Software Updates and Plugins

Software Updates and Plugins

VesperApp keeps three things current, each on its own independent channel: the application itself, device firmware (covered in Firmware Updates) and plugins.

Updating the app

The Software Upgrades tab manages the application's own updates:

The Software Upgrades tab.

1. Press Check Updates. The app polls its release channel for your platform (stable or beta).
2. If a newer version exists, its version number is shown next to your installed version. Press Download — updates are delta-patched where possible, so downloads are small.
3. When the download finishes, press Restart & Apply. The app relaunches on the new version.

Updates are published per platform (Windows x64, macOS Apple Silicon, Linux x64) on stable and beta channels. Beta receives features earlier; stable is recommended for production benches.

Plugins

Some functionality ships as optional plugins that install into your per-user plugin folder and update independently of the app. Today that is the GNSS decoder plugin, which enables GNSS Decoding of VT04-VESPER snapshots.

The Plugins tab, showing the GNSS decoder plugin status and update channel.

On the Plugins tab:

1. The page shows the plugin's installed version, or not installed.
2. Press Check for updates to poll the plugin feed.
3. If a new version is available, download it. Plugins are applied on the next launch — the page will indicate a pending restart.

Notes:

• Without the GNSS plugin, everything except GNSS decode works normally; GNSS decode simply reports that the plugin is not installed.
• Plugin packs are validated before loading (platform, compatibility version, integrity), so an incompatible pack is rejected cleanly rather than breaking the app.
• App updates never remove installed plugins — the two update paths are deliberately separate.

Security model

All feeds and downloads go over HTTPS from the official distribution CDN, assets are SHA-256-verified after download, and the application contains no embedded credentials. Development builds without a configured feed simply report that update checking is unavailable.