Formula not marked as "installed on request" when it was already installed because of a dependency

[jrz]

brew doctor output

# └──▶ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

Verification

• My "brew doctor output" above says Your system is ready to brew. and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I ran brew update twice and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• This issue's title and/or description do not reference a single formula e.g. brew install wget. If they do, open an issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/new/choose instead.

brew config output

# └──▶ brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.4.23
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 64efed206deeb9c2304d9e5b5910dcbf0a509c15
Last commit: 3 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap JSON: 05 Mar 11:40 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 05 Mar 11:40 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
Homebrew Ruby: 3.3.7 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.3.7/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit arm_firestorm_icestorm
Clang: 16.0.0 build 1600
Git: 2.48.1 => /opt/homebrew/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 15.3.1-arm64
CLT: 16.2.0.0.1.1733547573
Xcode: 16.2
Rosetta 2: false

What were you trying to do (and why)?

When requesting a formula to be installed which was already installed as a dependency, it does not show up when executing brew list --installed-on-request

The result would've been different if the order was: brew install imagemagick vips

The intent is to install the package, and keep track of what I use. (for example using dump for a Brewfile)

What happened (include all command output)?

brew install vips imagemagick
brew list --installed-on-request

What did you expect to happen?

I expected the list of requested installs to contain two items: vips and imagemagick. However, because vips depends on imagemagick, it does not show up, because the package was already installed.

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

brew install vips imagemagick
brew list --installed-on-request

[MikeMcQuaid]

What happened (include all command output)?

brew install vips imagemagick
brew list --installed-on-request

You didn't include any command output. Please do so.

[jrz]

Mmm ok. strange, it seems to work now. Maybe something else went wrong in the mean time