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DropoVPN 0.4.1 — a steadier mesh
Pre-release
Windows users: the in-app update install in this version doesn't start on Windows. Download 0.4.2 and install it once; updates work from inside the app after that. Macs are unaffected.
The device mesh now rides out brief network drops.
- Reconnecting instead of offline: when another device's connection drops for a moment, for example when its Wi-Fi blips, its network changes or its VPN reconnects, it shows as Reconnecting for up to 30 seconds. Its addresses on your
localhoststay open, and new connections wait for it to come back instead of failing. - Faster recovery: after sleep or a network change, DropoVPN replaces connections that went quiet right away instead of waiting for them to time out.
- Leaving is still immediate: a device that quits, leaves the mesh or turns the mesh off tells the others, so they show it as offline at once.
- Clearer diagnostics: the Activity log now says why the relay connection was lost, and the relay records how each device's connection ended.
Updating: from 0.4.0, DropoVPN offers this update in the app. From earlier versions, download it below once. For the smoothest mesh, update every device.
Opening DropoVPN on a Mac the first time: this preview isn't notarized by Apple, so macOS says it could not verify the app. Choose Done, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, and choose Open Anyway next to DropoVPN. On Windows, SmartScreen may ask you to choose More info → Run anyway.
Download the .dmg (or .zip) for Apple Silicon Macs, or the .exe for Windows x64. The runtime source archive is for developers and is not needed to install the app.
Validation: native macOS and Windows CI passed the application tests, including devices dropping and returning, leaving on purpose, and waking from sleep, and the Electron smoke tests. The Mac app's signature was verified in CI, and the release checksums are signed for in-app updates.
Preview limitations: DropoVPN installers are not signed with a developer certificate, and the Mac app is not notarized. The mesh carries TCP only. There is no VPN kill switch. Intel Mac and Windows ARM installers are not included.