13.2-1 -> 1.13.2-2)
python-tqdm (4.67.1-3 -> 4.67.1-5)
meson (1.10.0-1 -> 1.10.0-4)
nautilus-python (4.1.0-1 -> 4.1.0-2)
nmap (7.98-3 -> 7.98-4)
shiboken6 (6.10.1-1 -> 6.10.1-2)
pyside6 (6.10.1-1 -> 6.10.1-2)
python-attrs (25.4.0-1 -> 25.4.0-3)
python-cachetools (6.2.2-1 -> 6.2.2-2)
python-pycparser (2.23-1 -> 2.23-2)
python-cffi (2.0.0-1 -> 2.0.0-2)
python-click (8.2.1-1 -> 8.3.1-1)
python-numpy (2.4.0-1 -> 2.4.1-1)
python-contourpy (1.3.3-1 -> 1.3.3-3)
python-cryptography (46.0.3-1 -> 46.0.3-2)
python-cycler (0.12.1-3 -> 0.12.1-4)
python-six (1.17.0-1 -> 1.17.0-2)
python-dateutil (2.9.0-6 -> 2.9.0-8)
python-filelock (3.20.0-2 -> 3.20.2-1)
python-fonttools (4.61.1-1 -> 4.61.1-2)
python-imageio (2.37.2-1 -> 2.37.2-2)
python-iniconfig (2.1.0-1 -> 2.1.0-3)
python-kiwisolver (1.4.7-1 -> 1.4.7-2)
python-pyparsing (3.3.1-1 -> 3.3.1-3)
python-matplotlib (3.10.8-1 -> 3.10.8-3)
python-pip (25.3-1 -> 25.3-3)
python-pluggy (1.6.0-1 -> 1.6.0-3)
python-psutil (7.1.3-1 -> 7.2.1-1)
python-pyaml (24.12.0-1 -> 24.12.0-2)
python-pycryptodomex (3.23.0-1 -> 3.23.0-2)
python-pygments (2.19.2-1 -> 2.19.2-3)
python-pytest (1:8.4.2-1 -> 1:8.4.2-3)
python-pywal (3.3.0-10 -> 3.3.0-11)
python-pyxdg (0.28-4 -> 0.28-6)
python-setproctitle (1.3.7-1 -> 1.3.7-2)
python-zstandard (0.25.0-1 -> 0.25.0-2)
sudo (1.9.17.p2-1 -> 1.9.17.p2-2)
tree-sitter (0.25.10-1 -> 0.25.10-3)
vim-runtime (9.1.1975-1 -> 9.1.1975-2)
vim (9.1.1975-1 -> 9.1.1975-2)
xapp (3.2.1-1 -> 3.2.1-2)

When logging in waybar won't load, you can force resfresh it. Wallpaper is gone, manually running the wallpaper.sh you get these errors, the app within the ML4W to set a wallpaper doesn't launch.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pywalfox", line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point('pywalfox==2.7.4', 'console_scripts', 'pywalfox')())
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/pywalfox", line 22, in importlib_load_entry_point
for entry_point in distribution(dist_name).entry_points
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/importlib/metadata/init.py", line 960, in distribution
return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/importlib/metadata/init.py", line 409, in from_name
raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for pywalfox

I might be missing other things that are broke, sorry I don't know all the neat things on github for text formatting

[tetam01]

I got the same problem.
For me, this worked
yay -S --answerclean All --rebuildall python-pywalfox
and
yay -S --rebuild waypaper-git

[IllestRat]

I got the same problem. For me, this worked yay -S --answerclean All --rebuildall python-pywalfox and yay -S --rebuild waypaper-git

Can confirm this worked, even with yay -S --rebuild waypaper

[ralexander87]

indeed... it fix it... at last it looks ok =/

[Graninius]

Got the same issue ( and that fixed it.

[KMakarevych]

I have issue with python library 'numpy' after rebuilding waypaper as @tetam01 mentioned on CachyOS (package was installed from cachy repo).
Fix for me works well is to reinstall from extra repo - sudo pacman -S extra/python-numpy.

[valonmulolli]

Thank you for sharing this. I can confirm that rebuilding waypaper also resolved the issue for me.

[mylinuxforwork]

It’s a general python issue. Let’s see if more updates are coming fast. Thanks for testing. I will pin the issue.

[Tharendel]

I got the same problem. For me, this worked yay -S --answerclean All --rebuildall python-pywalfox and yay -S --rebuild waypaper-git

Can confirm this worked, even with yay -S --rebuild waypaper

Also can confirm the rebuild waypaper solved this issue as well. On 2.9.9.6 rolling release dotfiles with latest major updates to arch

[mylinuxforwork]

I got the same problem. For me, this worked yay -S --answerclean All --rebuildall python-pywalfox and yay -S --rebuild waypaper-git

Can confirm this worked, even with yay -S --rebuild waypaper

Also can confirm the rebuild waypaper solved this issue as well. On 2.9.9.6 rolling release dotfiles with latest major updates to arch

Thank you for testing.

[ortoklas]

waypaper v.2.7 works
Thank you tetam01
P.S.
I'm on Stable Version: 2.9.9.2

[josephwoodward]

This worked for me as well, thanks for the solution.

[jturbide]

On my side I simply downgraded Python and Waypaper for now and decided to wait for upstream fixes.
The Python 3.14 upgrade caused multiple breakages on my system: Waypaper, Kitty, uwsm and a few other tools were affected.
After reverting to Python 3.13 and matching dependencies, everything became stable again.

sudo pacman -U \                                
  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/python-3.13.11-2*.pkg.tar.zst \
  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/python-pyxdg-0.28-4*.pkg.tar.zst \
  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/python-imageio-ffmpeg-0.6.0-2*.pkg.tar.zst \
  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/python-screeninfo-0.8.1-2*.pkg.tar.zst \
  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/waypaper-2.7-1*.pkg.tar.zst

I’ll keep an eye on those packages and upgrade again once Python 3.14 and the related dependencies become more widely stable.