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Free browser access front-and-center, and a pile of remote-connection fixes

Headline: v1.8.12 makes the free, no-app, no-subscription browser way to use ECHOCAT obvious again, adds the Tailscale link for off-network access, and fixes a cluster of remote-connection problems that several of you hit this week.

🌐 Use ECHOCAT free, in any browser — now easy to find

The browser path (open a URL on your phone, no app and no cloud subscription) was always there, but it had quietly hidden inside a collapsed section while the buttons all pointed at the app and Cloud. It's now a first-class block right on the ECHOCAT card (both the Summary and ECHOCAT tabs):

  • On your WiFi (home): https://<your-LAN-IP>:7300 with a one-tap Copy and your token.
  • Away from home (Tailscale): the full https://<your-name>.ts.net:7300 link — using your Tailscale MagicDNS name so the certificate is valid and the browser connects cleanly. (Shown when Tailscale is connected; works anywhere both devices are signed into your tailnet.)

If you don't want to pay for the mobile app or POTACAT Cloud, this is your path — type the link into any phone, tablet, or computer.

🐞 Remote-connection fixes — thank you for the reports

  • Pairing/connecting blamed your firewall when the real problem was a VPN adapter — POTACAT was advertising a ZeroTier / Hamachi / WireGuard / VPN address as your "LAN" address, which no phone could reach (so only Tailscale ever worked). POTACAT now ignores those virtual adapters and advertises your real network address. — K6RBJ
  • Cloud Tunnel "just quit" with no explanation — when your router/ISP DNS stops answering, cloudflared can't keep the tunnel alive and it silently decays. POTACAT now shows an amber "DNS trouble" notice on the Cloud tab with the fix (set the desktop's DNS to 1.1.1.1 / 8.8.8.8 or reboot the router, then toggle the tunnel), instead of looking like the app broke. — KE4EST
  • Tap-to-pair worked while the Cloud Tunnel was on — a home-network pair request is no longer rejected just because the tunnel is exposing your station to the internet (the desktop still blocks pair requests that actually arrive over the tunnel).

🪟 Windows: upgrade stuck on "POTACAT cannot be closed"?

If you installed the Remote Launcher, it runs as a second background POTACAT process that can keep the program files locked, so an upgrade may loop on "POTACAT cannot be closed — please close it manually and Retry." Workaround for now: open Task Manager, end every POTACAT.exe, then click Retry (or just run the installer again). An automatic fix is in the works.

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