Missing hyprbars buttons

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Hyprland version 
Hyprland 0.52.1 built from branch v0.52.1 at commit 967c3c7404d4fa00234e29c70df3e263386d2597 clean (version: bump to 0.52.1).
Date: Sun Nov 9 23:31:36 2025
Tag: v0.52.1, commits: 6564

Libraries:
Hyprgraphics: built against 0.3.0, system has 0.3.0
Hyprutils: built against 0.10.2, system has 0.10.2
Hyprcursor: built against 0.1.13, system has 0.1.13
Hyprlang: built against 0.6.3, system has 0.6.3
Aquamarine: built against 0.9.5, system has 0.9.5

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Plugins:
Plugin hyprbars by Vaxry:
        Handle: 55792552f4e0
        Version: 1.0
        Description: A plugin to add title bars to windows.

Plugin hyprexpo by Vaxry:
        Handle: 557925560990
        Version: 1.0
        Description: A plugin for an overview

Missing hyprbars buttons

I added the plugins repo using hyprpm add https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins , enabled hyprbars using hyprpm enable hyprbars, and wrote my config:

plugin {
    hyprbars {
        bar_height = 24
        bar_color = $mantle
        bar_blur = true
        col.text = $subtext0
        bar_text_size = 8
        bar_text_font = Maple Mono NF
        bar_text_align = left
        bar_button_padding = 8
        bar_padding = 10
        bar_buttons_alignment = right
        hyprbars-button = $red, 18, , hyprctl dispatch killactive
        hyprbars-button = $yellow, 18, 󰊓, hyprctl dispatch fullscreen 1
        hyprbars-button = $blue, 18, test, hyprctl dispatch togglefloating
   }
}

I also added exec-once=hyprpm reload -n to the config to ensure it loads plugins on launch.

Now this config worked initially, but after a reboot, the bars are missing the buttons (the rest of bars work correctly). Colors exist as they are used elsewhere and work there.

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Appearantly this was a bug in the hyprlang parser. Changing from hyprlang to hyprlang-git package fixes this issue, albeit at the cost of using upstream versions - potentially being slightly more unstable.

Link to issue: [hyprbars] Buttons cannot be created using `plugin:hyprbars:hyprbars-button` keyword · Issue #539 · hyprwm/hyprland-plugins · GitHub