HTND 2.13.0

What's New

Features

• Auto-Updater: Introduced automatic update checking, downloading, and installation system

  • Periodic version checks against GitHub releases
  • Platform-specific binary asset downloading
  • Atomic installation with backup and rollback support
  • Configurable update channels (stable, beta, etc.)
  • Progress tracking and status reporting
  • Manual and automatic update modes

• Auto-Issue Reporting: Automatic GitHub issue creation for node panics and critical errors

  • Auto-files error reports to HoosatNetwork/HTND repository
  • Includes node version, OS, architecture, and timestamp
  • Detailed stack traces for panics
  • Rate-limited to prevent duplicate reports (24h cooldown per error)
  • Uses read-only GitHub token with repo scope (issues write-only)
  • Labels: bug, panic, auto-reported

Auto-Updater Configuration Arguments

Argument	Type	Default	Description
Enabled	bool	true	Enable or disable the auto-updater
NotifyOnly	bool	false	Only notify about updates without downloading/installing
UpdateChannel	string	"stable"	Release channel to track (stable, beta, alpha)
CheckInterval	duration	24h	Time interval between update checks
AutoDownload	bool	true	Automatically download available updates
AutoInstall	bool	true	Automatically install downloaded updates
GitHubOwner	string	"HoosatNetwork"	GitHub repository owner
GitHubRepo	string	"HTND"	GitHub repository name

By default auto-updater will be enabled from this release onward with auto download and install.

Bug Fixes

• Nil pointer dereference in RPC routerInitializer: The crash occurred because Manager structs were stack-allocated, causing dangling pointers when method values (routerInitializer) captured their addresses. Changed to heap allocation (&Manager{}) to ensure pointers remain valid after function returns. Additionally added defensive nil checks for m.context in both RPC and protocol routerInitializer methods to prevent crashes if context is

Technical Details

The auto-updater provides seamless node updates with:

• Background checking at configurable intervals
• Safe installation with automatic backups
• Cross-platform support (Linux, macOS, Windows)
• Status callbacks for UI integration
• Graceful error handling and rollback

The auto-issue reporting provides automatic error tracking with:

• Zero-configuration setup using embedded GitHub token
• Intelligent deduplication via error fingerprinting
• Non-blocking asynchronous reporting
• Automatic panic recovery with full stack trace capture