revert: drop --next workaround for iii-console installer (upstream #1660 shipped)

[rohitg00]

Why now

v0.9.19 routed first-run iii-console install through bash -s -- --next (commit bb259ac) to work around iii-hq/iii's installer tag-prefix bug: startswith("v") filter rejected the actual iii/v0.12.0 slash-prefixed tags, leaving every stable release invisible and the script bailing with no stable iii release found.

Upstream iii-hq/iii#1660 shipped the fix on 2026-05-19. Installer's jq predicate now reads test("^(iii/)?v") and the explicit-version path falls back from iii/v${ver} → v${ver} cleanly.

install.iii.dev/console/main/install.sh is a CDN proxy serving raw.githubusercontent.com/iii-hq/iii/main/console/install.sh with a 5-minute cache — no iii release tag required to propagate the fix. Verified live URL = upstream main HEAD byte-for-byte.

Change

- // install.iii.dev/console/main/install.sh has a bug in its release-tag
- // filter that rejects every stable release for iii-hq/iii: the jq
- // predicate uses `startswith("v")` while the actual tags are
- // `iii/v0.12.0` (slash-prefixed). The `--next` path uses a regex
- // without the startswith constraint and therefore works today,
- // installing the most recent prerelease (e.g. iii/v0.14.0-next.1).
- //
- // Pass `--next` until the upstream fix lands (iii-hq/iii#1652).
- // Switch back to the bare invocation once the script is patched.
- const III_CONSOLE_INSTALL_CMD =
-   "curl -fsSL https://install.iii.dev/console/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --next";
+ const III_CONSOLE_INSTALL_CMD =
+   "curl -fsSL https://install.iii.dev/console/main/install.sh | sh";

One file, -10 +1. Drops the workaround + the explanatory comment block (no longer load-bearing).

Backwards compat

v0.9.19/v0.9.20 users on bash -s -- --next continue to resolve a valid release — upstream #1660's regex update also fixes the -next.* lookup, so they're not stranded. New users / fresh installs after this PR ships get the canonical bare path.

Verification

npm run build && npm test   # 1038/1038 pass locally

Manual probe of the live installer is included as a follow-up:

$ curl -sSL https://install.iii.dev/console/main/install.sh | grep -c 'iii/v'
# returns >0 — fix is live
$ curl -fsSL https://install.iii.dev/console/main/install.sh | sh   # plain path works

Closes the agentmemory side of the iii-hq/iii#1652 + #1660 trail.

Related

• install.iii.dev script: tag-prefix filter rejects every stable release (iii/v... not v...) iii-hq/iii#1652 — tag-prefix bug (upstream, fixed by #1660)
• fix(console/install.sh): accept iii/v* monorepo release tags iii-hq/iii#1660 — installer fix (merged 2026-05-19)
• iii console installation (via curl) fails with 403 error code iii-hq/iii#1663 — separate 403 rate-limit bug, still open upstream, not addressed here

Out of scope

The 403 rate-limit issue at iii-hq/iii#1663 (GitHub anonymous API limit on the installer's releases?per_page=20 call) is unrelated — installer still uses no Authorization header. Affected users can pre-fetch the binary tarball directly from the releases page or splice a GITHUB_TOKEN into the API headers via a sed shim. Tracking separately.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Updated the console installer command execution for improved reliability across different environments.

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Walkthrough

The iii-console installation command in the CLI is updated to invoke the installer script by piping directly into sh instead of using bash with the --next argument.

Changes

Console installer command

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Install command invocation src/cli.ts	III_CONSOLE_INSTALL_CMD changes from bash -s -- --next to a piped sh invocation, modifying how the CLI triggers iii-console installation.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• rohitg00/agentmemory#260: Both PRs modify src/cli.ts's installer invocation behavior in the iii CLI's installation flow.

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🐰 A tiny tweak, a script so small,
From bash's grip to sh's call,
No --next flag to hold us back,
Just pipes and streams on a simpler track,
One line changed, the path runs clear! ✨

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