Kvieta Alpha 1 Hotfix 1 (superseded — use Hotfix 2)

Warning

Superseded: Download Kvieta Alpha 1 Hotfix 2 instead. It includes the Guardian PIN authorization fix and keeps administrator dialogs visible above the protected session surface.

Kvieta Alpha 1 Hotfix 1 fixes the Guardian authorization bug that could make every valid administrator PIN appear incorrect in the original Alpha 1 package.

What was wrong

The original public EXE used a human-readable product version such as Alpha-1+<source-commit>, while Windows Installer registered numeric version 1.0.0 and the executable carried numeric file version 1.0.0.0. Guardian attempted to parse the human-readable product version as a numeric version and rejected the otherwise valid, installer-managed, SHA-256-matched client before checking the PIN.

What changed

• Guardian now reads the numeric Windows file version.
• Three- and four-part versions such as 1.0.0 and 1.0.0.0 are normalized before comparison.
• Regression coverage exercises the real Kvieta assembly metadata and community-package identity path.

Install

Download and run Kvieta-Setup-Alpha-1-Hotfix-1.exe over the existing Alpha 1 installation. Existing settings and protected policy are preserved. The original Alpha 1 package cannot be repaired into this fix because the affected binary itself must be replaced.

This community preview is intentionally unsigned. Windows SmartScreen may display an Unknown publisher warning.

Verification

• Setup EXE SHA-256: e13297d9713acdcae13ec67473749aebb03b864c9f27544a3d5cfb3ac0b8f13b
• MSI SHA-256: e644df2fb415318d7f0df19d15ec91e1499c1aa2e0ad2ead72fc718416adb44b
• Source commit: 4ed321023926438a88dea77d2b2b85e5dc2db47d

The checksum files and release manifest are attached.