Tracking Issue: Polonius Alpha on nightly

[jackh726]

This is intended to be a "tracking issue" for anything related to enabling Polonius Alpha on nightly ahead of stabilization.

If you encounter an issue (a bug, unsoundness, or significant performance regression) related to the borrow checker while Polonius Alpha is enabled, please feel free to post here. Issues requiring longer discussion can also be discussed on Zulip.

Status: Enabled on nightly (starting nightly-2026-08-06)

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Relevant links:

• Blog post: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/04/enabling-polonius-alpha-on-nighty/
• Zulip stream for discussion: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/186049-t-types.2Fpolonius/topic/Polonius.20Alpha.20enabled.20on.20nightly/near/614373312
• Enabling PR: Enable polonius alpha on nightly #159343
• MCP: Enable -Zpolonius=next on nightly compiler-team#1015

[fmease]

Dupe of #159908.