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Handling of deprecate keyword breaking brew updateΒ #21279

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brew config AND brew doctor output OR brew gist-logs <formula> link

πŸ•™ 19:30:05 ❯ brew doctor
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Warning: You have the following deprecated, official taps tapped:
  Homebrew/homebrew-bundle
Untap them with `brew untap`.
Error: missing keywords: :date, :because
Warning: Removed Sorbet lines from backtrace!
Rerun with `--verbose` to see the original backtrace
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:4631:in 'deprecate!'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:290:in 'block in Formulary.load_formula_from_json!'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in 'Class#initialize'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in 'Class#new'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in 'Formulary.load_formula_from_json!'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:959:in 'Formulary::FromAPILoader#load_from_api'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:943:in 'Formulary::FromAPILoader#klass'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:524:in 'Formulary::FormulaLoader#get_formula'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:1045:in 'Formulary.factory'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:1179:in 'Formulary.from_keg'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:1121:in 'Formulary.from_rack'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:827:in 'block in Homebrew::Diagnostic::Checks#check_for_unlinked_but_not_keg_only'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:823:in 'Array#reject'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:823:in 'Homebrew::Diagnostic::Checks#check_for_unlinked_but_not_keg_only'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:59:in 'block in Homebrew::Cmd::Doctor#run'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:52:in 'Array#each'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:52:in 'Homebrew::Cmd::Doctor#run'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:102:in '<main>'
Please report this issue:
  https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting

Verification

  • My brew doctor output says Your system is ready to brew. and am still able to reproduce my issue.
  • I ran brew update and am still able to reproduce my issue.
  • I have resolved all warnings from brew doctor and that did not fix my problem.
  • I searched for recent similar issues at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues?q=is%3Aissue and found no duplicates.
  • My issue is not about a failure to build a formula from source.

What were you trying to do (and why)?

brew upgrade - to upgrade packages installed by brew

What happened (include all command output)?

πŸ•™ 19:27:02 βœ–  brew upgrade
Warning: formula.jws.json: update failed, falling back to cached version.            [Downloading  31.7MB/-------]
βœ”οΈŽ JSON API formula.jws.json                                                          [Downloaded   31.7MB/ 31.7MB]
==> Upgrading 6 outdated packages:
hashicorp/tap/terraform 1.14.1 -> 1.14.3
libpng 1.6.51 -> 1.6.53
python@3.13 3.13.10 -> 3.13.11
pnpm 10.24.0 -> 10.25.0
<REDACTED>
==> Fetching downloads for: terraform, libpng, python@3.13, pnpm, cfsetup and cfctl
βœ”οΈŽ Bottle libpng (1.6.53)                                                             [Downloaded  459.1KB/459.1KB]
βœ”οΈŽ Formula cfctl (2025.12.01)
βœ”οΈŽ Formula cfsetup (2025.12.0)
βœ”οΈŽ Bottle pnpm (10.25.0)                                                              [Downloaded    3.8MB/  3.8MB]
βœ”οΈŽ Bottle python@3.13 (3.13.11)                                                       [Downloaded   18.0MB/ 18.0MB]
βœ”οΈŽ Formula terraform (1.14.3)                                                         [Verified     28.7MB/ 28.7MB]
==> Upgrading hashicorp/tap/terraform
  1.14.1 -> 1.14.3
Error: missing keywords: :date, :because
Warning: Removed Sorbet lines from backtrace!
Rerun with `--verbose` to see the original backtrace
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:4631:in 'deprecate!'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:290:in 'block in Formulary.load_formula_from_json!'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in 'Class#initialize'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in 'Class#new'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in 'Formulary.load_formula_from_json!'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:959:in 'Formulary::FromAPILoader#load_from_api'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:943:in 'Formulary::FromAPILoader#klass'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:524:in 'Formulary::FormulaLoader#get_formula'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:1045:in 'Formulary.factory'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb:641:in 'block in FormulaInstaller#check_conflicts'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb:640:in 'Array#select'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb:640:in 'FormulaInstaller#check_conflicts'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb:556:in 'FormulaInstaller#install'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/install.rb:493:in 'Homebrew::Install.install_formula'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:393:in 'Homebrew::Upgrade.upgrade_formula'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:124:in 'block in Homebrew::Upgrade.upgrade_formulae'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:123:in 'Array#each'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb:123:in 'Homebrew::Upgrade.upgrade_formulae'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/upgrade.rb:267:in 'Homebrew::Cmd::UpgradeCmd#upgrade_outdated_formulae!'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/upgrade.rb:142:in 'Homebrew::Cmd::UpgradeCmd#run'
/opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:102:in '<main>'
Please report this issue:
  https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting

What did you expect to happen?

Packages to upgrade without error

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

brew update
brew upgrade --verbose
brew update-reset
brew doctor

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