Atmosphère 1.12.2 and hekate 6.5.5 add support for Switch firmware 23.5.0

Two releases in one day

Atmosphère 1.12.2 came out on November 11, and hekate 6.5.5 followed a few hours later the same day. Both arrive after Nintendo's 23.5.0 update, released on November 9.

The Atmosphère notes say basic support for 23.5.0 has been added and mention general stability improvements. The repository commits show the emuMMC and browser patches were updated for the new firmware. Version 1.12.2 also carries over the 1.12.0 notes: 23.0.0 compatibility, lower memory use and patches for the browser applet. It is the project's 95th release and ships with hbl 2.4.5 and hbmenu 3.6.1.

What changes in hekate

hekate 6.5.5 adds support for HOS 23.5.0, both in a normal boot and in emuMMC, and Nyx moves to 1.9.5 with the same support. On November 11 at 20:50 UTC the author fixed a problem with NOGC mode on FAT32. The release includes the usual binaries, the Nyx zip, the 8 GB RAM binary and the joiner scripts.

What CFW users need to do

The Atmosphère notes still say to update fusee with the new package, and there is no need to look for fusee-primary because it no longer exists.

Basic support does not mean everything has been tested. If your console boots with CFW, back up your NAND and your saves before installing 23.5.0, and keep a separate emuMMC if you have one.

Switch 2 is a separate case

None of this applies to the Switch 2. Its 23.5.0 is a different system and, according to OatmealDome, it closed the game exit that the public jailbreak used.

Only download from the official Atmosphère and hekate repositories.