Alacritty throwing errors after Migration from YAML to TOML [WARN unused config]

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Hello! Went to update today and noticed Alacritty is throwing an error I cannot copy and paste here. Says the following:

“[WARN] See log at /tmp/Alacritty-(numbers).log
YAML is deprecated, please migrate to TOML using Alacritty Migrate”

After completing “alacritty migrate” the original error was replaced by the following in the Alacritty log

[0.000386599s] [WARN ] [alacritty_config_derive] Unused config key: author
[0.000443701s] [WARN ] [alacritty_config_derive] Unused config key: name
[0.000468370s] [WARN ] [alacritty_config_derive] Unused config key: size
[0.000671869s] [WARN ] [alacritty_config_derive] Unused config key: window.decorations_theme_variant
[0.000687057s] [WARN ] [alacritty_config_derive] Unused config key: save_to_clipboard
[0.000697059s] [WARN ] [alacritty_config_derive] Unused config key: theme
[0.000706213s] [WARN ] [alacritty_config_derive] Unused config key: window.dynamic_title

I searched the forums as well as google and all I found on the topic was the Arch Wiki page here: Alacritty - ArchWiki

What can I do to stop the Unused Config errors that now show after migration?

Just in case, I did make a BTRFS snapshot prior to the change in case I need to revert for any reason.

INXI:

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc
    available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=78c2e7f5-5af0-4cd6-a76f-f692f5c10941 rw
    rootflags=subvol=@ quiet quiet intel_iommu=on
    iommu=pt video=efifb:off rd.udev.log_priority=3
    vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: STRIX Z270E GAMING
    v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1302 date: 03/15/2018
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-7700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Kaby Lake gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2130 high: 2400
    min/max: 800/4500:4600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 2000 2: 2091 3: 2177
    4: 2000 5: 2099 6: 2162 7: 2116 8: 2400
    bogomips: 67200
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1
    sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
    off: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2503 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland
    v: 23.2.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4080x2041 s-dpi: 80
    s-size: 1295x647mm (50.98x25.47")
    s-diag: 1448mm (56.99")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled
    pos: primary,bottom-c model: VG278 serial: <filter>
    built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
    size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: DP-2 note: disabled pos: top-right
    model: BenQ ZOWIE XL LCD serial: <filter> built: 2016
    res: 1080x1920 dpi: 81 gamma: 1.2
    size: 340x600mm (13.39x23.62") diag: 686mm (27")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  Monitor-3: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled
    pos: middle-l model: HP E243 serial: <filter>
    built: 2020 res: 1080x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 296x527mm (11.65x20.75") diag: 604mm (23.8")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
    surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa
    v: 545.29.06 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 11.72 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 12 device: 0
    type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
    driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06 device-ID: 10de:2503
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    bus-ID: 1-6.1:5 chip-ID: b58e:9e84 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Creative Sound Blaster X3
    driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    bus-ID: 1-6.3:8 chip-ID: 041e:3264 class-ID: 0102
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api
    with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber
    status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless
    Network Adapter vendor: ASUSTeK driver: ath10k_pci
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280
    temp: 45.0 C
  IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wgpia0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
    mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: TP-Link UB500 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    bus-ID: 1-11:6 chip-ID: 2357:0604 class-ID: e001
    serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up
    address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10 status:
    discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c0104
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode]
    driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: f020 bus-ID: 00:17.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 1.57 TiB (76.8%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root
    privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate
    model: ST2000DM001-1ER164 size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC26
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung
    model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 197.21 GiB (84.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2
    maj-min: 8:18
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB
    size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 232.59 GiB
    size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 197.21 GiB (84.8%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 232.59 GiB
    size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 197.21 GiB (84.8%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 232.59 GiB
    size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 197.21 GiB (84.8%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60)
    cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.28 GiB
    used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
    temp: 50 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Processes: 358 Uptime: 1h 21m wakeups: 0 Memory:
  total: 32 GiB available: 31.28 GiB used: 9.2 GiB (29.4%)
  Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: 2030
  pm: pacman pkgs: 2024 libs: 561 tools: octopi,paru
  pm: flatpak pkgs: 6 Shell: fish v: 3.6.4 default: Bash
  v: 5.2.21 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.22-1):
  System install date:     2023-11-27
  Last full system update: 2023-12-27
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:

EDIT: Noticed it on the other machines running Garuda in the house. All 3 are throwing this error. Was not present yesterday (12/27/23)

Thank you for all the help, I am stumped on this one!

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I haven’t done that migration yet, I guess it’s a good opportunity.
For now, just two thoughts: you don’t need a full snapshot to revert this, just a copy of the alacritty.yml and alacritty.toml files; second, it says “unused” so you can just comment out those lines to silence the warning, it’s already as if they were not there.
Now I look if there’s any indication on the alacritty website/repository, why they are now ignored. But if everything otherwise works fine, you can reciprocate… just ignore them.

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Nope, it’s a warning :slight_smile:

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@SGS Ah, where I am from they are used interchangeably. If it doesnt work or throws something up, its an error here. Thanks though lol.

@meanruse
Thank you, commenting out the ones listed in “warnings” fixed the issue. Much appreciated on the quick reply. All 3 PC’s in the house no longer showing the popups.

Have a great day, and thank you for the help!

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Update: in my case, I only got a warning about dynamic_padding.
For some reason the migration put it at the beginning of alacritty.toml, while it’s supposed to be under the [window] section.
Likely, because that is where I used to have it in the .yml (right or wrong, I don’t know).
Moving the line at its appropriate place makes it work again (it’s a bit subtle: when the window size is not a multiple of the character size, with dynamic_padding the content is centered otherwise it’s flushed top-left).
I did not get the other warnings though.
I also found a brief, up to date Alacritty configuration guide that mentions a few of them: An Example and Concise Guide to Alacritty Configuration through TOML | convoluted
for instance, decorations_theme_variant, though it picks the correct light/dark variant without it.

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