Desktop updates
Recover from a stuck download or restart and understand supported update paths.
Not in effect yet
No packaged builds have been released, so nothing auto-updates today. If you
built from source, update with git pull and a rebuild. The rest of this
page describes how updates will behave once releases begin.
Automatic updates are planned for macOS and Windows. Ubuntu packages are updated by installing a newly downloaded package.
The download keeps spinning
Leave the app open long enough for one complete attempt, then quit and reopen it. A failed differential update should fall back to the full package. If the same release remains stuck, install the current build over the existing copy — see Installation for where builds come from.
Restart to update does nothing
Quit Dash Bot completely and launch it again. If the version did not change, install the latest release manually. Your conversations and settings live outside the application bundle and are not removed by replacing the app.
Verify the installed version
Open App settings and check the displayed version. A commit merged to main is not in the desktop app until a release workflow publishes a new version.
Use official artifacts
Do not install update files forwarded through chat or uploaded to an unrelated repository. Use the official Dash Bot build and its checksums.