Updates

In-app updates

The app checks for updates when it starts and tells you when a new version is available. Nothing is installed without asking:

1. Download fetches the update in the background — you can keep working. The update is signed by Cytogence and verified before it is installed. Not now skips it.
2. When it is ready, Install and restart installs it. You are asked to save unsaved work first, and the app restarts when the installer finishes. Later leaves it for another time.

To turn the check at startup off, or to check now, use Preferences → License → Updates: Check for updates automatically on launch and Check for updates. Some licenses do not permit update checks; the same section then says so.

Release channels

Channel	What it is
Stable	Normal releases — 0.1.1, 0.2.0. What you want.
Preview	Pre-release builds, marked with a PREVIEW badge in the app.

You can tell which one you are on from the app itself: a preview build says so. Version numbers with a pre-release suffix are previews; plain three-part versions are stable.

Stay on stable unless we have specifically asked you to test something.

Air-gapped or restricted machines

If the analysis machine has no internet access, the updater cannot reach us — and the product still works fine, because analysis is entirely local.

Tell us if this is your situation — email [email protected] and we will send download links directly rather than leaving you on a channel that cannot check.

To update manually, download the new installer on a machine that does have access, verify the checksum, transfer it, and install over the top. Your workspaces and license are preserved.

If an update fails

1. Note the version you are on (Help → About Cytogence).
2. Download the installer directly — see Install — and install over the existing version.
3. If it keeps happening, Help → Report an Issue with the version number.

Installing over the top is safe. It does not touch your workspaces or your license.