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DropoVPN 0.4.2 — Windows updates fixed
Pre-release
This release fixes in-app updates on Windows.
- Windows updates now install. In 0.4.0 and 0.4.1, choosing Restart to update on Windows quit DropoVPN without installing the update or reopening the app: Windows never started the hidden helper that runs the installer. The helper now starts reliably, asks for administrator permission, installs the update silently, and reopens DropoVPN. CI now tests this on Windows for every build.
- Clearer results. On Windows, each step of an update is recorded, and the outcome appears in Activity after DropoVPN reopens. If an update isn't installed, for example because the administrator prompt was declined, Windows now shows its own advice instead of macOS instructions.
Windows users on 0.4.0 or 0.4.1: download this version below and install it once; the update step built into those versions can't start on Windows. From 0.4.2 on, updates install from inside the app. On a Mac, DropoVPN 0.4.0 and 0.4.1 update to this version in the app as usual.
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 and Electron smoke tests. On Windows, CI installed DropoVPN, ran its in-app update install step with this release's installer, and confirmed that DropoVPN quit, reinstalled with administrator rights and reopened. The Mac app's signature was verified, 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.