Beacon v0.4.2

Beacon 0.4.2

Platform	File
macOS (Apple Silicon)	Beacon-0.4.2-arm64.dmg
Linux (AppImage, x86_64)	Beacon-0.4.2-x86_64.AppImage
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, amd64)	Beacon-0.4.2-amd64.deb

New

• Change which AI your assistant uses, from Beacon. Config → Models → Main model shows what Prometheus runs now. Change lets you pick another company, a version, and a key. OpenRouter offers "Sign in with OpenRouter" as well as a pasted key. Beacon checks a key before saving it, and the change takes effect when Prometheus restarts: "Restart now" does that for you. This needs Prometheus 0.9.7 or later.
• Make a Beacon on another computer an owner. Settings → "Make this Beacon an owner": run oara pair --owner on the computer running Prometheus, then type the one-time code it shows. That Beacon can then approve worker requests. This needs a Prometheus with owner codes (newer than 0.9.7).
• More ways in when Prometheus is already on this Mac. "Do you already have Prometheus?" now also offers "Look for another computer" and "Type its address". "Yes, connect to it" goes straight to the one on this Mac.

Fixes

• The approval card is solid. It was see-through over some pages, such as Config.
• A worker request this Beacon can't approve says so once. Approve no longer keeps bringing the card back. The card says how to approve it instead (from Telegram with /approve, or from a Beacon set up as an owner device), and Deny still works. The connection no longer wrongly reports a rejected key afterwards.
• The address example is generic: "my-computer.local or 192.168.1.20".

If you have 0.4.0 or 0.4.1 installed, it updates itself: Beacon checks for updates soon after it opens and every few hours, downloads the update in the background, and installs it the next time you quit Beacon (⌘Q). When it's ready, the menu bar icon also offers "Beacon v0.4.2 ready — restart to install".

macOS: app and disk image signed, notarized and stapled (Developer ID). Linux: AppImage and deb are not signed.