lfg2025
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2026-04-20 17:23:39 +00:00
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OTA verification release — nothing new to see. Click Install Update, grab a coffee, and watch the sidebar flip to 1.7.9-alpha on its own. If this one works end to end, the pipeline is solid and future updates will flow the same way.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 17:04:17 +00:00
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Install Update finally works end-to-end over the air. The installer was trying to overwrite the running backend binary with a tool that fails on in-use files (ETXTBSY) — swapped it for an atomic rename, which the kernel allows on a live executable. Every previous 'Failed to apply update' attempt was this one root cause.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
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Over-the-air update test — no feature changes, just a version bump so your node can walk through the whole update flow end-to-end using the new robust installer. Safe to apply; nothing to do afterwards.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
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Install Update is now more robust. Each install gets its own uniquely-named staging folder and then moves files into place — the previous version had a small cleanup step that could hit a transient filesystem hiccup and bail out halfway. You'll also still see a rollback folder after a successful install.
Dev-box OTA: nodes that build archipelago from source can now opt into the standard Download → Install flow instead of Pull & Rebuild, by setting ARCHIPELAGO_UPDATE_URL in the service environment. Useful when the dev machine has a checked-out repo but you want to test the regular update path.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
| 139 commits to main since this release
Over-the-air update test — no feature changes, just a fresh version number so your node can walk through the whole update flow end-to-end: check, download, install, auto-restart. Safe to apply; nothing to do afterwards.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
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Install Update actually installs now. Before, the final step extracted the new UI into the wrong folder and bailed with 'Failed to apply update' — your node ended up backing up cleanly but never swapping in the new files. Fixed.
Download progress no longer overshoots 100%. You'll see the bar climb smoothly to 95% and then jump to 100% when the download actually finishes.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
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The version number in the sidebar now always matches the actual running version — no more lying to you about being on an older release after an update.
FIPS Mesh card on the server page: cleaner layout on desktop (no more awkward gaps), and a one-click Reconnect button when the public anchor is unreachable — it restarts the FIPS daemon so it can re-bootstrap from the anchor.
Profile pictures now show correctly in the identity list and editor. Before, uploaded images silently failed to render because the URL was only reachable over Tor; the UI now rewrites them to a local path while keeping the external URL for other Nostr clients.
Identity rows now show your Display Name first (from your Nostr profile) with the internal identity name beside it in parentheses, so you see the name other people will see — not just the one you picked when creating it.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
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Install Update now actually installs. Before, the button would back up your current version then fail with 'Failed to apply update' because the installer couldn't write into system folders.
The button's also been renamed to 'Install Update' (previously 'Apply Update') and the node restarts itself a moment after you click it — no more manual restart step.
Your existing identities now show the generated avatar instead of just their initials — same look as freshly created ones.
Everything from 1.7.0-alpha and 1.7.1-alpha carries over (default avatars on creation, one-click Save publishes to Nostr relays, public blob URLs for profile pictures, 30-minute download window, VPN peer restore on reboot, reconciler-only-repairs, filebrowser fix).
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
| 143 commits to main since this release
Over-the-air update test — same features as 1.7.0, just a fresh version number so your node can try the new download-and-apply flow end-to-end. Safe to apply; nothing to do afterwards.
lfg2025
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2026-04-20 16:45:29 +00:00
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Every identity now gets a personal avatar the moment it's created. Your main node identity gets a distinctive hexagonal-network icon; other identities get a colourful generated pattern unique to each one.
Profile editor: upload a profile picture and a banner, then tap Save — your Nostr profile now goes out to the relays in one step. No more 'Save' vs 'Save & Publish' confusion.
Profile pictures and banners you upload are now reachable by other Nostr clients across the network — not just your own browser. Anyone who sees your profile on a relay can load the image.
Update downloads on slow connections no longer cut out right at the end. The client waits up to 30 minutes for each component instead of giving up after 15 seconds.
When you move a node to a new version without going through Check for Updates (for example via a reinstall or manual copy), it now reports the new version correctly instead of endlessly saying 'update available'.
Your VPN peers come back automatically after a reboot. No more rescanning QR codes on your phone or laptop.
Fresh installs stay lean — only File Browser is included out of the box. Other apps wait in the Marketplace until you pick them.
File Browser stops rebooting itself every few hours — the housekeeper now leaves it alone once it's healthy.
One-click 'Pull & Rebuild' button works for nodes that update from source (the development path), not just the standard download path.
The download progress number is now clean (like 45.23%) instead of 45.270894%.
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