Nightly 2026-07-09

Fixed

• Screen reader announcements work again in installed builds — the Weather Assistant now auto-reads replies, and other spoken announcements are back. The installer was shipping without the speech library's native component, so announcements were silently skipped.
• The {precip} and {precip_chance} tray placeholders now show real values instead of N/A. Precipitation chance comes from the current hour's forecast (observations never include it), and Open-Meteo's current precipitation amount now reaches the tray.
• "Launch automatically at startup" now survives app updates. Windows startup registration moved from a Startup-folder shortcut to the standard registry Run entry, and AccessiWeather repairs it on every launch — so an update can't silently uncheck the setting or stop the app from starting with Windows.
• The startup checkbox no longer unchecks itself when Windows is slow: checking startup status is now instant instead of relying on a PowerShell probe that could time out right after a reboot or update.
• Disabling AccessiWeather in Task Manager's Startup apps is now respected — the Settings checkbox shows it as off, and re-checking it in Settings turns it back on properly instead of appearing enabled while never launching.
• Upgrading from an older version now migrates the old Startup-folder shortcut automatically, so you won't get double launches or a stale shortcut pointing at a removed install.