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Description

I have a fastfetch custom module in my config which has been using a bash script to show the date/time of the latest Timeshift since Thursday, June 19, 2025 without issues.

After upgrading to fastfetch 2.55.0~noble amd64 the script is failing with no fastfetch output where the custom module output should be. The rest of the fastfetch output is OK.

I added fastfetch command line option ' --show-errors true' and it shows the custom module bash script output: read(childpipefd, str, ff_pipe_bufsiz) failed

The expected output result should be: "Latest Timeshift: ✔ Friday, November 14, 2025 - 10:00 AM PST" OR "Latest Timeshift: ✘ /media/user/external_drive is NOT mounted!"

I have rolled back to fastfetch 2.54.0 and the bash script is working as expected without issues. No changes to the fastfetch config were necessary.

NOTE: I tried fastfetch 2.55.0 installed from both 'GitHub Releases' and 'apt' with the same resulting output error.

Version used

2.55.0~noble amd64

Bug prevalence

Always

Regression

Yes

Installation

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apt

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Without the fastfetch command line option ' --show-errors true' there is no output for the custom module.

Using the fastfetch command line option ' --show-errors true' the output in red text is: "Latest Timeshift: read(childpipefd, str, ff_pipe_bufsiz) failed"

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