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Fulcrum v4.4.0
Release notes
One new capability: Fulcrum now notices when a newer release has been
published and offers it to you, without nagging and without sending anything
about you or your organisations anywhere.
An update check that respects you
A few seconds after launch and then once a day while it stays open, Fulcrum
asks GitHub's releases API whether a newer version exists. When one does, a
prompt names the version you are on and the version available, with three
choices: Download opens the right file for your platform (the Windows
installer, the macOS disk image or the Linux Flatpak, falling back to the
release page when no matching file is attached), Skip This Version silences
that version permanently and Later closes the prompt until the next check.
Help's Check for updates used to open the releases page in your browser and
leave the comparing to you. It now runs a real check and reports every
outcome: the same prompt when an update exists, a plain "You are running the
latest version." when none does and an honest failure message when GitHub
cannot be reached. The manual check deliberately ignores a skipped version,
so a release you previously declined stays reachable.
The check is built not to intrude. Only a formally published release can
prompt; a failed or malformed check on the automatic path says nothing at all
and tries again another day. The request carries no identifier and nothing
about your organisations or your sessions. Your choice to skip a version
persists beside the theme in the same settings file. The Flatpak now carries
the network permission this needs; the README states plainly that this daily
call is the one thing Fulcrum ever asks the network.